The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-10-04
Address by the Democratic National
Committee.

To tue People Of the United States;
The National Democratic party
of the United States has pledged
itself to purify the administration
of public affairs from corruption.
to manage the government with
economy, to enforce the execution
of the laws, and to reduce taxa
tion to the lowest limit consistent
with just protection to American
labor and capital and with the
preservation of the faith which
the nation has pledged to its cred.
itors and pensioners. Tho open
record of the man whom it has
named as its candidate for the
Presidency, has been accepted by
thousands of Independent Repub.
licans in every State as an abso.
lutte guarantee that if he is selected
all these pledges will be exactly
fulfilled, and that under his ad.
ministration good government will
be assured.
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT.
His history and political meth
ods make 1t certain that his adj.
mlnistration would be stained by
gross abuses, by official miscon.
duct and wanton expenditures of
the public money, and would be
marked by an increase of taxation
which would blight the honest in.
dustry of our people.
Against us, and against those
honorable Republicans, who, for
the sake of good government, have
made common cause with us, no.
table combinations have been
made. These are chiefly made up
of four classes.
First-An army of ofliceholders,
who by choice or compulsion, are
now giving the Republican com.
mittees, as part of the compaign
fund of that party, money paid to
such officers out of the public
treasury for services due to the
people of the United States.
Second - Organized bodies of
men who having secured by cor
rupt means the imposition Of
DUTIES WHICH ARE IN EXCESS
of all sums needed for the wants
of the government and for the
protection of American labor and
capital, and having thus gained
enormous wealth are willing to
pay largely to the Republican
campaign fund for the promise of
the continuance and increase of
such duties, which constitute a
system of bounties to monopolise
under the false pretense of pro.
lection to American industry.
Third-A host of unscrupulous
contractors and jobbers who have
grown rich upon public plunder,
and are ready to pay tithes OF
what they have acquired in order
to avoid all risk of being called to
account for the evil methods by
which their wealth has been
gained.
Fourth = Corporations which
having despoiled the public lands
by the aid of corrupt agencies in
the Republican party believe they
will be
COMPELLED TO GIVE UP THEIB
ILL-GOTTEN GAINS
if the party is driven from power
and are therefore willing to keer
it in place by giving it per cent
age of their unrighteous profits.
This committee has not troops
of officeholders at its command
II will not agree to sell the future
legislation fol-. money paid now in
to its party treasury. 1t will not
promise immunity to thieves. II
will not contract to uphold any
corrupt bargain heretofore made
by the Republican party with an,
corporation for ali the wealtl
which such corporation can offer
1t appeals to the people against
one and all of these opponents
thus corruptly bauded together
against the friends Of good gov
crnment.
Tho number of these opponents