Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-07
WAsH1sGroS, D. c., Oct. 4th, 1884

WAsHIsGToS, D. c., Oct. 4th, 1884.
Editor Kennebee Journal:
Mr.. Blaine struck the key note of repnb-
lican harmony and success when at Roches-
ter, n. Y, he uttered these words
the republican party embodies in its
creed. four distinct and important doc
trines First, peace with the whole world;
second, commercial expansion in every
practical direction; third, encouragement of
every form of American industry: fourth,
protection to every citizen, native or natural
lied, at home or abroad" No more sue
cinct, explicit, and expressive words could
be uttered if one should hunt the dictionary
all over The words will echo and re-echo
over this broad land, until every ear, willing
or unwilling, will hear them. They tell the
truth they give no uncertain sound. no
equivocation of meaning. They indicate the
policy and the intention of the great party,
which has been and still is the exponent of
enlightenment. progress and perseverance.
They throw down gauntlet to all the
enemies of that party to produce a better
stand point or better creed They are words
that give hope to the laborer, strength to
enterprise. and protection to all the helpless
within the borders of our great land, and
even beyond. wherever an American citizen
needs it. No one can misunderstood these
words. No one can twist or mis-
construe them into some other mean
ing, and their effect will be far
reaching and powerful. Already these utter
ances have drawn thousands towards Mr..
Blaine, who have heretofore stood doubtingy
in the arena of politics. The man and his
words together, have drawn down multitudes
of men who were sitting on the fence rails by
the way side, and as these sentiments-not
sentiments only but the creed-of the candi-
date and his party are spoken, and emphasiz-
ed from the thousands of rostrums, they will
grow in the grandeur of their meaning and
power of their results. Let these words like
weapons, be kept in the foremost of the fray
Never doubling for moment that they will
put the enemy into confusion, and finally ut
ter rout. Try as they may. the democrats
cannot hide the fact that this policy il the
strong point of the canvass They cannot
conceal the fact by minor subterfuges, that
protection to American citizens in their rights,
their labors and their industries, must take
precedence in this great national contest. If,
as Mr.. Blaine says, the people shall choose
to defeat these principles by the defeat of the
party that upholds them, the fault will be
their own. But who can believe they will ?
The party and its creed may be struck down
by fraud and deception, possibly! and by
the yet great ignorance of the South as TO this
question, or its blind fatality in striking at it.
self. But, even if this happened Connecting
hardly probable now,) this great policy,
though crushed for the time, would soon rise
again. The American people would quickly
learn, and with bitter experience the hard
ships opd narila of 70
same grand ideas are embodied in the address
of the republican committee issued at Nash
vile to the people of the South. 1t cannot
be long before the eyes of the Southern PEG.
pie are fully opened, perhaps not in season
to produce much effect upon this Presidential
contest, but as the years roll on and the in
terests of the South approach more closely to
those of the North, particularly in manufac
lures and commerce, these principles will as
similatr with them as milk Goes with water in
the milkman's can. 1t cannot be otherwise
A mans pocket will always get the better of
his prejudice. All that is wanted is for him
to become aware of the fact that his pocket
book shows up better as the new ideas are
practically put in force. West Virginia, /
trust, will even now show the effect of this
policy which is fast becoming practical in
her borders. Here at the Capital for many
years the spirit of Northern enterprise has
pervaded until to day Washington City if al
lowed vote would, am certain. cast the
majority of 1t in favor of the republican
party Not because of majority of Northern
citizens, but because many of its native citizens
have become fully imbued with the spirit OF
progress which that party has infused into
every industry and enterprise which il has
been able to foster and the hope of its citizens
to-day is that the republican party may
continue in power so that this spirit of en-
terprise may continue also.
The cry of the workingmen which greeted
Mr.. Blaine all along his triumphant journey
to the West. mo free trade for us" is taken
up here and echoed back even by those who
ten or fifteen years ago were downright hat
ers of the Yankee and of every political
proposition that he uttered And so in very
short time this creed laid down by Mr..
Blaine must of necessity and even by its
clearness and truthfulness, become the creed
of the natiOn-a universal and not partizan
creed. North, South, East and West will
record their approval of this doctrine, and
the party or parties that fight it, must expect
and will merit defeat.
believe this great contest, which ends on
the fourth of November, will result in the
emphatic endorsement of the glorious princi-
Piles enunciated by Mr.. Blaine. E. JB.