Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-19
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1 iFhoro' ID cihe sfrehaued bun this evening
a. 81 expression Of persooal goodwill and
adrhifanon on MS conduct OF the national
caHraien' They marched through the
Steers uhoef the marshslship OF Colonel
fraok Nye. wien they reached Blalne's
house their compliments and frjendIv rs'
cards were expressed In speech by Her.
bert w. Heath. OF tho Kennebcc bar,
Blaine responded as follows, his speech
beirg continually interrupted nv applause.
Friends and Neighbour: The national
contest u over, and by the narrowed of
margins we have lost. I thank Won for
Jour call. which. il not one OF jovotI, con.
gfaiulatious. is one. 7 nun sure. of con.
ndence sndo s1Dgnine hope for the future.
thank YOU for the public opportunity you
give me to express my sense OF Obligation.
not yn'y 10 You, Dut 10 all the Republicans
81 Maine. Tney responded 10 nv nomina-
| Ton with genuine enthusiasm; ratified It
NY superb vote. count 10 As one Of tAe
donors and qualifications OF my public ca
reer that the party in Maine, after str,v.
cling hard for the last six years, and twice
within that period losing the state, has come
back III this campaign TO an oil i-IasbIouei
| 10000 plurality. No other expression OF
! popular confidence and esteem could ea,tal
/ that OF The people among whom 1 have
I lived for Thirty years and TO whom am
attached Ly all the ties that cnnobIc human
nature ard give Joy and dignity 10 life.
After Mainc; indeed, along with Maine.
my first thought IL always OF Pennsylys-
MA. How can ittingiy express my thanks
for that unparalleled majority OF more than
| 10000 votes-an endorsement which has.
| Geeply touched my heart, and which hls.
n possible. increased my affection for the
grand old Commonwealth an affection
a. III. f i'll, n
which shall transmit 10 my children. But
do not limit my thanks TO the State of
my residence a0d the state Of my birth. /
owe much 10 true and Jealous friends in
New England who worked so nolly for
the Republican party and its candi-
oates and to eminent scholars aud
dlyines who, stepping aside from their or
binary ay0cations. made my cause their
cause, and TO loyalty, to principle, added
the special compliment OF standing as my
personal representatives in the national
struggle. But the achievements for the Re.
publican cause in the East are even sur.
passed bv the splendid victories m the
West. In thstmagnificent Gordon OF States
that stretches from the foot OF the hills of
the Allcghanies 10 the Golden Gate OF the
Pacific. beginning with Ohio and ending
with California. the Republican banner
was borne so lofty that but single State
failed 10 join in the wide acclaim Of tri.
umph Nor should do justice to my own
feeling II failed to thank the
Republicans of the Empire State.
who encountered so many dIscour-
agements and obstacles who fought foes
from within and foes without, and who |
wagcd 81 strong battle that the change OF !
one vote in every thousand would have
given lis victory in The nation. Indeed, a |
change OF little more than five thousand |
votes would have transferred New Yort, |
Indiana. New Jersey. and Connecticut TO |
the Republican standard, and would have |
made the North as solid a. the South. Ny |
thanks would still be incomplete il should |
fail 10 recognize with special gratitude that |
great body Of workingmen. both native |
and fOreign.bOru, who gave mt their earn
ct support, breaking from old personal |
and party ties, and finding in the princ-
pies which | represented in the can
vaSs the safeguard and protection OF |
their own fireside interests. The result |
OF The election. my friends, will be re-
gardCd in the future. think, as extraordi-
nary. The northern States, leaving out |
the cities Of New York and BROOKLYN in
the count, sustained the Republican clu,e
by d majority OF more than 4OO,O00-almost
hall a million. indeed OF the popular
vote. The cities OF New York aud Brook.
Ign threw their great strength aud in
tiuence with the solid South, aud were the
decisive element which gave TO that section
control OF the national Government. Speak
Ing now. not at all is defeated candidate,
but as q loyal and devoted American. /
think the transfer OF the political power OF
the Government TO the South is a great
national misfortune. IL is a misfortune
because it introduces an element which
cannot insure harmony and prosperity TO
the people; because it introduces into the
republic the rule OF the minority. The
first instinct Of All American is equality
equality OF right; equality Of privilege;
equality Of political power; that equality
which says TO every citizen: "Your vote
is just as good, Just as potential, as the vote
OF any other citizen" That cannot be said
to-day in the United States. The course OF
affairs In the South has crushed ont the
political power OF more than six million
American citizens and has transferred II by
violence TO others. forty-iwo presidential
electors. assigned to the South on account OF
the cOl9red population with more than
l.l00.0C0 legal votes. have been unable
to choose single electOr. Even ia
these States where they have majority
OF more than 100000, they are deprived
Of free suffrage. and their rights as citizens
are scOrniully trodden under foot. The
eleven States that comprised the rebel Con.
icderacy had by the census OF 1880 $780,
GEO white population and 1900, 600 colored
population. The col0rcd population al
most TO a man desire TO support the Repub.
hcan party. but by a system OF cruel intimi-
datiOn and by violence and murder, when.
ever violence and murder are thought NJ
cessary. they are absolutely deprived OF all
political power. II the outrage stopped
there it would be bad enough. but 1t does
not stop there, for not only is the negro
population dEfranchised, but the power
which rightfully and cOnstitutlonally |
belongs to them is transferred to
the white population, enabling the popula-
ton OF the South TO exert IN electoral IN
fluence far beyond that eXerted by the
same number OF white people in the North.
To illustrate Just how il works TO the de-
struction Of all fair elections, let me pre-
sent 10 YOU five States in the late Confede- |
racy and five loyal States in the North pos
seSsing in each section the same number OF
electoral votes. In the South the States OF
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia.
and south Carolina have in the aggregate
As electoral votes. They have 2,S00.000
white people. land over 100000 colored
people. In the North the States Of Wis
consin. Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, and Cali
fornia have likewise in the aggregate 4S cleo
TOT al votes, and these have white population
OF 5000, 900, or Just double the five southern
States which have named. These north
ern States have practically no colored
population. IL u therefore evident that
the white men in those southern States, by
usurpiDg and absorbing the rights OF the
colored men. are exerting just double the
political power OF the white men In the
northern States. submit, my friends,
that such a condition OF affairs is eXtraor-
binary. unjust, aud derogatory 10 the Kan
hood OF the North. Even those who are
vindictiyely opposed TO negro suffrage will
not deny that il presidential electors are
assigned TO the South by reason OF the
negro population, that population ought TO
be eImitted free suffrage in elections. To
deny that clear proposition is to affirm that
the southern white in the Gulf States is en-
titled TO double the political power OF the
northern white man in the Lake States. II |
is to affirm that the Confederate soldier
shall WELD twice the influence In the ma.
ton that the Union soldier en-; and that
perpetual and constantly -increasing supe-
rioriiy shall be conceded 10 the southern
white man IN the government OF the
Union. II that be quietly conceded in this