Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-02
Bloody Shirt Blaine.
The Bleeding Wounds Of War
torn opon Afresh and the
Bloody Shirt Dragged
from the Cave Of
Oblivion.
The Defeated Candidate Shows his
true Character.

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Der of personal and political friends
OF Mr.. Blaine serenaded him this eve
ming as an expression Of personal
good will and admiration of his con-
duct of the national campaign. They
marched through the streets under
the marshal-ship of Col. Frank Nye.
When they reach Blaine's house their
compliments and friendly regards
were expressed in speech by Her.
bert w. Heath, Esq, of the Kenne,
bee bar. Mr.. Blaine responded as
follows, his speech being continually
Interrupted by applause:
MR.. BLAINE's REMARKS.
Friends and Neighbors The a.
tional content is over and by the mar
rowest of margialy We h We lost l
thank you for your call, which, ifnot
one OF joyous congratulations, is one,
l am sure, of confidence and Of SAN
guine hope for the future. thank
you for the public opportunity you
give Inc to express my sense Of obli-
CATION, not only to you, but to all the
Republicans Of Maine. They ie-
sponded to my nomination with gem
uine enthusiasm, and ratified it by
superb vote. count it as one of the
honors and qualifications of my pub
lie career that the party in Maine, af-
ter struggling hard for the last six
years, and twice within that period
losing the Stale, has come back in
this campaign to the old-fashiontd
10000 plurality. No other expression
OF popular confidence and esteem
could.equal that OF the people among
whom | have lived thirty years, and
to whom am attached by all the ties
that ennoble human nature TO give
JOY and dignity to life. After Maine
indeed, along with Maine-my first
thought is always of Pennsylvania.
How can l adequately express my
thinks for that unparalleled majority
OF more than $4,000 votes pa popu-
lar endorsement which has
DEEPLY TOUCHED MY HEART,
and which has, if possible, increased
my affection fof the grand oil Com
monwealth an affection which in
herited from my ancestry, and which
shall transmit TO my children.
But | do not limit my thanks TO
the State of my residence and the
State of my birth. l owe much to
the true and Jealous friends in New
England who worked so nobly for
the Republican party and its candi-
dates, and to the eminent scholars
and divines who, stepping aside from
their ordinary avocations, made my
cause their cause, and to loyalty and
principles added the special oompli-
ment Of standing as my personal rep
rcsentatives in the national struggle.
But the achievements for the Re-
publican cause i'll the East are even
surpassed by the splendid victories
in the West. In that magnificent
Gordon of States that stretched from
the foothills of the Alleghenies tt
the golden gate of the Pacific, begin.
ming with Ohio and ending with Cal
ifornia, the Republican banner was
borne so loftily that but a single State
failed to join in the wide acclaim OF
triumph. Nor should 1 do justice t.
my own feelings if l failed to thanl
the Republicans of the Empire State
who encountered so many discourage
ments and obstacles, who fought
FOES FROM WITHIN AND FOES FRoA
WITHOUT,
and who waged so strong a battl,
that a change Of one vote in ever,
2,0OGwould have given us the victor!
i'll the nation. Indeed,l ia change ofa lit
tie more than 5000 votes would have
transferred Few York, Indiana, New
Jersey, and Connecticut to the Re
publican standard, and would hav
made the North as solid as the South
My thanks would still he incom
plete if l should fail to recognize
with special gratitude that grea
body of workingmen, both native
and foreign born, who gave me thei
earnest support, breaking from OLE
personal and party ties, and findins
in the principles which 1 represented
in the canvass the safeguard anC
protection of their own firesides anC
interests.
The result of the election, my
friends, will be regarded in the,futur,
l think, as extraordinary. TIL,
Northern States, leaving out the citieI
Of New York and Brooklyn from thu
count, sustained the Republican
cause by a majority of more than
400,000-almost half a million indeed
of the popular vote, the cities of New
York and Brooklyn threw their great
strength and influence with the solid
South, and were the decisive element
which gave that section the control
of the national government.
Speaking now, not at all as a de-
feated candidate, but simply as @
loyal and devoted American, l think
the transfer Of the political power OF
the government to the South is
POLITICAL MISFORTUNE.
1t is misfortune, because ii in