[Presidential Campaign of 1884]:

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THE IRISH WORLD AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL LIBERATOR ON JAMES G. BLAINE...WE FEEL AS CERTAIN AS WE CAN BE OF ANY FUTURE EVENT THAT JAMES G. BLAINE WILL NEVER SIT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR...[caption ... A scarce campaign broadside seeking to undermine 1884 Republican presidential nominee James G. Blaine's support among Irish-American voters by printing critical excerpts from THE IRISH WORLD, one of the most prominent Irish-American newspapers of the day. Blaine was a monumental figure in the early Republican party, serving as a representative from Maine for thirteen years, Speaker of the House for six, Senator for five, and Secretary of State on two separate occasions under three different administrations. He is perhaps best known as a talented orator, specifically for his eulogy of President Garfield - with whom he was conversing at the very moment of the latter's assassination. Blaine sought the Republican nomination unsuccessfully twice before securing it in 1884, running against Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland. As an Irish-American himself with a strong record of opposition to Britain in foreign policy, Blaine expected to secure a major portion of the Irish-American vote despite the fact that their polling history tended to favor Democrats. The excerpts printed in this broadside attempt to combat this on both fronts, focusing on a series of incidents during Blaine's first term as Secretary of State. Two of the excerpts deal with the story of Daniel McSweeny, a naturali

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