New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-10
HENRY WArrLHsON's VIEWS.

LOUISVILLE Nov o.-ilcnry Wattcr-on IN a
speech At the Democratic olitcation here last night said
iholiove that the election of Mr. Blaine and II new
grant or power Ia the faction ~ which he IL chief would
have been the end ~ frce and fair elections In this
try. His defeat aud - overthrow guarantees that the
republic stl lives that voters, office holders
masters Of II that the moral nature OF the people
Is yet equal the great National emergencies
aud that The Go, restored after quarcrOf
fury the hands Of those from whom II derives ts being
and whom IL exists, shall continue to be the bell tower
and OF liberty and unonat the and
resource OF freedom and freenen all the world and
the machine Of party the football Of section
nor the exclusive property Of privileged class ruling
by diyner right than that Of the almighty dollar.
am a sensationalist nor alarmist, still less
am / a victim of morbid political maginings
but in truth II the mailed hand OF Monopoly guided by
the selfish unhnching purposes of party spirit
be loossd from the throat OF the Goddess Of Liberty
surrounded. though she was, Dy helpless and weeping
vcst,l- OF Reform, the time had come when miracle
thanks to God that II has been wrought but speak
Republicans have been rescued from themselves,
and the day VIII come when they will feel, II
better than revolution The Democrats have been
saved in spite Of themselves: for many had
could not have achieved this victory the help
they from the Independents Al men and all races
Of men III he gamers the thrifticr less costly and
accountab. administrati0n Of affairs. As FOR my
SELL can truly say that have had no private stake or
feeling In the result.
10 me personally the election OF Grover Cleveland can
bring nothing bu ihc cmbarrissnouts and dscOnfort-
oi the stale of responsibility which individually
snail as my share hcI have too much reason To
fear that shall prove inadequate For twenty-five years
been in the opposition. For the first time dnd
myself on the winning side and but for the belief that
the ship Of state wcahered the perlous headands
that stood the line OF its passage should feel
most depressing sense OF the dillcntics winch ths
triumph imposes upon political associates and party
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS MAY EXPECT.
In proportion as triumph has been in the OF
Providence shall duties be serious and binding II
will he easy task to sweep the floors and put the
Eouse In orlcF II will bc task 10 satisfy The
pectations of the country In the every nature OF the
case there must he deal of disappontments
m rn% ah tho ne neong o the Democra enot
fetch with il millennium ready made to cut and nj al
turning" but twenty years of lane-twenty -four
years OF muddy lane an straight rs ramrod not II
crook anywhere and hardly any sunshine, fox fire i'll
front to lure us pitfalls and bitches, and the devil
in the picking of the hndgoetItlat Is the sort OF
end at last, bless the Lord! and we can step
upon the solid terra irma Of the nations
In middle OF the road too-and they ever catch ns
the bushes again they may swing us to the nearest
country will he the North not on the South side OF
In my Judgment. however. the election Of Cleveland
and the change OF parties It involves has secured ns for
at least hundred years to come against
ciy II discorl and domestic strife. Nay, more; II W II
speedily obeTate all sccton, lines. The term. Norh
and South like those Of East aud West will stand simply
for the points Of the compass We shall have more
mathematics and less geography In our politics
We shall certainly have better system Of bOOkkeep-
ing We shall have In the executive office man who
can tell the truth when fl hurts himself am glad
for M he magnetic
man. or q showy man. but that he IL made of tough
siur-good. good, honest hornespun that Will wear well
and can stand the racket He not my choice, aud
am glad at that Too. because want nothing and deserve
nothing and can give his administration more disintcr
estcd and therefore effective support, for
sure In adv ancc that IL will be- II not brilliant, yet
safe and sound administration.
The older grow the respect have
for character and the less for intellect
That which is wanting in our Go1rrnment
the genius of and In our moral nature
are sincerity and conviction, and these good qualities
believe Grover ccani possesses III the highest degree
I but that the National Democratic Cor
Neution when IL nominated, buded wiser than II knew.
aud whether IL did or not Praise be to the Lord OF
Hosts"