, 1877-07-05
,n41E CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY. JULY g. 1877

t.,h"r Ly a thpns ,.'l ''oS interest. f'E't'lah!'
.,rl kl"ir't' ,Al :, - ,ti'',:5s": u "''r s".n.
t,,hy lnr shrr 'tt" y rtri'nra q T. I'Ht au *
prc:st", "t tho kindly regard VIC feel ios nctf
sTA7Es or TIE sorrT1.
In ny remarks have ln.cu rnn?elltl 10
speak Of the North and t!.c soith 81 In a err.
tss ti"1ern,nent. n. It j. rot my ,peakIne
Of tiao at,t t4vnni,,n that creates 4,
/! every man In the North should kccr silent.
Deruraltou- Day, nnr by swelling pcrl',la on the
Fourth of July. II has IT, ,lespscatcd origin
in different pharcs OF civilization and Io rail-
eally dii.:fent slcxs Of We funt.sns' .e nowers,
,ncnts. !. Is 1errlv to r. regrattea that Il has
grd;wn up. nnpe It will some day 'ite out: This
North pod tue south, l"st - n,,a; tnugh M as
Nature for Harmonious co-opetattou aud ~
mutual development anil xtrength. l would
tnclula all seelipus in tiIt folds vi to'nJnon
patriotism. inspIrcl ly flng': aln,, wa.Incsl hr
IooklnR forward To one .ic,sny., 1iat we shoall
gain nothing-nav. VIC should lose great
;ieal-ly concerning from ourselves The
palpablc fnct that the controlling pol,tI-
views which aro nt war with tic pre,tigc a,ul
prosperity u tho American Union. fbcak Il
hers today Ii sorruw, a'II not III unger, and yet
could not be Just y my convic:lons on u should
lsanls Of that vast majority of OUR rountryn1cn
who believe that their paramount Allegiance II
due to the National Government, and whn hold
with Washington that "thc Cnton ri the States
| should ever he the primary object Of patriotic
| DESIRE"
HOW Mr.. BLAINE REGARDS rnB sorri1.
| Tic consolidated strength. Of the sixteen
! States that wcro lately slavcffbtny IA = trc-
half the Senate OF the Unttc1 States, tnorc
than ono-thlnd Of the 1louec of Representatives
! ard al,out two[ftlls of the aggregate EhNt-
al by a snaii minority of thr neot,le of those
States; 1t will be welded It, tho future with tho
unity of lespotls1n, nni Il alns NJ permanent
domination 10 tho Government Of tho
faee, prepare Tor the danger In season, and
, avert It Il possible. take my t,oaItion With
out hesitation, without dtstrlst, without acrf.
mony, and without couceafncnt. balleve that
Union Is the worst possible result, even for tho
South itsclf. believe TINT It Ia menacing md
dangerous TO every Interest Ia the lanl; ! be'
llcys that the nc,! who la tstnc aha .hanl3 Y
govern It; l believe that Tho men who for -four
years sought the life Of tie nation should no'
bc antrustcd with It's suprcmc control; ] ho.
licve that the heresy Of tho ttstzen'a prtmar,
which las already wrought 70 much misery an.
shed so much blood, l,-shon!d he confined 70 tht
States that ens5sh It, IT., and not IT, BE- permit Permit
| tcu 70 l0ekAu uAclI IN tuc UOt&fl
1nent Of the natluu; and, finally,
believe that any policy which eontctnplatcs, O.
by my possibility involves, the nnnc 1ntion o
Aaxican territory or any other addition TO II!
disturbed clements Of tho South. is at wnr ritl
tho highest interests Of every American citizen
Of tho generation that now Is, and Of thos
countless generations which, lu t',s provitlcnc
Of Col, shall succeed to our proud tislc and u
its continually widening Responsibilities.
At tho conclusion of Mr. Dlainc's spccch b
wna loudly applauded aud yoled tho thauks q
| tho eaAemOlMrc.