Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-21
TO THE DEMOCRACY.
A Rousing Address Of the Committee
Appointed for That Purpose.
Some Of the Reasons Why the Supporters
Of Cleveland Should be Joyful.

ratification OF the election OF Cleve-
land and Hendricks "a president aud
vice president OF the United States
The meeting organized for the pur.
pose, appointed the necessary commit
tees To- arrange the details OF the work,
and fixed Thursday evening and
night Of the 9th day Of November
next as the time: and invited all Dem
ocrats aud Independent Republicans
who helped TO achieve the glowing re-
suit by their vote to cooperate In sig
nalizing that event by the grnndest
and most magnificent celebration ever
witnessed by the citizens Of Tarnnt
county.
Surely we have cause for great re-
joicing for the wondrous victory
achieved and the results attained
When Gods chosen people were COM
PEELED to make bricks without straw
by their cruel task-maslers, after many
years Of wanderings in the wilderness
under the guidance Of Divine Pr0vi-
denCe, symbulized by "the pillar Of
cloud by day. and "the pillar Of fire
by night when delivered from
bondage and had crossed the Red Sea,
they chAnted songs Of jov, "Glnry to
God IN tho highest He hath iri-
umphed his nurse and his rider
hath He thrown into the sea. -
For twenty-four years the country
has been ruled by a political power
that has regarded Its authority ~
above and superior to the authority of
he fedora constitution; party that
has disOwned al fealty to the organic
law which was approved by the phi
losnphy Of JEFF; ron, established by the
sword Of Washington, and bpqueathed
as priceless heritsge by the fathers
Of the republic. Az consequence
the people have witnesspd under iis
administration Of the affairs of the
government for the first time, with
horror and dismay, the foot of mill
taTy power resting upon the civil law
and the citizen deprived OF his per.
sonAl liberty by the decree of drum
head cnurt.martlal the people have
witnessed for the first time
public debt eating up the sub
stance Of the people, while
"A protective tariff restricted
trade, embarrassed commerce, paral.
yzed the energies of the industrial
clRsaes, and caused the sharp cry OF
distress to 90 up from every part Of
the land The people have seen for
the first time all departments OF the
federal administration reeking with
venality and corruption, and even
caOiDet-oilicers making merchandise
o. public Patronage and abusing their
official trust for private gain, thus
bringing shame and reproach upon the
nation. II Ia under such circumstances
and atsuch time, when the life of the
country was at It's lowest ebb, and
when the men of earnest ard patriotic
thought We're making the last grand
struggle to preserve personal and con-
stiiutiOnal liberty and restore pure and
honest government to our people that
| the glad tidlngs came 70 US on the
| lightniug's wing, "(leveland and
| Hendricks are elected" The electric
| flash that brought the election returns
| from the Empire state fell as sweetly
| on Democratic ears as the musical
strains that issued from Memuouis
Tyre when kissed by the beams of the
rising sun. The great Democratic
heart was made TO rejoice and be tx
| Ceedingly glad for the wonderful re.
| demption which had been wrought.
| IL need no prophetic eye to
read the writing of the bodiless
hand ON the wall foretelling the
downfall Of the Republican parry.
The people have arisen In
! their majesty and power.
and nothing daunted by the
display of armed miniuns at the
polls, nor the attempted use of money
u corrupt the ballot, In the bold and
fearless exercise OF that last right of
freemen have Waited upon that D ,rty
the just retrlbuiiob which it, crimes ~
richly destrve. We therefore NEST
earnestly invite all Democrats aud In.
dependent Republicans who aided nv
their votes IN electing Cleveland and
Hendricks TO join with us in the cele-
bration.
| This gratifying result has been
achieved not by connection aud civil
war. that have In other ages and couu-
trlte 30 FRI quently disgTactd the DO
litlcal annals of our race, but by the
will of "a free people. expressed at the
ballOl-hoX In the constitutional wAy.
on the 18th day Of November. Our in.
situations have bten put to a severe
strain during the campaign SO glorious
~ enoed, and IL cannot but thrill the
patriots heart with profoundest
JOY when he refltos that
they have proved superior 10
| the STRAIN, ana came forth from the
crucial test to which they had been
subj cted, purified and unscaihed.
Men Of all parties can meet upon tins
common plane and mingle their re-
J iclngs, Viewed In this light, the
triumph IL in no sense a partisan one.
and the consideration OF this fact ex'
tracts half the gall OF defeat. Bu, 10
the faithful Democrats, who have with
more than Spartan valor fought the
battles OF Democracy, inpervlous alike
a. disaster and defeat, the election ar
Cleveland il wellspring OF unceaainp
10y and conpratulation.
History would be- ransaoked in vain
10 ind another party that for twenty
four long years has stood SO many de-
featsand set survived them Rll--whose
edherenlssefved with such unswerying
fidelity, and like the fa0led Phnenix.
rose from he ashes of each quadren.
nial defeat, gifted with new lease OF
life and plumed for more glorious
destiny.
The victory just now Is In many re-
speeds prenom email II was a victory
OF the undiseiplined militia over The
trained regulars. II was 4
contest OF honest govern