Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-11-02
RLAINE.
He Kids for Protestant and Cath
OIic Votes.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Nov. 1.-Blaine made
the following address here: "There has
been placed in my hands, since my arrival
In New Haven, an address from the clergy
men of this city expressing their respect
and confidence, and throughthe person who
delivered 1t the assurance that in matters OF
public right and in matters of public par.
ticipation under the laws and Constitution
of the United States they know no sect.
They know no Protestant, no Catholic. no
Hebrew, but the equality OF all. IGood,
good, and cheers.l In the city of Hart.
ford had letter put in my hands asking
me why l had charged the Demo,
cratic party with being inspired by rum,
Romanism and rebellion" A voice "You
never said that."l My answer in the first
place is that they pat In my mouth an un-
fortunate expression of another man and In
the next place 1t gives me an opportunity to
say nt the close of the campaign that in the
public speeches which | have made, have
reirained carefully and instinctiyely from
making any disrespectful allusion to the
Democratic party. differ from that party
profoundly on matters of prin-
ciple, but / have too much respect
whom it embraces to assail 1t with epithets
oi abuse. l"Good, good" and cheers.l In
| the next place, am sure am the last man
In the United States who would make a dis
respectful allusion to another mans religion.
me United States guarantees freedom OF re-
ligious opinion, and before the law and
under the Constitution the Protestant and
the Catholic and the Hebrew stand entitled
to absolutely the same recognition and the
same protection loud cheeringl, and II dis
respectful allusfon is here to be made
against the religion of any man, as l
have said, ! am the last man to make
II, for, though Protestant by conviction and
connected with Protestant church, should
asfaanl n o1 ha nnsf dad
II under any pressure or under ans tempta-
ton i could in any presence make a disre-
spectful allusion to that ancient faith, in
which my revered mother lived and died.
The question now before the people of the
United States is not a religious question.
The question to be settled in this election Is
one which comes home to. the doorsill and
the fireside of every American citizen. We
twenty-three years the advantage of a pro-
tective tariff There Is not man within
the sound of my voice, there Is
not a man In Connecticut, there Is not a
man in New England, there is not a man in
the United States who is not directly or in
directly interested in the protective tariff.
Blaine then spoke at considerable length
on the tariff issue and paid warm tribute
to Gen. Fremont, whom he introduced to the
audience. Fremont was loudly cheered, and
he spoke briefly in acknowledgment of the
reception given him.
At Bridgeport there was a crowd number
Ing many thousands, and II was enthusiast
ically demonstrative. Blaine made very
short speech, and, as the train moved off,
stood on the rear platform bowling his
acknowledgements while the people cheered
him again and again.
Again at South Norwalk there was great
gathering and Blaine spoke briefly. The
Stamford demonstration was said to be the
largest ever seen in that part OF Connecticut.
There was great enthusiasm, and after
Blaine's remarks he and large party were
handsomely entertained at the house OF
Samuel Fessenden, Secretary of the Repub-
lican National Committee. The run to New
York was made without any other stop, and
about quarter to eight O'Clock Blaine ar
rived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and went
directly to his apartments.