Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-28
BLAINE ON THE RETREAT.
SALTRIvERS RSOUGHTVIA SOUTH
ERN NEW YORK.

The Grand Old Party skulking Along
the Color Line Under the Folds of ths
bloody Sbirt-Augusta, Me-, to be
Reached on the Run on Monday of Next
Week.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-There are indi.
cstions that the Republican managers
feel that Cleveland's election is only to be
prevented by capturing tho electoral vote
of Southern State for Blaine. New York.
they see, is for Cleveland, and Indiana is
so doubtful that they cannot count ON IT.
so they turn for salvation TO the Soufh.
Attempts are to be made. Is Is under-
stood, 70 capture at least North Carolina
and Florida. Ex-senator Jerome B.
Chattee, of Colorado, and ex-star route
contractor Il. Z. Kerns, of Missouri. come
mere yesterday from New York, break
tasted, and then, ostensibly, returned 10
New York, but instead they went South
TO stop in North Carolina. and ultimately.
1t is understood, in Florida. They were
we'll supplied with money.
FLAUNTING THE SHIRT.
SALAMANCA, N. Y, Oct, 27.-In
speech here to-day Mr.. Blaine said that
the Democratic party seeks now, as it has
sought ever since the war, to capture the
national government by uniting a few
electoral votes in the North with the solid
South. and New York is one Of the States
in which the efforts are to be made.
New York." he said, sis asked to turn
her back upon all the great memories and
the great record of her own history and
unite with the south. ! know that YOU
will not do it."
BLAINE AT ELMIRA.
ELMIRA, Oct 27.-Atter leaving Sala-
manca the train bearing Mr.. Blaine
stopped at jamestown and Horaellsville,
where Mr.. Blaine made speeches. Stops
were also made at Canister, Addison and
Corning, at each of which places Mr..
Blaine spoke briefly. He arrived at EI-
mira at o'clock this evening.
THE COLOR LINE.
In his speech here tonight Mr.. Blaine
spoke, as at HoTHellsville, of the relations
between the solid South and the tariff
question. In the course of his remarks
he said:
The approaching election in the South win
exhibit an extraordinary spectacle for re-
public to witness. The colored voters OF the
Southern states number almost l.000,0 ,000 They
are very large clement in every one of the
eleven States of the late Confederacy, and in
four OF them, South Carolina, A Alabama, Misss-
sippi and Louisiana they constitute an absolute
majority OF the people. They are, with prac-
tical unanimity, supporters OF the Remibfiean
party, yet so utterly is their freedom OF
suffrage destroyed that no one expects
tneSe states, or any one of them. to be car
ried by the Republican party, and this despite
the TACT that the colored majority is sustained
by not inconsiderabe. percentage OF the
white vote in each of the States named. It is
not to be forgotten, in this connection, that by
the last census the Southern States acquired
81 electoral votes for President and Vice Pres
ldent by reason of their colored popu-
lation, and submit that it
is rather calling to Northern
feeling and Northern pride that those thirty
seven votes apportioned to the South by rea-
son OF her eoiored population should be abso
lutely controlled by whites, and that the ne
gro, Notwithstanding his vast numerical
strength, should be left unrepresented in the
electoral college. 1t needs no demonstration
to show how greatly this increases the politi-
cal power of the Southern white man as
against the power of the Northern white man,
and how a soldier of the late Confederate
army, living at the South, is thus enabled to
WELD far more influence in shaping the ad-
ministration of the National Government than
the Union soldier in the North.
A LAUGHABLE sCARECRow.
The proposition of the Democratic party OF
the nation is to have New York join this al
lance, and, taking advantage OF this whole
sale crime against free suffrage in The South.to
seize the government of the United States by
a gross viqAtion of the plainest rights OF cti-
zenship. Ecrlme against suffrage ls q crime
against the republic. [Cheers.l Ii we aid
in deprlving one man Of his vote to-day we
may be deprived Of our own votes tomorrow.
rights unless respect be paid to
the civil rights Of all. lCheers.l
/ never can believe that the voice OF New
York will be pronounced in favor of SO gross a
perversion of constitutional guarantees, so
ruthless violation of personal rights as
Southern elections have come to he. 1t is
startling to reflect that by an election thus
carried the great domestic policies OF
the country may be overturned,
that financial and industrial sys-
TENS may be destroyed, and that by the
robbery of the colored race of electors, whom
their votes would choose, absolute revolution
may be wrought in the administration Of the
government. The accomplishment Of the
scheme of the Democratic party would be
most palpable aud offensive installation of the
minority over the majority were that attempt
ed, and it can be achieved only by crime in
which believe New York can be never made
to participate.
Tomorrow morning at O'clock Mr..
Blaine will continue his journey by
special train on the Erie Railway, arriv-
ing at Jersey City at $50 O'Clock IN the
evening.
BLAINE'S RETURN HOME.
AUGUSTA, ME-, Oct. 27.-Mr. Blaine is
expected to return to this State the latter
part of this week, but if his presence is
needed in New York he may delay his re-
turn until the day before the election.