New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-27
THE CAMPAIGN IN OHIO.
r1Rsr spEEcH Oh SENATOR DIANE.


FIRST SPEECH OF SENATOR BLAINE
AN AUDIENCE Of 10000 PEOPLE MEET HIM Al
wARRES--PAYMENT OF REBEL CLAIMs-Gov.
rupFN QUOTED IN FAVOR OF SUCH ACTION
WARREy. Ohio, Sept. 24.-The Hon. James
q Blaine OF Maine made first speech in OHIO during
the present canvass this place yesterday He spoke
IN the Court Housesquare audience Of oyer 10000
people had gathered from all parts OF the surround
ing country During the whole time OF his speaking,
two hours they stood patiently and frequently inter
rupted him with applause The following extracts VIII
give some idea Of tie force OF bis Speech:
Now have something to say Of Mr. Tden, regarding
his position specie payments AZ " SEEKING 10 lhlee
begins 60 ean son liar and other complimentary names
The Democrats say that the CONSTITUTION iolOas tns
ioI5id the payment OF two classes OF claims You
shall make any appropriation 70 pay me rebel aeet
tuition in OF the 14th Amendment nhdo1bt-
think even this may be cot round, but viii ackaow
edge that these gaieways are clEcg Win au.ho
rebcl debt or for the slaves that were emanei-
pated. But inside OF thab gentlemen theTe Is
All the artcies that were destroyed down South during
the war an the wild destruction that followed the war
ali the houses, the fences, school houses, churches
towns and the wheat and the and the bacon and
the mules and horses the railroads bridges cuycrts
and thousand and namccss sources OF i0Ss are an
PAYABLE TO-DAY, If YOU get majority III Congress 10
vote the money There is nothing m the world TO pre-
vent it. How do you know thlt any OF them arc g9iS
to be paid They nave very nearly 200 bills now fled
mp. have a stated at 49, 5ut II - very hely
200 and every imaginable thins For the number OF
these bills You have tie TESTIMONY OF the Ho.Wiili@m
Lawrence careful, pinsiains industrious man ne
is moderate in his statements, and has caieIdy oAan
ned and froa his experience for lie IS moro compScht
SlTsay tlrI wcud involve Cue payment OF from four 10
seven hundred million dollars from me NaJlOhih treas
Well fbe war Claims Committee Of the House sat- and,
as said Judge Lawrence of Beileioniiane was chalI-
tablish his Loyalty before establishing lis claims TIE
thing That committee did wiei the Democrats got
cpnro OF II was strike ont that requirement ana tL ay
put Ia ms CLAIM for losses "ithOht lcSau 10 Tue
And then Another rule which certainly the lawyers,
there be any doing the lOucF 10 listen 60 me- now
will LOOK un as remarkable that any person putting in
a claim for damages Shuull lave BIS own evidence,
should sustain that claim by bis own ahdayit ana mat
OF some other person knowing tie facts Here comes
John smith OF Alabama, who has lost $4,000 ~ inc
Union army, ard then JOHN jones' sNeata Jal Is So
TINS wouid bankrupt the Rothsekilds And tGoso arc
the men that made Mr. Tden back out rOhl the doe
trine OF specie payments OF 1879, and there IS nor
stncIy and sbsSnlcy that WHOM this CJuujry
comes the hard pan to tno gold and silver d9l
yon are never going 30 pay the taxes VAN u t nc
rebel claims for gu Cannot keep the currency oreH az
both ends the paper money ~ one emu ana Ie iGDGi
CLAIMS at the other No. We VIII never PE AoS - w
Southern claims. They cannot create SOnthefA ltNHi
sion, but by quietly WOihihS N"k - ~, ho VA "S Wv ~
ton sentiment they hope 20 B i0I we Ns 80 s
mules aud Southern claims through tie manipulation %
some form OF paper monej, IaSe 0ile $3.50 o f
the solitary hair that left Oh the bald mls pdtc 20
his shoe taxed cottor ana under the COTTON lA COZ
lected $IQOo0OOO Now tbey come loI"atu AM AMI IN
that the taxes be paid back, nOt 70 the ncA woo PAN te
ton-poducing in the proportion oi thelr es Vi
cotton. There 10 bills now pending Tor Tue pay meAt
Of that one claim -,
else on Thursday of weyk there was decision rem
dered in the City OF Portland, state OF Maine IA tie
siding with Daniel Clark, District Judge of New-Ilamp
shire, sitting with mauU want tie attention OF me
lawyers asiR-eeniirieng he Judgment 4GIai I
sana giving Judgment 10 the rebel against DOW person.
ally for the sugar seized on his plantation by olaEng
patty from hls regiment They we're out toTaging and
seized some sugar aud the man sued fOr IT, ahd DOW
said II you loyal man we VIII give You eehipG
and you viii easily get year pay for H. Now tAe sugar.
used, AID large part OF II sent 10 lhe hospitals
Dow says 8 IL you VIII show me your loyalty, wiz
give you receipt" and he declined 70 do IT, and go.
STATES Circuit Court AT Portland confirmed that
judgment, and ordered execution to Issue Tor
enable the man that owned the Held Appoqatox TO
collect ground rent from Grant Tor the occupancy O Il
and destruction 81 tho fences aId crops There has
never bepu "a Ippuscing elOud as this hanging
free people. More than that this decision was warmly
dissented from by judge Clark OF NeTliampSElte ne
oyerrued him in the person Of Clifford ClaoTG Is an
ingram, hungry Democrat, dOuhe-ycd ana t~tsteu,
laughtert And, III my judgment ne nos ctI..eN lLat
for eight years and never offered that decacA h
~ in his Ignorance believed in Democratic t!lninlh II
there should Dc Democratic dreamer mere VII 1t '!t
gentleman tell me why any solitary battalion or division
Of the army the South be sued Tor every arcs
Lei me- read 10 You OF the nature OF the ExGoy
writes over Ms name have known Mr. Tillcn 20
49, 6sts Diluted this ouestjoo with MIN person
ally and know that he hous Tie opinion that te war
was unconstitutional. heard hm declare IA coh'er-
sa ion since the close of the that every
man Ia the United States Army that marched across
Southern soil tressp2sscr aud laDe 70 sun lOT
damages Ia action IOy treSBpass lthhH bdt LuOtu
read that opinion OF Tdeu the day before he made his
decision regard to BOWS sugar. ANA ne Democrats
tel you A9 Constitution f9rbds the pay mc el thtSe
claims. Never angling more menacing ana alarm
ing than that.