Mr.Lamar will see that I get a fair count in Mississippi." Mr.Lamar not only made an aggressive campaign against Mr.Blaine, but it was chiefly through his influence and efforts that the State was returned against Mr.Blaine by a very large majority.

And yet no one who knew Mr.Lamar could justly accuse him of being an ingrate.

He was essentially an appreciative man; as he never failed to demonstrate whenever and wherever it was possible for him to do so.

No one knew better than did Mr.Lamar that he was under deep and lasting obligations to Mr.Blaine; but it seems that with all his wisdom and political sagacity and foresight Mr.Blaine was unable to distinguish between a personal and a political obligation.

Mr.Lamar felt that what Mr.Blaine had done for him was personal, not political, and that if his,--Lamar's,--party was in any respect the beneficiary thereof, it was merely incidental.