Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-20

Accepts with Thanks and says what
He Thinks.

Accepts with Thanks and says what
He Jhinkx.
by Telegraph to PosT-ISTKLIIaKScER.
ALBANY IN. u, Ana. lS.-Governor
Clevelands letter, formally accepting
the Democratic nomination for Presi-
deaf OF the United States, il as follows
GsEitsases IL have received your
communication dated July 9, lsS4, in
forming toe Of my nomination to the
Office of President of the United States
BY the National Democratic CoRven-
ton. lately assembled at Chicago. |
accept the nomination with a grateful
appreciation Of the supreme honor con-
ferred and a solemn sense Of the re-
sponsibility which in its acceptance I
assume. / have carefully considered
the platform adopted by the Conveu-
So plain a statement of Democratic
faith and principles As that upon which
that party appeals to the suffrsges Of
the people needs no supplement- or ex-
PLANTATION. Is should be remembered
that the Office of President lie essen
tally executive in its nature. The
laws enacted by the legislative branch
OF the Government, the chief executive
il bound faithfully to enforce; and
when the wisdom OF the political party
which selects one Of its members as a
nominee for that Office, has outlined its
policy and declared its principles, il
seems to me that nothing in the charae-
Ter Of the office, or the necessities of the
case. requires more from the candidate
accepting such domination than the
suggestion of certain well kno sn truths
absolutely vital. We proudly call
ours a government by the people.
IL Is not such when a class is tolerated
which arrogates to itself the manage
ment Of public affairs seeking 10 control
the people instead II representing them.
Parties are the necessary outgrovth of
our institutions. but a government can
not be by the people when one party
fastens its control upon the country
and perpetuates its power bycaloling and
betraying the people instead Of serving
them. A government Is not by the peo-
pie when a result which should represent
the intelligent will of free thinking men
Is, or can be, determined by the shame
lessness of their suffrages. An election
to office shall be the selection by the
voters of one of their number to as
sumo for time public trust, instead
Of bis dedication to the profession of
politics. When the kolders of the ballots,
quickeRed by a sense of duty, shall
avsnge truth betrayed and pledges
broken when the SURFACES shall be
altogether free and uncorrupted, the
full realization of government
by the people will be attained,
and Of the means to this end
not one would, in NY Judgment. be
more effective than an amendment to
the constitution disquslifying the Pres.
idsnt from re election. When we con-
slider the patronage of the great Office,
the allurements of power, the tempta-
ton to retain public places once gained.
and, more than all, the availability
party finds in an incumbent, when q
horde of Office holders, with a zeal
born of benefits received and fostered
by the hope of favors yet to come. stand
ready to aid with money and trained
political service, We recognize in the eli
gibility of the President for reelection
a most serious danger to that calm, de-
liberate and intelligent political action
which must chara Jterize q Government
by the people.
A true American sentiment recognizes
the dignity of labor and the fact that
honor lies in the honest toll of content
ed labor Is an element of national pros
perity. Ability to work constitutes the
capital, and the wages the income of a
vast number of our populations; and
this interest should be jealously pro-
tected. Our wOrkingmen are not ask
ing unreasonable terms, but as intelli-
gent citizens they seek the same CON-
sidsration which these demand who
have other interests at stake. They
should receive their full share of the
care and attention of those who make
aud execute the laws, to the end that
the wants and the needs of the employ
ers and employees should alike be sub
served. and the prosperity of the country,
the common heritage of both, be advanc-
ed. 1t is related to this subject that while
we should not discourage the immiRra-
ton of those who come to acknowledge
allegiance to our government and to
add TO our population, yet az means
of protection to our workingmen a diff
ferent rule should prevail concerning
those who, il they come or are brought
to our land, do not intend to become
citizens, but injuriously to compete with
those justly entitled to our labor. In
letter accepting the nomination to the
office of Governor nearly two years ago
/ made the following st tement, to
which / have steadily adhered: The
iaboring Glasses constitute the main
part of our population. They should
be protected in the effort peaoeably to
assert their rights when endangered by
capital. and all statutes on this subject
should recognize the case of the State
view of improving, the condition OF the
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workingmen being inseparabiy CON-
tutions, none are more interested than
they in guarding against any cor
rupting Influences which seek to
prevent the beneficent purposes
Of our Government, and none should be
more watchful of the fearful machina-
tons of those who allure them to self
inflicted injury. In free country the
curtailment OF the absolute rights of
the individual should only be such as is
essential to the peace and good order of
the community. The limit between the
proper subjects Of governmental control
and those which can be more fttingly
left 20 the moral sense and self-imposed
restraint of the citizen, should be care
fully kept in view thus laws unneces-
sarily interfering with the customs and
habits Of any one Of our people, which
are not offensive to the moral senti-
ments Of the civilizsd world, and which
are consistent With good citizenship and
the public welfare, are unwise and vex-
atious.
The commerce of q nation, 10 a great
extent, determines its supremacy.
Cheap and easy transportation should
therefore be liberally foetered within
the limits of the Constitution, and the
General Government should 30 improve
and protect its natural waterways a.
will enable the producers of the ooun-
try 10 reach profitable market. The
people pay the wages Of the public en-
ployees, ard thew are entitled 70 the
fair and honest work which the money
thus paid should command. Il il the
duty Of those entrusted with the man.
agement OF Affairs 10 see that sach
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