Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-21
PRESS ON BLAIEE'S SPEECH.
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nI.AISE's WORDS REPupfATp.
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We dc NOT iu,ead ut this time - discuss
The details or figures msrsbaiied W MI.
Blaipe. There Il much to -, about them,
hut the discussion H. foreign 70 our prr'.
!. nj purpose. Tint purpose Is 70 point ont
with emphasis and with regret that Dir
Elsine's spirit IL not the spirit oil General
Grant a Appomattox; that the
eyij. he complains OF exist they have
existed curing a score OF years OF Re
rul,licsn rule; that ,trlotic Democrats, AMI
espeeisily patriotic southern Democrats,
have assured III with the utmost so'cmnIty
that. hos ever lard IL might be to cope
Wifi come existing evils In the south In
ntcyi0us circumstances, they would and
.bouId melt like mist b' fore tue rising sun
after . Democratic success IN presidential
election, For this reason. while wavin
the minor questions o. grace ADD delicacy
iuvoIyed in a defeated candidates taking
rlch an attitude. nj such moment, those
citizens will agree with us, we take 1t,
when We express our hearty sorrow that
Mr.. Blaine spoke the words nc did spcaS
Yesterday at Augusta.
USRECoBISG, Bur CHARACTERISTIC.
tyrotr tue Fyenlpr Post. independent Bepablicsnl
II would have been dificut for SIR.
Blaine 10 make a more unbecoming and un-
sessonable acknowledgment OF his defcat
thsu he ufde yesterday IN his speech 1t
Augusta, but it was very characteristic. He
has ,lyays held the "soiid South " In re-
serve TO get him out OF trouble. Whom
charges were irst made against him. ID
anse cred them by suggesting that they
c,nanated from the solid South. but he has
nevertheless always held that II wa no
harm Toe the South 10 he solid, II u
vas solid for James e.. Blaine. Now, Of
course be- feels wOlsc than ever about the
south snd liz future. We recall these ut
te,ancc. of this remarkable dcnagoguc.
moi for the purpose OF exposing bis incon-
-isteucy, because he is no longer worth cX-
posurc, or even for the purpose OF illu'tfat-
Ine the remarkable goOd fortune OF the
country in escaping four years Of him.
with his varied powers OF mischief ard his
restless activity in the presidential chair.
Ills remarks are worth notice mainly be-
Cause they are al appeal to what Il per-
haps the most Formidable prejudice
among Republicans with Which the friends
OF good government have of late years had
10 contend, aud that by which Republican
corruptiOnist- have most prolitcd. Now,
one OF the best results 81 Cleyeland's clec-
ton will, in our opinion. be the dcstruc-
ton of this most mischieyo,r' dciusiOn. on
which so MANY Republican ri-cals have
prospercd during the last ten or fifteen
ycaY~. Like most dcln'iOns which have
tradition at their back. 1t could not be d.
strOycd by any amount OF reasoning. Ac-
tual experiment, such II we now snail wit
ness. will eXtirpatc 1t in a short lime.
Two years hence even - brazen aud un-
scrupulOus q dcmagogue rs I'll ,inc will not
venture TO repeat the speech he made at
Augusta Tuesday.
SHOWING HIS RIAL TEMPER.
IFrom the Times, Indepadcnt Reprilican.I
MIR. Blaine took the occasion OF scrc-
made at Augusta last evening. intended ~
A personal compliment by his townsmen, to
deliver the most bitter and mischicyOiis
sectional speech that has been heard in the
North for many a day. The anguish OF de-
feat seems to have eXtinguished all the
generous sentiment which hc prole.scd to
have when he penned his letter Oi accept
ancc, or rather II shows that that srnti-
ment was parsCled in the hope OF winning
southern votes and. having failed IN that,
he shows his real temper. He bclittles
the northern influence That contributed 10
lis defeat, ard treats the result ~ trans
fer OF the control oil the Government 10 the
South which he Processes TO believe l.,
fraught with misfortune to The country.
lie shows no conception oi the principle
that the Government belongs to Che people
Of the whole country, and not 10 pslty
or a section, and endcayors TO revive old
antagonlsnls aud hatreds and to inhlmc the
fears OF the southern negroes. 4 more
unpatriotic, mischicyOus, and bitterly Sec
tiOnal and narrow spirit than Mr. Blaine
exhibits IN defeat is inconceiyablc, and
adds another to the many causes OF con-
graduation that the country has been saved
from IN administration dominated BY such
atpirit.
A GENERATION BEHIND THy TINES.
fFrom the Graphic, independently
II is fortunate for this country that Mr.
Blaine WIS beaten. lie stands to-day where
he stood previous TO and directly after the
war. having made no progress and being
unaware OF the great changes in social and
political conditions that have been thrust
upon the rebclliouS States. He hates the
South quite as much A. he ever did. and is
unwilling TO do her justice from any point
OF view. Last night, when he might
have spoken n farewell that would
have cndcared him 10 every good c,ti-
zen, be gave way Ia the Old prciudices and
the old miSstatcmcnts which have charac-
tcrizcd his party from his beginning. Pos
sibly he spoke ~ he thought, but il that il
the case be thinks wrong. The recent
election buried the bloody shirt, and Demo-
crai. are not such fools Il, TO act In way
to invite is resurrection. We shall have
good government and fair play. and Mr..
Blaine will live to regret that he did not
in exercising the privileges usually ac-
corded grief and disappointment, Judge
hi, enemies with ,Orue little Christian ~
nan,mity.
H.AISE's MEXICAN Way.
IRON tie Dial. independent.
lie went deliberately outside OF a review
Of the campaign and challenged the wis
dom Of the verdict not only. but Threw the
firebrand Of agitation, to defeat that YER
diet four years hence, into the political
arena before business has had time To IT.
cover IRON the prostitution caLsed by the
late campaign. in which these issues were
thoroughly agitalcd and settled at the
polls. Mr.. Blaine thus places himself
IN the attitude OF i reNOlutioniSt ~ mucG
a. the defeated patty in Mexico which IT.
fuses to accept the result OF an election
there. This il dangerous precedent 10
establish ia this country. both for our flu
ture peace ana stability, and for our bJisi.
ness interests and national prosperity
The poverty and anarchy that have cursed
Mexico have been due to Just such refusal
TO accept the popular verdict III Mr.. BlIne
has now set the second precedent for in
this country. This is deliberate treachery
to the business interests ofthe whole United
States, which Mr.. Blame pretended to rep
resent in hls candidacy. The continuance
OF political agitation based upon the
industrial questions involved in the
campaign would prDtract the de-
preston IN all these interests ~
well as prevent the restoration OF conf
dcncc necessary 20 commercial recovery
and financial prosperity. II Mr.. Blaine's
object is to keep himself before the people
for a denomination in 1883, and Is willing
TO ieopaTdiZe all the business interests OF
the country for another four years in order
TO do so, bc might as well he told now that
be will not have the support OF one legiti-
mate businessman in the United States
four years hence II he persists in his re-
iuSal 10 abide by the verdict OF the people