Huntsville gazette., 1884-08-30

and Vice Presidential Departure in Each
Case from Moderen Usage, Both Docu-
ments Being Conspicuous for Their
Brevity.
CLEVELAND'S LETTER.
ALBANY, n. Y, August 20.
The following is Grover Cleveland'S letter of
acceptance:
ALBANY, N. Y, August Is, 1884
GENTLEMEN: have received your commu-
nieation dated ,.uly 2S 1854, informing me of
my nomination to the office of President of
the United States by the National Democratic
Convention lately assembled at Chicago
accept the nomination with grateful appre-
citation of the supreme honor conferred and a
high sense of the responsibility which, in its
acceptance, assume. L have carefully con-
sidered the platform adopted BY the Conven-
ton, and cordially approve the same. Soplain
IA statement If Democratic faith and the prin-
c:pIcs upon which that party appeals to the
suffrageS of the people needs no supplement
or exp .anation. III should be remembered that
the Office of President is essentially executive
in its nature. The laws enacted by the Legis-
iative branch 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 a nominee for that Office has outlined It's
policy and declared its principles, it seems to
me that nothing in the character of the office
or the necessities of the case requires more
from the candidate accepting such nomlna-
ton, than the suggestion of well-knOwn truths,
so absolutely vital to the safety and welfare
Of the Nation that they can not be too often
recalled or too seriously enforced. We proud
ly call ours Government by the people. 1t
is not such when class is tolerated which ar
rogates to Itself the management OF public
affairs, seeking 10 control the people instead
OF representing them. Parties are the neces-
sary outgrON tn of our institutions, but gov
ernmenI is not by the p ople when one party
faSttn its control upon The country and per-
petuates its power by cajoling and betraying
the people instead OF serving them.
A Government is not by the people
when IL result winch should represent the in
telligent will OF free and thinking men, is, or
Can be determined by the shameless corrup-
ton OF their sutfrageS. When an election TO
Office shall lie he selection by the voters of
one of their number TO assume for time
public trust instead of his dedication to the
profession OF politics; when the holders OF
the ballot, quickened by a sense of duty,
shall avenge truth betrayed and pledges
broken, and when the suffrage shal be alto
gether free and uncorrupted, the tull reallZa-
tion of Il u overnment by the people Will be
at hand. And OF the means to this end, not
one 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 alurements of power, the tempta-
ton to retain public place once gained, and
more than all the availability the party flnds
in an incumbent HON horde of Office hold
ers with 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 III the eilglb1l-
ity of the President for reelection a most Sc
rious danger to that calm, deliberate and in
tellls ent political action, which must charac-
terize government by the people.
true American sentiment recognizes the
dignity of labor, and the fact that honor lies
i'll honest toll. Contented labor is an ele-
ment of National prosperity. Ability to
work constitutes the capital, and the wage of
labor The income of vast numrer OF our
population; and this interest should be jeal-
OuSy projected. Our working men are not
asking unreasonable indulgence; but as in
tellgent and manly citizens, they seek the
same consideration which those demand who
have other interests at stake. Ihey should
receive their full share of the care and atten-
ton OF those who make and execute the laws,
to the end that the wants and needs OF the
emplo yers and the employed shall alike be
supServed and the prosperity OF the country,
the common heritage of bOth be advanced.
As related to this subject, While we should not
discourage the immigration of those who come
TO acknowledge allegiance to our Government
and add to our citizen population, yet as
means of protection to our workIngmen,
different rule should prevail concerning those
who if they come, or are brought TO our land,
do not intend to become Americans, but will
iniudiciously compete with those justly enti-
tied to our field or labor:
IN a letter accepting the nomination to the
Office of Governor, nearly Two years ago, l
made the following statement to which 4
have steadily adhered:
1.-The laborng classes constitute the main
part of our popul latian. They should be pro-
tected in the right peaceaby to assert their
ris hts when endangered by aggregated capl-
tai; aid ali statutes on this subject shou
recognize the care of the State for honest toll
and be framed with Il view of improving the
condition OF the worklngman.
A proper regard for the welfare of the
workingman being lnseparably connected
with the integrity of our Institutions, none of
our citizens are more interested than they
are in guarding against any corrupting int1u-
ences which seek to perverJ the beneficent
should be more watchful of the artful machi-
nations of those who allure them to self-in-
tiicted injury.
In a free country the curtailment of the
be such as is essential to the peace and good
order of the community. The limit betw cen
the proper subjects of governmental control
and those winch can be more httingly lett to
the moral sense and self-imposed restraint OF
the citizen, should be carefully kept in view.
Thus laws interfering with the habits and
customs of any of our people, which are not
offensive to the moral sentiments of the
civilized world, and which are consistent with
good citizenship and the public welfare, are
unwise and vexatious.
The commerce OF a Nation to great extent
determines its supremacy. Cheap and easy
transportation should therefore be literally
tOStcrcd. W1thln the limits OF the COnSttu-
tion the general Government should so i'm
prove and protect its natural water ways as
will enaLle the producers OF the country to
reach profitable market.
The people pay the wages OF the public en-
ployes, and they are entitled to the fair and
honest work which the money thus paid
should command 1t is the duty of those in
trusted with the management of their affairs
to see that such public service is forthcoming.
The selection and retention of subordinates
in Government employment should depend
upon their ascertained fitness and the value
of their work: and they should be
neither expected nor allowed to do
questionable party service. The interests of
the people will be better protected; the
estimate of pubic labor and duty will be i'm
mensely improved; public employment will
be open to all who can demonstrate their fit
ness to enter it: the unseemly scramble for
place under the Government with the cOnse-
quent importantly which embitters official
life will cease; and the public departments
will not be filled with those who conceive it to
be their first duty to aid the party to which
they owe their places, instead of rendering
patient and honest return to the people.
| believe that the public temper is such that
the voters of the land are prepared to sup
port the party which gives the best promise of
administering the Government in the honest,
simple and plain manner which is consistent
with its character and purposes. They have
learned that my stery and cOncealment in the
management OF their affairs cover tricks aud
betray al. The craftsmanship they require
consists in honesty and frugaity; a prompt
response to the needs of the people as they