The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-08-07

right to the highest honor on the globe
You have read the platform. How d
you like it 7 Is it clear, bold and trutl
full? Is it beyond the reach of doubl
construction ? Can you understand it an
explain it to another
If not you cannot vote it. You have n
right to vote q lie. Is the candidate a ma
who has been tested before the world an
found to be Of the stuff they make pres
dents of? The Democratic party is nc
without great men, 1t has Thurman, an
Bayard, and Randall, and Carlisle, an
Lamar, and Hoadly. Did it name one @
these? Who did it name? Who is he
By no merit of his he was thrown by
popular upheaval into the seat of the gov
ernOr of a great state, but he has won IL
| enviable distinction there. His real lif
work was done as sherieff of Erie coun
| ty. He has not written one word-he ha
not performed one act that will live afte
1 him.
His enemies say his late official recor,
consists of a letter to John Kelly askin,
him to XIII off State Senator, and of tire
yetoes in the interests of corporations
His friends say that he is fat, fair ant
hfty. is a bachelor and weighs nearly tire,
! hundred pounds. All agree that he is no
Colonel Corkhill OF a town in Ohio.
He represents no party, no principle. NJ
public policy.
| He is not a fit candidate for great par
| ty. He would not be fit president for {
great nation.
| What did the other convention do? II
made a declaration that he ''who runs may
read In its whole length there is not {
sentence you may not understand. 1t de
CARES this government shall protect Amer
lean citizens at home and protect them
abroad that our commerce shall again
Whlten the seas; that the Monroe doc.
Urine shall be asserted and that this is a
nation and not confederacy
1t has named a candidate that the coun-
Try knows and the world knows, that
Europe classes the first of living Ameri-
cans. He has been in the forefront for a
quarter of century. He has controlled
the House of Representatives as a master.
Senates have been convinced by his logic,
and when for one hour the whole nation
bowed III common sorrow,
"He spake the simplest saddest word
mat world in waiting heard"
AS party lines were drawn YESTERDAY.
you saw him on the other side standing
head and shoulders above those about him
and you cried out would that such Saul
were fighting for us. AS the issues are
made up to-day, this man is on our side
and represents the real interests and fights
the battle OF the people who dwell between
the Blue Ridge and the Alleghanies.
lie IS the exponent of the principle of
protection, the defender of the Monroe
doctrine, the champion of general am
nesty, OF universal education. of a free
ballot and a fair count.
The success of Republicanism now
4 4. =
people OF America, and he is the best liy-
ing representative of the faith and the
devotion and the daring and defiance of
true Republicanism.
Deny it with emphasis as
they may, disguise it with words as thew
have, the real controlling principle of The
Democratic party is free trade. The Chi
cago platform was not. and the Morrison
Dill was, an honest declaration.
know that under the shock of the agi-
tatlon OF last winter and the threat of
Tree trade president. the manufacturing
interests OF this country are now depressed
ana Win them our farming interests have
gone down. But we are not to Judge of
the erect OF public policies by the record
OF SIX months when we have twenty wears
for comparison.
Until 1860 the Democratic party CON
trolled the country with almost the same
authority that the republican party has
ever since. 1t is true the Wings broke in at
intervals before 1850 and built up some
factories and furnaces. and that the Dem
ocratlc party has broken down some in
dustries since 1860, but for comparison
the general rule NAV stand.
,o,,,a,. er s s'i -, l'opqolcall parry came INTO
RuMvt CIV elie pollcy On protecting nome
,nooifb l of + hoo esIapllshea. tne assessed
o1O e1 a. oo oie 900 oo onn omlttlng slaves
t M"' enr,oG1p.uoo,ooo: Ihls represented
W T,no 900 t .'aClons ol Two hundred years
900 900 600 Vic assesseu wealth. was ?4o; 00o-
u ,,,os u .hIee !lmes as great. And this
W. We roT hue 70 increased popnlatIon, Tor
ny GOO o1 el GaplGa was IN 1851 S46o and
~ 800 o;, poov ~ was not que 10 any I'M.
p.9 I4 lvoll 6s W gne wofia. Inc increase OF
W.. MeaiIil was pz,ooo, oo0per day. and one-third
Uiu ieoaease u Che Whole world. And more
slgl1llcanC is Jne comparison with the free
u I'M nv naelolis Vi EUROPE:
,o nno s'nli''ssi accuHlulatlons were as tol-
io"s'
EEepmany...........' ....... .ss25. 0O0,000
United States so5 ooo VO0
Conld anvtbino no move oloo Yt'O In,
these fiouresp And vat o1,o,.v 1901 Dara
ocrat has crossed biyosal H'o oLa SooG nf
these years and cold tha 10y nasnS VI
to the docs and eve,.v nanrn;,o m''I be so ha :
shouted ssfTnrn tbo rosaoi l.o 80 s n0 n'''
lam Glad that # is ' nossihl Hu now 70 l,avo
noliticaj argnment IN hnsinoSs ;,,tor l,ss,
and that NAV sneat to uo, 90 +ba dn IIvo
and cents invo1ved to Won in tbi v,'o oontast
Call f. a bread and bufto,. ,ouna ,o if uo,
please The lime has Cow, -, uo - you
rightly saw If there ;s no o, mit .n
involved we will vote for ro,tr
offers the greatest good to the greatest
number, which promises better price for
our land and better market for orr pro-
ducts, better pay for our labor. better
schools for our children. and by these
fruits we will Judge them. The time for
deliverance from the old thraldom is at
hand. For years you have been hewers of
wood and drawers of water. or fighters in
the field for the copperhead Democracy of
the North, and what service has it re-
turned?
With leaders that you loved and would
honor, you have been obliged to push them
aside and say that Seymour, and Greeley,
and Tilden, and Hancock, and Cleveland,
last and least of all, were the men of your
choice. Millions Of dollars were due YOU
from the Government, but they pleaded
with you to withhold your claims, lest they
should be in the way Of Democratic sue
cess, until the claimants are dead or the
claims outlawed. Did ever proud and
powerful people stand in such vassalage ?