Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-09-24
EX-SENATOR GRADY.
Ills Address Before the Tammany
Council Why lie Bolts
Cleveland.
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the passage II the resoluttl n and the adoJtaOn
9f the address. made along sp ech; II. reviewed
the wrplr vel .!eal IS ,c career % Of Cleveland, ana
and the Herald in he tast IL .qRb:rs bps 9f the
cours. of his speech Gi ady said:
Neither in the nomiuation OF the ticket nor in
the methods by which 1t was brought about is
there the slightest claim upon the great body
Of Democratic voters for it's support. The
great majority of the delegates to the cOnvcn-
Vi, n who nAsred Cleveland ms their first choice
REPRESENTED Republican seas titnencics. The
numbef OF delegates kh8 orettly aud Earnestly
of ali their brbtests; as IA, 6rablet to his cand-
dacy. Every infiuGnte that tould De employed
or engineered by the mOnOI o!ista Who have
secured control OF the party management Vas
exerted to make him the candidate and. as You
well know, the delegates who left their home,
loud in their pSofessons Of hostility to his can
gave evidence soon alter thoif srr+-.l 81 Chicago
OF a change of heart, which only the most -m-
pie and charitable have ascribed to pure and
worthy motives. The expressed design OF men
disgrdhtled Republicans, not to please Demo-
Gratis. Preserving to myself the supreme right
q citizen esete!sina ..;.a,I an act OF soyer-
irage has beet bestowed on fne Nv the institd-
ions Of my county taa Tss W be esers,ed fer fer
benefit of this land dedicate 1t, and can not
reconcile without desecration any disposition OF
1t that would result in the support of the po-
litical nondescript, clothed in the outward garb
of q Democrat. ignorant OF the cardinal princi-
pies Of the political faith Which he assumes to
profess and accepting from Democrats their
votes that he fiay delight Republicans AMI In
dependents by the manner in which lie will ex-
ercise the powers conferred UPON him BY be.
trayed and deluded party. But my vote will
not be lost to the Democracy. 1t will be cast
for the candidate whose followers will be num-
bered by hundreds of thousands, whose motives
can not he impugned. for their action can not
be inspired by selfish hores of reward, II will
DE registered for the principles which the Dem
ocratie party professed when it held popular
sotlfidenCe, and for abandoning which it lost
popular support. II will be given for the candi-
date Wh6 has no hope o. election and no desire
for sordid benefits fof political preterment but
that true Democrats may find his candidacy a
channel through which they may express their
sentiments.
i turn my back on the Democratic party,
captured and betrayed by Know nothing dema-
gogues hungry for places and spoils. to join the
pure Democracy which struggles for principles
which the party OF ganization has abandoned.
denounce the candidate whose only merit II
his obscurity that l may follow statesman
whose life has made glorious the history of his
country. decline to bow down before craven
| Image because prefer to follow the teachings
| bf the apostle of the true political faith Pre-.
ferring shining ability to dull tnediocrity, true
! reformer to sham reformer, a statesman to !
| hangman, an ilustrious citizen to a pol tica
| adventurer, decline to support Grover Cleve
| land for the Presidency, and here and now, II
| the resence OF a leader whom have always
FSHAi&gded ~ my political sponsor, in the nids
| cal field, and before the eyes OF All tnc ruunuy
| and purposes, / declare myself In favor OF Ben
| iamin f. Butler, soldier, jurist, statesman. ant
| patriot. asd appeal to time for my vindtcation