James G. Blaine
Pamphlet Collection

James G. Blaine (1830-1893) was, among other things, a member of the US House and Senate, Secretary of State, and the 1884 Republican presidential nominee. The materials presented here span his entire congressional career as well as his later years, and they consist primarily of government publications and offprints of Blaine's speeches.

Folder 1: Mar. 7, 1862-Oct. 1, 1874

• “Speech in Reply to Mr. Gould of Thomaston, On the Confiscation Resolves, March 7, 1862.” Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Off., 1962
• “Speech in the House of Representatives, April 21, 1864; The War Debates of Loyal States.”
• “Speech of Mr. Blaine, of Maine, in favor of amending the Federal Constitution by striking out the clause which prohibits the taxing of exports.” March 2, 1865
• “Speech of Hon. James G. Blaine, of Maine, March 21, 1866; Reimbursement of Loyal States for Expenses Incurred in the War for the Union.”
• “Mr. Blaine, from the Select Committee on the War Debts of the Loyal States made the following report: War Debts of the Loyal States.” 1866 (39th Congress, 1st Session)
• “Speech of Hon. James G. Blaine, of Maine, The Issues Settled by the Election of General Grant to the Presidency.” Dec. 10, 1868
• “Speaker Blaine’s Letter of Acceptance.” Aug. 4, 1870
• “Speaker Blaine’s Letter of Acceptance.” June 20, 1874
• “An Address Delivered by Hon. James G. Blaine before the Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical Association, at their Annual Fail held at Oshkosh, Wis., Oct. 1, 1874: Municipal Debt in the United States.” Augusta, Maine: Sprague, Owen, and Nash, 1874.

Folder 2: Jan. 10, 1876-Dec. 11, 1878

• “Speech by Mr. Blaine in the House of Representatives, Jan. 10, 1876: Jefferson Davis – Amnesty.”
• “Speech of the Hon. James G. Blaine in the House of Representatives, Feb. 10, 1876: An Irredeemable Paper Currency.”
• “Mr. Blaine’s Replies to Charges of Improper Transactions with Bonds of the Union Pacific and the Little Rock and Fort Smith Roads.” April 24, 1876
• “Speech of Hon. James G. Blaine, of Maine, delivered in the U.S. Senate, Feb. 7, 1878: Remonetization of Silver.” Washington: R. O. Polkinhorn, 1878.
• Remarks of Hon. James G. Blaine on his Amendment to the Pacific Railroad Funding Bill, in the U.S. Senate, April 9, 1878.

Folder 3: Jan. 22, 1879-Jan. 27, 1881

• Speech, U.S. Senate, June 5, 1878: “On the Question of Establishing and Maintaining a Line of Mail Steamers to Brazil”
• Address, Minneapolis Fair, Minnesota, Sept. 3, 1878
• Speech, U.S. Senate, Dec. 11, 1878: “Exercise of Elective Franchise,” Printed in Congressional Record, Dec. 11, 1878
• Speech, U.S. Senate, Jan. 22, 1879: “On Reducing the Expenses of the Navy and Encouraging American Shipping”
• Speech U.S. Senate, Feb. 14, 1879: “Chinese Immigration”
• “Debate on Pensioning Jefferson Davis” Including comments by Mr. Blaine
• Speech, U.S. Senate, April 14, 1879: “False Issue Raised by the Democratic Party”
• Speech, U.S. Senate, May 19, 1879: “National Sovereignty against State Sovereignty”
• Eulogy for Zachariah Chandler, U.S. Senate, January 28, 1880
• Speech, U.S. Senate, Jan. 27, 1881: “Encouragement to American Shipbuilding and the Revival of American Commerce on the Ocean”
• “Arrangements for the Memorial Address in the Life and Character of James Abram Garfield by the Hon. James G. Blaine”
• “Memorial Address on the Life and Character of James Abram Garfield by the Hon. James G. Blaine on Feb. 27, 1882

Folder 4: Feb. 27, 1882-July 23, 1870 and n.d.

• “Mr. Blaine’s Speech on the Irish Question, in Portland, Maine, June 1, 1886.”
• “Shall the Duty on Sugar be Thrown Away, or Shall it be Used to Extend the Sale of Our Products in Foreign Markets? The Appeals of James G. Blaine to Congress in Behalf of the American Farmers and Manufacturers.” 1890
• “Ought the Negro to be Disenfranchised? Ought he to have been Enfranchised?” by James G. Blaine, L. Q. C. Lamar, Wade, Hampton, James A. Garfield, Alexander H. Stephens, Wendell Phillips, Montgomery Blair, Thomas A. Hendricks. Reprinted from the North American Review. n.d.

Folder 5: Related Materials: 1856-Oct. 11, 1879

• Memoir of Luther Severance. Augusta, Maine: Office of the Kennebec Journal, 1856.
• “Speech of Hon. Lot M. Morrill, of Maine, in the Senate of the United States, March 8, 1866: Apportionment of Representation.”
• “Speech of Hon. James A. Logan of Illinois, Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 8, 1869: Tenure of Office.” Washington: F. & J. Rives and Geo. A. Bailey, 1869.
• “Speech of Hon. Benjamin F. Butler, Upon his Bill to Authorize the Issue of a National Currency, to Assure its Stability and Elasticity, Lessen the Interest on the Public Debt and Reduce toe Rate of Interest, January 1869.”
• “Speech of Hon. W. Williams, of Indiana, in the House of Representatives, February 4, 1869: Public Debt and Finance.”
• “Ex-Speaker Blaine, an Authoritative Statement in Regard to ex-speaker Blaine’s Religious Faith.” From the Pittsburgh Gazette of January 19, 1876. Written by James King.
• “To Republican Voters, Scratching.” From Harper’s Weekly, Oct. 1, 1879

Folder 6: Related Materials: Affairs in Chili...

• “Affairs in Chili, Peru, and Bolivia.” Washington: Govt. Printing Office, 1881 (?). [incomplete]

Folder 7: Related Materials: June 28, 1884-Jan, 1930

• “Unanswerable Arguments, the Case of Mr. Blaine, an Open Letter to the Boston Advertiser, June 28, 1884, by an Independent, also letter to the Boston Traveler, July14, 1884, answering the New York Nation of July 3, 1884 on Mr. Blaine’s Veracity.” Philadelphia: Avil & Co., 1884.
• “Seal Fisheries of Behring Sea. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, with Accompanying paper, touching the subjects in dispute between the Government of the United States and the Government of Great Britain in the Behring Sea, Including all communications since March 4, 1889.” Washington: Government Printing Off., 1890.
• “Paper Relating to the Commercial Arrangement between the United States of America and the Dominican Republic. Concluded June 4, 1891 – Proclaimed August 1, 1891.”
• "Papers Relating to the Commercial Arrangement between the United States and Spain for Cuba and Puerto Rico. Concluded June 16, 1891 – Proclaimed August 1, 1891.”
• “Blaine Centennial.” Maine Library Bulletin. Augusta, Maine, January 1930, vol. XV, no. 3.