Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-10-31
BIaine's Speech ai Fort Wayne
Indiana.

There is not one measure Of bank
ing, Of tarin, of finance, Of public
credit, of pensions, not one line of
the administration upon which the
| Government is conducted today,
to which 'the Democrats of the
South are not recorded as hostile.
and TO give them the control would
mean a change the like Of which
has not been known in modern
times. Such a triumph would be a
fearful misfortune to the South it.
self TO call that section to the
rulership Of the Nation would dis
turb its own social and political
economy, would rekindle shoulder
ing passions, and under the pecu-
liar leadership to which it would be
subjected it would organize an adj.
ministratiOn of resentment, of re-
prisal, of revenge. No greater
misfortune than that could come
to the Nation, or the South These
are the words of Mr.. Blaine at Fort
Wayne, Indiana, and they accord
with the views Of the greatest pa
triOts the South has brought forth.
The unanimous declaration Of the
thirteen United States Of America,
July 18th, 177G, says: I'VE hold
these truths TO be selfevident, that
all men are created equal; that
they are endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienable rights !;
that among these are life, liberty,
aud the pursuit of happiness
that whenever any form
OF government becomes destructive
of these ends it is the right of the
people to alter or to oboish it,
The Constitution (l7th Seplem-
Der, 1885, of the United States Of
America says: awe. the people of
the United States, in order to form
a more perfect union;' 'and
secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity, do or
dain and establish this Consiiiu-
ton Gen. George Washington
calls the United States consolida-
ted government. Gen. Andrew
Jackson says by the Eternal, the
Union shall be preserved in oppos-
ilion to the Hon. John G. Calhoun,
the upholder Of secession and the
right Of the Stale to break up the
| Union. Daniel Webster says it is
not a compact 10y States, but a
consolidated constitutional union.
Gen. r. L. Lee says: But | can
anticipate no greater calamity for
the country than a dissolution Of
the Union. Secession is nothing
but revolution. The trainers of our
Constitution would never have ex-
hauslcd 50 mech labor. wisdom and
forbearaocc iu its formation, aud
surrounded il with 50 macy guards
aud securities, if il was intended to
be broken by every member Of the
/ Confederacy at will. 1t was inten-
ded for perpetual union, so cx-
pressed in the preamble, aud for
the establishment Of government,
not a compact, which eau only be
dissolved by revolution, or the con.
sent Of all the people in convention
assembled. 1t is idle to talk Of
secession"
General Il. L. Lee agrees with
Mr. Blaine when he says The in.
erests Of tue State are, therefore,
the same as those Of the United
States. lis prosperity will rise or
fall with the welfare Of the country.
The duty of its citizens, then, ap-
pears to me too plain to admit Of
doubt. All should unite in honest
efforts TO Obiterate the effects of
war, and to restore the blessings
Of peace. They should remain, if
/ possible, in the country; promote
harmony and good feeling, qualify
themselves to vote, and elect to
the State and General Legislatures
wise and patriotic men, who will
devote their abilities to the inter
estS Of the country and the healing
of all discussion 1T should
be the object OF all to avoid cou-
trovcrsy, to allay passion, give full
scope TO reason and every kindly
feeling i THE Southern
States having laid down their arms,
and the questions at issue between
them and the Northern States hav-
ing been decided, | believe it to be
( the duty Of everyone to unite in
the restoration of the country and
the establishment Of peace and
harmony.
TO recall the Calhoun party into
power in our Government would,
as Mr.. Blaine says, 'rekindle smoul-
dering passions, and under the
peculiar leadership to which it
would be subjected, it would or
game an administration of resent
ment, Of rcprisal, of revenge. No
greater misfortune than that could
come to the Nation or the South. -
wing.
Democrats!