Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-02-28
AGAIN THE PREMIER.
How James G.. Blaine VIII Conduct the
Foreign Affairs of the Country

NT.
Foreign Affairs of the Country
1t is well to remember, in discussing
the return to his old position at the
head of the State Department, that
many of the stories of Mr.. Blaine's
domination" of President Garfield
were the invention of his bitter and
malignant foes. circulated for political
effect alone. The true history of that
short administration, which ended
with the death of the lamented Gar
field, has never been made public in
connected form. 1t is a characteristic
of James G.. Blaine that ne pays but
little attention to his personal de-
tractors. He is cast in too large
mold for that. He trusts the people.
and lets his life and his deeds be the
surest and best refutation of the. lies
originating in envy and malice. The
historic view of Blaine will be like
that of many other eminent Ameri-
cans-his renown as a statesman will
live long after even the names of his
detractors are swallowed up in obliv-
ion.
Mr. Blaine will take up the conduct
of the foreign affairs of the Nation
very ne arly where they were dropped
seven years ago. He will have far
graver task than then confronted him
in dealing with Great Britain and
Canada with regard to the fisheries
trouble, which has gotten into a
chronic condition of muddle through
Bayard's incapacity and toadying to
English ideas; in dealing with Ger
many on the Samoan question; in the
pique already displayed by France
over the Panama canal failure, and
our renewed enunciation of the Mon
roe doctrine. The work of establish
ing closer relations with our sister re-
publics of this continent, abandoned
by this Government after the Garfield
administration, will be renewed; and
there is in the land no man better
qualified, in all respects. for the
onerous, delicate and important duties
of the position than is Mr.. Blaine.
The senseless cry of '.jingoism" no
longer appeals to the thinking masses
of America. Time has shown the
large wisdom of the man in the policy
he laid down in 1SS1-that asserts the
National honor with dignity and
effect, and which aims to extend
our trade and commerce with the
nations nearest US, and which
should be bound to us by
the closest ties of international conf
ty. The American people are patri-
otto, and when man says the Ameri-
can flag shall be respected wherever
it waves, and that American citizen
ship shall be protected in every quar-
ter of the globe, they feel that the
policy is the only one that is consist
ent with our standing among the ma
tions, and the cry of lingo" creates
but contempt for the Shiny worm that
voices it.
Nor is there any fear felt that Benja-
min Harrison will not be President in
deed as well as name. He and Mr.
Blaine have interchanged views on
our foreign policy, and are in harmony
as to the line to be pursued. And there
is no need of assuming that Mr..
Blaine will overstep the bounds of his
province to attempt the role of a
Warwick, any more than there need
be any fear that Mr.. Harrison is a
man to be nodded as wax In the hands
of any one. Those who enjoy the
of the President know him
to be man whom it is impossible to
sway save in a legitimate manner-a
man who is accustomed to rely upon
and who will do so, while
Chief Magistrate of the Nation.
Every augury points to an Admins
tration that will be emiuently salts
factory in every way to the American
people.-Toledo Blade.