Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-11-28
SPEECH By MR. BLAINE.
MIR. Blaine Serenaded at Ills Home,
Makes the Most Noteworthy
Speech Of the Year.

MIR. Blaine Serenaded at His Home,
Makes the Most Noteworthy
Speech Of the Year.
Danger to the Nation from, Southern Dom.
ination--A Graceful Al us1on to Gov.
N Cleveland
AUGUSTA, Me-, Nov. 1S. "A large number
OF devoted personal and political friends Of
Mr.. Blaine serenaded him this eyenlrg as
expression Of personal good will and admira-
ton Of his conduct in the national campaign.
Thew marched through the streets under the
marshalship of Col Frank Nye, When they
reached Blaine's house their compliments
and friendly regards We're expressed in
speech by Herbert M. Heath, OF the kenebec
bar Mr.. Blaine responded as follows, his
speech being continually interrupted by ap
plause: a ". SIS - i
Friends and Neighbours: The national contest
is over, and by the narrowest OF margins we have
lost. / thank Won for your call, which, If not
one Of Joyous congratulation, Is one, am sure,
of confidence and OF sanguine hope for the
future. thank you for the public opportunity
you give me to express my sense OF obligation,
not only to You, but to all the republicans OF
Maine. They responded to my nomination with
genuine enthusiasm and ratified II by superb
vote. count il as one of the honors and gratifi-
cations of my public career that the party IN
Maine, after struggling hard for the last six
years. and twice within that period losing the
state has come back in this campaign to the old
fashioned twenty thousand plurality. No other
expression Of popular confidence and esteem
could equal that of the people among whom
have lived for thirty Years, and to whom am
attached by all the ties that ennobie hui
man nature md give joy and dignity to
life after Maine, indeed along with
Maine. my first thought is always OF Pennsylva-
nia. How can fttlngly express my thanks for
that unparalleled majority OF more than eighty
thousand votes-a popular endorsement which
possible, increased my affection for the grand
old commonwealth, an affection which in
herited from my ancestors, and which ] shall
transmit to my children2 But do not limit my
thanks TO the state OF my residence and the
state Of my birth. / owe much to the true and
jealous friends III New England, who worked 80
nobly for the Republican party and its candi-
dates. and to the eminent scholars and divtnes
who, etriding aside from their ordinary avoca-
tions, made my cause their cause, and to loyalty
to principle added the special compliment Of
standing as my personal representatives in the
national struggle. But the achievements of the
Republican cause In the East are even surpassed
by the
SPLENDID VICTORIES IN THE WEST.
In that magnificent Gordon of states that
stretches from the foothills of the Alleghenies to
Ohio and esnding With California, the Republican
s esaes1 fS t e oa g e tie; 1ss $y;a n
Triumph: Nor should do Justice to my own
FEELINGS If failed to thank the Republican, Of
the Empire State, who encountered 81 bsaAy dis
from within aud foes fryN without, and who
waaed 50 strong battle that change Of one
vote in every two Thousand would have given us
the victory in the nation. Indeed, change OF
little more than I'VE Thousand votes would have
transferred New York, Indiana, New Jersey and
Connecticut to the Republican standard, and
would have made the North solid as the
sG ssoad NJ ses GS NIX s spssa sSs
tude that great body OF workingmen, both
nat,vs and foreign born, who gave me theiS
earnest support, breaking from, olu Personal ahd
represented in the canvass the safeguard an
protection Of their own tireside interests, The
result OF the election, nay friends, will be re-
garded in the future, think, as extraordinary:
The Northern states, leaving out the cities Of
New York and Brooklyn from the count, sus-
tanned the Republican cause by majority Of
q million, indeed, of the popular vote. The cit
les Of New York and Brooklyn threw their great
strength and influence with the solid South and
were the decisive element which gave to that
section tho control OF the national government.
Speaking now not at all as q defeated candidate
but simply as loyal and devoted American,
think the transfer Of the The political ita power
great national misfortune. 1t Is misfortune
because it introduces an element which can not
ensure harmony and prosperity to the people
because it Introduces into the republic the rule
of minority. The first instinct of an Amer1
can, equality, equality Of right, equality Of priv
tlege, equality OF political power, that eauadt,
which says to every citizen, Your vote is JUS
as good, just as potential as the ote OF any 9th
er citizen, that can not be said to-day in thu
United States: The course Of affairs in thu
South has crushed out the political power o
more than 5000, 600 American citizens and ha
transferred it by violence tc others. Forty-tw.
presidential electors are assigned to the Soutl
on account OF the colorea population, and We
the colored popuiation with more than l, 100,
600 votes, have been uxable to choose a singh
elecaor. Even in those states where they have
majority Of moro than u hundred thousand the!
DEPRIVED OF FREE SUFFRAGE
ard their rights citizens are scornfull.
trodden under foot. The eleven states tha
comprised the rebellion federacy had by the Cen
sus OF 1880 100000 white population ant
$500, 600 oolored population Theeelorod pop
mlatiou almost to a man desire to support tn
Republican party, but by SYSTEM OF cruci IN
ti1nidation aud 10y violence and Jnnrder, when
ever violence and murder are Thought necessary
they are absolutely deprived OF al poltlca
power. II the outrage stopped there 1t would
bad enough; hnt it does not stop there, for no
only is the negro population DISTINGUISHED, blu
the power which rightfully and Unconstitutional
belongs to them is trsll! sferrea to the white poI
uiation, enabling the white population Of tn
South to exert an electoral influence Ia
beyond that exertcd by tae same numOer {
white people in the North To illustrate .jTls
how it works to the destruction of all fair elet
tions, let ME present 70 You five states IN tn
late confedcracy and Ave loyal states OF tf
North, possessing i'll each section the same nun
her OF electoral votes. In the South the states
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia an
South Carolina have in the aggregate forty
,eorla ard over 3uOOOtO coiored people. ]
) the North the states Of wisconsin. MinEesot
Iowa. Kansas and California have likewise fort,
eight electoral yotes and they d hgs n w9
Southern states which ! have named. The!
Northern states have practically no colored POI
ulaton. L. is, therefore evident o., that ALL IL
inr and absorbing the rights OF the cOlured mel