The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-11-26


Was TO Victory-He Ignores the
Millions Of Northern Democrats. and
1nvOkes the Wrath of the Nortl,
Against the South - The Black
Boomerang is more than he can
Stand.
From the News and Courior.]
AUGUSTA, MAINE, November 18.-A
large number Of personal and political
friends of Blaine scrcnaded him this
evening rs an expression of personal
good will and admiration Of his conduct
of the national campaign. They march
ed through the streets under the mar
shalship OF Col. Frank Nye. When
they reached Blaine's house their conf
plimcnts and friendly regards were ex-
pressed in a speech by Herbert NJ.
Heath, Of the Kennebcc bar.
Blaine responded as follows, his
speech being continually interrupted by
applause
Friends and ncighbor, the national
contest is over, and by the narrowcst Of
margins we have lost. thank you for
your call, which. if not one of joyous
congratulations, is one am sure Of con-
fidcnce and Of sanguine hope for the fu-
ture. thank you for the public oppor-
tunity you give ME to express my sense
of obligation not only to you but to all
the Republicans Of Maine. They re-
sponccd TO my nomination with genuine
vote. count it rs one of the honors
and qualifications 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 an old
fashioned 25,0OO plurality. No other
expression Of popular confidence and
esteem could equal that of the people
among whom l have lived for thirty
years, and to whom am attached by all
the ties that cnnoble human nature and
give joy and dignity to life.
After Maine, indeed along with Maine,
my first thought is always Of Pcnnsyl-
Tan'a. How can fitt;nSly express my
thanks for that unparalleled majority Of
more than $4,000 votes, an endorsement
which has deeply touched my heart and
which has, if possible, Increased my ar-
fection for that grand old common
wealth, an affection which | inherited
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. | owe much to the true and
Jealous friends in New England who
worked 80 nohly for the Republican
party and to the eminent scholars and
dirines who, stepping aside from their
ordinary avocations, made my cause
their cause, and to loyalty, 10 principle
added the special compliment Of stand
ing rs my personal representatives in
the national struggle.
But the achievements for tho Rcpubli-
can 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
Aileghanics to the golden gate Of the Pa
cilic, beginning with Ohio and ending
with California, the Republican banner
was borne SO lofty that but u single State
failed to join in the wide acclaim Of tri-
umph.
Nor should do justice to my own
feelings if l failed to thank the Rcpub-
licans Of the Empire State, who cncoun-
tered so many discourasemcnts and OBJ
stacles, who fought foes from within and
foes from without, and who wascd SO
strong battle that tho change of one
vote in every 1000 would have given us
victory IN the nation. Indeed change
of little more than 5000 votes would
have transferred New York, Indiana,
New Jersey and Connecticut to the Re-
publican standard and would have made
the North as solid as the South.
Ny thanks would still be incomplete
if should fail to recognize with special
gratitude that great body of working
men, both native, and foreign born, who
gave me their earnest support, breaking
from old personal and party ties and
finding in the principles which | repre-
sented in the canvass, the safeguard and
protection of their own firesidc interest.
The result Of the election, my friends,
will be regarded in the future, think,
as extraordinary. The Northern States,
leaving out the cities of New York and
Brooklyn from the count, sustained IN
Republican cause by n majority of more
than 100000. Almost half n million
indeed Of the popular vote of the cities
of New York and Brooklyn threw their
great strength and influence with the
solid South and were the decisive ole
mcnt which gave to that section the con-