Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-08
THE MAINE CIRCUS.

In recent speech in Maine, Mr..
Blaine expressed himself as feeling sad,
because he could not find a well defined
issue with the Democrats, and like Ma
homet and the mountain-the mountain
would not come to Mahomet so he went
to the mountan-Mr. Blaine straightway
creates little issue with the Democrats
for the occasion, in his speech on Monday
at Epta Grove, near Bangor, which was
specially wired to the Tribune. In this
speech, Mr.. Blaine said:
81 know it is regarded by many as useless
II not unwise to continue the discussion of
the Southern vote, but no feature connected
with that vote can in the end be 80 deplora-
BILE and destructive as that the whole Ma
tion could quietly aoquiesoe in the outrage.
l have only the voice and influence of pri-
vate citizen, bnt so long as l have that,
will protest against wrong which not
merely blots out the rights of the colored
men, but absolutely seizes the vote to which
they are. entitled, and with that wrongfully
acquired political strength controls the
Legislative power of the United States. If
the matter involved only the exclusion of
the colored man from the ballot, and thus
the highest right of citizenship, it would
surely be bad enough; but he is Knocked
with the possession of the ballot,
and his electoral strength is turned to the
support of the party whose success is his
lasting injury. The refusal to allow the
colored men to vote and the cool appropri-
alton of their electoral strength by the white
man. have become the common custom and
the common law of the South, and will re-
main so until some great moral shock shall
N ia ty Of hn
ofense. 1t will read strangely i'll the future
history of the United States that Il minority
of the white citizens could neutralize, and
destroy the franchise of G,00O,000 colored
people, seize their representative and
electoral strength and continue the admins
tratlon of the National Government against
the large majority of undoubted legal voters.
And yet that il what is going on in the
South, and what has been going on since
1877
That this is an echo from the caverns
wherein are inurned the bones of the
bloody-shirt fiend no man will deny, and
it is further positive proof that with all
his magnetism, keen insight into political
affairs, and mastery ability as speaker,
the oracle of Bar Harbor is forced to
resuscitate that tired garment-being un-
able to pick a flaw in the methods of
Democracy that would hold water-and d
flaunt it in the ambient and pine-laden
breezes OF Bangor, in order to have some
thing on which to base TRADE OF abuse
OF Democratic actions. How glibly the
master tongue glided over the original
chestnut-which nearly created mutiny
in the ark by reason OF its great ante
dluvian date: 81 know it is regarded as
useless, but then | will trot it out, useless
or not, and will make it do duty on general
principles" "Outrages in the South"
was his theme, and he went over the
chestnut with the stride OF a giant, but
strange to relate, he only told it just as
his party speakers have told it for years,
without Il shadow of truth, only vituper-
ative inuendo, making broad assertions,
and leaving his audience to swallow the
poison-or being sensible men-to look
up the record. Ii these outrages ex-
listed in the South in 1877 and ever since,
why did not he, while in the Senate,
cause them to cease? Why did not he
while his jingo performances as Secre-
tary OF State electrified and magnetized
the earth and the air, and particularly the
"Judic" fishermen who now kick back
with interest-take steps to abate these
alleged outrages, and not leave them to
work harm to his ambitions now? Why
did not he when -. Oh, Giblets - 1t is
the old story and like all things OF
ancient date smells loudest when dis
turbed. Neal Dow is on the ground and
st. John is 'thar or thar abouts," )" and all
such sophistry will be duly knocked
down and dragged out, until the people
OF Maine will be brought face to face
with the square question, "Will you vote
to continue in power, party that has
deceived you by promises and cheated
you Of your dearest wishes ior thirty
years, or will you support the party that
never deceived its friends and which
religiously enacts and eniorces the laws
made by the people, regardless OF who is
hurt?" Burchard damned Blaine in
1884, and Frye has done the same thing
for him now, and what resulted in 1884
will also result now, and the intelligent
people OF Maine and the country at large,
will say; ellis cause was surely poor
one, when such men could mar it,"
Blow up your gay bassoon and paralyze
the trombone! Lead out the horses and
let the circus 90 on 1t is race OF merit
and worth against deceit and treachery,
and good men everywhere know just
where to place their bets. Go on with
the"moosc" and "let joy be unconined." i"