Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-20
THlrRsDAy. -. NOVEMBER 20. 1854
BIaine's Funeral Speech.

g t'nson, The diabOlich uiterd1ces ct Mf
r.ssxs % his neigbbors OF Augusta. The
reader cannot but DE reminded Of thu
speech Of satan in pandcmonIum. whcr
to his assembled followers he declared u
10 I've his unaltcrable purpose never Il
sniuii.v The speech of Mr.. BLAINE shows
him Ga be q much more dangerous and
much worse man tlIaG even hi, btteres
opponents have ever charged him with be
ing. The man who. at such "a time rs this,
could cndeavor 10 emtroh bis country
men In sectional strife i entirely destitute
oi patriotic impulses. lie Is selfish. hypo.
critical, dangerous. deyiIish.
The people Of the North lave so Often
hoard and read the charges Mr.. iaNNE
brings against their southern brethren that
these charges cannot but fall upon dcai
ears. But no thanks TO Mr.. BLAINE. lie
has done ali that he could Ia revive the
passions OF war and again divide a re-
usjted Union.
The burden OF Dir. BLAINE's complaint
is that the negroes are made part OF tie
basis Of representation, thereby increasing
the power OF the South in the House of
Eeprf sentatiyes aud In the Electoral College
but are not represented In the Electoral
College because all the electors che>cu In
the south are Democrats. Forty.two elcc-
toral votes are thus added 10 the Demo.
cratic strength. A. We have oitcu said
before, this complaint assumes that there
ought TO be no elections held In the South,
since the census report is all that i needed
TO show us how. II Mr.. BLAiS.'S COM
plaint Le well founded, the votes OF the
southern States ought TO be divided br-
tween the two candidates for President OF
The United States.
Mr.. BLAINE complsl0s only in behalf OF
the negroes. lie entirely overlooks the
Democrats OF his own race IN the northern
states. There ARD 1--WE take the census
t;.urrs) million and half of negro voters
in the whole Union. There axe more than
two millions OF white voters iD the states
81 Ohio. Illinois. aud Pennsylvania alone.
Of whom almost bali arc Democrats. A
million % white Democrats in those three
states alone are totally voieelcss in the Flee
tosal College. Not solitary etector from
either one OF those States represents a sim
gle one Of million OF Democratic voter.
WHY do not these Democrats rice IN
their might and claim their "rlghts"y
why should all their votes be counted for
the archtfaitor BLAINE. Why should they
he made TO support man whom they de.
trsis These voters represent y population
Of perhaps six millions. 10 that we might
ssy in MIR. BLAISE's words, 1.-The course OF
sfr,r, In the North has crushed Out the po-
Iiilcsl power" OF more than SIX millions Of
white people. and transferred It by vio-
leucc deputy marshals. SUPERVISORS. Fcde.
raj officials. &C., &c.) 10 Others" And
these six millions Of people, are Cauca-
saus. white men. men OF Nr. BLAINE's
own race.
Tut we hare not stated the most striking
feature OF this "wroDg" Of Silcncing the
voices OF so many hundreds OF thousands
.i White Democratic voters. In the three
states named about seventy thousand ne
gra voters (all OF them hcing Republic
sans. II Mr.. BLAiNE's theory be cor
reet.) had hand in striking
dumb these hundreds of thousands
os Ocmocratic voters, and "srushing out
the political power" Of these six millions
OF citizens. But, alas Mr.. BLAINE has no
words OF sympathy for these white people.
Ills Indignation Is aroused in behalf OF the
nesrocs only. "Thc power which right
fully aud constltuiionally belongs" To
ii,o-e white Democratic voter, i "trans-
lerrcd" 10 The Republican voters, thou.
sands OF them negroes, thus enabling
ihcm TO exert an electoral influence far be-
You'd that cXcrtcd by the same number OF
While people In the" South.
MIR. BLAINE says that Louisiana. South
Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, ana Geor.
ala haye tort, EIGHT electoral votes. 80 they
have He adds that Wisconsin. Kansas
Iowa. California, aud Minnesota have forty
eight electoral votes. So they hIec. An,
n 80 happens that the white Democrats o
The i've northern States he names are no
allowed \ single vote In the Electoral Col
leee. u 1t right for The white and me-
gro Republican voters Of these live north
eIh States 10 strike dumb ali ia
Democratic voters In those States. an,
,ef wrong for the white Democrats /,
these i've southern States to silence III
voices OF the negroes In whose behalf Nj
HiAINs's passionate appeal to sectional pre-
judices is nader He assumes that th
negroes are cheated or buIldoz,d. Hut nc
by fcderal deputy mars6aIs. supervisor,
xsasers. ietier-carfiers. route agents. pos
masters. &c.. NJ. The white Democrats ,
-. The South have had none Of these bul
crcfs and defrauders 10 help them.
Mr. BLaiNEs appeal 70 the laborin
whites OF the North u based upon fal.
premises. ANDREW JOHNSON. a loyal unia
man during the war, and Niee.Preside,
uadH LINCOLN, showed years ago in
speech In the House of Representative
thai The wages of mechanics were h:ghc
Ia the slave States than ia The flee states
higher Ia New Orleans than in New YorL
The sboii ion Of slavery has placed negr
labor in competition With the tabor O
vi lie laboripg-men In the North: bu
the blame for this state of thing
cannot he laid al the door OF the souther,
Democrats whom Mr.. BLA,vE 50 cordial,
bates srd SANDERS, bu, belongs TO Mr.
BlAiNk's own party. II the emancipation
ot the SLAVES shall result in "rulnous re
dueiion az the wages OF The lsboring meI
Of the North, these hborine men viii
knew who placed these negroes Y u con
ditsso In which they eon,d eompe,e wis,
th~ Waite men Of the northern States. To
ufsii<c Mr.. Combines remark conceruiug
Mr.. BLAME, we soy II Is IT that the msn
wile kcuttled the aborine mzo's ship
should command thai ship when Il goes
down. u II hss gone down. Us We do not
admit tbsa II has, he was the proper man
h 20 down with Il.
bat Mr.. BLAIxE's assurance aud impu.
deace allowed him 70 lay hts own peculiar
sin spou tie southern Democrats. lie says
taal he negroes ere afraid OF resaslaye-
neal sa1 "adrighted because they think