Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-20
A STATESMAN'S LETTER.
aguvER oLEvELANp's AUUErrA NOE
The Brief and Ringing Deliveranoo OF the
Democratic Candidate on the Issues OF
the Presidential CampeIgu

The following was received Tuesday by
Colonel Lamont, secretary to Governor
Cleveland, who is at Upper Saranac lake,
with instructions to make it pnblic ON its
receipt
ALBANY, n. ", August Is, 1854.
GENTLEMEN {: / have received your com.
muuication, dated July %, 1884, informing
me Of my nominination to the office OF
president of the United States by the
national Democratic convention lately
assembled at Chicago. | accept the noml.
nation with grateful appreciation OF the
supreme honor conferred and solemn
sense of tho responsibility which in its
acceptance | assume. / have carefully
considered the platform adopted by the
convention and cordially approved the
Il same SO plain statement of Democratic
| faith and the principles upon which that
| party appeals to the sutlrages OF the
people needs no supplement or explana'
1 tion.
Ii should be remembered that tho office
of president is essentially executive in its
/ nature. The laws enacted by the legisla
tive branch of the government the chief
/ executive is bound faithfully to enforce,
and when the wisdom of the political party
which selects ono of its members as
| nominee for that office has outlined its
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
nomination than the suggestion of certain
we'll known truths, 50 absolutely vital to
the safety and welfare of the nation that
| they cannot be too often recalled or too
seriously enforced.
A Government OF tho People.
We proudly call ours q government by
the people. 1t is not such when class is
tolerated which arrogates 10 itself the
| management of public affairs, seeking TO
control the people instead OF representing
them. Parties are the necessary out
growth of our institutions but govern
ment is not by the people when one party
fastens its control UPON the country and
perpetuates power by cejoling and betray.
ing the people instead of serving them. a
government is not by the people when q
result which should represent the intelli-
gent will OF free and thinking men is, or
can be, determined by the shameless cor
ruption Of their sutfragcs.
When an election to office shall be the
selection by the voters Of one of their
number to assume for time a public
trust, instead of his dedication t. the pro-
fession of politics, when the holders of
the ballot, quickened bya sense of duty,
shall avenge truth betrayed and pledges
broken, and when tho suffrage shall be al
together free and uncorrupted, the full
realization of government by tho 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 disqualifying the president
from reelection. When We consider the
patronage of this great office, the allure
ments of power the temptation to retain
public places once gained and, moro than
all, the availability q party finds in an in
cumbent whom horde of ofice-holders,
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 in the eligi
bility of the president for reelection {
most serious danger TO that calm,
deliberate aud intelligent political action
; which must characterize o government by
, the people.
The Interests OF Labor.
A true American sentiment recognizes
the dignity of labor, and the fact that
honor lies in honest, contented labor as ar
element Of national prosperity. Ability
to work constitutes the capital and the
wage oflabor the income Of a vast mum
Der of our population, and this interest
should be jealously protected. Our work
ingmen are not asking unreasonable indul
: gence but, as intelligent and manly citi
. zens, they seek the same consideration
, which those demand who have other inter
ests at stake. They should receive thei
full share Of the care and attention Of thos
n who make and execute the laws, to tn
} end that the wants and needs of tho EN-
, | ployers and tho employed shall alike b.
q subseryed and the prosperity of the coun
try, the common heritage Of both, be ad
vanced. AS related to this subject, whii
s we should not discourage the immigration
Il OF those who come to acknowledge allie
. glance TO our government and add to on
citizen population, yet as means OF pro
. lection TO our workingmen different rul
should prevail concerning those who,
they come or are brought 70 our land, d.
not intend to become American citizens
but will injuriously compete with thos
y justly entitled to our. field of labor.
In letter accepting the nomination +
the office OF governor, nearly two year
a ago, made the following statement, t
= which l have steadily adhered /: 9Th
, laboring classes constitute the main par
of our population. They should be pre-
3 tected in their efforts peaceably to asser
/, their rights when endangered by aggre
. gated capital, and all statutes on this sub
jeCt should recognize the care of the stat
D for honest toll and be framed with a viON
of improving the condition OF the work
' ingman. A proper regard for the weliaT
of the workingman being inseparably con
o nected with the integrity OF our institu
{ tions, none of our citizens arc NOR
j interested than they in guarding agains
4 any oorrupting influences which seek +
peryert the sbeneflcent purposes OF ou
{ government, and none should be NOR
D watchful OF tho artful Vaccinations @
Q those who allure them to selfintiictin
' injury"
The Freedom OF the IndiyidusI
In free country the curtailment of til
, absolute rights of the iudiy idual shoul
A only be such as Is essential to the peac
I and good order of the community. Th
/ limit between the proper subjects o
|, governmental control and those which cal
i be more tittingly left TO the moral sens
and self-imposed restraint of tho either
should be carefully kept in view. Thu
laws unnecessarily interfering with tn
! habits and customs of any OF our peopl
which are not offensive TO the mora
sentiments of the civilized world and whicl
are consistent with good citizenship AT
the public welfare, are unwise and vexa
tious.
The commerce of q nation to grea
extent determines its supremacy. Cheal
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