Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-04-22

IKE ENTIRE SOUTH. - Mr.. BLAINE
MAKES SOME TELLING FONTS.
The special correspondent, of the Bos-
toa Idtsrfjs,r saws that Mr. Blaine :
opening of the debate on the army bill, on
the 18th, was one of his most brilliant
and effective speeches. His showing of
the actual strength and distribution Of
the army in the South, and, in fact, in
the whole territory east of the Mississippi,
was such a revelation as Democrats had
not expected. In the course of his re-
marks hc stated that
The total number Of soldiers east OF the
Mississippi river, in territory containing
flrty-ouc millions Of population, was only
2-2-. or sixty soldiers 20 every million PEG
PIE II, then proceeded 10 read from his
list the number of troops IN each Southern
state. which Dee accompanied by obServa-
tons that teemcd with cutting satire In
Delaware. whose two senators manifested
- much alarm lest the military might over
throw the republican Institutions, there
was not single soldier In West Virgin
Ia. the Junior senator from which State
Hereford. wrought himself into q passion
over The iron heel 20 military de>potiSm.
there was not a soldier In MARYLAND there
were 49, artillcrymcu employed 10 man
Fort MCHcury, az the entrance OF Balti-
more harhor I'm Virginia, - men at
tended the school of practice at Fortress
Monroe. and there WAS not another Federal
soldier In the State. IN North Carolina
there were thirty soldiers guarding the fort
40 the mouth OF Cape Fear river. The 1870
men guarding the forts 40 Charleston har-
Dor were AN the troops now in South Car
DINA Twcntv-uiue soldiers only were
stationed iu Georgia in Florida there We're
Is. iu Tennessee, kentucky. Missouri and
Mississippi there was not solitary federal
soldier; there were but - in Arkansas -
in Alabama: 239 In Louisiana, and in
Texas. apart from those that guarded the
Rio Graudc, there wa, not soldier. Elcv-
en- hundred and my soldiers, Mr.. Blaine
>lrCa>tiCaliy observed, were All that op-
pressed and destroyed the liberties Of the
tf(cen millions OF Southern people He
further malyzed this list. and made the
picture more ludicrous by showing that
there WAS not even one soldier 90 county
aud only one soldier 90 every 700 square
miles OF territory. and one soldier 10 every
thirteen polling places.
These h.urc> OF Mr. Blainc'S elected the
greatest mcrrimsut all over tie chamber al
the expense OF the Democrats. The climax
of This part OF the speech was reached
when Mr. Blaine. ina his most earnest man
ucr. auI addressing himself 10 the Demo
cratic side, said, that there were not two
Democratic senators who could now 20
into the Cloak-room without enjoying a
smile How Europe would laugh when
told that territory larger than England,
France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Holland
and the German Empire combined, could
be ruled by a military force that WAS not A.
large as the Democratic police force OF
Baltimore, and not half a large - the
Democratic police force of New York.
Mr. Blaine then pointed upt that the
clause In the army bin under discussion,
equally with the legislative BILL rendered
supervisors and W1r>halS pOwerle>S az the
polls. ami charged that the whole object of
the Democrats was 20 get rid Of the Fed
eral Government, 40 it, own elections. This
was powerful part OF the speech.
When Mr.. Blaine inquired OF the Demo
cratic senators irthey had ever seen troops
40 the polls General Williams OF Kentucky
made his debut in the Senate by saying
that hc had seen soldiers in his State around
the polls ON election day, in April, lN64.-
Mr. Blaine quickly retorted by saving that
as the war did not terminate until April
l-65. 10 was not surprising that there were
some troops IN kentucky during the war.
Senator Logan here reinforced Senator
! Blaine by stating that he was in Louisville
in l~G5 with "A command Of SiNty-hve thou
sand men. that the troops were marched
out of the city during the election, and
! that he never saw more peaceful election
/ i'm his life
Mr.. Blaines presentation OF the threat
| that the government should stop unless the
| Executive signed these bills. - something
| entirely new i'm our history, unheard-Oi
/ even at such times a. JackSOn'S veto, and
/ that OF Tyler, which shook the country 70
/ its centre. was clear and strong. His ar
/ raignmeut OF the eN-COufederateS for their
| boast that they had come into power, and
/ expected 10 stay till every ve>tige OF the
| war legislation was wiped out, was crush
| ing. lie admitted that il was not revolu-
| ton 10 put such legislation on an appro-
/ priati0u bin, but il was the audacity OF
! revolution 10 couple il with q highwayman'
/ threat. rs they entered the departments
/ and cluIched the government by the throat.
| Abiding 10 lEc course thdt the IIt>luch'
] would pursue upon those bills, Senator
| Blaine said that he knew less than any
| senator. but it seemed 20 him that the very
/ dead would rise from their graves If n,
| should consent 10 be intimidated and out
ragged in his constitutional powers by
threats Ike these.
At the close of the speech, of which the
above presents only q brief outline, he was
warmly congratulated by the Oldest Sena
/ tors ON his side