The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-05
Blaine 80 Maine.

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Blaine 10 Maine.
The best Democrats in the United States
,nsat IA. he soeatl In New England. There, |
. mon, II he Is d Detoocrntsst all must be
me from principles Msine, New Hatnp-
hire vermont. hassach usefts, and Rhode |
Island nast DO TO Desno very disagree.
he; Had Connecticut Is mot . great deat
snbfe pleasant. In the. last tanned state
hsisssyer, Democratic speaker does have
nhs0ce Of being allowed to stand mp Tor ms
nsncip,es before crowds composed pretty
largely OF men OF his owa way OF th,nxmNE''
And there are no trucr men In the coucsrS
than some Of the leading Democrats o. con.
necticut, OF whom Senator EATON Is pae OF
the bes. specimens, though he rs gold
bug.' 800 II -, - !.
But 10 come to Maine and BLkISsr We,
printed yesterday two planks OF the Demo-
cratic platform OF Maine. The happy
wording Of the resolutions led us 10 hunt mt
up full report of the proceedings OF the
Democratic State Convention, and we founa
Il in the Boston Herald. We were well re-
commenced for our trouble; for we came
unon a speech made By Hon. ABRAHAM SAN
BORN, OF Bangor, which is so thoroughly I'M
bued with the spirit OF the ANDREW JAcKs 'teF
Democrats OF old that it was real treat 10
read Respectfully as coming from New
England. In this article, however, we shaH
not quote any other portion OF bis speech
than 80 much as may be necessary to let our
readers see what q Maine man has to say
about BLAINE ~ ar Har
We give the tierald's report: 81
Mr.. Sanhorn then alluded to Senator
Bfaiue's speech before the Republican state
Convention, in which he said that "theg
were TO fight the old Democratic.Green-.
back party, or the. Grecnback-D emocratle
party, no matter which forms Tue head or
the tail of the concern. il was all the same
sbinr. The Democratic party holds a bill
Of. sale Of the Greenback party. and. even
finally. all would be one" Noyiler SANDER
over was uttered, said Dir. Sanborn. ltSYhs
an insult, both to the Democratic party and
IN the Greenback party. He Thought the
charge came with poor grace from the man
who was brought before the House OF Rep
resentativcs for having S450,000 in the
bonds of the Fort Smith and Little ROCK
railroad, Didn't some one have blli OF
sale OF him, and wasn't he sold to the deVil
long ago? he did not want TO Tcealtilt TO
his discrcdit, but he remembered him wen
before be was elected to Congress, Wncn
he was poor man ana hafaIy Hnau
where to lay his head. Where is he now ]?
Spending over $40, 900 year in high living.
He outsteals even Ben. Butler. / don't
know that be has ever stolen spoons, but he
has stolen everything else. Talk about the
Greenback party landing in the Democratic,
camp. wish he could look into your faces
to-day. He ought to be flayed for 1t. He
calls us rebels--ths q rebel camp. Shame
on him. He had been in Congress twenty
wears. and had never originated 4 measure.
He defended Belknap, Babcock, and the
whiSkey-ring. am glad be: was not born
in Maine. He came from the State that pro-
duced Simon Cameron aud the Molly MA
guires. Nineteen OF them have been banged
already, and should not care II he went
with the rest OF them. No. Let him go.
! have only this 10 say TO him. The fusion
OF Democrats and Grecnbackers that lie sees
rising up before him like spectre be VIII
see In the flesh. This fusion will take; place
before his senatorial term ,explres, and his
place will be filled by another and differ
ent NAN. e. ~'~ = , ~'. @i..i =
This is not very complimentary to Mr..
BLAINE. His own constituents are not all
proud OF him. To US he appears as q bum
bug. lie was SO ready, able, and c'carin bis
decisions as Speaker OF the Federal House OF
Representatives that he made national
fame for himself. and at Cincinnati in 1876
had a fine prospect. OF being nominated for
the presidency. But his reputation has
dwindled down to celebrity similar to old
ZACH. CHASDIER's-that Of mere calnm-
niator OF leading Democrats and slanderer
OF the Democratic party. His transfer to
the Senate Is what has damaged him so much
in reputation and destroyed all his prospects
OF being President. The elevation exposes
his feeblencSs OF resources. Whilst CoNK-
LING, EDMUNDs, and CARPENTER, are able to.
hold I" high debate (" with THURMAN, NOR
GAN, HILL, and VOORHEES,, on constitl-
tional questions, BLAINE, being no lawyer,
md would, as Mr.. THURMAN told him the
other day, be unable to earn bis salt as such,
can play only the role OF a mere stlrrer-up
of strife between the sections. lie can
therefore no longer claim the respect OF his
political Opponents, as he did when he filled
a place for which his talents and acquire
ments peculiarly fitted Kim. We own that
we were amongst those whom he misled
into regarding him as statesman by his
performances in the Speakers chair.
We do not know what is to be the result
OF the pending campaign In Maine; but We
are pretty confident that Mr. BLAlSE will
have as much as he can do to prevent HIS
own State from passing, out Of the control
OF the Republican party. We have no SYM
pathy with greenback iunatics as such. but
when they appear as enemies OF the reqi'ers
OF the South, as they do in Maine, we cam
not but wish that they may succeed. We
trust that under Mr.. SASBoEs's indictment
the voters Of Maine may find verdict
against BLAINE. b, ..sae
A Remarkable DetuSior.
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