The St. Charles herald., 1884-11-29
MIR. BLAINE'S ADDRESS TO
HIS AUGUSTA FRIENDS. y

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Ex.Senator Blaine closed his ad-
dl4ss to his friends Of Augusta who,
on the 18th inst, rendered him q
serena1e rs expression OF their per.
sonal good will and admiration OF
his conduct III the National cam
palgn, by an expression. Of kindly
personal feeling to his successful
competitor, saying: 'lOward him
personally l haze no Cause for the
slightest ili-wiil: and it is with COR
diality | express the wish that his
caGeer may prove grltifying'to him
self and beneficial 10 his countryT
and-to which pabIic attention has
been strikiugly ,lrawll-he added
the further hope, ''tlat his admins
| tration may overcome the en,bardss
ments ghich the peculiar source Of ITS
po,eer impresses on II from the hour
| Of its birth.
The grounds of the endorsements
regarding which fears are thus
Expressed had been previously srt
f0rtliin Blainr's usual clear manner.
This indeed, constitutes the chief
lsuhject.of his remarks,and has given
rise to comments IN the pIesS and
lpriyate discussion as varied, and IS
Intense, as was elected by any issue
during the late canvass.
i Thecause thus viewed as 80 great
i National misfortune" is ''the trans
fer of the political power OF the
4 government 10 the South,p and,
practically, 10 the whites OF the
South" aud which supremacy Of tbs
whitesitis alleged, ,haS been obtained
Through the alleged frighttul state
} ment, that hongii eolored pop
ulttion almost to a man desire tt
: support tue Republican, party" yet
''5y system of cruel intimidation, ine
q by violence and murder, whenevel
,IviOlence and murder are though
4 necessary, they are absolutely de
Ippived Of all political power
II Through these means the inference
!. or conclusion, is drawn, that ''nO
i ouly is the negro disfranchised, 5u
!. the power which rightfully and con
5 y ituti0lally belongs to them
transferred - Che white population
of the South 10 exert an electora
II influence far beyond that exerled b.
! the same number Of white people il
! the North"
This conclusion, as well as th
premises from which it is drawn
$ have drawn upon Mr.. Blaine tn
I, severest censure aud bitterest vitu
|. peration IRON the Democratic pres
. and, large portion of the pemt
cratic party, though it is reporte
that his successful opponent consit
: ers the address an admirable one
t an opinion very probably arisin
!, from a desire not to be outdone i
generous cputess,
To the HERALD, it appears tha
!. Mr. Blaine and his critics, alike, e,
i, to hereal facts affecting the politics
ii relations of tho white and col0rt'
G popuiationotthe so ternedSouther
y States.
That there have hech, at times
partisan fraud, and oppression
I practiced in his and other State
il whereby the rights of suffrage hav
2 been practically destroyed, is as III
: questionable II fact as any capabl
a of proof. That in great measuI
. these crimes have been inflicted o
the colored race is as indispntabl'
At the outset the colored voter
i were mainly thevictims and u Ere
not only in the deprivation of thei
] franchise, but through personal VII
I lence. aa
= Speaking as lesar,,s LouiSian
! the HERALD. knows Of no Dem,
+ ratio paper or frank citizen VIII
would assume 10 deny this. Ie
even AS to those earlier frauds an
r the modes through which electio
!, frauds were committed it would nc
! be stating the case truly to say th
! cot0re man thus suffered becaus
+ Of his race. The reason WAS that