The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-21
CLEYELAND'S LETTER.
4 Very Plain and Formal Accepiauc,
VI His Nomination.
THE LABOR QUESTION REVIEWED
Honesty, Fitness and No Mystery de-
nand.d In Public s.rNir. aud
rledg. Ia Duly Observe
Them IL Elected.

| tho Inltcu states, IL rs IOlloWS:
GENTLEMEN: | have received your
communication dated July ~, lSSi, in
| forming mo OF my nomination 10 the
Office Of President OF the United States
by the National Democratic convention,
lately assembled ut Chicago. ! accept
the nomination with u grateful apprc-
citation of the supreme honor conferred
and II solemn sense of the RESPONSE
bility which, In its acceptance,
/ | assume. | have carefully
| considered the platform adopted by the
convention and cordially approve the
same. So plain u statement of Demo-
cratic principles on which that party ap-
| neals Ia the suilragcs ofthc people needs
! no supplement or explanation. IL should
| bc remembered that tho Office of Prr~i-
1 dent Is essentially executive la its
| nature. The laws enacted 10y the lvgiS
! !aiive branch of tho Government, the
| chief Executive is bound faithfully to
enforce, aud when the wisdom OF the
political party which selects one of its
| members as u nominee for that Office has
outlived its policy and declared its
| principles, IL seems to mo that nothing
! in the character OF the case
! requires more from the can
didate accepting such nomination than
/ the suggestion of certain well known
| truths so absolutely vital to the safety
and welfare of the Nation that they can
not be too often recalled or too seriously
enforced. We proudly call ours u gov
ernment by the people. II is not such
I when class is tolerated which arrOgatcs
/ To itself the management of public
( affairs, seeking 10 control the people in
! stead OF representing them. Parties are
| the necessary outgrowth Of our institu-
tons, but n government Is not hy the
people when one party fastens its con-
irol on the country and perpctuates its
power by caioling and betraying the
Them. A government il not
| by the people, when a result which
| should represent the intelligent will of
! free and thinking men is, or can bc, de.
termined by the shameless abuse of
their sulirageS. When an election to
an office shall be the selection by the
voters of one Of their number TO resume
for n time Il public trust, instead of his
dedication to the profession of politics:
when the holders of the ballot, quick
cned by u sense of duty, shall avcnge
! truth betrayed and pledges broken, and
when the suffrage shall bc free and UNI
corrupted, the full realization of II Gov
ernmcnt by the people will be at hand.
And AS for the means to this end, not
one would, in my Judgment, be
| more effective than an amendment to
| the constitution disqualiiying the Presi-
| dent from reelection. When we con-
slider the patronage of this great office,
the allurements of power, the temptation
tn retain public place once gained, and
more than all, the availability party
| finds in an incumbent whom u horde of
office folders with a zeal born of benefit
received, and fosIered by the
hope of favOrs yet to come,
stand too ready to aid with
money and trained political service, we
recognize in the eligibility of the Prcsi-
dent frO.a re-electing most serious dan
! ger to that calm, deliberate and intelli-
gent political action which must char
,,eg,e' people. 4 true american sem. en-
,,mhnt recognizes the dignity Of
labor. and the fact that honor lies in
honest toll, contented labor is Il sign of
national prosperity, ability to work con-
stitutcs the capital and the wages of Ia
Dor, the income of n vast number of our
population, and this interest should he
jca!ously protected. Our working men
are not asking unreasonable indulgence,
but as intelligent and manly citizens
they seek the same consideration which
those demand who have other interests
at stake. They should receive their full
share of the care and attention Of those
who make and execute the laws, to the
end that the wants and needs of the en-
ployers and the employed shall
alike be subserved and the
prosperity Of the country, the
common heritage of both be advanced.
AS relates to this subject, while we
should not discourage the migration Of
those who come To acknowledge allegi-
ance To our Government and to our cit
iZen population, yet as II means of pro-
lection to our wOrkingmcn "A different
rule should prevail concerning those
who, if they come or are
brought to our land do not intend
to become Americans, but will in uri-
ously compete with those justly entitled
to our field Of labor. In a letter accept
ing the nomination of the Office of Gov
ernor nearly two years ago, made the
following statement, 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
right when endangered by aggregated
capital, and all statutes on this subject
should recognize the care of the State
for honest toll and he framed with a
view Of improving the con-
regard for the welfare OF the
workingmen being inseparably con-
nected with the integrity OF our
constitution nenc of our citizens
are more interested than they in
guarding against the corrupling
influences which seek to pervert the
beneiicient purposes of fourGovernment,
and none should be more watchiul
of the artful Vaccinations of those
who allure them to self-inilicted
injury. In free country the curtail-
ment OF the absolute right of the indi-
vidual should only be such as is essential
to the peace and good order
between the proper subjects
OF governmental control, and those that
can be more tittingly left TO the moral
citizen should be carefully kept
in view. Thus, laws unneces-
sarily interfering with the habits
and customs of any of our people, which
are not offensive to the moral sentiment
OF the civilized world, and which are
consistent with good citizenship and
the public welfare are unwise. The
great extent, determines it's supremacy.
Cheap and easy transportation should,
therefore, be literally fostered within
the limits of the consti-
tuition. The general Government
should so improve and protect
its natural WATERWAYS as will enable
the producers of the country to reach Il
prOntaDle market. Inc people pay tne
wages of the public employees, and they
are entitled to the fair and honest work
which the money thus. paid
should command. 1t is the
duty of those entrusted with tho man
agement of their affairs to see that such
public service is forthcoming. The Sc
lection and retention of subordinates in
the government employment should
depend on their ascertained
1itnesS and the value OF
their work, and they should be neither
expected nor allowed to do questionable
party service. The interests of the peo-
pie will be better protected, the estimate
of public labor and duty will be i'm
meisely improved, public employment
will be open to all who demonstrate
their fitness to enter it. The unseemly