, 1872-10-15
SPEAKER BLAINE.
Speech at the West Side Rink
Last Evening. IS.


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Hon. Mr.. Blaine. They were called to ofoer. ..
J. b: Ward, who nominated @. E. Moore fo
Chairman: He stated that Mr. Blaine had no
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ye' a.tt'eQ, w. "outo ooo,1 ~ snei1 -:
Aeslng: WHO was present; TIES caneo On alt
made q lew remarks, not in regard to NatIona
politics, but the candidates Of the recent County
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nh. BLAINE
WAS then introduced. Ii not offensive TO any
supporters Of the late A1r. Greeley, to make any
raferenoe to tha late war. he wo11d ask what ttey
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| tna1 s'rugele' 1Ae Union "a8 ma1hetlaeo, fsno
1 tho rebellion conquered, but that was Of the
past. But what great results we're there to
abo1r > go far 80 craat resnlts ,rera CONCERNED.
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'n0ie "s4e eno -noe 1tAn' eoA'0e.'os1ooa4
changes. Fr1or 10 tn1s genera1lon' ior years
there had been no changes in the Constitution, =
;atrotion an amendment was adopted aboliehiag
ls1iAllon -! sauan...4eu' - "as aaup.': a1
glaFeIy ana maalng IL lmp9ss5pl9 II a7nellcs. LIE.
Bnt 1t vas fonna Ii mat n mercy @ acc declaring han h;1
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power to defend himself, and standing
difficulty On the question OF citizenship. existed
| even up to the close OF the war. a colored
citizen Of Illinois,, the moment he got below the
| free States, was deprived Of al his rights and
even white citizen was deprived Of free speech.
| Colored citizens of Maine, serving as seamen,
we're imprisoned on reaching Southern port.
| Massachusetts had tried to test the point, but
failed. Even at the close Of the war there was
no common standard of citizenship, three
Southern States declaring no Northern State
should determine the question OF citizenship
for them.
| The Republican party, seeing that trouble, de-
termined on another amendment. The founders
| Of the Constitution had made it difficult to
amend the Constitution. Yet this was
| adopted, and by it the very root Of the evil was
| p1ucked up, and all troubles about citizenship
| abolished and all persons were made citizens
! who were born or neturn1ized in the United
| States, and no State WAS allowed to abridge the
| rights of any Citizen Congress being given
power to enforce the article. 4 case arose which
tested the power Of Congress under that amend
| ment. At the close Of the war all expected
| tumu1t and disorder ut the South. But after
| patient waiting the disorder Was found to con-
tinuo, and there was a vast conspiracy against
tho rights Of Loyal men careful il isngsstiga- cSa
| had been it's victims, and more than six thou
sand killed General Grant thought it
time to stop it, and recommended &C.
ton BY Congress under the Fourteenth
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pending, it had the aid of Mr. Greeloy's pen and
influence. It was adopted after long debate,
all who opposed it assenting that such legisla-
ton trampled on the great right Of local self
government: But the bill, in brief, meant where
the local authority could not or would not pro,
! tect the citizen he could appeal to the Federal
authority. twas q law applying to Illinois also,
but Illinois protected it's citizens. The Repnb-
lican party declared then that the purpose Of the
last amendment was to centralize all powers
nacnEHATv to protect the citizen. ThA TAr had
been i''~ fought By the the soldiery tt to 81 secure @
a Government that could protect them. It
was curious that . Government which always
not do It at home He referred to the prece-
donts set in the cases Of Koszta and DR.. Hou-
ard, which constituted what some called ehadowy
claims. So be could not comprehend how the
behold, could not interfere in South Carolina;
but that was where the Democratic party left
them.
Mr.. Greeley Was nominated at Cincinnati, and,
sTaf ,9 a, T9ts s s5ef M % Of ssesp
bort Of the worst wing of the Democracy, the
Southern Rebel wing, and his letter was to
nn The Fourteenth Amendment if thew
wnn1d yote for him.-and he read from
the. letter referred to, to prove it
which. he alleged, contained all the old doc
tr;nes of the Heuocratic marty IN the entiect of
local salf-porarnment Ha had agreed t. throw
1 citizanshin to the Southern % does # thev wnnld
ennnort him. Upset that amendment and the
conntry would retrograde immeasurably. The
Cincinnati Conyantion was q remarkable BODY.
RI wag called hv digcontented Trade Rennb-
Iicans for revenue reform. Il VAS called eY-
rTass1v "a a. Free-Traie conrention. and II
wound M by nominating the hiehest protective
man in The country. Some one was cheated ;
Mesers. Reed. Fenton, Greeley, and
Bleir had managed it. 70 avoid
iaughior, .they' Abandoned free trade If
Mr.. Greeley would give up Protection, and in
making up q platform they expressed positive
OPINIONS On everything but the subject for which
they were called together. He read the article
on the subject Of revenue reform, which he
thought was drawing it pretty mild. Mr. Gree-