The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-30
His Tour Through the Hoosier
State Attended with
Wild Enthusiasm.
Great Outpourings Of the People
to Greet the Repub-
ican Leader.
His Journey from the Northern Border
to the Ohio River One Con.
tinued Ovation.

moment OF leaving the otate. poutn Deuu was
the first place of any note visited by the great
Repub lean leader. and his advent was heralded
by the boo ming of cannon aad the enthusiastic
shouts OF thousands Of honest voters Mr..
Blaine's speech was devoted exclusively to the
tarir. and it undoubtedly had a good effect. as
South Bend is one OF the most important man
ufacturing cities in the State.
From South Bend the great statesman jour-
neyed by easy stages to Fort Wayne. He made
brief stops at Elkhsrt. Goshen, Auburn, and
other points, where he add essed very large and
$1,000 strangers were gathered at ort Wayne.
and Mr. Baine's r ception was wildly enthu-
slastio one. He addressed an immense throng,
In VIII CHI he pointed out the danger OF turning
over the Cove nment to Bourbon rule.
On his journey from Fort WAYNE to the CAPT.
tai OF Indiana, 1t Is computed that Mr.. Blaine
addressed audienc 3 aggregating 10000 people
No such scenes of enthusiasm were ever wit
messed in the Hoosier state fore. At Logans-
port there were 1900 PEG. lie, and the gatherings
Upton. and Wabash averaged 10000. A
feature OF tie meetings was the
presence OF marching clubs ,oml osed OF women.
In his speech along the route Mr.. Blaine
dealt prin,i ally with the tariff question and tine
danger OIL southern supremacy. The reception
at lndanal oils equa.ed in numb r. and ex-
ceiled in enthusiasm any vet ACCORDED TO Mr..
Blaine. The streets were thronged wi h cheer
Ing multitudes, wei ONE was waved from every
window, anu nearly every reside nee an business
Park Mr.. Ba ne w. listened TO and wildly
cheered by an audience OF 20. 00 people. lie
spoke as follows:
Friends and fellow citizens. feel that such
nagnifict mt ect pton as that which have
had to-day in IL cal ital OF Indiana is 90 com
plete in itself that speech cannot add TO Its
Ell ect, and that i should content my self with
Offering You, as ! do, my p ofound and hearJ-
felt thanks. tGo on and cheers.l In no
state OF the Union, In no city OF he Union,
could such recel ZION and such n welcome be
more signiLc mt in lis sell or more grateful to
me personally. IGreat cheeringI We stand
on the eve OF an important natonel election
an election III " hose decision Indiana will have
q potential vote wen settle It'll she is
looked TO by our opponents, as she has been in
former former year year as an ally OF the Solid
North. tNeser1 Since the election in
West Virginia the Democratic arty co mt upon
a solid vote in the South, and may &c permit
ted TO express the opinion hat no more unpatri-
otto thing can &c done than or Northern men TO
urge a continued SCI dincation based upon the
memories OF the rebellion. lGieat cheering.l
1t has been the aim and the desire OF the Re-
publican party TO ue,eiop the material interest
OF the South and to make her people forget,
and the nation forget That we ave been foes,
remembering only that we are C. til ems OF
common Union under a common Con tltution,
looking to a common destiny. lCheers.I But
our opponents meet US in an entirely
dinercnt slirit. aud with an entirely
different course of action. 1ns cad of the MEM
ores OF the Union, they invoke the prejudces
OF the rebellion IN In ;r aid, and they ask that
New York and Indiana snail Join the unho Y
alliance and turn the Nationa Government over
to the south bo ScM do Not be-
do not believe Indiana VIII do that under its
present leadership any more than it would have
done the same thing uader the leadership OF
Oliver p. Morton. the badge of who's memorial
CLUB am Proud to wear pac NJ his hand on
his bleasL enthusiastic chte ingl To say
nothing of its significance In other as
poets, the triumph of the Northern ele-
ment in the Democratic party cl ary means
the triumph OF fee trade. IL means the break
Ing down OF the greaS Industrial system which
has enr ched the United States so marve ousy
T. the last twenty hree years, and which has
enriched yolr own State In equal degree with
other States Indiana has grown into superb
Commonwealth great in her population. great
in her wealth Not even known beyond her
borders a manufacturing state when the Re-
publican party came into power in 1861, she now
turns out In a single year SIS 100000 worth OF
manufactured pi odu,ts. The development,
therefore. OF your manufacturing resour. es,
dependent, az it Is, upon a protective tariff,
is of the highest interest TO every citi-
zen of the United States. community that
combines agriculture and manufactures has tue
necessary conditions for attaining an ideal pros
perity. j can remember myself-and am not
an old man the time when in my native State
of lennsylvania Gov. Ritner was laughed at for
saying that the day would come when Pennsyl-
vania would not be able to supply breadstuis
and provisions to the miners in her mountains
and the Histories in her towns, Yet that day
came long ago. and Pennsylvania, the first wheat
STATE in the Union as late as lo5U, depends to-
day for n large share of Ter breadstuifs upon the
granaries of the West. che rs.I When Indiana
snail have developed manufacturing enterprise
to such degree as to be able to consume her
own agricultural products she will have attained
an ideal prosperity, and she can 90 that on by
means of protective tariff. lRenewed cheer
ing
"fhe issue is in your hands You are free men,
You have a free ballot, but in the South we have
a million of friends who have not free ballot.
Ihe South to-day has thirty -seven electoral
votes based upon the vote OF the coored men,
yet the coOrtd men Of thu South, ough a mil
Lion m n
den .ial elector. / hats soil As result OF
that, the political power of a white man in the
South is enormously increased beyond that OF
white ma in l. diana or in Maine. For the time
be Ing we will not argue Mt all the tueston OF
negro Suffrage. but i submit, IA fair
proposition to every man in the land, that IL
the South Is to have thirty-seyen Presidential
electors by reason of the negro vote, then the
negro himself ought to be al owed TO cast his
ballot. t'That's IT.! and cheersJ The issue Is
in your hands. Indiana, as said when began,
will have poten ial voice in the decision, and,
from the pol ular demonstrations i have wit
messed nee crossed the border OF your State,
j Ieel, knOw-indeed. l am sure-that, upon
the ground OF patriotism and upon the ground
OF enlightened self-interest, Indiana may be re-
lied upon to maintain a pro .ective tariff and TO
sustain, as the assur nee thereto, the Repub-
lie party" GGreaJ AMI pr longuod cheerngl
After dinner depu alton of German AmeTi-
can citizens called uron Mr.. Blaine and present.
ed the following address:
The lion. james G.. Blame:
The German American Republican organiza-
ton OF Indianapolis have del gated tn under
signed t. express to you their COM dence and
esteem. The identity oil your public lite with
the rise and progress OF our country and our
party, the eminent services YOU have rendered
to both, matte of history, and
make our duty pleasant as 1t ~ honor BILE.
Your election to the residcncy will honor
our country and our party. Inspired by the lovs
OF liberty and free government, lett the
land OF our iashers TO fnd new home in this
republic, and, looking toward the welfare OF
tn n ton, we have no o her interest tn N
American citi ems. Looking over the pages Of
history find the X publican party TO have
been the party OF lib rty aad plo ress. and we
trust IL TO be the same in the future. Upon
these pag q we find your name and That of he
gallant Gen. Logan inscribed in golden let
tiers, and we feel that, heretofore, 50 you will
in the future do honor 20 the country. II ease
accept this docI ment rs token of our apprec "a
tiUn and Endorsement of your fe. char az ter,
aud public services. We welcome you to tAe
cap tai of our great State"
Mr.. Blaine rephe1 as follows:
Gent, m IA, i am grateful for your call
am grateful for your friendly spirit. ] am Vrate-
ful for your express ions CT goodwill. The az
surance of German sympathy and German sup
port IN Indiana IL a rel etiion OF what receiv ed
In Ohio. Ny birth and my resring were in "A
State that made me familiar from childhood
with the German charact with its steadi-
ness. it's industry, its fidelity, its in egr w.
its truth in friendship. loyalty to govern
mont Penns, lyania owes much TO her Conan
popuation-to the Mnlhenburgs the hest r :,
ILLUSTRATED her annals, and with whom / am
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