New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-05
MIR. BLAINE At UNITY.

SPEECH TO LARGE NUMBER OF MAINE pyprr.
LICANs-PRoTECuOS AND FREE TRADy
UNITY, Me-. Sept. Especial Mr.. Blaino
closed his meetings for this week n address here -,
day. Several thousand rersons we're present .tbo,n
the village has only few hundred mhabitants IN.
large number Of vehicles OF all kinds showed iha, th
people had gathered from all the surrounding conp,,,
This was strong Greenback centre and a good man. =,
the former adhsrents OF that party were present
In beginning his speech Mr. Blaine spoke OF the l.r
NUMBER OF persons who had come out to Republican
meetings all over the State fair indication that
Maine Republicans we're wide awake He then spoke Of
the changein 1861 In the policy Of the Government in
regard TO Industrial questions CONTRACTED TIA
ton under what was popularity known Free Trade
with that under Protection Exclusive OF slave. tba
wealth OF tho country amounted to twelve thousand
million dollars in 1860 while in 1850 It amounted IN
forty -four thousand million dollars and no slave.
either. Notwithstanding the great aud the enamel.
patton OF the slaves the increase Ia wealth
greater twice over In twenty years OF Protection
thar during all previous time from discovery OF ha
country 1860. In ths State It trebied in twenty
years. There never was such benehcent prosperity a.
under Republican rule. The question is, "Do the
people to change IT, AT tho last session OF Con-
gress the Democrats. backed by the power the Ma
tional nstration, sought 70 break down the Pro-
tective tariff In that bill every OF tho Interest,". OF
ths State which contributed greatly TO its prosperity
was assaed II the Democrats get Of Con gre.,
they will the tariff The Democrats not
honest and uphold their Free Trade
princpes but they honest enough to that there
10 no place a Democratic platform for Proectonst
and Mr.. Blaine there place a Repub
lican platform for Free Trader. He then spoke OF
the efforts Of the Democrats to fight behind the breast
works OF tho side issues by contributing to build up
third party. Mr.. Blaine quoted from Neal bow
to show that under the prohib!tory law
in this 95 per OF the liquor traffic had been
stamped out He did not believe good a showing
could be made for any other crime. In passing the
and In almost yearly amending IL almost II quite
every Republican membs OF the Legislature had voted
for Il and every Democrat had been consistently It's
ponent. lie showed the folly OF third party
over the State the Democrats with such record Mr.
Blaine showed that Ex-Governor Morrill, and other men
who procured the passage OF the prohlbitory law
opposed 10 a third party ~ fatal mistake. but that
ported speakers in the pay OF the Democratic party
here advocating third party. He inquired which
the safest guides.
He then took up another side issue. the labor party"
State to up strife between so called csssea" Mr.
Clifford the Democratic iiiate for Congress In tle
Ist District. speech the other day, spoke Of the ia
boring aud the lower classes" Mr.. BAN" rdiculed
such distinctions and predicted that Mr.. Choti would
he left at home TO stay with his so-cal-d higher
classes" General Gibson followed Mr.. Blaine. T1s
meeting enthusiastic as nave been all the meetings
held so far.