Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-24
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Blaine's Last Speech Should
Defeat Him.
A DISASTER TO THE FRENCH.
A Democrat Endorsed for Congress
by Republicans - Disastrous
Fire i'm MinnesOta-An In
diana Woman Runs
a Muck.

Especial to the Herald By associated Press. |
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct 22.-The following
Is Mr.. Blaine's speech at Terre Haute: "The
Southern question: as for years 1t has been
popularly termed, is precipitated into this
canvass by the South itself, and to neglect
notice of II would be to overlook one Of the
most powerful and dangerous factors in the
national contest. To understand that ques-
tion properly 1t should be remembered that
there are practically two souths which we
may term respectively the new South and
old South. The new South represents that
awakened liberal sentiment which Is striv-
ing for the industrial development OF that
naturally rich section of the Union; which
lection, which casts bitter memories Of
civil conflict behind and which Is hopefully
struggling In Virginia, in North Carolina, lii
Tennessee and other States. Of the late Con-
federacy. This element includes many men
who served in the Confederate army. 1t
naturally afiiliates with the Republican
party and II seems to lead the people
away from the prejudices OF the past to a
contemplation of the majestic future, which
to the South In common with the North. The
old South represented the spirit Of rebellion
and cherishes the sentiment Of sullen dis
snISeht ana Is hp.sRetaally, ,esrmlng its
II Is full OF bitter reproaches against those
who triumphed in the war for the Union,
regards Negro suffrage with abhorrence,
maintains the white line, and is ready to
lence it may be necessary to preserve Its
own political and personal mastery In the
nth. II is unquestionably dominant in all
the old slave. States and Is In open and
ty Of the North. II constitutes three-fourths
OF the effective Democratic strength In the
nation, and In the event the Democrats tri-
umph would be in absolute and undisputed
control of the government. The struggle of
the Republicans Is for the amelioration. i'm
proyement and progress of the South as well
as the North, but they are confronted every
where and resisted everywhere BY the de
termined and hitherto triumphant Southern
Democracy. The aim Of the Democratic
party, as shave already said, is to contoin
the electoral votes of New York and Indiana
with the electoral votes OF the sixteen South
ana to. consider just what that means and
where II would carry them. New York has
a greater stake than any other State of the
Union in maintaining the sound principle of
the Government In upholdlng the national
credit; in perpetuating the financial system
which embodies the matured wisdom Of the
past twenty years; In sustaining the protect
I've policy. tCheers.l Indiana has a stake
ulation and wealth are less. Do citi-
zens of those two States fully compre-
hend what II means to trust the National
credit, national finances, national pensions,
protective system and all the great interest
which are under the control OF the national
government, to the old South with its bit
terness, Its unreconciled temper; Its mar
rowness of vision; its hostility to all North
ern interests; its constant longing to revive
an impossible past; Its absolute. incapacity
to measure the sweep and magnitude Of our
great future. fGreat cheering.l The North
and South. under Republican
administration Of the government. will
relations. In the last ten years great prog
ress has been made towards that result, and
the next ten years may witness the efface
ment Of all hostile lives and the absolute
ffTpiamph q jIst and msgn,aniImons ,1, IN policies
that result would be defeated and destroyed
by giving the old South possession OF the ma
tional power. Among the first OF the bane-
fui effects that would follow would be the
the South and the practical nulli-
fcation Of all that has been gained
BY the reconstruction laws which
followed the rebellion. The people Of New
asked to aid in bringing about that deplora-
BILE result to be followed by the abandon
ment and reversal of the great financial and
industrial policies under which the nation
has prospered so marvelously since the close
Of the war. l''Never. neverp'l l do not,
cannot, believe that you will do II, because
such course is forbidden by every instinct
OF patriotism, as we'll as by every considera-
tion Of enlightened self interest. PRO
longed cheering.l
AZ Brazil. Indiana, cosl mining district,
to great meeting composed largely OF
miners, Blaine made short speech
on the tariff, which was very favorably re-
celyed, and when at the end he remarked
that his auditors were free agents and sug-
gested that tn Sc who preferred English
free trade ought to vote with the Democratic
party, there was a loud shout of "No, no,
never; we're down on England"
At Greencastle there was another great
meeting, where Blaine spoke substantially
as he had spoken at Terre Haute
At Charlottesville he made
brief speech, in the course OF which he
qaid a tribute to the character OF Henry s.
Lane, whose home was there. II was al
most dark when the train arrived at Lafay-
ette. Here Blaine was received by an en-
thnsiastic crowd, who pressed around his
carriage so closely that Its progress was very
slow. He was escorted to stand where he
made a speech similar TO the one at Terre
Haute He was then driven to the house of
Gen. George b. Williams, where he dined
and will spend the night. In the evening
he reviewed a torchlight procession. To
morrow he goes to Springfield. Ills.