Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-08-23
Speaker Blaine at Saratoga.
sneouNo REVIEW OF TIM TWO r,nur..
SMAroaA. Wedno.dar. Ane. III.

speaker Blaine was serenaded at the Crane
mon hotel this evening Ten thousand pco
we're present, and enthusiastic applause
erected Mr.. Blaine, who was introduced by
William A sackett Of Saratoga Mr. Blaine
1ke as follows
Gentlemen For so much Of this ovation
may be personal TO myself ! tender you
y most grateful thanks ! came hither, as
fau all did, to enjoy the rest recreation and
nygoraton Of this most delightful resort, aud
an very sure that the quiet Of my stay is
nll broken by this vast concourse of people
r the mere purpose Of paying personal
compliment to so humble an individual as
myself Holding, as do at present, posi-.
ton Of responsibility in connection with our
national government, anu forced to infer
ihat the mere fact Of your assembling is an
Invitation to me TO speak TO you, however
briefly upon the political questions aud issues
Of the hour and yet at the very outset
gentlemen, feel compelled to say that there
never seemed 10 me 10 hc a time in our his
tory when there is less need OF speech. OF
when The facts Of our public record was so
patent TO every one carried with. them So
fully their own argument and enforced So
,.olrly their own conclusions
The two great parties between which the
American people divide their sympathy and
their support. must he judged, not by their
professions, but by their acts whore each is
10 authority. The Republicans are IN fall
honor at Washington. while the Democrats
bear undisputed sway in New York Need
draw the picture which this brace Of facts
suggests to every intelligent mind 10
Washington, every dollar that can be saved
above the current expenses Is fithfully APP
Piled TO the reduction Of the national debt
In New York, every dollar that can be raised or
arung from the grooming tax payers, above
current expenses is faithfully applied 10 the
benefit Of private ring Of political specu-
ht0rs 10 Washington we have witnessed
with amagement and admiration the payment
90 our national debt at the rate Of one hun.
drcl millions per annum In New York we
have seen with CONSERVATION and alarm the
increase Of the municipal debt at such rate
as will involve, at no long period, the hank
,upicy and ruin even Of that gigantic me-
iropolis with its immense resources and its
fabulous wealth.
II seems but yesterday that General Grant
was inaugurated, and yet, in the brief period
hat has since elapsed two hundred and fifty
millions Of our debt have been paid a sum
quail to more than one-eighth Of our entire
11nded debt, as it exists at this hour and
this payment, be it remembered, has been
iade while taxes were repealed that were
g.elding eighty millions per annum since Cen
fal Grant came in. Look at New York city
lring the same period. Its bonded debt has
zen increased to such a mammoth extent
nat the authorities dare not confess the actual
mount. Tax levies are all the while hcaped
beyond the Imagination of honest men, and
scale Of such expenditures is maintained
iaat challenges credulity even from those best
quainted with the audacity of Tammany
aai. | do not desire, gentlemen to be I'M
0arstood as making a random and reckless
,aarge, iuculpating every democrat in the land,
aud holding him responsible for the corrup
tons in New York. have too much respect
Tor individual members Of that party, and
trust | may say that | have too many friends
within the ranks of that party, TO permit me
TO make so unjust an accusation But this
do say--and address it especially to honest
democrats, that the source Of the power and
controlling guidance of that party is in jus'
such hands as have been guilty of the gros,
frauds recently exposed in New York. With
out the aid and leadership of Iammany it
would be impossible for the democrats to carry
the State of New York, and without the State
Of New York, their chances in the Presiden.
tial contest Of 1872 wouid not be worth reck.
oning aud they well know it, 90 further,
gentlemen, and aver that the power of Tam.
many, with its money in the North and the
power Of terrorism in the South are the wcap.
ons relied upon by the democratic leaders to
carry the national contest next year, and iC il
were not for this, we should have absolute
peace throughout the length and breadth o.
the land. Why, ask, is there not as much
supremacy Of the law, as much civil order, as
thorough protection of life and property il
the South to-day as in the North Why i.
there more disturbance between the Potoma,
and the Rio Grande than there is between tn,
Potomac and the St. Lawrence answer
simply because it is not in the interest of tn,
democratic party that such condition Of at
fairs shall be maintained in the South as shall
prevent the fair full and unrestralned vote o
the whole people, and do not charge this re
sponsibility wholly upon the democratic part,
in the Southern States. They are the mme
date actors, but their responsible indorser
are in the North. If the northern Democrat,
party to-day, sincerely, honestly and earnestly
Willed it, there would be an end at once O
kuklux outrages in every Southern State
NlV, gentlemen, as in the olden time, ten
rshteous men might have turned the wrath
OF God from the doomed city Of the plain, so
this day and this hour, believe, | coulC
name the leading aspirants for the presi
Dental nomination of the democracy Whose
united and righteous appeals for peace in thu
south would produce peace in the South.
And this brings TO the test the sincerity o
tie new departure. What is the new depar
tlre2 Why, certain constitutional amend
mants being adjudged necessary to secure the
lall fruits Of our victory over the rebellion
aud these amendments having been regularly
adopted by the requisite two-thirds in boil
branches OF Congress and the ratification o
tlree-fourths of the states, the democracy re
f. sed TO abide them. In several instances
every democratic member of Congress vote,
aclinst the resolutions in the House, declar
ng these amendments not Of binding force
TIE asst vote of this kind being given so late
ly, | think, as April of the present year. Blu
the late Mr.. VallaDdigham and a few other
discovering that this attitude Of the democr'
cy was an incipieut rebellion, called Halt
aud the party in the North generally obeye,
resolving that upon the whole they would agrc
to submit to the constitution Of the Unite
States aud this law-abiding spirit being $
unusual with that party, and the sensation {
constitutional obedience SO novel with then
with keenness Of wit and reactive sarcasm
apparently not appreciated by themselve
they, with one consent, called II 4" new d
parture."
But we must be pardoned for little il
creduity as to the full sincerity of the ne
departure, until We see it bear fruit. WhC
every man in the United States enjoys his fu
right to property, his full protection to pc
sou. and his indisputed, unmenaced right
suffrage, and all this by the cooperation
the democracy, we will begin to have son
faith in the purity aud sincerity Of the sudd,
conversion Of that party. Until then, '
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