The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-10-24
The New South" as Seen by
Mr.. Blaine.
4 BIG FIRE IN MILWAUKEE,.
criu,e III Many FOrms-A Democrat
Fndorsed-Fatal Explosion-Mis-
ceIIaneOus- kilograms.
BLAINE
He speaks a Piece About the South.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, October 23.-Mr.
Blaine lett Evansville at $50 this morn
ing. having before him long days ride
TO Lafayette. The first stop was at
SuIlivan's, a small station where there
we're about 1000 assembled. Mr.. Blaine
made a short speech and was received in
the usual enthusiastic manner. At
Terre Haute there was a great demon
stratiOn. AS the train came into the
city. steam whistles in factories and on
locomotives sounded a welcome, and
when it reached the depot the crowd
received Mr.. Blaine with wild cheering.
He was escorted by the reception COM
mittee headed by the mayor, to car
rage, and driven in procession through
the crowded city for about an hour.
UDon returning to the depot he made
short speech, in which he drew a dis
tipction between the new south and the
old south, the new seeking the industrial
dpyplOpment OF that section, and labor
ing to lead its people away from the
Dreiudices of the past; the old preju-
aicial bitter hostile to northern interests.
devoted to the lost cause" narrow of
Vision, incapable of taking in the sweeps
and magnitude of our great future. This
old south constituted, he said, the main
element of strength in the Democratic
party and was striving and hoping with
the aid of Indiana and New York to get
control of the national government, and
it was for the people of these States to
say whether they were prepared to hand
over the government to that element
LAFAYETTE, Ind, October %. - The
following was Blaine'S speech at Terre
HaUte; Tho southern question, as for
years it has been popularity termed, is
pTeCipitated into this canvass by the
south itself, and to neglect to notice it
would be to overlook one of the most
powerful and dangerous factors in the
national contest. To understand that
question properly, 1t should be remem-
bered that there are politically two
Souths, which we may term respectively
the new south and the old south. The
new south represents that awakened
liberal sentiment which is striving for
the industrial development of that
naturally rich section of the Union,
which recognizes the necessity of a
tariff for protection, which casts the
bitter memories of the civil conflict
behind, and which is hopefully struggl-
ing in Virginia, in North Carolina, in
Tennessee, and in other States of the
late confederacy. This element in
cludes many men who served in the
Confederate armies; it naturally affili-
ates with the Republican party, and it
seeks to lead the people away from the
prejudices of the past to the contem-
platiOn Of the majestic future which
wise and magnimous action may bring
to thesOuth in common with the north.
The old south represents the spirit of re-
belllon and cherishes sentiments of sui
len discomfort, is perpetually reaffirming
Its faith in the rightfulness Of the "lOst
cause, is full of bitter reproaches
against those who triumphed in the
war for the Union, regards negro suf-
mage with adherence, maintains the
white line, y and is ready to use what
ever amount of intimidation or violence
that may be necessary to preserve its
own political and personal mastery in
the south. It is unquestionably domi-
nant IN all the old slave States, and is
IN open and avoWed utilization with
The Democratic party of the north. "