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Show HI.AIVK AM) SII.VHI. Secretary Bi.aink, despite democratic doubts on this point, is all riht ou the silver question. No man stands auy chance of nominatiou'in the republican national convention next year unless he is known to bt an opponent of free sil-er sil-er coinage. dlobt Jh niiirr(U. All that is known of Mr. Blaine's attitude toward silver is gathered from !ps past friendly ac's toward it. It has been a long time since he was tallaJ upon to express an views upon iiiiuncial matters, l'.cii.g at the head of another department of lli government it wi old have been in extremely bad ta-ite for him to have taken any part in the currency disonssion that has become so prominent since the prosent administration admin-istration came into power. When Mr. I'i.AiNK was in congress his attitude was friendly, though tho question was not then a prominent one and the lines were not clearly drawn. But thy paper that undertakes to say that Mr. Bi.aisi-: could not secure tho republican nomination next year if he were to come out in advance in favor of silver, does not know what it is talking talk-ing about. We have an idea that Mr. B'.ai.wj haw been studying this ques-ti ques-ti it au-l that an express!. m of his views n iii be forthcoming when an oc-! oc-! ension tor the suiiih shall arise. We ! Iiavo an idea, further, that hit. views will bo found to be of the correct stamp. Mr. Blaine has, no doubt, ciphered out the linancial strength of th.s nation, and in all human probability probabil-ity he has estimated the enormous commercial com-mercial advantage that the country would secure in the southern republics through tho free coinage of silver. He i" not a narrow minded man. lie never underestimates thb power and resources of his own country, n r patterns pat-terns his economic theories to suit tho practices or desires of any other nation on the face of the earth; and it is not probuble that he would full in with the paltry plea that it is nocessary for this government to kneel down at tho feet of Hngland to receive financial instruction instruc-tion . We havo an idea that vv'in the great secretary of state shall express his views on the silver question, he will give the world a lesson that will startle every one of the nations of Christendom Christen-dom and rouse the people of his own country to a full appreciate n of the commanding position inat they hold, l're.sh in tho recollection of the storm of popular approval that greeted his enunciation of the doctrine of reciprocity recip-rocity with the Latin-American republics, repub-lics, the gold-bug organs should be careful how they punch him up to tin expression on this ether great question in connection with which tho interests ot all the American republics are so closely allied. Suppose that, upon it becoming nee-eisary nee-eisary for Mr. Blaine to go on roeord in this matter, he should publish an artisle or an iute.view opening out with a picture of the wealth and linancial linan-cial pjvver of the Uuited States, snowing snow-ing that it is ten thousand million dollars dol-lars richer than any other nation and that it is in a position to dictate the linancial policy of the world. Suppose that with a few paragraphs from his incisive in-cisive pea he should completely puncture punc-ture tho sophistries of the monometal-ists monometal-ists in reference to a Hood of foreign silver pouring into the couutjry and driving gold out; suppose he should demonstrate that, the price of silver throughout tho world would bo what this government should mako it; aud suppose he should then point out to the people that froa coinage here would complete the work of reciprocity ia making the United States master of the trade of tho western hemisphere. Suppose Sup-pose he should cull public attention to the fact that tho Eatiu-Aiuerican republics repub-lics are all, or nearly all, silver countries coun-tries and that free coinage would bring them still closer to us, pouring their wealth of precious metals into oui' banks aud treasuries in payment for American goods, wliile the great tinning tinn-ing of trade balances in our favor would compel Europe to send her gold to settle her accounts with us. Suppose Sup-pose that with bis ciear pen he should set the entire country right on this question in a single day does any mau suppose that the republican party north, east, west and south would fail to rally more enthusiastically about his standard? In apito of the John Siikkm.anh ai.d tiRm Kit Cleveland this counfy would tlaine with enthusiasm for the man and the measure. Nothing of this kind may occur; but the people have entire confidence that, in the oflice of president, James. (1. Blaine would not oppose a principle, the operation of which would be so grandly beneficial to the country that he so dearly loves. |