The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-12-18
BLAINE ON TIE RAMpAts Il

Il
gate alleged suppression q the colorel vo,,
in The last election. II drew into the gal.
leries Of the Senate as e,ger crowd d
fashionable and distinguished people a. wer.
attracted by Eenk kling exhibition 80 year,
ago. as much interest being fel, in the re,
plies expected TO be made, MS in the cen
,ral figure Of the occasion.
.aa Blaine had his speech printed and dis,
tributsd beforehand. We have read it.
aud at the risk Of treason to his great fame.
mu.t say il di.arpoints. II Is nei,hergrcat,
eloquent or patriotic il ispetty. aatulent,
and partisan. full Of qnerufous COMPLAIN,
and childish disappointment, or uure,spna,
BILE expectation. sf @5#s# ILL.,.
The burden Of the sohg is intitsia,iion
and violence By which the negro is kept
from the polls, and as a consequence the
whites alone enjoy the advantage Of the adj.
ditional thirty i've members added To
Southern representation By virtue Of the
conferment Of the ballot upon the prgEo;
and the antiiote 10 the trouble is to do.
priye those States in which there are negro
'najori,ies ofsll excess Of representation ex>
cept such as is strictly applicable TO the
white vote. Il. other words. by violent
presumption. she negroes are dee Jared no,
to have voted al all anil therefore no, en-.
titled TO representation. e+s.s 80" J.
Bat Mr.. Blaine knows well enough that
be argues on false premises /; that there was
no such general obstruction 10 the ne::rd
vote as he alleges; that the negroes vote. D..
they please. aud no longer at the 6iirection
Of carre, bag masters; and so Mr.. Blaine
leads ofi IN the crusade. the almof which is
TO take away the ballot altogether from th.
negro; and. reducing the Southern repre-.
sentation in Congress. TO pat that body
back in Republican hands. ~ ...,......
Mr.. Thurman .aad Mr.. Lamar both re.
piled wi.h splendid ability. NE have on.
ly room for one extract from the speech of
the former: ~.
Who w,s il thai dre~ the color line
between the whites and negroes in the
Southi Let me tell you. sir. that mill OTIS
Of the monry Of the people 81 the Unite-i
States we're expended BY your agen,s-the
frsedmas's Bureau ,agents-n getting
every eolored man in The South into the
Bnion Leage. and swearing him never 10
sote for = Demoerat. That is where the
color line began ~, be drswn.. That irs:i.
tuition which took charge Of the negro - the
ballot box-,ook charge of him 10 the cot
ton field took charge Of him everywhere
-supervised every contract he made. a..
lowed NO contract TO be made unless m hs
the approval Of the agents " the Reesl.
mans Bureau. and spent mUney and pro-
perty. called captured and abandoned pro-
perry that was surrendered 10 IL. and una.
ny millions Of money directly appropriated
out Of the Treasury Of the United States.
IL vas thaf-the Baretu aad its agents
that hrst drew the colpr line. and yet when
the whole cf the Seath. when the .m.n oxn-
ing the property and having the inle.lire"c-
and the rducs.ion AZ the South. saw their
very s.,eiai system menaeed with desiiuc
tion. their very households threatened With
ruin under an iuuBdation Of harbsrism di.
rected by the most unscrupulous Of men.
aud SLea they naturslly come together,
when they naturally .uulie. IS people me.
naeed with danger will unite. then a cry is
raised against the .olid South All! Mr.
President, j. will not do De- -s-=" -
..rf e. ~yus-gase=+= e.-.s. .tsai
Gen. Scales on The 5fh inst. Introduced
a.bill. BY unsnimous consent, fixing the
value Of the trade and Mexican dollar and
providing that the legal tender dollar shall
be the unit cf value. The bill provides
that those Two coins which are ~ greater IN.
trinsie yaIue than fha trade daIf,r ~ E.,r