Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-20

selves. But since the action of Go.tr -.
Cleveland in writing a let;erto Mr.. "a. "p-
posing my return to the Senate Cf THIS sta
mas been made the subject Of much cornme
by his supporters, may be per.ni tc u al
lude to it for moment to illiis,
trate the incapacity of PresideEtiIi
common propriety would place upon his I'M
pulses Iprotest that in all have
read of the exercise and abuse of despotic
powers have never met with such a palpab'e
disregard of the proprietes of public lifc a5
this exhibition of Mr.. Clevelands intolerance,
of opposition. The King who uttered the
even he, never coolly proclaimed that the con1
stitution of any body necessary to the,
Government of the State should be be-
regulated reg solely aSo 9y and resafd f01
of the monarch But this Interference with
the Constitution Of the Senate was rot only
indecent in itself; 1t was breach OF one Oh
his p ain promises of his letter OF acceptancet
In that document, On the faith of which he
was elected, he states: THE interference or
officials Of any degree and whether State or
trolling the popular wish should not be toll
Grated" Can such infidelity to his pledges plead
for a more extended trust in his honestly =, :
Quite in harmony with the candidate is tne
platform upon which he stands. Upon the
important questions of the tariff 1t lS gener-
ally acceptable to Mr.. Morrison. OF Illinois:
Mr.. Converse, of Ohio; Mr.. Watterson, or
Kentucky, and Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania
Like the andidate's letter OF acceptance, ~
is inoffensve and might be summarized in
just eight words: with malice toward none,
with charity toward all"
In relat on to the public lands it's declarai
tions are the very opposite from what wouid
accord with the Conventions treatment or
Judge Thurman, the chief, if not the only
Democratic martyr to the peoples side OF the
question, and raises violent presumption
that at the time OF the adoption of the plat
form, the Standard Oil Companys representa-
tives had not assumed the complete conUrol OF
the Convention they subsequently mani
tested.
Such is the feast to which we are invited
For my part / decline the invitation. Reserv
ing to myself the supreme right of citizen,
decline to prostitute my prerogative to the
purposes of the party managers. But
my vote will not be lost to the Democracy.
whose followers win be numbered
by hundreds of thousands, whose mo
can be inspired by no selfish hopes of reward,
1t will be registered for the principles which
the Democratic party professed when 1t he
the popular support 1t will be given for a
who braves fatigue, abuse and pecuniary loss
that true Democrats may find his candidacy
channel through which they may express
their sentiments.
deliberately join the minority, but history
teaches us that all great movements have first
been begun by minorit1es. Will exhaust my
energies to swell the vote that viii be cast for
that giant of civil warfare, whose fingers are
now at the throat of monopoly, and whose
grasp will stiffen and tighten under the en-.
couragement of the patriotic and unselnsh tn
he throws it PROSTATE and submissive at the
feet of Justice. turn my back upon the Dem!
ocratiC party, captured and betrayed by the
know-nothng demagogues hungry Tor places
and spols, to join the pure Democracy which
struggles for the principle which the party or!
ganiZation has abandoned.
l renou nee a candidate whose only merit Is
his obscurity, that may follow statesman
whose life has made glorious the history of
his country. decline TO DOW down before
craven image bee ause prefer TO follow the
teachings of an apostle or the true 1altn.
Preferring shining ability to dull mediocr1ty:
q true reformer to sham reformer: astates-
man to hangman; an lllustrlous
citizen to political adventnrer, |
Ee p1tsence Of the 1adRers eader my 9pones
In the midst of brethren and comrades with
whom have shared a hard fought political
field, and before the eyes of the country to
whom have this night laid bare my motives
and my purposes, l declare myself in favor
OF Beni f. Butler, the soldier, the jurlSt, the
statesman and the patriot, and L appeal to
time for my vind1catlon.
MIR. VIM. Bourke Cochran, on rising to
second the resolution, was received with
loud cheering. He said there was stern
duty to be performed by the organization
before election day. No one had pro-
tested more strongly against Cleve.
lands nomination than he had, but
1t was essential to the prosperity
of the country that change in adminis-
tration should take place. The labor vote
was being threatened with sale. He
card but the cry of distress thoughout
the country, and that cry urged him to
work for the Democratic ticketi
He felt convinced that there,
was no power on the face OF
the earth that could drive .
this organization from the fold OF the
Democratic party. There were perhaps
strong reasons, he said, for voting for
third candidate, but il they did the
enemy would climb the rampant and
secure the victory, and he could not sit
still and see a party elected whose only
object and aim was public plunder.
Mr. Cochran concluded by saying
that it would 60 forth to the country
that this organization had declared itself
not for a man but for party.
The calling of the roll on the address
and resolution was then proceeded Win,
ami resulted in their adoption by an
overwhelming majority. The vote stood
$40 ayes, 81 nays. On motion the vote
was made unanimous. After some rou-
tine business the committee adjourned.