The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-08-22

the kindness and cordiality of this recep ion-not
merely from my nei ghbors but from all parts OF
this great Stat, When 1 first head that II re-
ceptiOn was To be rendered / thought IL would
be confined 20 friends and neighbors. 1t Is so.
thought as had lived here since my oath year
and as my public history began and conferred
here, that those who had known me for thirty
five years might Xtend cordial welcome but
had no conception that men from all quarters
OF the State, from Z g extreme corner OF the
Commonwealth l love 80 well. aud which have
tried faithfully 10 serve in public stations would
have been here. You can have no conception
how il impresses ono who has been for n
year beyond the seas, exile from home
to meet welcome like this-unbounded
in extent, unlimited i'm its cor1iality and beyond
human speech TO respond 10. But you must
take the Will Tor the deed, for IN words cannot
reach the borders of this vast assembly. / am
deeply indebted TO you who come rom other
towns and cities But greeting at man own
home goes 10 the heart more than any otner, ana
10 Is 10 you of Augusta, and OF almost al Maine
who have done me this great honor pour out
my thanks / have seen much in my last year !;
much OF many countr es beyond the sea, but
saw nothing in any kingdom of Europe which
did not give me deeper aud IN re- profound APP
probation of my own country. / have seen
everything TO MAKE an American thank God he
was born under the sovereignty represented by
the stars and stripes / have seen nothing in
European industrial systems that did not con-
firm in the belief that the system of the
United States IS far wiser and more benehcent
90 every workingman and citizen than ny we
could borrow or initiate. | cannot fail 70 recOg-
nize tro sympathy you have with me- and
which nave with you in the question, whether
our Industrial system is 20 be maintained or
estlOyCdt II / have in he past
spoken worthy word in support Of that
system, in tho future | hope 20 say many more
and NOR weghty. zee to II that no harm comes
to the RepuOlic. Gentlemen, this much ecu d
not help sa wing outside that which was personal
20 the occasion. For all you have done for me
and for all The testimony the eloquent gentlemen
have borne 70 the kindly relations between my
self and my fellow-citizens Of Al gusta, without
distinction OF party, give you my profoundest
thanks. TCere is TO me no State like Maine, no
valley like the kennebec, no city like Augusta
and no home like that home pointing TO his
! housed There l have lived these many years,
and there propose 70 live. have no desire 10
separate my interest from yours. / have been
with you fft IN my youth upward, and i hope 10
be here "a many years as God shall give me in
! this world. | thank you thousand times over
for all this sympathy kindly shown by all who
| inhabit the State of Maine
At the conclusion OF Mr. Blaines address the
! proceedings We're brought 70 IA close by display
The day after reaching home Mr.. Blaine re-
| turned to Portland and addressed n great mass
meeting in the City Hall. General Henry b.
! Cloves introduced Mr.. Blaine, who said, among
| other things:
Il should not have left my home the very day
| after my arrival, but for my desire To feel my
self once more in touch with those with whom
! / have in pre-, tous years fought in many coed
| Republican contests; once more to compare
notes with those upon whose wisdom the party
has always relied namely, the Republican
/ masses as 70 what should he done a. this crisis
in the poiit al affairs of the country and in the
history of the party which Is its great defender.
/ When President Cleveland delivered his mes
/ sage no had something 20 say 10 the Anne icau
| people about the danger OF trusts. L think
| there have since been no Democratic papers in
| the country, whether they understood tn mean
| ing or not that have not been constantly warn
/ ing the people as TO the horrible danger of
truss We'll, / shall no. discuss trusts this
afternoon. shall not venture 20 say that they
are all ogether advantageous or disadvantag sous.
/ They are largely private affairs with which
neither Presi lent Cleveland nor any private
citizen has any particular right % interiors.
Aside from that, the point which / wish 20
| impress upon you that trusts are not the on l.
| growth nor i'm any way the incident of the pro-
! tective policy as the President charges that a
| protective policy no more breeds what the Presi
dent considers the pestilence Of trusts than )es
| the veres free-trade country I'm the world
| which IL England; for Engh a IN literally plas-
tered al over, under Ia - stem O. free trade