Daily Republican., 1884-10-31

Blasne se she Ministers.
4 The follow ing = the address of Jamel
lG. Blaine In reapnse 10 the friendly
GALL of 10lB mini bsrvof the gospel who
called upon himst the Fifth Avenue
Hotel New York, on Wednesday, last
Mr.. Chairman and Reverend Gentle,
men This Is altogether very re
markable assem- mblage-remafkable be
yond any of which have known in
the history Of political contests in the
United staten, and II does not need my
per sonal assurance that you should
know / am very deeply impressed by
these hundreds Of men merely. l am
speaking TO the great congregations
and the great religious opinion which Ia
behind them, and ~ they represent the
great Christ ian bodies, know and /
realize the full weight Of that which
you say to nae anj of the influence
which you tender to me. We're it to
me personally, 1 confess that should
be overcome by the compliment and
the weight Of confidence which it car.
ries, but know that It Is ex xtended
TO me as the representative 0 { the par ty
whose creed and whose practice are In
harmony with the churches.
The Republican party from its very
outset stood upon the impregnable plat
form Of opposition to the extension of
human slavery, and It stood on that
platform ii II 1t was drifted by hosti lity
IL provoked into . large assertion of
national sovereignty, and thence into a
bloody conflict to maintain 1t. From
that onward defy any man to point to
q single measure of the Republican
party which could not challenge the
appreciation Of Christian ministers and
the approval Of God. And when, as
one of the reverend speakers has said,
narrowed the issue when spoke Of Its
coming down TO . question of the tariff,
did not mean to exclude therefrom-
! could not mean in that great his
tory of the party which 10 its wealth
and to all that stand behind you
assurance that whatever issue it at
tempts to enforce 1t will do IL in good
faith.
| They can no more separate a party
from its history than you can separate
. man from his character ana when
the great makeup of public opinion Is
ready, it takes into account the origin,
the progress, the measures, the charac-
ter of the party and the character of its
public men. What meant by saying
that the tariff was the conclusive issue
was that 1t steps to tho forefront, not
In exclusion Of thousand other i'm.
portant issues, but for this critical oc-
casion, and at the cl0se of this great
campaign it stands forth a. that issue
which represents bread to the hungry,
and clothing to the naked, and prosper.
ity to an entire people, and the tariff Is,
Therefore. merely az q national issue, d is
tinct and separate from the great moral
issues because, As have said,
before western audiences, l say here,
you cannot impress man If he is hum
cry with any other thought than that
he shall be Ted you cannot impress .
man If he Is naked with any other
Thought than that he shall be clothed,
that craftsmanship is highest and best
that attends TO the primal need Of hu.
man nature first, and says here IL bread
for the hungry, here is clothing for the
max ed and the tariff, which protects
the American laborer la his wages, the
American capitalist IN his investments,
the inventive talent of the country in
Its enterprises, is the issue which lios
at the very foundation OF the prosperity
of the American people and the very
foundation of the success of the Chris
tian religion.
/ When you send out your mis- =.
sionaries to destitute places, you clothe
the little naked children and give them
food at the first step. Therefore, /
repeat that the great conflict of 1884
closes with the people Of the United
States standing face to face In two
PARTIES, saying whether they will ad-
here to that policy of protection, which
has trebled the wealth of the United
States In twenty years, or whether they
will abandon it, and return once more
to the failing theory of free trade.
Never, never. 1t involves other
issues, too. No nation can grow, SO
powerful as the United States has
grown and is growing, without contin-
nations. As these relations become en-
larged they become complicated, and,
therefore, the foreign policy of the
United States goes right along with its
domestic policy, supplement and COM
plement, and you cannot in any affair
of our destiny and our policy separate
the one from the other.
| Now, gentlemen OF the church, l ad-
dress an earnest word to you. Tho pol.
icy of the United States In the past and
in the future must be one Of broad, lib
eral Christian principles, and In that
policy it must be one, In my judgment,
which draws nearer within the circle of
the sym mpathies of the United States
those other struggling Republics OF
North and South America which bring
them first into trade relations and then
into closer personal and moral relations
and believe we shall not only have
that great gain that comes from inter-
course, but we shall enlarge the civii-
cation of the Anglo Saxon until its lim-
its shall include the utmost southern
point of the lower continent did not
intend in accepting and acknowledging
1.-The great sense of obligation l feel for
this honor, to 60 into prolonged politi.
cal speech. have but indicated two
leading points hich think are involv-
cd in the pending election.
1t only rsmaius for me to say to you
that recognize at its full worth-and
its full worth is very great-the mean
ing OF this assem- blAge. We have no
union Of church and State, but we have
proved that the church Is stronger with
out the state, and we have proved that
no State can be strong without the
church. Let 3 60 forward, as we have
lgone, the State growing and strengthen.
ling by the example OF the church, and
the church growing and strengthening
by liberal cooperation with all the
great reforms which 1t Is the imm ediate
province of the govern ment to forward
ard improve. Gentlemen, thank you
again. and bid you very cord ial good
moruing."
Peninsula II eAl Estate Hapea.