New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-19
A SERENADE TO Mr.. BLAINE
REMARKS OF THE REPUBLICAN lhN'A"
An ANALYSIS OF THE NORTHERN hh,
DANGERS OF sol'p o,nrSrI

rl .rocession reached quar- 'o' Va Z" 49, :.
ot,a;r was impromptu aud no a''ehp' m"' -.
anything like display. Ihere were '"0 '" '-So,
a, "n, ., the town. old men who had come seVera'
NV" how their devotion to the man they loved.
III, ubo had voted with Repuoiicahs
' ,ho frat time this fall were there
','a,nc that their allegiance is not temporary.
=. ,,as a, outpouring of Mr. Blaines friends ana
;hhors The ladies were not invited, but they
- ,bere nevertheless and with others cro"oo"
,ho mansion TO get glimpse of Mr. Blame anu ~
,olo HIM bs the hand. 1t is estimated 'ha' ~'oVo
.or.ons were present while Mr.. Blame was spea"
ING His speech was received wi'h e,o", 49,,
s;asm. MANY said that 1t sharply anu "p'. W. ws
,;,oa tho future policy of the party ana Una. MI
p,a;ne had struck the KEY note under winch ~, .no
Marty will march TO victory four years heho' -'''
Blane's remarks were as follows:
FpIrNps AND NEIGHBoRs The Na.loman ,,e have have
:. -. ana Inv the narrowest of margins We naso
i, | thank Won for your call, whlcn, IL hV' no " o,o
Of oyous CONGRATULATIONS, is One' an ~, SUI frtnre
fdenee and of sanguine nope t IGt WV Won give me
=. tnan~ ~1ross res INV sense OF Obligation, not OILY
20 von' but 10 all the Republicans Of oann.ne mrrTe
Enthusiasm and ratified 1t by supero to.e, ,es of
Count n as one of the honors and gratihcatons or
my public career that tne pa, sx years and twice
within that period losing the Sta!e. uas or S" noo ,,
in This campaign to an od-fashioned ZO,oggy piu,
iitV
sas snd esteem could equal that of the people among
whom have lived for thirty years, and to whom
am attached by all the ties that ennopie huil'ah
nature and give JOY and dignity 10 me-
CoNpIIMENTING NEw-ENGLAND AND The Whs''
After Maine-indeed along with Maine-my
6rst Thought is always Of Pennsylvania.
How can fittingly express my thanks for that un-
,oralleled majority of more than $4,000 votes, u
popuar Endorsement which has deeply touched my
heart and which has, if possible. increased my al
fection for the grand old commonwealth an aiiec
,ion which I inherited from my ancestry and
which shall transmit to my chidreni But do
not limit nv thanks to the State OF my residence
and the state of my BIRTH lowe much 10 the 'fuo
and jealous friends in New-Engand VINO workeu
NO noby for the Republican party ana It's canu'-
dotes and IN the eminent scholars aud divines
who stenping aside from their ordinary avoca-
irons made my cause their cause, aud to loyalty 10
prluciple added the special compment oi slahuinf
~ my personal representatives Ill 'no N"''O""'
in, the achievements for the Republican cause
I'm the East are even surpassed oy tne sp'cnuu
tories In the West. In that magnificent coruon OF
states That stretches from the foothIils of the Al
log6an,es 10 the Golden Gate Of the Pacific heginn'
nn1hl,ran banner was horue 50 oftilv that but y
sina State failed 10 JOIN IN the wide ncclaim 9i
,r,nmph Nor should do justice TO nv own fccl-
,nss n / failed TO thiik tho kepnbhcsn, of the
Empire state, who encountered 80 m'nv o,sopu.
agcncnts and ob'tacca who Tough, TO u ON
,lronu n hattie that change of one vote ~ every
tWoihousand would have gwen us the Victory III
the Nation ,,,., - 49,. p ooo ,,,,os
vouid hnye transferred Ncw-York. Indiana, New
Jersey and Connecticut 20 The kopupiloah s,'a, W.
dard ard would have made the North as sohd az
The Soufh My thanks would still be incomplete II
I should tail 10 recognize WIN sPeclhI tial'uuJJ
,hrt orrat body of working mcu, both native ana
forien born, who gave me their earnest suPpoiiI'
breaking from old personal ana party lles aiu "t'h %
ing I'M the principles which represented III thc
the canvass the safeguard anu Pio'N''i'" vi '
own fnesdc interests.
THE POPULAR VOTE IN THE NORTH
The result If the election, my friends, Will be re-
rarded in the future, / think, as extraordinary
The Northern States, leaving out the cities OF New
York and Brooklyn from the count, sustained the
Republican cause by a majority OF more thah
100000 almost half million indeed OF the popu-
lar vote. The cities of New-York and Brooklyn
tarew their great strength and ihfiuence WIN inc
Solid South and were the decisive element
which gave to that section the con-
troll of the National Government. Speak
ing now net at all az defeated candidate,
bn; simply rs lOyal and devoted American, l
think the transfer OF the political power OF lhc
Government to the south i great National MIS-
fortuue. Ii is misfortune because 1t Introduces
ali element which cannot insure harmony ana pros
perity 10 the people, because 1t introduces mo
republic the rule of q minority Inc 1lrst lnstinct
of an American is equality, equality OF rlght'
equality of privilege, equality OF polllcal power,
that equality. which SAYS TO every ci'i1en thd
"Your is inst good just as potentiIl "a the
vote of any other citizen" 1hat cannot De salu 10
day in the United States.
EVILS OF A SOLID SOUTH.
The course of affairs in the South has crushed out
the poht cal power of more than six million Amerl-
can citizens and has transferred 1t by violence to
Others Forty-two Presidential electors are as
signed TO the South mt of the colored pop
ulation, and yet the colored population, with
more than 100000 legal votes, have
been unable to choose single elector.
Even in those States where they have majority
OF more than a hundred thousand they are deprived
of free suffrage and their rights as citizens are
ecOmfully IrOdden under foot. The eleven states
that comprised the rebel Confederacy had, by the
census of 1850, seven and half millions white
population and 100000 colored popula-
ton The cOlOTed population, almost TO
man, desire to support the republican
by violence and murder, whenever violence and
murder are thought necessary, they are absolutely
deprived of all political power.
If the outrage stopped there it would be bad
enough but il does not stop there, for not only is
the negro population disiranchised' but me power
@h gsgby l 'by ubfe belongs to 'eg ennbps
the white population of the South to exert an
electoral influence far bevond that exerted by the
81 ue number of white people III the North TO H.
lustrate just how 1T works to 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 III each section the number
Of electoral votes.
COMPARING VOTES IN TIIE SOUTH AND NORTH
In the South the States of louisiana Mssissipp
Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina have in the
aggregate fort eight electoral votes They have
$500, 600 white peopl" and over 100000 coored
people
In the North the States of Wisconsin, Minnesota.
Iowa. Kansas and California have likewise in the
Aggregate Torty eight electoral votes and they have
swhite population of 0,8Oo,00D. or just double the
Ave Southern states have named. These North
efn States have practically no coloied population.
II s therefore evident that the white men in those
Southern states bv usufpine aud absorbing The
tehts oi the cul0rcd men are etcttine Just double
tbe political power Of the white men IN the North
Am Sfafeu.