Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-11-27
BI,AINES DYING EFFORT.
PLANTING THE BLOODY SHiHI
IN THE FACE OF THE SOUTH.

DolefuI Prophesies as to the Dire FL
fects which are to Follow the Ai'sS-
ed.PoliticaI Supremacy of Southern
-Democracy--Thank for All Save
Those who Defeated Him.
From the Ne0 York World
AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 1S.-Mr. |
Blaine's serenade, which he concocted
himself, came off tonight per order,
but ONLY limited number persuaded
themselves that they were exceedingly
anxious to stand out in the cold Tor
an hour to hear Mr.. Blaine make |
speech. Less than 200 men and boys
Joined in the procession, by actual
count, while about another hundred
followed on the sidewalks. The pro
cession was headed by a brass band.
Then came the mourners.
Mr.. Blaine in response to calls made
the following speech:
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBoRs: The ma
tional contest is over and by the mar
rowest of margins we have lost. L
thank you for your call, which, If not
one of joyous congratulations, Is one, L
am sure, or confidence and of sangulne
hope for the future. [ thank you for
the public opportunity you give me to
express my sense of obligation, not on
" to you, but to all the Republicans
of Maine. They responded to my nom
ination with genuine enthusiasm and
ratified it by superb vote. L count
it as one of the honors and gratlilca-
tions of my public career that the par
ty i'll Maine, after struggling hard for
the last six years, and twice within
that period losing the State, has come
back in this campaign to an old-fash-
ioned 10000 plurality. No other ex-
preston of popular confidence and es-
TEEN conld equal that of the people
among whom | have lived for thirty
wears and to whom am attached by
all the ties that ennoblc human nature
and give 10Y and dignity to life.
After Maine indeed, along with
Maine-my first thought is always of
PENNSYLVANIA. How can l fittlngly
express my thanks for that unparallel-
ed majority of more than 10000 votes
a popular Endorsement which has
deeply touched my heart and which
has, if possible, increased my affection
for the grand old commonwealth-an
affection which l inherited from my
ancestry and which | shall transmit tr
my children. But | do not limit my
thanks to the State of my residence
and the State of my birth. 1 owe much
to the true and Jealous friends i'll New
England who worked SO no5ly for the
Republican party and its candidates
and to the eminent scholars and dI
vines who, stepping aside from thel
ordinary avocatlons, made my caus'
their cause, and to loyalty to principle
added the special compliment OF stand
ing as my personal representatives II
the national struggle.
But the achievements for the Re
publican cause in the East are evel
surpassed by the splendid victories /!
the West. In that magnificent Gordon
of States that stretches from the foo;
hills of the Alleghanies to the Colder
Gate of the Pacific, beginning wit
Ohio and ending with California, tn
Republican banner was borne so loft
ly that but single State failed to joi
IN tie wide acclaim of triumph. Nc
should [ do Justice to my own feeling
if 1 failed to thank the Republicans {
the Empire State, who encountered E
many discouragement5 and obstacles
who fought foes from within and fo'
from without, and who waged so stron
a battle that change of one vote
every 1000 would have given us tt
victory in the nation. Indeed,
change of little more than 5000 vot
would have transferred New 1or
Indiana, New Jersey and Conneetic
to the Republican standard and wou
have made the North az solid as Il
South. Ny thanks would still be i
complete if | should fail to recogni
with special gratitude that great boo
of workingmen, both native and fl
eign born, who gave me their earnt
support, breaking from old person
and party ties and finding in the pri
ciples which represented in the Cd
vass the safeguard and protection
their own fireside interests.
A SHAKE OF THE BLOODY SHIRT.
The result of the election, my frien
will be regarded in the future, thin
as extraordinary. The North c
States, leaving out the cities of n
York and Brooklyn from the cou
sustained the Republican cause by
majority of more than 100000
most half million indeed-of
popular vote. The cities of New Y
and Brooklyn threw their gr
strength and influence with the SO
South, and were the decisive elem
which gave to that section the cont
of the National Government. Spe
ing now not at all as defeated C
.,didate, but simply as loyal and
voted American, l think the trans
of the political power of the Cove
,ment to the South is a great natio
misfortune. It is misfortune beca
it introduces an element which can
insure harmony and prosperity to
people, because it introduces into a
public the rule of minority.
first instinct of an American is eq'
ity-equality of right, equality
privilege, equality Of political pow
that equality which says to every
izen "Your vote is just as good, jus
potential as the vote of any other
jzen." That cannot be said to-1a,
the United States. The course Of
fairs in the South has crushed out
political power of more than six
lion American ci' ~ens and has tr