Harper's Weekly

“ Blaine identifies certain principles at all times and under all circumstances with a particular party, and is subject, like all other men, to the spirit which seeks the success of party rather than the triumph of principle. Mr. Schurz, regarding not only the special party policy, but general political principle, sees party tendency to be often dangerous to political honesty and good government, and holds that temporary defeat may be more serviceable to the true party policy, to public character, and to politics themselves, than success in a particular election. ”

“ It was not a wise conclusion, as the diary of John Quincy Adams shows. Such journals are most serviceable. They are the testimonies of interested and partisan eyewitnesses and actors. They are not history but they are among the most valuable materials of history. ”

“ MR. SCHURZ AND MR. BLAINE.
An active public man and a party leader is in an unfortunate position when he writes the history of affairs in which he has taken a prominent part, or treats of other public men with whom he may not only have differed, but who may have successfully opposed his political projects or thwarted his personal ambition. ”