The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-12-04
BLAINE's AUGUSTA SPEECH.
Reasons for His Defeat Given to o
Serenadlng Party.
ANOTHER ATTACK UPON THE SOUTH
FOR SUPPORTING THE DEMOCRATIC
TICKET.

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| AUGUSTA, Me-, Nov. 18.-A larg,
number of devoted personal and po
litical friends Of Mr.. Blaine sere
naded him this evening as an ex
preston of personal good will ant
admiration of his conduct of the
national campaign, They marched
through the streets under the
marshalship of Col. Frank Nye
When they reached Mr.. Blaine's
house, their compliments and friend
ly regards were expressed in o
speech by Herbert NJ. Heath, Esq,
OF the Kennebec bar. Mr.. Blaine
responded as follows, his speech be
ing continually interrupted by ap-
applause:
Friends and Neighbors-The ma
tional contest is over, and by the
narrowest of margins we have lost.
thank you for your call, which, if
not one of joyous congratulation, is
one, l am sure, of confidence and of
sanguine hope for the future.
thank you for the public opportuni-
ty you give me to express my sense
of obligation, not only to you, but
to all the Republicans of Maine.
They responded to my nomination
with genuine enthusiasm and ratified
it by a superb vote. l count it as
one of the honors and qualifications
of my public career that the party
in Maine, after struggling hard for
the last six years, and twice within
that period losing the State, has
come back in this campaign to
the old fashioned 10000 plurality.
No other expression of popular con-
fidence and esteem could equal that
of the people among whom have
lived thirty years and to whom l
am attached by all the ties that en-
noble human nature and give JOY
and dignity to life.
After Maine-indeed, along with
Maine-my first thought is always
Of Pennsylvania. How can | fitting
iy express my thanks for
THAT UNPARALLELED MAJORITY
Of more than $4,000 yotes--a popu-
lar Endorsement which has deeply
touched my heart, and which has
if tOssible, increased my affection
for the grand old commonwealth, an
affection which inherited from my
ancestry and which | shall transmit
to my children; but do not limit
my thanks to the State of my resi-
dence and the State of my birth. |
owe much to the true and jealous
friends in New England, who work
ed so n6bly for the Republican par
ty and its candidates, and to the
eminent scholars and divines who,
stepping aside from their ordinary
avocations, made their cause my
cause and to loyalty and principle
added the special compliment OF
standing as my personal representa-
tives in the late national struggle.
But the achievements for the Re
publican cause in the East are even
surpassed by the splendid victories
in the West. In that magnificent
Gordon of States that stretches from
the foot hills of the Alleghanies to
the Golden Gate of the Pacific, be-
ginning with Ohio and ending
with California, the Republican
banner was borne so lofLily that but
a single State refused to join in the
wide acclaim of triumph. Nol
should do justice to my own feel
lngs if failed to thank the Repub
licans of the Empire State, who en-
countered so many discouragements
and obstacles, who
FOUGHT FOES FROM WITHIN
and foes from without, and who
waged so strong a battle that 6
change of one vote in every 2O0C
would have given US the victory in
the nation.
| Indeed, a change OF little more
than 5000 votes would have trans
ferrcd New York, Indiana, New Jer
sey and Connecticut to the Republi
can standard, and would have mad,
the North as solid as the South.
| My thanks would still be incom
plete if should fail to recogniz,
with special gratitude that grea
body of workingmen, both native
and foreign born. who gave me tbsil
earnest support, breaking from ole
personal and party ties, and finding
in the principles which represent
ed in the canvass the safeguard
and protection of their own fireside.
and interests.
The result of the election, m,
friends, will be regarded in the fu
ture, | think, as extraordinary. Th'
The Northern States, leaving on
the cities of New York and Brook
llyn from the count, sustained th'
Republican cause by majority o
more than 0,000-almost half .
million, indeed, of the popular vote
THE cities of New York and Brook
llyn threw their great strength aHe
infiue nee with the Solid South, ant
were the decisive element whicl
gave to that section the control o
the national government. Speaking
now not at all as defeated candi
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