National Republican., 1880-02-23


some of his followers
After the boom had been organized and
the chairman had stated the objects of the
meeting and had informed the assemblage
that, with Senator BLAINE MS standard
bearer they would march once more to vic
tory, for 'the people are for him, and vic
tory is with him." then followed n
BLAINE fusillade, as lively and spicy as en-
tliusiasm could well make it. After one
speaker had addressed the audience Mr.. /.
T. MACK, editor of the Sandusky Register,
took the stand and delivered himself in the
following earnest and eloquent terms:
live in the west end of the Western Re.
serve where large Republican majOrities are
given, and know something about the sont-
mcnts of the people there. JAMES G. BLAINE
has seven-tenths of all the Republicans of the
district which was carried by CHARLES FoS.
TER four years ago. In our section we nave
had enough Of the iavoite SON lApplausel.
We have had enough of it. [Appauiel. We
| don't care pinch Of snuff whether the Caudi-
date comes from Maine or Ohio, or California.
| If we are going to run favortc son let us
| take the favorite son Of Ohio, JAMES A. GAR
| FIELD. [Applause We hold that loyalty to
| tho Republican party is not fidelity to any in
dividual. We want man Of eminent courage.
| We want n magnetic man, that loves personal
! friendship-one who is not 50 cOld-blOoded that
we can't get near him without shiyering.
| [Greut applause.l A great deal of excellent
| seed for BLAINE was sOwn by CHARLES Eos.
| TER. Four years ago FOSTER told us to 20 for
JAMES G. BLAIEE-that he was the best man
we could get. Laughter and applause.l
expected him to be for BLAINE now but / tlud
him running off alter the favorite Sonny bus-
ness
We present this speech as n specimen
bricl, from the BLAINE kiln in Ohio 1t is
not enough for this Ohio orator TO remind
Secretary SHERMAN that he is so cold
" bloodcd that we can't get near him with
." out shiverng," but he must give Gov
ernor FOSTER away as being the monitor
of Blaineism four years ago, and now as
running after the lIvorite sonny busi-
"ness.r
Mr.. JOHN S. ROLLER followed and told
the meeting that there was no use in
stalking of favorite sonnies now" and this
sentiment was loudly applauded. General
BEATTY, who seems to have been the
ruling spirit of tho occasion, RECALLED the
meeting with the following gentle tap
upon the sentiment Of State pride. He
said
FELLOW. CITIZENS: They talk to you about
State pride. State pride is a good thing, per-
haps. II would certainly be good thing if il
prompted us to generous and patriotic acts-ii
it imbued us with o broad and generou,
spirit If it mado us look beyond tho narrow
boundary of the States radius, forget that W,
are Ohio men and remember only that we are
among citizens, and that our first and highes
l.lx, q, % d., ~
That sort of State pride which insists on at
Ohio man because he is an Ohio man is mean
| is dsgraceful is egotstcal. 1T is not Statt
| pride-it is State stupidity.
The General then proceeded to deal will
history in this wise,
We were all very much gratifod the othe
c night to hear Governor POINDEXTER and Gov
r. ernOr FOSTER assure us that Ohio statesmen
never made mistakes that their records wer
unassailable, and that they were therefore
5 prominently fitted to be candidates for Office
D This may be the rule but then every rult
has its exceptions; aud while Governor Pom,
DEXTER and Governor FOSTER were speakin;
| was reminded of committee that wenI
down to Louisiana in 1876, just after th,
) Presidential election. II was not of the sub
a committee of which FOSTER was chairman
was of tho Committee of Visiting Statesmen
On that committee was an Ohio Senator whom
I VIC had honored, respected and supported fol
G nearly a quarter of a century. Ho had tn
o reputation of being cold'bloOded man,
deliberate painstaking aud methodical man
70 not likely to be influenced by the venom 0
Z party hate, the fires Of party passion, AM
, least of all by the generous impulses of hi
own heart We believed him to be Il truthful
' man; and when he told us that tho Republi
= cans of Louisiana in the preceding campaign
= had been brutally sCourged and murdered
, we believed him; and when he told that
l Notwithstanding the intimidations, sCoargin
and murders to which they had been sub
jccted, the Republicans OF Louisiana ha
= caught up tue party flag and carried it to vic
tory we believed him, and the country be
lieyed hlm and gave the vote of Louisiana t
e HAYES. BY virtue of this State HAYES wa
/ made President and when made President h
, invited this distinguished Ohio Senator to hi
Cabinet.
{ fixed beyond recall, the State of Louisiana
whose electoral vote had made HAYES Pre5i
dcnt-was deliberately and cruelty delivers
! ND and surrendered TO an armed mob Of X
@ Klux aud traitors. Loud aud prolonged up
4 roar Of groans and Kisses Aud while tn
d, blood of tho murdered Republicans, and tn
g lamentations Of sCOurged RepubllCaLs an,
e the appeals Of the betrayed Republicans wer
s ascending TO heaven for justice if not TO
q, vengeance this distinguished Ohio man, wh
. had said the Republicans had carried Louisi
ana, sat at tho Cabinet table Of the President
cold, Indifferent silent aud contentod, an
q permitted this damnablo outrage to bo pcrpe
" trated without once lifting his voice in pro
= test against 1t, One manly word mi sht hay
u saved Louisiana, might have maintained tn
J. legally.elected Governors of two States, Nigh
II have saved tho Republican party of the Soutl
y, That manly word would have made him th
- idol of his party eyerywhere-wOuld have pu
e his name In every honest mans heart-wOul
l. have drawn around him following OF on
10 thusiastic Republicans. But he did not spea
20 IT, He was silent aud inactive. He had tol
us that the Republicans had carried Louisiana
!. that the loyal men of Louisiana had brave
"a everything TO obtain the victory. lie knew h
~ was indebted to their self'sacrilce and courag
9 for the very position he filed but then h
n had secured the place for which he had strug
- gled, and so far as we know ho never cared ia
. the millions Of poor men through whose swea
u and suffering the victory had been achieved
4, And so the loyal men of Louisiana were d,
S liyered over to their oppressors' Did thI