St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-28
TITLES FOR BLAINE.
The Cataline Of American Pol
itics and the Burr Of Med
ern Statesmen.
Postmaster General Dickin-
son Gives the Plumed Knight
q Turning Over.
He Has Eelipsed All Other In
fiuenees in Corrupting Pub
lie Conscience.
as a DebaucheP Of Political
MoPals He Stands Pre-
eminent.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Oct. 27.-Post-
master General Dickinson spoke here
tonight, in the same place where Mr..
Blaine some days since vigorously as
sailed him. After discussing the Mich
igan campaign somewhat, Mr.. Dickin-
son. referring to national affairs, spoke
as follows:
docs any one doubt that the real can
diddte Of the Republican party is the
man who controls the maiorities in its
conventions, its party machinery, its
policy, its methods and its leaders? If
this party should be successful in this
campaign, (Which God forbid-aye, if
we may Judge by the Signs of these days.
He has already fOrbidden) Harrison
would be the titular president, while,
as has been well said, the unspeakable
man from Maine would be regent. We
have the word of Chauncey NJ. Depew
that he would be secretary of state, and
We have the assurance of the personal
organ of the hundred-miiliOnaire of
California, Leland Stanford, that the
nominal candidate has given written
assurance TO the same effect. 1t be-
comes, therefore, as important
as in 1854 to discuss this real
candidate, into whose keeping
this great government would
be committed for four years in case of
Republican success. Within few days
you have had him before you, and be-
cause of what he said here in wantOn
4 Oft I mo laa
doned for a word on the same subject.
am quite conscious that L have done
little for the welfare of my country, and
nothing which merits distinction and
honor at the hands of my cOuntrymen.
1t is with the utmost pride, thefOre, that
note any evidence that | have merited
fraction of the confidence of my fel-
low citizens. Cataline'S
SCOWL OF DISAPPROvAL
distinguished a patriot. Evidence of
Aaron Burr's enemiGy was sufficient to
eXOEerate from the suspicion of treason;
and here, in this place, / was publicly
the distinction which honorable men
before me have cOveted-the public
and bitter criticism of the Cataline of
American politics and the Burr of
modern statesmen. With some Vituper-
alton, he has assumed to give me advice,
and he recommended me to the study
of the history of my country; but in
stead of standing upon the recommend
alton, lie has also assumed to furnish
that history for my peruSal. a diStin-
guiShed Republican statesman, on
being asked III 1854 why he did
not cordially support the national
Republican ticket, replied that he had
three insurmOmtablC objections to
doing so. The first was. Blaine; the
second was Blaine, the third was
Blaine. On any statement Of facts
falling from the lips of this improviSer
of history, and commended to me for
instruction. have the same three
imsurmOuntable objections TO accepting
them as truthful. And, befOre1 finish
the subject, promise this audience to
show that every one of Nh. -Blaine's
statements made here, and apparently
fortified by him from history and statis-
tics, were false in substance, false in
general, and false in detail. Further
more. | shall prove 10 you not only that
they were false, but, on his own record,
that he
KNEW THEM TO BE FALSE
when he made them. He gives figures.
as | learn from the report of his speech,
pretending to read from official ones.
Now, | say to you that there were no
such statistics as read to you i'll exist
ence, and that the figures he gave i'm
this city. as to the consumption by New
England of Western products, were
false and fraudulent. He stated here,
as he is reported, that these statistics
were furnished him by Gov. Alcer. |
don't believe that. because | DO not be-
lieye that Gov. Algcr would be guilty of
fraud. and the statistics of cOnsump-
tion by New England and of internal
commerce were not in existence in any
official form. So far as Mr.. Blaine'S
statements of facts are concerned, here
or elsewhere, during this campaign, he
mas been so successfully impeached be-
fore | got here that. SO far as the matter
elsonal to myself is concerned, might
let Ihat pass. | have elsewhere replied
to the SANDER manufactured by Mr..
Blaine al Detroit as to Secretary Bay
ards son and myself. | replied to him in
the words of Horace Greeley to his de-
iamer. They are classic, because Sooneror
later the speeches and writings of
Greeley will be esteemed as American
classics. 1t is my pain duty TO discuss,
especially as he has commended to me
the study OF history, somewhat, but
briefly, the public history Of this wit
ness and candidate as statesman and
public man. Complying with his in
junction, | have made research to some
extent as to the figure he cuts in the his
tory of his country. But whatever
record he has made upon his country's
history, that is still eXtant, is bad;
whatever is not eXtant is burned. He
has done more to
CORRUPT THE PUBLIC CONSCIENCE
and 10 debauch the political morals of
the young men of this generation than
all other Influences combined. He has
been enabled TO do this, like all public
men of history who have attained bad
eminence, because in him the Burr in
politics has been so attractive that he
has been sometimes successful. Brill
fancy aud magnetism have attracted,
but il has been the attraction to ultimate
destruction. lie has attacked, maligned,
has slandered the pure public men
of his own party. and they with
out exception, since he came TO
his eminence and control, have been
illustriOus in the ranks of his enemies.
At their head stood the great COnkling,
who went to his honored grave, followed
even there by the reyilingS of this man
and his creatures. 1t is true of Blaine
as of no other man, that while all honest
men are not his enemies, all dishOnOred
public men have been his friends. | do
not know that his character as man,
when brought to the touch where any
innate honor Or total moral obtuSenesS
must be shown in men, can be better
became historic in the last days of the
campaign of 1884. This is the man who
goes about the country slandering 9th
L., n.