Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-20

Mr.. BIaine's Speech.
NJ. BIaine's sreech at MS home in Au-
us.a. Ne. on Tuesday night can haruIy
10 REGARDED other wise than as an undIg-
rffad and U-tempered performance. Be
Ing a Detected candidate he would nave
shown much better taste il he had taken
his defeat in silence. his heart Is 90 fulI
Of bitterness. perhaps, that he could mol
do that which his v Judgment douot-
less sugrested was the best thing 70 do
During the campaign he INDUCED in no
harsh criticisms. and be did not attack
The south until a few days before the
election. when he thought, No doubt, that
a little bloody shirt talk would do him
good. II elected he wanted the good
oniniOn OF the south. andin his campaign
speeches he was, therefore, guarded in
his treatment Of the South. His feeling
towards the South. however, was not
kindly. and IL becam me intensified into
positive hate when he found that he did
not receive the electoral vote Of a single
Southern state.
The south, however, a afford 70 smile
AZ Mr.. Blaine's rage. That has come 70
pass which FOR twenty years it has been
looking for, and it is not at all disturbed
az Mr. Blaine's excited state OF MIND
His opinions have ceased 70 be Of as much
importance as they once were. Tie party
n which lie belongs i Out Of power. and
i likely 70 stay out for a good many
wears. II il ever gets control Of the gov
eminent again the whole political sltua-
ton. in al probability, viii be so changed
/ that the fortunes Of the South as a distinct
section viii not be affected in%juriously.
I lust now while Mr.. Blaine Is indulging in
/ bitter words the South is having a season
Of low. Even while al Augusta he
was predicting evil 70 the South, the
/ Joyous shouts Of the people and the boom
I iug OF cannon were heard at Richmond.
OF course Mr.. Blaine and mis- party can
Tot understand the gladness which fills
the hearts Of the Southern people. They
attribute it wholly to the defeat Of the
/ Republican party. They are mistaken.
The ioy Of the south Is not caused simply
bv a party triumph, but is almost wholly
due 10 the fact that sectional feeling and
issues are things Of the past. The last
barrier TO the most perfect harmony IN the
South's Federal relations has been re-
moved.
fMr. Blaine had received a few hun
dred more votes in the state Of New York
his o would be very different. he
would not have a word TO say against the
south. He would speak, doubtless, hon.
eyed words 70 the Southern people. He
would seek their good Will with the hope
Of Strengthening his party in the South.
A few hundred votes often makes all the
difference in the world in a candidates
feelings and opinions.
Mr. Blaine hasn't as much reason tc
ind fault with the South as he thinks be
has. Admitting tina in several OF the
Southern states the negro voters are in
the majority. and that they are al Re-
p~ublicans. it isn't the fault Of the Demo
Gratis that they didn't vote. MI. Blaine,
If course. thinks it is, aud charges that it
is. but, then, lie doesn't know the truth.
He has been misinfOrmed by those who
are interested in keeping him ignorant OF
the facts.
Hesavs that lie would have carried New
York if the rain in the country districts
had lot kept thousands Of Republicans
awav from the polls. These Republicans
didn't think enough Of him TO brave the
rain. In the south there were thousands
Of NEGROES who didn't care enough for him
ard the Republican party 70 vote. II
there had 5een any extraordinary efforts
to get them to the polls they would
have voted in much larger num-
hers than they did. Nobody kept
them away from the polls, and
notbing was done 10 neutralize their
votes. In all the South there wasn't a
complaint that the negroes were intimi-
dated. or that their ballots hadn't the
same effect as those CT white voters. They
did vote BY thousands in every Southern
state as is shown BY the returns.
Mr.. Blaine does not charge the Demo.
Gratis Of New York with keeping Republi-
cans away from the polls who might have
elected him. Why then should he charge
Democrats in the South with keeping Re-
publicaus away from the polls. The truth
il. that the Republican leaders did not
attempt TO organize the negro voters, and
without organization it Is folly 70 suppose
that their vote can be pOlled. The negroes
didn't vote. and there was no effort worth
noticing 10 get them TO vote.
That Mr.. Blaine would take his defeat
very hard was to be expected. For fifteen
years or more the aim OF his life has been
10 be President. He has struggled as few
men have to reach the goal Of his ambi-
ton. To come so near the realization OF
mis- hopes, and at the same time to have
the conviction forced upon him that, per-
haps. his political career is ended, has
unsettled him. BY the time ne gets 10
that part Of the history he is writing
which treats OF the campaign which closed
on Nov. 4. he viii be able perhaps TO speak
| Of the south with more fairness.