Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-11-27
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In taking Mr.. Blaine to task for his
recent absurd TRADE Agsinst the south, the
Morning Nsps displays the same spirit
that prompted its heaItless attack at the
close OF the campaign Of 'S2 upon the
late Richard Harrington, whose fine
abilities as a political Manager it wa
willing to profit by had he been success
full, but whom It Mastered 10 attack in
the most oowardly manner as Boon as H.
was apparent that defeat WAS to be the
reward Of hit lAbors. The Nus thinks
that Mr.. Blaine has made ga BAD Start''
At this late day in his fault finding
with the south. Its snimHs Seems to BE-
mot because the fault finding is untrue,
hut purely because Mr.. Blaine failed OF
election to the Presidency. The Nsps
had no complaint to make Of Mr.. Blaine's
Just or generous words concerning the
Southern States immediately after his
nomination, evidently hoping, as he
probably hoped, to reap some partisan
profit by = little judicious use Of tafiy,
albeit II was truth. But since the bait
did not have the desired effect, the Nsps
can now find nothing but oensurs where
1t had before given at least its taoit Ap
prevail. Thus II seems to have made, In
the campaign Just closed mot only ga Bad
Start" but . decidedly "bad ending"
How much better II would have been
had our morning contemporary devoted
Its time and space to showing, as is easily
done, first that Mr.. Blaine's statements
concerning the political control Of the
south are untrue, and second that even
admitting his premise his reasoning ia
fallaoious. To do this it is mot necessary
to abuse Mr.. Blaine. The last census
affords sufficient answer to Mr.. Blsine's
argument. In his speech at Augusta, the
other night he said:
To illustrate just how it works TO the de-
shuction of all fair elections let me crescent
to you five states in the late Confederacy and
Ave loyal states in the north possessing in
each section the same number Of electoral
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Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South
Carolina have in the aggregate AZ electoral
votes. They have 2, 800,000 white people and
over 5000 900 colored people, In the north
the states Of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
Kansas and California have likewise in the
aggregate 4S electoral votes, and they have
white population Of 5,6O0,O00, or inst double
the five southern states which have named
These northern states have practically ne
colored population. 1t is therefore eviden
that the white men in those southern states
by uBurping and absorbing the rights Of thu
colored men, are exerting just double th,
political power of the white men in TIT
northern states.
Now, no one knows better than Mr.
Blaine that this is an unfair and mis-
leading comparison. What has the az
gregate population Of q state to do will
its political control 1t is its Uotin
population that determines political con
tesla. Examined in the light OF this fact
Mr.. Blsine's figures furnish noteWOrth,
exception to the old maxim ooncernin
figures in general. The voting popO
lAlion Of the five southern statea name
above is divided between the races a
follows 1--WE quote from the official return
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