Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-11-02
NORWICH AWAKE.
Largest Political Gathering Eyer
Seen in Southern Con-
neCtiCut
GreetS NJ. Blaine and Cheers bis Telling
Remarks.
Democratic and Republican Diplomacy
Contrasted.

known in this part of the country took
place today. Blaine and Gen. King of
Baltimore arrived by special train about noon.
( They were driven to Washington Square
in the middle of the city. They were met by
Morgan q. Bulkeley, Hartford, and Hon.
Chas. X. Russell, killingley. A procession
of 200O men escorted the party to Williams
Park where an audience of $4,000 persons
were gathered from all parts of eastern
Connecticut. Addresses were made by
Messrs. Blaine, King and Bulkeley. After dis
cussing the tariff question, Blaine referred
TO Bdyard's speech last night and said that
Bayard was gentleman of very high senti-
men. and clothes everything he says with
sentiment. Blaine said that Bayard, Thur
man and others write in condemning what
they call wicked conspiracy of the Repuo
licans that entrapped Sackylile into writing
the letter, and Bayard calls down the wrath
of the country upon these most wicked con-
spirators that got up that letter that Lord
Sackville answered. He thought
Bayard had put himself in a peculiar
position because il there were a wicked con-
spiracy of leading republicans to entrap
Sackville into writing an imprudent letter
these conspirators ought to have been pun
ished; but instead of that he Furnishes Lord
oackville by sending him home and making
him bear the sins of these conspirators.
Even this they did not do until they had
waited ten Gays and received advices and
telegrams from all parts of the country that
if they didn't start Sackville the irish would
start. Laughter. Said he: 1T will be
an agreeable thing in England to Salisbury
to know that Clevelands administration de-
liberately weighed Sackvlle against the
Irish vote and started him" Blaine also
called attention to the fact that the New
York W ord, the democratic organ which is
opposing Abram Hewitt, this morning repro
duced the Morey letter that was forged eight
years ago against Garfield, and belabors
Hewitt roundly because Hewitt said that
it was true and aided in putting the forgery
into circulation, and said:
Now there is an old adage about somebody
falling out and honest men getting their dues.
Laughter But didn't expect to live to
see the day when one section of the demo-
cratic party would want to swear Oft the re-
sponsibiity of the Morey letter upon the
other. There it stands, audacious forgery
reproduced, forgery all through, and one OF the
democrats who gave his high reputation and
high character to put it into circulation,
Abram Hewitt, and 1t arises up against him
now, not from republicans but from demo-
Gratis, and when the democrats all get to ex-
posing each other Great applause that will
be a terrible day. Applause. If they do
that the republicans would not need to have
stump speeches or mass meetings, or flags or
any other paraphernalia to carry on the cleo
ton. The election would carry on itself
whenever we can get democrats to tell on each
other. The democratic party has never con
Quoted the affairs of this country with Great
Britain with dignity or advantage to the coun,
try. Never, and if you will contrast the
administrations of Gen. Grant and Abraham
Lincoll in their conduct of affairs with Great
Britain, with what has been done by the
democratic party you would ask no other is
sue, We owe to the democratic party and
It's bad diplomacy the loss of British Colum-
bla that vast province on the Pacific coast,
which would give us the entire coast from
Behring Strait down to the Gulf of CalIf0r-
mia. To the bad diplomacy and
surrender of the democratic party we
owe the reciprocity treaty of 1854.
in which we got about one article to forty,
as compared with the Canadians. The rec
iprocity treaty which was 80 degrees on one
side, which was our opponents, and one de-
gree on our side and we owe that to them. In
fact it is not in the power of the Democratic
patty to give single treaty or diplomatic
procedure that they have made with Great
Britain which rebounds to the honor of this
country. Now when Gen. Grant was presi-
dent we had a most embarrassing, most try
ing and most delicate question in the world
to settle with Great Britain, the question of
the Alabama Claims. The Democratic
administration could not settle these claims
but gentlemen, Grants administration set
tied them with honor to the country, with
peace between both countries and with the
mutual respect of both countries. The
Democratic party has in the first place,
clustered with Great Britain, then surrren-
and never had anything to surrender,
They have always conducted themselves
with dignity. They had maintained the
honor of the country and had respect from
their opponents They never sought war
with Great Bri ain and made Great Britain
agree to submit the claims of Alabama to
arbitration. We gained not only victory
for ourselves but victory for all humanity
and did more than any other nation in the
nineteenth century to bring to a close the
bloody arbitraments of the world. We did
more to establish peace as law between
nations, did more to add to the great glory of
international arbitration, and added the best
chapter to the international law, aud Great
Britain respects the United States when
under the republican party more than when
under the democratic party. Applause.
All precedents have been in line of honor
TO ourselves and fair adjustments with our
opponents.