THE

LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES

OF

JAMES G. BLAINE,

WITH INCIDENTS, ANECDOTES, AND ROMANTIC EVENTS
CONNECTED WITH HIS EARLY LIFE;

CONTAINING ALSO HIS SPEECHES AND IMPORTANT HISTORICAL

DOCUMENTS RELATING TO HIS LATER YEARS.

"Dare to do right, and trust the consequences to Infinite Wisdom."
J. G. BLAINE, 1855.

AUTHOR OF "LIFE OF PRESIDENT HAYES," "LIFE OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD," "How
AND WHY THE CHINESE EMIGRATE," "HISTORY OF THE GREAT FIRE IN BOSTON,"
"HISTORY OF THE GREAT FIRE IN ST. JOHN," "BIOGRAPHY OF GIANOVELLO
THE WALDENSIAN HERO," "LIFE OF BAYARD TAYLOR," &c., &c., &c.

With an Introduction by

His Excellency, Frederick Robie, Governor of Maine.

ILLUSTRATED.

AUGUSTA, MAINE :

E. C. ALLEN & CO.

LIBRARY

OF THE

UNIVERSHIY

OF CALIFORN

DEDICATION.

TO THE YOUNG MEN OF OUR GREAT NATION,

WHO NOW PRESS FORWARD WITH SUCH BOLDNESS AND VIGOR INTO THE VACANCIES WHICH EVERY YEAR NOW

MAKES IN THE RANKS OF THOSE NOBLE MEN WHO

STOOD SO TRUE AND FIRM THROUGH THE

MOMENTOUS EVENTS OF THE GENERATION PASSING AWAY,
I REVERENTLY DEDICATE THIS VOLUME.