Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-08-30
liCLEyELAND ANDl HENDRICKS.


q JhzThe Letters OfiAeeeptanee.. L.sa'h 4
ALBANY N! Y.,a Aug. lS.-Goy,
Cieveland'ss letter. formally accepts
Jag theaDemoeratic nomination fol
President iof the Unitedr States
is as fellews:a g1astaa yd IsJs8s
Gentlemen: II have u received
your, communication dated July q.
1881, uifolmIng me OF my nofnina.
tion TO the Office of President or the
United States by the National Dem
ocratic Convention .laioly assembled
at Chicago. / accept the nomination
with a grateful Appreciation OF the
supreme honor conferred, and d sol
emn sense OF the responsibility,
which, insaceordianee, Illassume. 1
have cafeiull lyl considered the plat.
form adopted by The convention,
an! cordially approve The same. go S.o
plain asthteinent OF the Ben1ocfatic
faith and the if,riiaciples ponswhieR
that l,arty aflpealsrto the snffrages
OF the people neesis no supplement-
or explanation. ItshOuld be remeIn-
bered that the Office OF President is
essentially executive III its nature.
The laws enacted by the legislative
branch OF the government Of the
chief executive is bound faithfully
to enforce, and When the wisdom OF
the political party which selects one
of its members as a nominee for that
Office has outlined its policy and de-
clared its principles, il seems 10 me
that nothing i'm character Of the of
ticer, the necessities of the case, re-
quirea more from the candidate
accepting such nomination than the
of well known truths so
vital to the safety and
welfare OF the nation that they can
not be too often recalled or too seri-
ously enforced. . a"a
We proudly call ours a Govern
inent by the people. II is not such
when class is tolerated which ar
rogates to itself the management Of
public affairs, seeking to control the
people, instead Representing them.
Parties are the necessary Outgrowth
of our institutions, but govern
ment is not by the people when one
party fastens its control upon the
country and perpetuates It's powers
by cajOling and betraying the people
instead OF serving thein.' A govern
inent is not by the people when Il
result which should represent the
intelligent will Of free and thinking
men il or can be determined by the
disregard Of their suffra-
ges. When an election to Office
shall be the selection by thc voters
Oi one of their number to assume
for time Il public trust instead OF
his dedication TO the profession OF
politics, when the holders Of the
ballot, quickencd bya sense Of duty,
shall aVenge the truth betrayed and
pledges broken, and when the sui.
frage shall he altogether free and un
the full realization Of n
by the people will be
IT hand, and Of the means t0 this
md not one would. in my ju'i i2menty 4
he more effective than an amend-q
Inent to tile Constitution disqual-
living the President from re elec
tiOn. I
When we consider the patronage |
)I this great office, the allurHnents |
u power, the temptation To retain
public place once gained, and, more |
lhan all, the availability party
finds in an incumbent whom Il
horde Of office hnIierS, with zeal
AIru OF benefits received ami foster
I'd by the hope OF fsvqrs yet TO come,
stand too ready Ia aid with money |
md trainc,l political service, we rec
DgnIze i'm the eligibility OF the Pres |
dent for re. election Il most serious |
langer to that calm, deliberate and |
Intelligent political action which |
must charaeteriZe Il government by |
he people.