Ellsworth American., 1876-11-09
Blaine in Brooklyn.



When the figure of the Maine Senator wa.
seen emerging from the rear of the platform en-
thusiasm of his reception was unbounded.
The thousands Of people in the building rose
TO their feet and wildly waved hats and hand
kerchief-, while cheer on cheer echoed from
every side. The applause 4stad 50 long that
! Mr.. Blaine took seat, and the presiding Of
! tieer beckoned to the band TO sirik up lively
AR. The rush at the entrance from the
thousands outside was great that the APP
| plause in the rear was several times interrupt
! ed by cries OF danger. When Mr.. Blaine W a.
introduced aud arose to speak. the applause
broke out afresh, and he was compelled TO visit
| several nom nts before he could be heard. He
then spoke Tor half sn hour with evident diff
Guilty. and with so much hosrsene-> in hi>
I voice that persons in the rear Of the building
were unable to hear him distinctly. Many lcfl
the entrance during that time only to ind the
! streets blockaded by hundred. of persons anx-
ious 10 get even glimpse OF the speaker.
MIR. BLAiNE's ADDRESS.
Ladies and Gentlemen: | deem it 4 matter
of peculiar ill-tortune TO myself that am not
able to appear before this magnificent audience
in possession OF NV natural voice. But | have
the pleasure to believe and the satisfaction to
state that have lost my voice in the perform
snce OF my duty. | have talked in public 6o or
20 times in the cause OF Hayes aud Wheeler
/ tremendous cheers and Last night. meet
ing a large a. this illmitable assembly, for the
first time in my life my voice failed me. Re-
newed cheers. The only consolation which
presents itself TO me is that suffered this loss
in the furtherancc OF good caus"-le leheersl. in
the performance of my duty. Aud to-nigh', il
that cause were opposed in this campaign only
by honest votes. there would he no contest. no
political struggle in the United States. II to-
night the supporters of GOV. Tildcn did not re-
" upon what intimidation and violence will do
for them in the South and what fraud AMI cheat
ing will effect for them in New York and
BROOKLYN, they would nave no faith in the con-
test no hope of success. no chance of victory.
Loud and prolonged applause.
II i a significant circumstance that the party
OF reform, which comes in with high-soundIng
phrases and magn loquent manifcstocs Of ie
ducing the national expenditure aud imprn' ins
the popular condition. places it, expectation,
on crime in one end Of The country snd pe'i'
larceny in the other for success in the present
political campaign. Renewed cheers lin
addition 70 the crime winch i 10 be- prrpeira-
ted in behalf OF the Democratic party we take
AWAY the support which i, to D. derived from
the ignorance Of many Of the constituents. We
Will see that it would he impossible for It TO
succeed. Cheer. One of the most sad sud
most serious fact in connection with the pend
ne election j. tht: one-quArter-two millions
out nine million,-cAnnpt real ami wrlt"-tAn
neither read nor write. An. | think ! hear
some Democrat on the out>kirt, OF this audi
ence say. WHY of course that i. what comes Of
Niger suffrage n they are in the halit OF
calling it, Don't be % fast, nv Democratic
friend There are. il j. true. Co 90 colored
men in the South, and they nearly all vote the
Republican ticket. Renewed cheers But
there are 1000 white men in the South who
cannot read, and they all vote the Democratic
hcket. The fact becomes more serious ana
more sad when YOU reflect. r. the figures a.
ready given YOU indicate. thst out OF the LOW
0oo Of voters who can neither read nor write
/. 200 oOO OF them are in the South. Now >ay
{ III AllAA III iftA4iaN iP - -'' At+' 49,
on universal suffrage. in,t it j. fact OF the
most portentous moment that nearly one-fourth
Of the voters can ncither read nor w-ite. and Il
this city OF Churches-thi, great cry Of Brook
1lyu-would seriously take Il into considrrsl sli-n
whether il would not be wise and well 10 divert
portion of the missionary fund from foreign
| lands and send II down South. think they
would find most fruirul field for all their
| beneyolenee. The only trouble in the matter
would be that our Southern brethren who can
no, read and write would shoot the ms-iona-
Gentlemen. the issues Of this campaign are
many. II had voice and YOU had patience.
/ would discuss them. But patient as you
might be 10 nv own voice. | an very sure you
would grow restiye under that which am
compelled to use tonight. | cannot even re-
hearse the issue. cannot even attempt to pre-
sent them by name. But | can say this 10 YOU
that before all other issue, overriding all j.
sues. and underlying all other issues sre two,
and they are trite aud they are well known.
But they will never cease 10 be issues IN TIN,
country until what they demand i fully and
| finally conceded. Those issues are, first. I'll Al
the loyal men OF the country that saved the
! Government shall continue TO rule II applause
that II sectional partie. be an evil they may al
present be necessary evil, and that If either
section is TO rule the country let it be that sec
ton that saved the whole country. Applause
| And the next Issue is that every man in the
| United States. high and low, rich and poor,
/ black and white, jew and Gentle. Catholic snd
/ Protestant. who is entitled to vote under the
/ laws Of the United States, shall be allowed to
vote without intimidation, without molesiation
without violence. Applause And there can
be no peace in the United States until that right
is conceded throughout the length and breadth
Of the land. Renewed applause.
THE RULE OF THE MAJORITY.
Now, the Republican party have no prescrip-
tive right to Iule this country, no more than
any other party. They have no inheritance
that is loyal. They exist merely by the will ot
the majority. But the Republican party has
the right to rsle the country until an honest
majority Of votes, legally cast, says they shall
no longer rule 1t. IApplause.l 1t has taken
many centuries TO educate the Anglo-Saxon
race up TO the point of submitting 10 majority
of one. You may try 1t in what are called the
Latin nations, or you may try il in Spain or
South America or Mexico or in France, and the
majority Of one is as potential as a majority oi