The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-11-27
impress upon it nom the hour Of its

he invited the large crowd into his
house and for nearly an hour an i'm
formal reception was held.
Press Comments on the Speech.
The speech is receiving rough treat
ment at the hands Of fearless editors.
The New York Herald says:
We believe that no patriotic citizen,
be he Republican, Democrat, Peoples
the speech Blaine made at Augusta
last night, without thanking God most
tcrvcntly for tho deliverancc of tho
people of tho United States from the
danger and disgrace Of having such
dcmagOgue and incendiary for their
President.
1t is the first instance in which a
Presidential candidate, maddencd bv
defeat, has tried to inoculate his coum-
try with sectional passions in revenge
for its choice of another man.
Unless we underestimate the pa
triotism of the people, North and
South, they will greet it with suoh
scornful anger everywhere that it will
DC the last instance, as well as the
first, and no future disappointed mis-
crcant will dare defy the warming.
In the civil war one great crime was
attempted, which honorable beliger-
ents OH either side regard with unani
nous horror. We mean the attempt
to inoCulatc the country with yellow
fever. But ii palcs in wickedncss be-
side Blainc>s attempt to inoculate the
| country with sectional passions, to
! tear open the healed wounds Of the
Rebellion. to permeatc the North with
q sense of humiliation from the cleo
| ton Of Governor Cleveland to the
Presidency, to infect freedom with the
fear of reinstatement, to inspire white
workmcn with the dread of the freed
mems competition in their fields of
labor, and to impeach the sincerity of
tho allegiance Of all Southern white
men.
No rebukc is too severe Tor this viii
lainous speech, and the shame of it is
aggravated by the fact that # was rs
deliberate as it is dastardly. Blaine's
words arc not an unprecedented har-
anguc OF hot temper. They are the
studied utterance of cold-blooded ma
hgnity. Since he cannot rule he would
ruin. lie would curse his country
with jealousy, and t,iscord, and misery,
because he himself is jealous, discord-
ant and miserable,
But we believe that there is small
danger of harm from such words as
his at this day. We have faith that
evil he would wrcak upon his conntry
will be visited Oh his own head. If
the Republican party docs not unload
itself of Blaine after this speech, it will
add damnation to defeat.
The Times comments after this man.
ncr:
Blaine took the occasion of serc-
made at Augusta last evening intended
as personal compliment by his towns
men to deliver the most bitter and
mlschicvous sectional speech that has
been heard in the North for many n
day.
An honest defeat seems to have cx-
| tinguishcd all the generous sentiment
which he profcsscd to have when he
penncd his letter Of acceptance, or
rather it shows that the letter was
paraded in the hope of winning South
crn votes, and having failed in that he
shows his real temper.
He bclittles the Northern influence
that contributed to his defeat and
treats the result rs q transfer of the
control of the government to the South
| fraught with misfortune to the coun-
try. He shows no conception of the
principle that the Government belongs
to the people of the whole country and
not to party or section. He endeav-
ors to revive old antagonisms and
hatreds and to inflame the fears of the
Southern negroes.
~ more unpatriotic, mischievous and
bitterly sectional and narrow spirit
than Blaine exhibits in defeat is incOn-
ceivablc, and adds another to the many
| causes of congratulations that the
country has been saved from an adj
ministration dominated by such a
spirit.
The WOyId writes:
There is little that is new in his
voice from the valley of humiliation
The American people have heard re-
Gently about all that he has to say OF
the danger OF admitting the South to n
full participation in the affairs Of the
government, and about all that he is
able to say on the subject Of protecting
our industries.
The verdict pronounced against him
mas been emphatic lie has been told
that he is not wanted. He has been
| 'cIt tiittI illS SlOl lIOuI TIC OOuLnGfl
people arc slandcrs, and if he had more
senSibility and just shade of personal
pride he would have quickly subsidized
when the fiat was pronounced against
| him.
Blaine seems determined, however,
| to leave nothing undonc to prove that
he is entitled to the contempt of all
! trnc friends Of the Republic. His i'm
placablc speech may disturb and dis.
quiet the poor negroes Of the South,
but the country will see i'm it only the
cowardly rancor of defeated candi-
date and rclcgatc it TO the limbo of tin
helmets, shrivcllcd plumcs and other
discarded campaign properties.
| A Human hive on Fire.
HAvERTuLL, Mass, November 90
The Britkctt building at the corner OF
Washington Square and Emerson