The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-13
Maine and Blaine.

We published through telegram Fri
day morning the proceedings OF the Maine
Convention held on Thursday at Augusta.
The sear,en and eodfishers, under the guild
asce az BLAINE, were made to endorse
views MS illiberal and outrageous towards
the south IS Mr.. BLAINE could desire. we
cannot find It in our heart to feel the ma
leyolence these detestablc and malicious
Views might we'll excite towards the COD
fishers and seamen, for we know II Is not
from, their hearts that they come. BLAINE
"a their author 1t is he who with malice
which we may speak Of. in the language
Of the late WATKINS LEIGH, as "hell-
born and hellward-bound," "putS in the
resolutions OF the Republican party OF
Maine the most bitter and disinSenuous
statements and differences concerning the
South. His malisnity seems rather to grow
with his increasing age. and will probably
disturb his mind to the day OF his death.
There is too much method in his malignities
to suppose that they are the temporary pro-
duce OF high temper. The deliberate array
OF these same ma,ignities winter before
last, their repetition last winter, and their
injection into the Maine resolutions in the
last month Of summer, after the passions OF
the presidential campaign are over. and
spring and summer, with their serene In
fluence and renewed benefcence to man,
al, show that BLAINE is insusceptibie to klnd
feelings and kindly and genial influences.
He is a cherisher Of Yindictiye sentiments
and the harborer OF reyenges that nre IN
spircd by merited disappointmcnts and just
retributions. .-. .ns, .r.-:.... ..
The resolutions avoT sentiments or ma
tional devotion in iuxtaposition to imputa-
tionS upon southern rebels. 81 thank thee
Lord" says BLAINE, "that l am not ike
that publican" while what u blessing it is
that that publican - is not like that I" Re-
publican " OF Maine ...,
Mr.. BLAINE, in these resolutions, pro-
claims that " citizenship is NATIONAL; and
again he negIects not to direct his shafts ut
the South, on the ground that the South is
endeavoring to destroy the rights OF "citi-
Zenship" under the "heresy OF States
rights those rights OF citizenship which
~
the Federal Government to protect. Exactly.
But President HAYES has determined that
the nrst duty Of the Federal Government Is
to protect the rights Of the StateS-of local
self-governments. He is just. Those rights
shielded from the assaults Of the bloody Re-
puhiicans, and personal rights are safe. ltis
only fanatics and malignants like BLAINE that
mistake the natural results OF race pecuiari-
ties and incongruities as the effect OF illegal
measures. They are sons OF the slave
traders OH the high seas who brought the
African here as slave. and they are terri
bly, exercised now with desire to recon-
pense the poor African, out of whom their
fathers made millions. But they want to
do this in an economical way-one that in
commodes themi in no way and costs them
no money. A very safe sort OF atonement
for theml d. Hence we are very bad people
for not taking upon ourselves the business
OF compromising Africans for the terrible
wrongs their fathers inflicted upon them.
This is Mr.. BLAINE! ......+,.g. III
Ard Mr.. BLAINE next goes on to say that
s'local self-government, in all matters
"strictiy local. must be strictly adhered
5sto -; and yet the Federal Government is
csiied upon to interfere with our local mat
tiers to make us do what the. fanatics are
foolish and malicious enough to declare is.
necessary.to secure equality to negroes!
:: ME. BLAINE further declares that fraternal
relations ought to exist between the States,
and entire liberty OF opinion should pre-
vail everywhere; but Immediately accuses
the South of things calculated to disturb
fraternity and of the exercise OF our opin-
ions in a manner that is censurable and de-
structiye OF the free exercise OF opinion: as
il our liberty Of opinion could only be pro-
perry exercised under their censorship!
This accusation is based on the solid
South 1.-THE harmony that prevails in the
South by reason OF the pressure Of north
ern;fanatieism and hate, aided by the4perr
secution through the Federal Government.
TO this accusation is added that OF not elect
ing negroes to legislative and other posi-
lions, as destructive OF the principle Of
equality amongst citizens, Do these Maine
people elect negroes to office! Are we to
be required to elect negroes for Liberty's
!, sake and they not a4"~,s ,TrloH Gip -
They are dogs that talk Of us in this man
!, ner. And it is not the fishermen and sailors
!; Of Maine that talk SO, it is only. BLAINE and
/, certain satellites OF his He cannot forget
his7disappointments, and he continues bis
]. ctimonious ~ philippics !. in the hope Of
maintaining, a sectional party in hostility to
!, the SOUTH But that is thing Mr.. BLAINE
will find it impossible to do. President
: HAYES has spiked that gun, at least to
sufficient extent to make the establish
u ment, of a sectional party to take control
in: national affairs again, a matter Of
impossibilisy. r Mr. BLAINE sees this
sufficiently clear to make him an enemy Of
Mr.. HAYES. So we saw that at the Augusta
Convention he moved to table both the COM
pliments and the censures Of President
HAYES. He had not the generosity to be
just; he had not the bravery TO be an as
sailant Of the president. He must go at
him in different manner. p
The Augusta Convention served the pur-
pose OF giving vent to BLAINE's malice, and,
we conjecture, the expiring breath OF the
bad statesman's national political lie. He
must now be content to rust out within the
boundaries Of the .slocal self-goEernment -
OF Maine. ~ 80. 5ti.;,- .f e!, i.I -
We add to this article an extract from the