The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-11-06
Bla.ae IN Connss.,sas.

Blaine IN Conneosieat.
New HAVEN, Neg 1.-Mr. Blaine de-
liVereG the following address: There
has been placed in my hand since my
arrival IN New Haven "a address from
the clsrgYmen of this city expressing
their respect and confidence, and through
the person who delivered It the essuF-
ance that In matters OF public right
and in matters OF public participation
under the constitution of the United
States. they know no Sect they know no
Protestant. no Catholic. no creed, but
the equality of all. TCries OF ''gcod, !"
stgood'' and cheers. In the city Of
Hartford had letter put in my hand
asking me why I charged the Demo-
cratic party with beng inspired by rum.
Romanism and rebellion, A voice
s'You never said that My answer N
the first place is that they put into my
mouth an unfortunate expression Of
another man and in the next place is
gives me an opportunity to say ct the
close of the campaign, that II the public
speeches which / have made I
have refrained carefully and instinct
lively from making any disEespect
ful sllusion TO the Dem0csAtIc
party. differ from that party pFUlos1a4-
" upon matters of principle, but have
too much respect for the millions Of my
countrymen whom 1t embraces to assail
II with epithets. Cries Of "good,
Sgood," and cheers, In the next place
/ am sure that am the last man IN the
United States who would make dlsre-
spectfuI allusion TO another mans reiig-
ion. The United States guarantees tree-
dom of religious opinion and before the
law and under the constitution the Pro
Eestant and the Catholic and the Hebrew
stand entitled TO absolutely the same re-
cOgnition and the sane protection.
Loud cheering.l And If disrespectful
aliusion is here TO be made toward the
religion of any man, ae haYe said,
an the last man to make IL, for though
Protestant by conviction and con-
nected with q Protestant church,
should esteem myself of all men the
most degraded if under any pressure or
under any temptation / could make q
disrespecsful allusion TO that ancient
faith In which my reverend mother
lived and died. Enthusiastic and long
continued cheering.1 The question now
before the people of the United StaEes Is
not religious one. The question % be
settled in this election IS one that comes
home TO the doorslll and fireslde Of
every American citizen. We have en-
ioYed in this country for the past
tWenty-thre years the advantage Of q
protective tariff. There IS not . man
within the sound OF my voice; there Is
not man in Connecticut; there Is not =
man IN New England there's not Q man
directly or Indirectly interested
in protective tariff. [Cheers,l. 1
see before me a large essemblage, In
GLIDING many who doubtless earn their
bread in the sweat of their face, and to
whom the daily wages are a matter Of
great importance. / beg them TO UNDER
stand that their higher wages for theiI
labor than q man IN the British Isles
receives for the same labor Is result
of the protective tariff. lCheers.
"When look about In this state, and
when examine your statistics. md
that Connecticut has doubled its wealth
in the last twenty years, and submit
that that rapid increase ofratio in thrift,
independence and progress is the direct
result of the protective tari6. Loud
cheering.] So that every man, whether
he be g capitalist or q laborer, Wheth-
or an operative, finds that
the question of protecting American In
dustry enters into the problem and Is
part of his daily life. The Republican
party is nothing if it is not protective.
It is q cardinal doctrine OF the RepublI-
can party that protective tariff shall
be maintained. (Cheers.) And it has
been the invariable practice of the DEM
oeFetic party in congress for more than
fifty years past to oppose the policy Of
protection. Times have been dull for
some months past. Why? Clearly be-
cause of the instability created In the
business world by the agitation in con-
gress last winter when the Democratic
party came fwIthIn two votes OF de-
stroying the protective tariff. L.
there any man who doubts
that with the free trade theories of the
Democrats. if they were elevated 20
power, the protective tariff would be de-
stroyed? If any man doubts that he
doubts his senses, he denies the record,
he will not listen to plain facts. The
omens in the present contest are to be
spoken of by you, not by me, but there
ara one or two things connected with it
which l beg to refer to. l beg especial
IL TO refer to the fact that In q larger de-
gree than In any other campaign Of
which have personal knowledge, the
Republican party has the inestImable i'd
vantage of the sympathy and support Of
the great mass of the young men OF the
country, lcheersi and the young men
carry with them the strength, the con-
fdence, the power to bear the burdens,
and the power 20 give encouragement to
others. The Republican party began
its existence thirty years ago with the
support Of the young men. Before many
who now hear me knew anything OF po-
litIcal contests, that party entered the
| field for the first time in a political
struggle, and selected young man for
| its leader. It did get man IN his z3d
year, the same age sc which Washington
was trusted with the command Of the
continental army-a Young man Of
| great zeal, of great intelligence, ana
of career so heroic that it
psrIook largely OF romance. Under his
leadership the Republican party In its
very first national contest alarmed, If Il
| did not defeat. our opponents. Since
then thirty years have been added 70
his age, bringing it up to the psalmist's
| limits of three score years and ten, but
is still fresh and vigorous in body and
| mind still warm in his support Of the
Republican party, and it il my especial
pleasure to-day that can, Is now do,
Introduce TO you Gen. John 9. FIRE.
mont" prolonged cheering.)
There were enthusiastic demonstTa-
Gions st Bridgeport and Stamford, and
in the evening on his return 20 New
| York Mr. Blaine addressed . meeting
under the auspices of the Blaine and
Logan club Of Columbia college, Is
the academy of music.