The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1884-11-25
BLAINE RAVES,
HE FIERCELY ATTACKS THE
SOUTH AND WAVES THE
BLOODY SHIRT.

lie Cnarges the South With I'm
fairness--Comments Of the
Northern Press on
the Speech.
A large number Of the devoted
personal and political friends Of Mr..
Blaine serenaded him Tuesday
evening at Augusta, Me-. as an
expression Of personal goodwill and
admiration Of his conduct of the
national campaign. Mr.. Blaine ap-
peared and made a speech, in which,
after expressing his gratitude for
the support he had received, he
said: "A change Of little more than
five thousand votes would have
transferred New York, Indiana,
New Jersey and Connecticut to the
Republican standard, and would
have made the North as soldid as
the South.
THE result Of the election, my
friends, will be regarded in the fu-
ture, | think, as extraordinary. The
Northern States, leaving out the
cities of New York and Brooklyn
from the count, sustained the Re-
publican cause by a majority Of
more that 4OO,0OO-almost half a
million, indeed-of the popular vote.
The cities Of New York and Brook
Ign threw their great strength and
influence with the solid South and
were the decisive element which
gave to that section the control or
the national government. Speaking
now not at all as a defeated capdi-
date, but as a loyal and devoted
American, | think the transfer Of
the political power Of the govern
ment to the South is a great ma
tiUnal misfortune. 1t is a misfor-
tune because it introduces an ele-
ment which cannot insure harmony
and prosperity to the people, because
it introduces into the republic the
rule Of a minority.
The course Of affairs in the South
has crushed out the political power
Of more than six million American
citizens, and has transferred it by
violence to others. F~orty-two Pres
idential electors are assigned to the
South on account Of the colored
population, and yet the colored pop
ulation, with more than 100000
legal votes, have been unable to
choose a single elector. Even in
those States where they have a ma
ioritv Of more than a hundred thou
sand they are deprived Of free suf-
frage, and their rights as citizens
are scornfullv trodden under foot.
The eleven States that comprised
the Rebel Confederacy had by the
census Of 1880 seven and a half
millions white population and five
million three hundred thousand col
ored population. The colored popu-
lation, almosF to- a man, desire tC
support the Republican party, but
by a system Of cruel intimidation
and by violence and murder, when
ever violence and murder are thought
necessary, they are absolutely de-
prived of all political power.
"To illustrate Just hoWit works tc
the destruction Of all fair elections
let me present to you five States
in the late Confederacy and five 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 Ca,o-
lima have IN the aggregate IS cleo
toral votes. They have 2,S0O,O0C
white people and over 3,OO0,00O col
ored people. IN the North the
States of Wisconsin, minnesota,
Iowa. Kansas and California have
likewise in the aggregate IS elector-
al votes. and they have a white pop
ulatlon Of 100000, or just about
double the the five Southern States
which | have named. These North
ern States have practically no col
ored population. It IS Therefore evil
dent that the white men III those
Southern States by usurping and
absorbing tilc lights VI thV ool"ASu
men are exerting just double the
political power Of the white men IN
the Northern States. submit that
such a condition Of affairs is extra
ordinary. unjust and derogatory to
the manhood Of the North. Even
those who are vindictivelv opposed
to negro suffrage will not deny that
if Presidential electors are assigned
to the South by reason Of the ne
gro population, that population
ought to be. permitted free suffrage.
To deny that clear proposition is to
affirm that a Southern white man
in the Gulf States IS entitled to
double the political power of a
Northern white man in the Lake
States: it is to affirm that a Confed-
crate soldier shall WELD twice the
influence in the Nation that a Union
soldier can, and hat a perpetual
and constantly increasing %superiori-
tv shall be conceded to the Southern
white man in the government of
the Union.
"If that be quietly conceded in