The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-11-27
BLAINE TALKS.
In Response to q 6erenade, He
Makes . Speech to Els
Neighbors
He Regards the Wars Work Over.
thrown by tho Election Of q
Democratic President.
Claiming that the South, Which Has an
lllegltlmntc Strength, VIII Run
the Government.
augusta Mel spcciai.l


him this evening rs an expression Of per-
sonal good will and admiration Of his con.
duct IN the national campaign. They
marched through the streets under the mar.
shalship Of Col. Frank Nye. When they
reached Mr.. Rlaines house their compli-
ments and friendly regards were expressed
in speech by Herbert Nj. Heath, Esq. OF
the Kcnnebec bar Mr.. Blaine responded
rs follows, his speech being continually
interrupted by applause:
Friends and Neighbors: Tho national con-
test IL over, and by the narrowcst OF margins we
have lost ] thank you for your call, which. II
not one OF joyous CONGRATULATIONS, IL one, / am
sure OF confidence and OF sanguinc hope for
the future. ] thank you for the Public oppor-
tunty YOU give me to express my. sense Of
obligation. not only toyon but 10 .li tho Ito.
pnb,icnns OF Maine. They rcspondci 70 my
nomination with genuine enthusiasm. and rat
the honors and qualifications OF my pubic
career that the party In Maine. after struggling
hard for the last six wears. and twice within
that period losing the + ate. has come back In
this campaign to tho old fashioned N. coo plu.
raty. No other expression OF popular conf
denee and esteem could equal that Of tho
years, and to whom l am attached by OH
Ties that .cnnoble human nature ana rive
Joy and dignity. 70 life. After, Mainc-in-
WAYS * Iennsyivania. How can titiinrly OK
press my thanks for that unparalleled majority
OF more than sn,ehO NOtes-a popular indorsc-
ment which has deeply touched m, heart. and
which has, II possible, increased my affection
for the grand old commonwealth, an affection
which inherited from my ancestry, ani which
! shall transmit TO my children. Rnt do not
limit my thanks to the state Of my residence
and the state Of my birth. owe much 10 the
true and jealous friends In New England who
worked 50 nobly for the Republican party aud
Its candidates. and to the eminent scholars and
I1yinaS Atpnltnp
avocations. made my cause their cause. and
t. loyalt and principle added the special COM
lives In the national struggle. but the achieve
ments for the Republican caune In the East are
even surpassed by the splendid victories
In the West In that magnificent. Gordon OF
states that stretches from the foot hills of tho
Allcghanies to the Golden Gate Of tho Pacific,
beginning with ohio and ending with Califor-
MIA. the Republican banner was borne 40 loft!ly
that but single stat Jailed To Join In the wide
acclaim Of Triumph Nor She uld do justice 10
my own feelings II failed to thank the Rcpub-
tcans of the Empire state who encountered so
many dlscourarem"nts and obstacles; who
fought foes from within and foes from without,
and who waIcd 50 strong battle that change
of one vote In every two thousand would have
Risen us the victory In the nation, Indeed. .
change OF little more than five thousand
Votes would have transferred New York.
Indiana, New Jersey and Connecticut ta
the Republican standard, and would have
made the North IA solid IA the South. Ny
thanks would still be incomplete II | should
fail to recognize with special gratitude that
great body OF workingmen, both naive and
port breaking from old personal and party ties,
and finding in the principles which represent
ell IN the canvass the safeguard and protection
OF their own hresido interests. The result of
the election. my friends, will he regarded In the
future. l think. ~ extraordinary. The North-
ern states, leaving out the cities al New York
and Brooklyn from the count, sustained the
Republican cause By II majority OF more than
4h.'Mt-almost half million, indccd~-of tho
popular vote The cities Of New York and
brooklyn threw their great strength and In
cistse element which caye TO thYt Soc
ton the control OF the National Govern
ment. Speaking now not as defeated
satsa american" a ''f link 'O the ira transfer
OF the relit!csl power of the Government 10 the
South II a great national misfortune II Il a
misfortune hecaus, Il Introduces an element
which can not insure harmony and prosl erty
to the people because II introduces Into re-
pnt lie the rule of minority. The first instinct
OF an American il cqnality-eanality OF right,
tina, equality which saws to every ci iEen,
"iour ,ot~ IL iuat ~ good, just as poteni ial as
the vote OF any other citizen" That can not he
said to-day in the United States. The course OF
affairs in the South has crushed cut the political
power OF more than 6,nno,doo American citizens,
and has transferred, II by violence 10 Others.
the South ON account OF the colorcd population,
and Yet the coloied population, with more
than l,l"o'oo legal votes, have been
unable to choose single elector. Even In those
States where they have majority OF more than
a hundred thousand they are deprived Of tree
suffrage, and their rights as citizens arc scorn-
fully trodden under foot The eleven states
the census Of $780, 1000 900 white population,
and a,ao ,ooo eolor,d population. The colond
population, almost 10 man, desire to support
the Republican PARTY. hut nv system OF cruel
intimidation, and ny violence, and murder
whenever violence aud murder are thought
necrssary-thev are absolutely deprived II oil
political power. II the outrage stopped there
II would lie bad enough: hut IL dos not stop
there, for not only IL the negro population
dis,fanchised, but the power which right
fully and constitutionally belongs to then,
IL transferred 10 the white population. enablina
tn white population OF the South to exert an
electoral influence tar beyond that exertcd ny
the same number of white people In the North.
To illustrate just how II works TO the destrue-
ton Ut all fair elections, let me present to YOU
five states in the late confederacy and fiv.
loyal States Of the North, possessing in each
section the same number OF electoral votes. In
the South the States OF Louisiana, Mississippi
Alabama. Georgia, and South Carolina have In
the aggregate ~ electoral votes, They have
In the North, the Stat of Wisconsin, Mime
sota Iowa. Kansas, and California have like.
wise, In the aggregate, - electoral votes, and
they have waite population Of 100000. Q,
Just double the five Southern States which
have named These Northern States have
practically no colored population. 1t h there
fore evident that the white men In those
southern States by nsurping and absorbing thu
rights al the colsred men are excrting jus,
double the POLITICAL power Of the white men In
the Northern States. submit, my friends, tina,
such condition Of Affairs is extraordinary, un-
just. and deroHatory TO the manhood III the
North Even those who are y.ndictivcly OPP
posed to negro suffrage will not deny that II
Presidential electors are assigned to the South
by reason of the negro population, that popula-
ton ought 10 be permitted free suffrag. In tn.
election, To deny that clear proposition. Il !,
affirm that a Southern white man in the Gull
States II entitled to double the political owe,
OF a Northern white man In the lake States. Il
is 10 aifirm that a Confederate soldier
shall WELD twice, the influence in IN,
and ,oafr
periority shall be conceded 10 the Southern
white man In the government Of the Union. Il
that be quietly conceded In this generation 4
will harden into custom, until the badge Of In
fcriority will attach TO the Northern Whit
man A. odionss ~ ever Norman nohl,
stamped ii upon the Saxon churl This subsee
North. With the Southern Democracy trium
phant in their States ami IN the nation
the negro will be compelled to work fo
Just such wages the whites may decree
wages which will amount, as did the supplies o
the slaves. to bare subsistence. equal In cash
pethaps, to 81 cents per day, II averaged owe
the entire South. The white iaborer In the North
will soon feel the destructive effects Of thi
npen his own wages. The Republicans hay,
cls arly seen from the earliest days OF recon
etructf0n That wages IN the S0utI must IN
raised TO q just recompense OF the labofei, d
wages in the North ruinonsly lowered, and tn,
| party have steadily worked for the former re-
| suit. The reverse influence Will now be set in
| motion, and that condition OF affairs produce,
! which. years arc, Mr.. Lincoln warned the fire.,
/ lahorine men Of the North will prove hostile I.
/ their Independence, and will inevitably leas
/ to a ruinons reduction OF wages mere dir
/ ference OF the color of the skin will not sui
! lice Ia maintain an entirely different standars
/ in wages of conti'u and adjacent States
| AMI the voluntary will be compelle I.
| yield TO the involuntary So compieteil
have the eolofei men in the Souti
been already deprived by the Democrats
party OF their constitutional anu ieea
/ fight as citizens Of the United States that IA
| regard the advent oil that party 10 na iona
lower as the signal OF their enSlasement aat
| are asfrighted because tn TANK all legal lro
/ lection Tor them il gone Few persons In th
| North realize how completely the chiefs III Til,
rebellion WELD tho political power which Aa
triufnphed In the late election IN ss tort. ntun
| fact that the democratic senators who com,
| firm The States at the late cuniracracy, AL ans
| / mean all without s4nal. exception sahnn
ally rartieiI Ataa In the reIeAii against the Ma
| tanaI Government. III III still moge eagNiilr.la
fart that IL thuss States nD msa aha " Eaga
! To the lniun, no matter ha& strong Hembafa
| h. may he to-day las tins slightest chance d
I political promotion. Tile OF" great agenu
10 honor Ia tha' section IN the r-cuTi Of sea!un
service In the War against the Government Il
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