Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-12-12
BLAINE AND
Comments OF ihs Press ON the sen.
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sts Debate.
New YonK. Dec. l2.-The Worlds
Washington special says OF Blaine's
speech: Improved a disappointment to
his friends. and was without surprise to
his political opponents. 1t was conclu-
sive in showing that the policy OF hate
was sbbing In the Republican party.
and that this was an effort OF a more
radical element to restore II to fiood.tide
again. Although plausible and ingen-
uous. like most OF Blainc's speeches. 1t
lacked the audacity and incisiveness Of
matter and manner which have charac-
terized former ones. and fell far below
what the other side Of the chamber had
been led to expect. The replies OF
Thurman and Lamar. therefore. were
more brief than Blaine's speech. and
quite demolished II. Every Senator In
the city was present. aud all save one
listened Nith the greatest attention.
The solitary exception was Conkling,
who. during the speech, did not look up
from the perusal OF q bundle Of a
script. The Senator from New York
was almost as much an object OF atten.
ton from tho peculiarly Il his bearing
as the Senator from Maine. Conkling
was probably unaware OF this or he
would have observed the courtesy that
hedges the Senate on these occasions.
The Sun prints Blaine's speech In full
and apologies for 80 doing. by declar.
ing that the speech is SO good that 1t is
worth IL.
A Times Washington special says {:
flames q. Blaine is tho hero Of the
hour In Washington. His name is upon
every tongue. and his speech In denun-
ciaHou OF the methods by which South.
ern Democrats gain political victories is
the one topic OF conversation at the
hotels and all other public places"
The Sun says Of Blaine's speech {:
"Never before In q long public career
has Blaine taken no much pains with a
speech I; never before has he had such
cause to take pains. Every paragraph,
sentence and word has bsen weighed.
and he has said in half an hour what n
clumsier speaker would have taken six
hours to say. He has mingled provo.
cation with moderation, and has said
enough TO excite the susceptibilities OF
the South without startling the conser.
vatism Of the North. A less expert
politician would have frantically waved
the bloody shirt I; but Blaine has not
done this, knowing a trick worth two OF
IL. He has not sought TO enlist the
sympathy OF the North for the bulldosed
negro voters. but has touched atonce
the available ISSUE"
Nrw YoRK, Dec. 12.-The TriL,ue's
Washington correspondent speaks high.
ly Of Blaine's speech. and says he had
much the best OF the argument. The
correspondent continues {: Blaine spoke
with his accustomed ease and emphasis.
carrying home to every n who listened
the central idea OF every sentence or
paragraph. Those who expected waving
| OF the "bloody shirt" or q gushing
sentimental appeal to Northern preju.
dices and sympathies, II there were any
such. were disappointed. The point OF
the whole address was nrgumentative,
and the whole speech was free from
sensational eraggeration. The address
was q careful, temperate statement OF
the leading facts OF the late elections in
some Of the Southern States, q disclos.
urs OF the effect which fraud and
violence at the South have upon
the rights OF Northern citizens,
and O solemn warning to the De-
mocracy OF the reckoning that is sure
to come when the people OF this North
realize that they are being cheated and
not the poor negroes or disreputabls
carpet.bapgers OF the South alone. The
ground Blaine took wal the strongest
possible. II was impreguable.