Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1884 — A PARALYZER. [ARTICLE]

A PARALYZER.

A Scorching Letter from Lincoln’s Attorney General. Blaine Pronounced "Unsafe” —No X’ersonal Magnetism Could Save Us from Being the Laughing Stock of the Civilized World. [Washington special.] The New York Herald prints, by permission of the gentleman of the city who received it, a private letter from ex-At-tomey General Speed, in which he repudiates both the Republican party’s plat-, form and its candidate for President. The Herald comments on the letter in an editorial almost a column in length, and is highly eulogistic of Mr. Speed, who, it declares, cannot be called a dude or a Pharisee, o. be answered with a flout or a gibe. The following is Mr. Speed’s letter: Louisville, Ky., June 18, 1884. My Dear Sir: I received your esteemed letter by due course of mail. The action of tho Chicago Convention has greatly (list, essed me. lam not at all puzzled as to voting, but grieved to bo under the necessity of failing to vote for the nominee of the Republican party. No party in any country in tee world has ever done so much for the good of mankind as the Republican party in this cr untry. IhiVe fondly hoped that the go- d it has done In the past was an earnest of its fnture. It is shocking to think such a party could put forth such a platform, but no more of that. 1 cannot vote for Blaine, and could not vote for him on any platform. The foreign relaticns of this oouiitry are pretty much in the hanus of the I’res dent. During the short time Mr. Blaine acted as Secretary of State, he exhibited such a view of internati nal law as makes me believe that should h be e.ccted President, if he would not plunge us into needless foreign difficulties, he would firing our diplomacy into disrepute, and make ns tho laughing-siock of the civilized world. No personal magnetism or brilliant sentences can compensate for snch a blunder. To v. te so hi n wool Ibe like voting against the peace and honor of my country, and I cannot do that, even at the bidding of the Republican party. Then his letter about the surplus revenue is monstrous. It showed him to be as unsafe in his views of the fra.i.ewor ; of our Government as he is in regard to International law. It is charitable to say tfic letter is the child of Ignorance, lor, It not, it is the child ot demagogy. Now, what can 1 do? May I tol l my arms and let the world wag? Must I voi e the Democratic ticket? Mu«t I join a thi d partv? As for ath rd i arty. 1 i« too late to organize one tor putting out an Independent ticket. The purpose of a third p• ty organ,ze I would be to defeat Blane. It wo ild of neo 'ssitv perish, whether Blane is elected or def a ted. and its m mbers fie Ike loose cogs in a n.ai h ne, able to do no rood, but oa abli Ot doing great evil. Should the D mocrais give the country a stntcsman and a tenth-man is thelria idldate,lti.l,ik we had bette vo e for him. I voted with the Democrats to k ll out tl.e rally and wickedness of the Known- things, and have never regreited 1% Po you see, my dear sir, i can not say w at I may do, but am pos tlve as to what I will not do. 1 am, most tiuiy your Men I,

JAMES SPEED.

"I AM amply waiting," says John Kelly, “until I can get out of poitics the easiest wav.” With ihe whole Democratic party sitting on h in, John's only chance seems to be to hire a derrick and lift them ofl him.