Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-08-28
GROWERS LETTER.

/ He Accepts the Nomination. and Delivers
/ Himself of an Opinion or TBO-A Word
to the LabOrIng Manson ethine, About
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Albany, n. Y, August I9.-Governor
! Cleveland's letter formally accepting the
! Democratic nomination for President of
the United States, is as follows:
! Gentleman:
! [ have received your communication
| dated July 28, 1884, informing me of my
nomination to the Office of President of
4 the United States by the National Dem
! ocratic Convention, lately assembled at
! Chicago. accept the nomination with
! a grateful appreciation of the supreme
/ honor conferred and a solemn sense
| Of the responsibility which in its &C
/ ceptance 1 assume. i have carefully
/ considered the platform adopted by the
/ Convention, and cordially approve the
same. So plain a statement of Demo
/ cratic faith, and the principles upon
which that party appeals to the SURFACES
\ of the people needs no supplement- or
/ explanation. 1t should be remembered
/ that the Office of President is essentially
executive in its nature. The laws
| enacted by the legislative branches Of
| the Government the chief executive is
/ bound faithfully to enforce, and when
the wisdom of the political party which
/ selects one Of its members as the nOmi-
nee for that Office has outlined his policy
and declared its principles, 1t seems to
me that nothing IN the character of the
Office or the necessities of the case re-
/ quiFes more from the candidate accept
| ing such nomination than the suggestion
of well known truths so absolutely essen
| tial to the safety and welfare Of the Ma
ton that they cannot be too often
recalled or to seriously enforced. We
proudly call ours government by the
people. 1t Is not such when q class is
tolerated which arrOgates to itself the
management of public affairs, seeking to
control the people instead of repre-
senting them. Parties are the necessary
outgrOWth of our institutions, but a
Government is not by the people when
one party fosters its cOntrOl upon the
country and perpetuates its power by
caioling and betraying the people in
stead Of serving them. A Government is
not by the people, when a result which
should represent the intelligent Will of
free and thinking men, is or can be de-
termined by the shameless perversion
of their sufrages. When az election to
Office shall be the selection by the YOt-
ers Of one of their number to assume
/ for a time a public trust, instead of
| his dedication to the profession OF poll
! tics, when the holders of the ballot
| quickened by a sense of duty shall
| aVenge the truths betrayed and pledges
! broken, and when the suffrage shall be
altogether fee and uncOrrupted, the
full realization Of a Government by the
| people will be at hand, and as the
means to this end nothing would
/ in my judgment be more effective than
an amendment to the Constitution dis
| qualifying the President from reelection.
! When we consider the patronage of this
great Office, the allurements of power,
! the temptation to retain public place
once gained, and more than all the
availability a party finds in an incum-
/ bent whom a horde of Office holders
with a zeal borne Of benefits received
and fostered by the hope Of faVOrs yet to
! come, stand too ready to aid with
money and trained political service, we
recognize in the eligibility Of the Presi-
! dent for reelection a most serious
danger to that calm, deliberate and IN
telligent political action which must
| characterize a government by the people.
A true American sentiment recognizes
the dignity and the fact that honor
lies in honest toll. Well paid
labor is a sign of National pros
perity. Ability to work constitutes the
capital and the wages of labor, the in
crease of a vast number of our pOpula-
ton, and this interest should be jealousy
/ protected. Our WOrkingmen are not
asking unreasonable indulgence, but, as
| intelligent and manly citizens, they seek
the same consideration which those de-
maud who have other Interests at stake.
They should receive their full share Of
the care and attention Of those who
make and eXeCutei the laws, to the end
that the wants and needs of the employ
ers and employed shall alike be sub
served, and the prosperity Of the cOun-
try, the common heritage Of both, be
advanced. AS related to this subject,
while we should not discourage the I'M
migration of those who come to
acknowledge allegiance to our Govern
ment and add to our citizen population,
Iyet as a means Of protection
to our WOrkingmen, a different rule
should prevail concerning those who, if
they come or are brought to our land,
do not intend to become Americans, but
viii lnluriOusly compete with those just
ly entitled to our field of labor. In a
letter accepting the nomination for Gov
ernOr, nearly two years ago, 1 made the
following statement, to which have
steadily adhered: "The labOring classes
constitute the main part of our popula-
ton. They should be protected In their
efforts to peaceably assert their rights
when endangered by aggregated capital,
and all statutes on this subject should
recognize the care of the State for honest
toll, and be framed with view of i'm
proving the condition Of the work
ingman, a proper regard for
the welfare of the wOrkingman
/ being inseperably connected with the
integrity Of our Constitution" None of
our citizens are more interested than
they in guarding against any corrupting
influences which seek to prevent the
benefcent purposes of our Government
and none should be more Watchfill of
the artfuI Vaccinations Of those who
allure them to selfinflicted injury. In q