Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-08-09

a solution; and, in short. the duties OF
Congress will require craftsmanship OF
the highest order.
Remarks of Senator Blaine at the
Conference of Republicans In
New York City, August ..
The following are the remarks Of Senator
Blaine in New York. on Thursday, as We
find them reported in the Tribune:
Mr.. Chsirman: hope it will be observed
that all that has been said with regard TO our
abandoning the South, has been said by
Southern men. Loud applause. think
that is fact, and trust that when the omni-
present press gives forth the proceedings of
this committee everywhere. it viii not be
said that any Northern republican has advo-
Gated that line of policy. voice. And
no Southern republican has. Wen, am
not going to accuse any man, but l merely
want to say. in answer to the statements OF
nv Southern friends, who think that to Sc
cure the sympathy and support Of the North
il a difficult thing, that in no Northern COM
muniry-in no one of the free States-is
there a single republican, worthy to cast
vote for Garfield and Arthur, who counte-
nances that policy. [Cheers.l Now do
not intend to occupy much of your time. as
| understand this to be a practical business
meeting; but what l say shall say in that
spirit. and do not fear it being put in the
newspapers; in fact ] should be very much
disappointed if they did not put it in Laugh
ter. The carrying on of the campaign is
matter of practical business. Sentiment or
gush or bosh does nothing. II you concen-
trate your efforts you do something, and if
you scatter them all over you do nothing
Now the theory of this campaign is, first, to
carry the State of Maine. Laughter and
applause.l ! do not count Vermont, be-
cause it is not in doubt. The democrats of
Maine with the aid of the greenbackers,
have pushed us hard for two years past. We
have been on the fighting line for six years
But we are going to reverse it. We are 60
ing to elect the whole five Congressman on
the second Monday in September. APP
plause. Now ! assume that Ohio can take
care of ITSELF and therefore the next point in
the campaign is to carry the State of Indiana
and if the whole force and strength of this
committee is exercised in aiding Maine and
Indiana and Ohio, the results will enable you
to 20 South with courage, and you will go
to very respectable and listeningsaudiences-
Applause and meet with large number
of gentlemen who will tell you that they are
devoted to the policy Of the republican party.
There is nothing that will create so thorough
devotion to that as republican majorities in
the first States that vote in the North.
Now you reverse that picture. Let DIS
aster overtake us in Maine; let it be follow
ed BY disaster in Indiana, and close vote in
Ohio, and am not anxious to accept the in
vitation of my friend to 20 down to Louis
lana. l do not think it possible to repre-
sent the receptions that will be enjoyed by
the North consequent upon one state of facts
and the other. Therefore the practical thing
in hand is to get the Northern States, and
you will get Southern support then. And
while believe that the South should be aid
ed to the utmost point, / know exactly how
the electoral votes Of the South are blessings
that are apt to come to the republican par
ty when they are least needed. If they find
out that we are going to have an all-con-
quering. irresistible North, our friends here
from West Virginia say they will redeem
that State; Virginia will give good account
of the Old Dominion the State of Senator
Conover, (Florida) will give good account
of itself; and in various parts of the South
we will make grand and decisive gains.
But if we 60 to gushing and sentimental
izing over that to-day, and neglect matters
in the North, our work will go for nothing
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that the republican party has awakened. l
oe,ie,e '''"' We can ta .cy,; ."e COUNTY. tAp-
p.a a,e., Al Al. ou, ,n.tn.se". nienus are
bringing the united Republican sentiment
of the entire country to the belief that the
time has not come, in the judgment of the
men who fought the war, to surrender to the
men who fought against the Union. APP
plause. That is a strong point III this
campaign. They cannot delude you by hav-
ing Hancock as their leader. Hancock is one
of the first men who took part in the great war
and is rather ashamed of having it mentioned
Laughter. If you read his letter of accep-
helm Thinking that Wasb;noton tool mort i,
the revolution, and that he was not very
ashamed OF 1t; nor was jackson or Taylor
ashamed OF his military achievements. But
If General Hancock's letter of acceptance