Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1884 — GEN. LOGAN. [ARTICLE]

GEN. LOGAN.

He Disposes of the Latest Slander Regarding Him. In the Senate of the United States, on the sth of July, Gen. Logan called attention to the recent speech of Representative McAdoo, of New Jersey, in which that gentleman spoke of Gen. Logan as a “land-grabber.” After denying the accuracy of the allegations uttered by Mr. McAdoo, as well as certain charges based on them, contained in the New York Herald, Gen. Logan made a full and detailed statement of the entry of certain lands in New Mexico by Maj. Tucker and others, upon which entry these untrue and malicious stories were founded. The explanation was clear and explicit, was supported by testimony from the Secretary of the Interior and Land Commissioner, and clearly establishes first, that there was no wrong contemplated or done by the entry of Maj. Tucker and his associates; and, second, that Gen. Logan was not a party to the entry of the lands, and had no interest in the transaction.

The tattoo process goes on. Blaine is the victim to-day. It is the same old paint pot. Along its sides are deposits of the same material which were employed on Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur. “By their works shall ye know them. ” As the tattoed men hitherto have survived the slimy work of slimy men and are to-day honored, whether living or dead, so shall the victims of to-day outlive the work of their defamers, and come to places where they can look down in peaceful content upon the men and party whose attacks have been outrageous, and whose constant cry against political opponents and brave soldiers for a quarter of a century has been, Crucify them! Crucify them! If it had been Edmunds instead of Blaine this year, the blear-eyed defamers would have daubed his portrait on board fences as a warning against brandy guzzling; if it had been Lincoln he would have been pictured as a dude; if it had been John Sherman he would have been shown with one arm deep in the Treasury; no matter who, the mudslingers would have been busy all the same.— Hartford Courant.

The disgusting theorists and college fools around Boston who are now exclaiming against Mr. Blaine for keeping up the traditions of his country with respect to the States on the American Continent are entirely unaware that it was John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts who created the Monroe doctrine, who wrote all the papers on that subjects and issued them in the name of James Monroe. The Monroe doctrine is nothing but John Adams’ and John Quincy Adams’, and James G. Blaineis the upright successor of the founders of Massachusetts. The donkeys now parading in Massachusetts act as if they had the bar sinister in them and were ill-begotten.— Gath. Mb. Blaine cannot be beaten by Pharisaic pretenses of superior virtue. The people are altogether as honest and upright as the Pharisees When the votes are counted we shall see that it is easier to find a majority for Mr. Blaine in Massachusetts than it has been t<? carry the State for any other Republican far removed from popular sympathy. New York City will have to give a heavier Democratic majority than it has ever given yet if it is to overcome the votes of the rural counties this year. The secret is that everybody is wiser than anybody. The millions made this ticket, and the millions will elect it.— New York Tribune.

s If the best man God ever made ran for the Presidency, he would have to wade chin-deep through obloquy. Defamation elected Garfield, Lincoln, and Jackson. As soon as a man achieves anything by brilliancy, eloquence, or statesmanship, all the hounds of hell are turned against him. — Rev. Dr. Talmage. ■ Mr. Blaine visited the Soldiers’ Homie at Augusta, Me., last week. In the course of a conversation he expressed himself in favor of a liberal policy toward the veterans. Every day it is becoming more painfully evident that Mr. Blaine will not carry a single European State.— Ex.