The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-08-28
AN APPEAL TO THE COUNTRY,
Grover clovoland's Letter of Acceptance

ALBANY, N. Y, August l9.-The fol.
lowing was received to-day by Col.
Lamont, the private secretary of Cover.
nor Cleveland, who Is at Upper Saranac
Lake, with instructions to make it public
on its receipt:
ALBANY, N. Y, August Is, 1884.
Gentlemen: / have received your com.
munication dated July %, 1881, inform.
ibg me of my nomination 10 the office of
President of the United States by the
National Democratic Convention lately
assembled at Chicago / accept tho
nomination with grateful appreciation of
the supreme honor conferred and q aolemn
sense of the responsibility which in its
acceptance assume. ] have carefully
considered the platform adopted by the
Convention, aud cordially approve the
same. So plain statement OF Demo.
cratic faith, and the principles upon
which that party appeals to the suf'rages
OF the people, needs no supplement- or
explanation.
THE DANGER OF THE HOUR.
1t should be remembered that the office
OF President is essentially executive in
its nature. The laws enacted by the
legislative 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 the 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 SO vital to the safety and welfare
OF the nation that they cannot be too
often recalled or too seriously enforced.
We proudly call ours o government by
the people. 1t is not such when class
is tolerated which arrogates to itself the
management of public affairs, seeking to
control the people instead of represent.
ing them. Parties are necessarily the
ontgrowth of our institutions, but the
Government is not by the people when
one party fastens its control upon the
country and perpetuates its power by
cajoling and betraying the people instead
Of serving them. The Government ia
not by the people when the result, which
should represent the intelligent will of
free and thinking men, is, or can be de.
termiued by the
SHAMELESS CORRUPTION OF THEIR sUF.
FRAGEs;
when an election to Office shall be the
selection Ivy tho voters of one of their
number to assume for tho time public
trust, instead of his dedication TO tho
profession of politics; when the holders
Of the ballot, quickened by sense of
duty, shall avenge truth betrayed and
pledges broken, and when suffrage shall
be altogether free and uncorrupted, full
realization of government 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 disqualifying the Presi.
dent from re election. When We consid.
er the patronage of this great Office, the
allurements of power, the temptation to
retain public places once gained, and
more than all the availability q party
find:. III an incumbent whom the horde of
0fEce holders, with zeal born of benefits
received and fostered by hope Of favors
yet 20 come, stand ready to aid with
money and trained political service, we
recognize in the eligibility Of the Presi.
dent for re-election most serious danger
to that calm, deliberate and intelligent
political action which fnust chcracterizs
government by the people.
"HoNoR LIES IN HONEST TOLL"
A true American sentiment recognizes
the dignity of labor and the fact that
honor lies in honest toll. Contented
labor is an element of national prosperi.'
ty. Ability to work constitutes the cap.
ital and the wages Of labor the income
Of vast number Of our population, and
this interest should be zealously protect.
a6 ~ rfyf ~ III,
unreasonable indulgence, but LIZ intelli.
gent and manly citizens they seek the
same consideration which those demand
who have other interests at stake. They
should receive their full share Of care,
and the attention of those who make and
execute the laws, to the end that the
wants and needs of employers and EN-.
ployed shall alike be subserved, and the
prosperity Of tho country, the common
heritage of both, be advanced. In rela.
ton to this subject; while we should not
discourage the immigration of those who
come to acknowledge allegiance to our
Government end add to our citizen popu.
lation, 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, bet will injuriously compete
with those justly entitled to our field of
labor. In my letter accepting the nomi.
nation of the Office of Governor nearly
two years ago made the following state.
ment to which have steadily adhered:
"The laboring classes constitute the main
part of our population. They should be
protected in their efforts peaceably to
assert their rights when endangered by
aggregated capital, and all the statutes
on this subject should recognize the care
of the State for honest toll and be framed
with the view of improving the condition
Of the workingmen, q proper regard for
the welfare of the workingman being in.
separately connected with, the integrity Of
our institutions. None of our citizens
are more interested than they in guarding
against any Of the corrupting influences
which seek to pervert the beneficent pur..
poses of our Government, and none
should be more watchful of the artfui
Vaccinations of those who allure them
to self.inaicted injury. In free coun..
try curtailmopt of the absolute rights Of
the individual should only be such as IL
essential TO the peace and good order of
the community. The limit between the
proper subjects of governmental control
and those which can be more fittipgly
left to tho moral sense and self-imposed
restraint Of the citizen should be careful.
ly kept in view. Thus, laws unnecessa.
rily interfering with the habits and Gus.
toms Of any Of our people which are not
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