The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-28


benefcent operation of the protective tariff"
Shortly after the Blaine train left jamestown,
this morning Mayor Parsons, of Rochester,
approached Mr.. Blaine, bearing uniform OF
Company f. First Regiment Boys in Blue, of
Rochester, and informed Mr. Blaine that he was
the bearer of letter from a committee of ladies'
residing in the Third ward of Rochester.
"You WILL" said the Mayor, doubtless re-
member-for people say you always remember
everything-that when in our city few weeks
ago, you signed your name to the roster of a
company of boys in blue; that act made you Il
member of that organization, and as you are the
only non-uniformed member of that company, L
am delegated to present to you suit similar to
that worn by your comrades in Rochester"
The letter is as follows;
ROCHESTER, Oct %, 1884.
Hon. James G. Blaine:
Dear Sir-The Republican ladies of the Third ward
of Rochester, in presenting uniforms to Company H.
First Regiment Boys in Blue, of this city find that
your name is signed to the roll of that company
They therefore take pleasure in offering to you, the
only remaining non-uniformed member, the accom-
panyng uniform feeling that your acceptance of the
same Will DO favor not only to them but to the com
pany, whose appreciation of your former kind atten-
ton is shown in their campaign heer-"Company F.
fifth nane-James &. Blaine-hurra!'
Mr. Blaine responded as follows:
"Mr. Mayor: remember very vividly the
pleasant incident which you recall to my mind,
and am highly gratifed by the interest which
it has excited among the Boys in Blue of your
an honorary member of their organization The
fact that they have complimented me with the
uniform which distinguishes their body, regard
as an especial honor. 1 shall carry it home with
me as one of the most pleasing souvenirs of my
long tour, with which shall associate Rochester,
both at my going and Gaming l wish you would
communicate personally to the gentlemen who
have so signally marked their partiality for me
my full appreciation of their act and include
especially in my thanks the ladies who have lent
their gracious and skillful aid. The honor repre-
sents three of the most potential influences in
the Republican campaign of 1SS4-the strength
which comes from the soldiers and from
tho young men, and the sympathy ex-
pressed in so large a degree by the
ladies of the country: the soldiers and the young
men gave their voice and their work, the ladies'
their countenance and encouragement, which
carries with it a powerful and Widespread infu-
ence. Please bear back with you the assurance
of my grateful appreciation of the kindness of
those whom you represent on this occasion, as
we'll as my pleasant memory of the great and
enthusiastic meeting with which the people hon
ored me on the occasion of my last visit to
Rochester,
At Hornelsville there was very large and
enthusiastic crowd Mr.. Blaine discussed at
some length the relations of the Southern ques
ton and the tariff, substantially in the same
vein as in his speech at Elmira in the evening
At Canesteo, Addison and Corning brief stops
were made, and at each place Mr. Blaine spoke
very briefly in acknowledgment of the reception
given him. At Corning there was very large
crowd.
1t was about 8 o'clock when the train arrived
at Elmira. Before reaching the depot Mr.. Blaine
left the train, in company with ex Senator Patt
and other gentlemen. and was driven to
the house of Mr.. j. D. F. See, whose guest he is
in Elmira. After supper he came down to the
stand which faced the public park The park
and the adjacent streets were crowded; indeed,
the whole city seemed to be so. When Mr..
Blaine appeared he was received with tumutous
cheers. He had come to the stand to review
torchlight procession, but the people demanded
"A speech, and in response he again, as at Hor
nellsville, spoke of the relation between the
solid South and the tariff question In the
course of his remarks, Mr.. Blaine said
''The approaching election in the lSouth will
exhibit an extraordinary spectacle for a republic
to witness. The colored voters of the Southern
States number almost milion they are very
large element in every one of the eleven States
of the late Confederacy, and in four
Mississippi and Louisiana-they constitute
an absolute majority of the people They are,
with practical unanimity, supporters of the Re
publican party, yet so entirely is their freedom
of suffrage destroyed that no one expects those
States, or any one of them, to be carried by the
Republican party, and this, despite the fact that
the colored majority is sustained by not
inconsiderable percentage of white votes in each
of these States named. 1t is not to be forgotten
in this connection that, by the last census. the
Southern States acquired thirty electoral
votes for President and Vice-president by
reason of the coored population, and l submit
that it is rather calling to Northern feelings and
Northern pride that these thrty-seven votes
apportioned to the South by reason of her col
ored population should be absolutely con ntrolled
by the white people, and that the negro not
withstanding his vast numerical strength should
be left unrepresented in the electoral college.
lCries, That's so' and cheers. 1t
needs no demonstration to show how
greatly this increase of the political
power of the Southern white man
is against the power of the Northern white man,
and how a soldier of the late confederate army.
living at the South is thus enabled to WELD a
far more potential influence in shaping the ad-
ministration of the national government
than Union soldier in the North
Sensation. The proposition of the
b%ge Sew York party tb. 'nH Is
advantage of this wholesale crime agains free
suffrage in the South, to seize the government
of the United States by a gross violation of the
plainest rights of citizenship. !Cries of Never
They can't do it,; They'll get left. crime
against suffrage is a crime against the Republic
[Great cheering. If we aid them in depriving
one man of his vote to-day, we may be deprived
of our own votes tomorrow There is no safety
for any mans civil rights unless respect be paid
to the civil rights of all Renewed cheering
l never can believe that the voice of New York
will be pronounced in favor of so gross per
version of constitutional guarantees, so
ruthless violation of personal rights as South
ern elections have come to be. 1t is startling
to reflect that by an election thus carried the
great domestic po licies of the country may be
overturned; that the financial and industrial sys-
tens may be destroyed, and that bF the robbery
of the colored vote of electors whom their votes
would choose, an absolute revolution may be
wrought in the administration of the govern
ment Cheers. The accomplishment of the
scheme of the Democratic party would be the
most papable and offensive installation OF mi
nority over majority ever attempted, and it can
be achieved only by crime in which, believe
New York can never be made to participate" :"
[Great cheers.
On Tuesday, at 9 A. M, Mr. Blaine will con-
tinue his journey by special train on the Erie
road, arriving at Jersey City at $50 p NJ.
Coming Meetings and Parades.
New YORK, Oct, 2Z-Mr. Blaine will dine
with Mr.. S. " White, in Brooklyn, on Thurs