The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-21

LESS VI ISzER u e.
ALBANY, N. T., 49, l9-Thef fol-
lowing was received f55llay BY kCol.
Lamont, secretary to Goyeler o. nc
land, who is at the Upper saran;pds
with instructions to make it public on
its receipt:
ALBANY, N. Y, August 18, 1891.
GENTLEMEN
l have received your communication
dated July 28th, 1894. informing me of
my nomination to the office of president
of the United States by the national
democratic convention, lately assembled
at Chicago. I accept the nomination
with grateful appreciation OF the su-
preme honor confer red, and a SOLEMN
sense of the responsibility which in its
acceptance l assume.
have carefully considered the plat
form adopted by the convention, and
cordially approve the same So plain a
statement of the democratic faith and
the principles upon which that party ap-
peals to the suffrages Of the people, needs
no supplement or explanation.
THE OFFICE OF president.
1t should be remembered that the Office
of President is essentially executive in its
nature The laws enacted by the legis-
lative branch of the government, the
chief executive is bound faithfully to en-
force and when the wisdom of a political
parry which selects one Of It's members
as nominee for that office las outlined
It's policy and declared its principles, it
seems to me that nothing in the charac-
ter Of the office nor the necessities of the
case requires more from a candidate ac-
cepting such nomination than the sug-
gestion of certain well-known truths, so
vital TO the safety and welfare of the ma
tion that they cannot be too often re-
called or too seriously enforced
GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE.
We proudly call ours a government by
the people. 1t is not such when a class
is tolerated which arrogates to itself the
management of public affairs, seeking to
control the people instead of represent
ing them Pal5ies are necessarily the
out2row th OF our institutions, but the
government is not by the people when
one party faSters its control upon the
country and perpetuates its power by
cajoling and betraying the people instead
Of serving them, Government is not by
the people when result which should
represent the intelligent viii Of free and
thinking men is, or can be, determined
by the shameless corruption of their suff-
RACES. When an election to Office shall
be n selection by the voters of one of
their number to assume for the time a
public trust instead of fis dedication to
the profession of politics; when the hold
ers of the ballot, quicllened by a sense of
duty, shall avenge tidth betrayed and
pledges broken; and when the suffrage
shall be altogether free and uncouupted,
full realization of government by the
people will be at hand.
THE ONE TERM PRINCIPLE.
Aud of the means TO this end, not one
would in my Judgment, be more effec-
tive than an amendment to the COnstitu-
tion disqualifying the president from re
election. When we consider the patron
age of this great office, the allurements
of power, the temptation to retain public
places once gained, and more than all,
the availability a party finds in an in
cumbent whom horde of offiee-holders
with a zeal born of the benefits received.
and fostered by hope of favor yet to
come, stand ready to aid with money
and trained political service, we recog-
nize in the eligibility of the president for
reelection a most serious danger to that
calm, deliberate and intelligent political
action which must characterize govern
mcnt by the people.
THE DIGNITY OF AMERICAN LABOR.
A tue American sentiment recognizes
the dignity of labor, and the fact that
honor lies in honest toll. Contented la
bor is an element of national prosperity
Ability to work constitutes the capital,
and the wages of labor the income of a
vast number of orr population, and this
interest should be zealously protected.
Our workingmen are not asking unrea-
sonable indulgence, but, as intelligent
and manly citizens, they seek the same
consideration which those demand who
have other interests ct stake. They
should receive their full share of the caro-
and attention of those who make and ex-
ecute the laws, to the end that the wants
and needs of employers and employed
shall alike be subserved, and the prosper
ity of the country, the common heritage
of both, be advanced. Inrelation To this
subject, while we should not discourage
the immigration of those who come to
acknowledge allegiance to our govern
ment and add to cur citizen population,
yet. as a means of protection to ouI
workingmen, a different rule should pre-
vail concerning those who, if they come