The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-04
BLAINE TO THE FRONT
HE OPENS THE MAINE CAMPAIGN.
One of His Vigorous Old Time Speeches
A Solution of the Labor Problem-Sec-
rotary Bayard's VacIllating Foreign
Policy Sharply Attacked.


The first gun of the campaign in the Pin
Tree State was fired at noon today by tn
Hon. James G. Blaine. From miles abou
the country thousands of people came tt
see and hear the man who is the mos
popular of all men IN the big state o
Maine. When Mr.. Blaine mounted th,
| platform he received one of those stirring
ovations which characterized his welcom,
everywhere during the memorable presi
dental campaign. He looked the picture
of health. His eye was bright and hi.
voice as strong as any time during thu
past ten years. His hair appeared tri1t
whittier than it was during the last cam
paign, but as he stood erect making hi.
first campaign speech since 1884, he look
ed as though he would be able enough tc
give the Democrats lively tussle and
lead the Republican party in gallant
contest, should he again be nominated
for the presidency. He delivered mas.
terly speech, dealing with the live topics
of the day, such as the fishery and Mexi.
can questions. Tomorrow Mr.. Blaine
will speak at North Berwick, on Thurs
day at South Paris, and on Friday al
Lewiston. He was cheered again and
again. Congressman Reed, of Maine,
and Gibson, of Ohio. also made addresses
Mr.. Blaine's speech was as follows:
The approaching election of COVER.
nor, of four representatives to new Con
gress, and a legislature that shall choose
a senator of the United states, revives
the int rest in political topics in Maine,
and subjects to Inquiry the various issues
which separate our people into distinct
political parties. Have the old differences
between the Republican and Democratic
organizations been adjusted, or have they
grown more palpable and more pronoun.
| ced? Are the questions over which the
| Republicans and the Democrats have
waged long contest to be now aban
doned? Is litigation in the court of public
| opinion to be discontinued, and settle
| ment effected by entering neither par. y
on the Peoples docket? Or, on the Other
hand, do the American people just now
begin to see with clearer vision the aims
and intentions, the methods and the
measures of each party, and are they wax
| ingto new and more earnest struggle ovel
| policies that are rreconcillble, over meas
| ures that are Inherently and inevitably il
Conflict? Let us inquire of these thing.
| in spirit of candor.
| elf the first nlana aSnaoia IL
worthy of observation that in the history
of industrial questions no party in time
of peace has ever been more united in
| support Of protective tariff today. Al
the late session of Congress a measure
known as the Morrison Tariff bill, de
| signed to first weaken and ultimately de
stroy the protective policy, was resisted
| by SO compact an organization of the Re
| publican members that single vote from
| New Ork and two or three votes from
| Minnesota were all that broke the absO
lutte unanimity of the party. And thi:
was rendered still more striking by the
| fact that the organs of Republican Opin.
ion in New York and Minnesota declare
| that these exceptional voters were ad
verse to the wishes of large majority o.
those who elected the dissenting mem
| bers.
ION the other hand, the vast maiorit,
of the Democratic members supported
| the free trade side of the question; but q
small minority, uniting with the Repub
| licans, found themselves able to defeat
the measure. There-apon the Democratic
| papers quite generally throughout the
country denounced the recusants as un
faithful to the creed of their party, and
the journal in New York which is sale
| to reflect the views of the national ad
ministration gave formal notice to all
| Democrats, North and South, who lean
| towards the policy of protection, that
they must revise their opinions or leave
the party, because with their views they
can find no sympathy in Democratic
ranks md no standing room on Demo
cratle platforms.
These leading facts indicate that the
| policy of protection verses free trade is
an issue shaped and determined no lon
ger by sectional preference-but has be.
come general and misunderstanding a
| distinct, well marked line of division be
| tween the Republican and Democratic
| parties.
The hostility of the Democratic party
to protection has entailed upon the coun
| try vast loss, and has in many ways OBJ
| structed the progress and development
of certain sections. Since the tinancia
| panic Of 1878. and the contemporaueous
soliditication OF the Southern vote, the
Democratic party has, with the exception
| of single Congress. held control of the
| House of Representatives. The power tC
| originate revenue bills has been exclu
sively in their hands, and they have used
it to the confusion, the detrment, il
many instances to the destruction, of new
enterprises throughout the Union. Con
tidence once shaken is hard to restore,
| and the schemes of improvement which
have been abandoned within the past ter
years on account of the uncertainty OF
our revenue laws, constantly menaced by
| the Democratic party IN Congress, woulC
| have caused prosperity and happiness il
many communities which have felt thu
| discouraging influence OF dull times.
FIGURES AND FACTS THAT TELL.
THE Democratic party is constantly
using the comparative dullness in bust
ness, which their own course in Congress
for twelve years has largely developed
as an argument against the policy of pro
lection. But 1t is worth while to com
pare the condition OF the country in th
year of grace with its condition the yea
before the Republicans succeeded il
enacting their first protective tariff. Ii
the nine states which still do the large
amount of manufacturing for the coun
try, and which did it nearly all quartz
of century ago, it is interesting and in
structive to compare their financial con
dtions at the beginning of 1861 and a
the beginning of 1886. The states refer
red to are the six of New England, wit
| New Y ork New Jersey and Pennsylvania
In 1861 the country presented a condition
brought about by nearly an entire gener
alton of free-trade, and the aggregat
amount which the people had accumu
lated in their savings during that Ion
period was less than one hundred an
| sixty millions of dollars. In the sam
states On the first of January 1856, tn
aggregate amount in the savings bank
was over one Thousand and twenty mil
lions of dollars. The difference in til
amount of savings in Maine for the tw
periods shows that in January, 1861, tn
people had less than million and aha
in bank, while in January, 1856, the pee
pie had over thirty-six millions in bank
During this period it must be remen
bered that the increase of population i
the niue states has been about thirty tiv
per cent, while the increase of deposit
i'll savings banks has been at the rate {