Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-02-11
Food Made Me Sick
sLAINE's POLITICAL RECORD
Inc fassi"S of the Colossus Of the he.
pGhlicau PARTY.

II Is certain that the people will &c
sfSily recognize that in the death
a JameS T. Blaine they have lost the n,
pnohe man the republican party ~,
y gave them, Lincoln only exeepteS
~ 1T Is no, always the very he's, ms
VINO are the very best in their relation
10 the people, said the late : : CIV
: ana though the truth OF the assertion ;
ID u one sense open 10 serious Question
z u Is nRqueStionably true in another
WIN all his weaknesses: with m, Inv.
ok OF money. the unbridled dcSir, NJ q,
eli QUESTION that 50 degraded the cha,o.
Ter OF Irant Blaine had redcemipr y5r.
s tues that made il possible for him n
70 'ehoef the country greater service Than
>" any republican has rendered il >jnr,
me accession OF Andrew johnson.
: Al time when the ra3icalism NJ tho
- sahS-eullottes Of the French reign ~
= terror was the dominating ipfluenc, =,
washington Blaine showed real pa,
Ulotism that is the best feature nf b;S
career When Ben Butler as ,hs
Nafat OF the JacoblnS, was leadinr
'"em on 10 comp etc the utter spolia.
'oh OF the south by making il per,no.
neht'y subject territory, !, was
htalne who saved his parfr f,.,,,,
. ''ls great crime and his country from
TINS browning misfortune. And srain .
"hen Harrison and Lodge attemnted ,
10 carry out what Butler had failed in
Il was Blaine who again threw his in.
Huehce aganS, it and defeated il, In
time when sectionalism made INV.
measure OF tyranny seem iustihabI, =,
d, MAJORITY Of the republican party {
biaine was one of the very few leaders ,
OF inc party who showed that he had {
any feeling Of patriotism for the ola c
union as 1t existed in the DAYS when MI 5
."s' government was supposed to dc. ?
!tmu on the consent of the governed s
HE faults in Blaine's charaetc, ,,,,. n
De briefly disposed Of He haoo,,a h
prominent in his party at time when a,
t'> Puole men were engaged in desper. hi
a." ., attempts to get rich as fas. rs Dos.
s,pe without being at all particular tr
abo0I the means. There were notable re
exceptions to this rule. but pnfor,r. III
hate!y Blaine was not one of D,o,n tn
ne gave way to the influences that sur. w
'ounded him. and the very best .ba, esr
an oe SAID OF him in this respect is tn,
'"' us desire for sudden wealth mazda in
nm the victim OF knayes wbouSad b;,,, sa,
5 long as they could, and when ,rcr
pug do SO no longer disgraced him lea
tad nc been as much Of n scoupdra1 as PAL
s'' many OF the men associated with in (
'm III Washington this could not bavn Gle
He could have avoided ex. tior
oSnfe aud used the rascals ornr,d at {
I'D instead OF allowing them 70 uso one
M Undoubtedly Blaine expected ~ for
'h's' nut he did not know hinseIf nr whi
"onld never have ATTEMPTED il n. pres
W. 'oS' ms conscience or his sense tiles
S""'ie' WhlIe the men who fss,cned iden
'm'eI'eS upon him have repeatedI,. full
own Nv, IN their treatment of him and repl
[nelf general conduct that they had ms a
inner shame nor conscience. duri
- Pubic man Blaine was distinct. state
an" trnlesscdIy an imitator 81 mon
nFry Clay lie hoped 10 revive Gu
> t"Ic!eS' 10 identify himself with nigh
H. ana through them to succeed feet.
ere clay had failed. But Claws strik
ufe was his failure also, Iiad land
inc oeen radical he might have in acc
president, but he could NOT baro own
u genuine radical, 10 matter how tendc
Il ne mad tried, Like every other peopl
h'hent man in the republican genu
- ne was often compelled to make self {
N"L professions, Int lie rnvar world
"ea aDIe TO successfully initiate 60.
sfesS II them except in his o,r,
ohal disappointment. His dofoa, A Fait
nc presidency did make him fierce.
u =. lof time, but he could nor just
In In So ana in little Will. he yv,s so big
i4,g 10 make compromises as ever impress
us ne was more like Clay than he observ
was IN his most carefully studiod of cur
.'iohs-aS in his imitation az He "
) tarll1 policy for instance II breadt
3hI..Y IN this that Blaine showed by
III secNonaiist CLAW with his among
hoped to build up industries gave NJ
ehoot the country. ANY tariff n the tho
es making would have been despite
LOT New England at the expense ness, d,
resi- o. the country. in part
ioi htalhe patriotism his nar,y dier, sc
nave deliberately forced no. sncerit
VI c'Fli war. lie was aware Of and acct
ngers inherent in the radealism spectful
associates and he shaped his own which S
9o DIS 10 avoid them and In s.ro mand.
'ntrS from them For this ,ho southern
owes INN much Had he bean forum Al
president he would have dom which he
~ disturb the people of anv the fight
nc would have done his hos, to the {
''e tIle people of all section. the cath
"ouid nave shown what was in the devo
ec' tdlhiY sincere patriotism great res
would almost certainly have influence
iorelsn war, bringing with II OF broa
sloftunes that no statesmausbi,, nationall
''soe- mat no craftsmanship OF his pi
f'sh where the risk is IN Ia and brill
senate.
ectoally Mr. Blaine was M estedly as
ic superior Of any republican as well, a
&c, IN intellect compared IN southern
an prlgadiers as are the nros. dence of
icfS-'of the party, he was as love Of al
"aft lie foresaw the evils citation OF
re bringing on the party and and dies v
"a TO change the party course highest tr
origadiers were too much for Der of wi
mired. RESI-
'iitieiah Blaine was essential. His deaf
man lie had no use for President
straps in government He be. ethics and
'he Possibilities of self gov. well as his
oy the PEOPLE without tho judgment,
nce OF military caste of anv the naugu
part Oh the controlling inen- ton. -Loui
ne government This. which o,,,,,
oeen more an instinct or n ''>'>
IAN belief with him, had po MIR.
!. VIZ, ' oeteating him for the with the de
.;so ",' nc oeen brigadier represented
'ison he might have been potent in n,
as the nominee of a party Times.
arS i"s lo'ht agencies of pre- 1t is q
""" piu'ocraey,-st. Louis the republic
schemes to