New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-20
vp DI1JNE no THE PEOPLE.

Mr.. Blnine speaks us he always does WIN
power. This time no gives expression 10 .no
convictions of the loyal people throughout inc
North. His speech has nothing OF self III H. Dc
trays no trace of personal feeling, ana Is more
calm and Just in tone than the utterahccs % HID
victorious opponents. But 1t is Irresistible IN
reasoning 1t points tho Northern people u
tbe true cause of their defeat, viz, the sup
nression of free government at the South.
This speech will naturally give offence 10
those who bavo deliberately consplrcd 70 turn
ovor the Government to Southern hands. For
such men. the Northern traitors who hll the
Mace to-day that the despsed copperheads
fIled durinr the war, it cuts like whip-lash.
r is too much to expect them to be SILENT that
thew howl is natural. Neither Tor thei, noi
their outcries can the indignant loyal Nor'n
afford to care. Its duty is to consider whaV
shall be done to protect the rights OF the people
and the welfare of the country. What MI
Blaine has said will give direction 10 inc
thouphts and efforts Of the Republican party
for if calls attention TO one issue which has now
become of vital importance.
More imnortant than all others this issue has
been from the first. The blunder OF the North
i. that it has charitably hoped to avoid 1t. In
mistaken brothcry kindness, it has INDUCED
the belief that the evils at the South would
presently pass away, that the consideration OF
economic ouestions would incline the Southern
neon]e to forget their hatreds and their desire
for vengeance, that the growth OF diversified
industry at the South would lead to the develop
mcnt of economic tendencies III harmony with
those of the Northern States, and that in the
ouocttnpS thorn would
longer be disposition to suppress free
Suffrage This charitable hope led to the feac-
ton against the policy of General Grant ten
veors ago, led to the withdrawal of troops from
The South, prompted the Republican party III
its course during the past eight years, anu
aroused the hope that in the late election states
which had become one in interest with the
Nn,hp,n communities would through freedom
&c ele,,,nns unite with them IN political action.
mt al ,hpsp h3pes were disappointed. The
,,aspp,it, oC Virginia aNa West Virginia de-
pauds &c eipa,lY W58R the MaihiehAnee vt the
i{ppNhliean pelIeN 40 ihe rf0speiiN W Pehhstl-
yauIa oy Ohl0h aud Act ihp reonle W th0se
hoV,hpW States Wege not permitted w eAihtss
their will LNWlslana, Intensely Devoted w 'he
urotoetiye system, realizing that rs greatest IN
dustry would he DESTROYED IN month u a Dem
ocratio poicy should prevail, was, nevertheless,
taken hy the throat by the New-Orloans ring,
and It's electoral votes cast in defiance OF the
will of its people for the election OF Cleveland.
These things convince the Northern mind that
there can be no decision OF any economic or
other question upon its merits by the free voice
of the ncople of these United States until free
elections at the South can be secured. The
earnest endcavOr to interest the Southern peo-
nile bv argument in measures and policies which
concern their prosperity, and thus to induce
them to cast aside the vindctlve spirit which
has trodden free suffrage under foot, has
definitely failed. 1t has been madc in good
faith. 1t has been made for eight long years, III
two successive Presidential campaigns, and in
several sessions of Congress. 1t has been
seconded by some of the worthiest and ablest
men ut the Soath. 1t has caused, in some
quarters, snch an uprising of Southern
sympathy with the protective policy that the
change, in Louisiana, for instance, was called
by Democrats a revolution. Yet the voice of
the people is suppressed as completely as be-
fore The result is, as before. that band of
vindictiye Bourbons cast The electoral votes OF
the Solid South, not rs the people please, but as
they please. With 1913 electoral votes in the
hands of these men to be cast, no matter what
the people want they require only As electoral
vo,es from Northern States, and these the cities
of New. York. Jersey City and New -liaven arr
trusted to give.
For once the conspiracy succeeds. IL is well
Its success compcls the Northern people TO thin'
once more of eternal Justice. They have beel