Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-06

SffE'H pf MR. BLAINE, or MAfNE
oN EHE RESULTS OF GRANTS
FtEtIIo<.

In Committee of thc Whole in th.
House, ou the 10Th inst, MIR Blaine
said
MIR. CHAIRMAN The three Presi-
Dental elections " hich have res ulte,i
IN vietofy to the Kepu biiean party
are by far the most memorable and
momentous in the history oi oul
country. The issues at stake each
time have been srander. the contest
on either side fiercer, the verdict in
each instance more decisive and sig
nificant, than ever attended previous
struggles for the control at the Ma
tiana Government.
In the first victory Of 1860, slavery
pTOpagandism received its fatal blow
the American people decided that
+ at all hazards the further spread OF
human seTVitudr into free Territory
should cea@r. This decision was re-
SISTED hV a Tebeliious war, and the
v al led IT, the necessity oT entirely
aboiishing the ia -titutioH whose eX-
istence had been merely checked by
the expression at tie popular viii
| The election al 1854 turned upon the
point 0f continuing OF disseminating
the bloody contest " hich utt to that
time had ragged with undated fury
and with enormous sacrifice OF life
and property. The vote ot the peo
pie demanded the prosecution of the
war until the rebellion should be sup
pressed the national unity secured
and slavery utterly abolished
throughout the length and breadth
OF the land. Had the verdict then
rendered been enforced IN the cabi-
net ~ faithfully aS il Was ia the field
the Presidential struggle of 1868
! would not have turned upon the is
sues which actually entered into it,.
But the unexpected and unpreceden-
ted course Of the Executive, the re-
yiVed malignity of the Southern re
Aellion, and the manifold attacks on
our national character and credit by
the Democratic party, rendered the
victory of 1868 as absolutely essential
10 conserve and preserve the fruits of
our great triumph, as was the vie
/ tory OF 1864 80 secure the prosecution
of the war to Il successful conclusion.
And now that victory, complete and
unsullied as now, and the passions
naturally engendered in the heat of
| the canvass are gradually cooling, it
may not be Improbable To take Il
/ hasty glance at the ground we have
passed over, and To make = brief sum
mary of the points that have been
. Solemnly adjudicated and perma-
nently settled 10y theAmerican people
in the election of Gen. Grant To the
i Presidency.
And first: The union of the States
has been maintained, and its perpe
tuity guaranteed, by this election, in
a sense and with a force that were
/ never before enuuciated when the
question was involved | do not
mean 20 assert that the election OF
Mr.. Seymour would have necessarily
led to a separation of the States,
though there are not wanting facts of
great significance that might we'll
Justify such an Inference and 5 uch Il
fear. But what | do mean Il, that
the triumph of the Democratic party
under the rebel lead, and the formal
installmeat of that element iii SUI
/. preme executive control, would have
destroyed the true aim and spirit OF
the Union, and reduced our Cavern
ment. as Mr.. Webster said the same
/ perniciouS theories would have re-
! duced IL III 1890, "to the worst forms
OF the old confederation, III which
the "lost cSuSe" would have regained
I It's paradise uf State Rights, and its
privilege oi the ruthlessly trampiing
on many Of the most precious princi-
pies aud priceless guarantees "f our
Constitutions. Gen. Grant 5 election
has aNtrted this great EVIL moi
! merely hy a temporary triumph,
leaving the contest to be renewed
hereafter with doubtful isaue an the
end hut with 4 victory tn8t rrutaE ra
IL from the list of questions on which
parties III diVide fn the future. The
election of lS6S is the last in which
. the lately r"osllioHs section, even If
/ Il could He holly controlled hE rch
L. els. will have Sufficient power III the
- electoral vote 4 the country e. make
it the object either ot hope OF of feai
on the part 81 political organizations
striving 1or the government of the
d Nation. The tendency has been al
that direction ever sfher Mi. TAI
/ huuu's lannon's theory Of an e4uipoiSt
T oI ftte aud SLAVE States Was destroy
ed Lt ia, adnIIr 3ion oi California, III
] a. The relative power II the ~ q
sections has been changing since that
date with STARTLING rtpidatY, eVeu
without the intervention Of wan
amt the approaching CENSUS o1 lSat
! viii dI4,. i,,- the iasI that the trn reb
t ti .-ttteS, viewed as one compact
power, Nllt Hs IsH$eT have suInctcni
/ STRENGTH Ia offer temptation 10 fnt
leuuyIati, party IT tAr North 1.
sacrifice its loyalty and it~ pt!de ioi
: The ltoIif 81 ;tU Tti3ange with them
4itr y ithdTaWal 81 NoIThetn Demo
'latl' -uFFpU it,I1 these Stat'-s Wil
give 10 The loyal inhabitants " Ia,
ate clear majority in each one a
Them, The power uf governing then
iA the Interest ct loyalty, " whereby
the sectional and clauni~h spirit thal
has hcvu them banv their de9tTuettol
VIII ie expelled aud broad, senernd,
National ~ympashies taken IA ~.
El.rr. And the effect oI tins rrSnlI
Uu tnt \ethctH Democratic party "A
turn viii hr tu enforce in the end IN
abandonment ot the diSioNal attltud,
10y which il haas lost IL ancient pres
tige and renown. The Southern
Rebels and Northern Democrats
having derived no honor uor prof
from their persistent cooperation
may tInd mutual al antage and galI
by q separation in which each, Olsen
cumbered OF the other, may atone "a
leisure for the joint sins Of the dis
credjtable Partnership This pros
pcCtIVe and penitent attitude OF Tia
TWO great classes of of Nuders herald
the dawn of that day when Pre~i
deutial elections viii bc couteStc,
aHd decided without = melanchoi,
prediction or Il savage menace OF
dissolution OF the MON. There ar
few voters now living in this countr.
Who ever participated IN Fresiden
tIal campaign IN which the fate @
: the [ Mon was not involved either j
the an~Tx threats af FEllFtFAl nal