Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-01-28

sf American patriotiEn. La rs cancsio
10 him sincerify. and in - dcinN dis
cover the essential raffl ltism of h.s na-
ture. II would be aiGss.li Ca hnd In his
whole life sueht that was Inconsistent
with tins intcrurs fatiun of his character
bis public carver cf mere than thirty
years. ever widening and deepening in
the channels ef national lfe- Las hssn an
example u patriotic devotiaa "a Ameri-
can Institutions The VERY vices 81 hia
statesmanship- suah there behave
had = like ROOT and vitality. u be fought
of the Chiiiesr ii was tocause ho was
blinded with irs fusslon8le American
ism The gnUat tlsa with blaine seems
% have hseu tbc establishment q . Gem.
plete rcpuliicuu autonomy ina this ma
tion. he dcsircl fhe Individuality and
glory * AuleElca. Tie was SERIOUSLY in-
spirod with tlio slsht of bis couutry's
fag. Nor may we wcll now that this
remarkahlc caregr Is ended. sreak lightly
q that ierfid. uuwaveFirg passion which
Blaine ever displayed at he very mem
ton ~ his couutr, S name.
Ii il wei that such en- example should
have he,n sat in a high place 81 ou ma
tiouai hic. Ehe Young men of our coun
try have scgn it from afar and In pro-
portion as they havo imbilsi from this
fountain they are better and truer than
Il they bad drunk lrom tho ocoi1 and drib-
bling watersFuats of thn caucus fetus
hope and believe that the living part of
Blaine has entered into union with the
soul of his country. and thar the Amari.
can nation vil feel through several ages
the warmth 20 his surviving blood and
genius
In the next place Blaine has demon
strated that man can - great without
success This proposition haa n strange
sound IN American eaFs it L. against
the teaching of the schoois Our doc
trine i that only tho man who Is clected
is anything she othrr Ia unthing blaine
has shown that the man who IA not
elected is greater than the other. A Ia
matter If fact, few examples Ia the his.
tory of the world have leeu more inspir-
iting than thaf "a Blaine in the last
period ~ his hfe. Note the esteem Ia
which be Is hcli by his couutrymon.
Mark wei his reputation IN foreign
lands. Ia Envland. in france. ln Ger
many, Italy. Eusil. to tho ends of CIV
iization. it was blaine who was known
and honorcl After Grant he H. the only
recent American wha has hran thus dis
tinguished with cosmopolitan fame. Let
him be known a. iho great sccrsgary
and honorel a. the man who survived
aud fourishtsl aud won tha esteem uf the
world without tAo occupancy ~ the
White Houea
Blaine was a ciriif1n TauuEh he had
the instincts ~ hattie. it Was she battle
II mind. the contention of thaught. in
which he dClighirL Ihuagh ~ was a.
intense patriot. - is duuhffui whether he
bad pleasure in fha struggle - the bat
tleiield and the cismur Cf arms Thuugh
his activities bsiouEsl e. the sre With
was shaken by tbe gfraffst war nf mod
cru times. be participated in it only 90
the extent ~ eousitirriug &C. saluauces
and deiucing fron 70 C. hest rosulfs for
his country.
Blaine was not oulT American. 10 was
pan-Amcrican Aofh.ns ies than all
Americanisln euuli satisfy him or even
appease his puFTsee and amtition He
was also pan-reruhiaean HIS eon4ress
Of American reFnh.fos 81 n0t q bFilhant
success. Wa st iasst rrrufahie The
protest issued from hls fecandity aud
was his II was the roaeutial beginning
Of an American state sfstrn which might
stand IN likeness aud o1nntarpoies q
that Europeau state svsiem which has
been the Woof of polifieal history since
the treaty of Westphaiis ulaiue would
unity the polieias AMI mriho1s of The
American republics. and theY should all
flourish because the eftat rerablo iour.
islfes and l. Ina che lcaA More practical
stili was the uluNeluruf faF infercanfinen-
tai railways uu.isans has ana Argentina
should shake hands. Chleaas1 amd tiuenos
Ayres shuuil greet EEsian ahonid ~
ceive by vail irom the 0fanl Charo Tie
bul hides cf the namras shCui1 - hung
up green in Che fanuafisa uf nnHaio. and
the Eucg gaus shnuil aear sew prints
from the mile 20 nfoFbierca The
scheme was hke Use msu. if pleased his
geHius. anl hv an.i tF "a shali he trans.
nIuiod fr1ui .aa. aal.an ani Vis.on into
reality.
Blaine - ronc No more sban thls
striking G~ufe agfrset tAe Eara "a two
hcmisphcrra Bus his msmarF shalI sur.
vive long. AMI his fnfuaucs wil stream
out far into the coming eeutnrv. n tie
shadows 90 she last hoars ws have mn-
cere grief Ger his 4olaE Woull that he
might have hFel l0nErFi There are
tears of true sfecfinu a. ere open door of
his tomb
Blaine oufiised nearlg Al - his great
contemporaries tle saw every Union
general q ere frsf rama aui every Con.
fesicrats gensFsi "a the dfst rank. with
the single sxceFltru ~ LcnEstreet. 20
down o. the grave fls survived nesrly
AL o. bis oomretifrrs ln civii ne sher-