The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-08-28
CleyeIand's Letter of Acceptance

| Albany, N. Y, Aug. 19.-The fol-
lowing is Governor Cleveland's letter
formally accepting the Democratic
nomination for Presidency of the
United States:
GENTLEMEN have received your
communication, dated July "a, 1884,
informing me of my nomination to
the Office of President of the United
States by the National Democratic
Convention, lately assembled at Chi
cago. accept the nomination with
grateful appreciation of the supreme
honor conferred, and solemn sense
of the responsibility which in its &C.
ceptance / assume.
I have carefully considered the
platform adopted by the Convention,
and cordially approve the same. So
plain statement of Democratic faith
and the principles upon which that
party appeals to the sufrages of the
people, needs no supplement or ex-
PLANTATION.
It should be remembered that the
Office of President is essentially exec
utive in its nature. The laws enacted
by the Legislative branch of the Gov
eminent the Chief Executive is bound
faithfully to enforce, and when the
wisdom of the political party which
selects one Of its members as a nom
inee 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 necessi-
ties of the case requires more from
nomination than the suggestion of
certain well-known truths, so abso-
lutely vital to the safety and welfare
of the nation that they cannot be too
often recalled or too seriously en-
forced.
We proudly call ours government
by the people. It is not such when
class is tolerated which arrogates to
itself the management of public
affairs, seeking to control the people
instead of representing them.
Partiesare the necessary outgrowth
of our institutions, but a government
is not by the people when one party
fastens its control upon the country
and perpetuates it's power by caioling
and betrayng the people instead of
serving them.
A government is not by the people
when a result which should represent
the intelligent will of free and think
ing men is, or can be, determined by
the shamelessness of their sufrages
When an election to Office shall be
the selection by the voters of one of
their number to assume for time
public trust instead of his dedication
to the profession Of politics; when
the holders of the ballot, quickened
by a sense of duty, shall avenge the
truth betrayed and pledges broken,
and when the suffrage shall be alto
gether free and interrupted, the 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 President from re-
election.
When we consider the patronage of
this great Office, the allurements of
power, the temptation to retain pub
lie place once gained, and, more than
ALL the availability party finds in an
incumbent whom a horde of office
holders, with zeal born Of benefits
received and fostered by the hope Of
favors yet to come, stand too ready to
aid with money and trained political
service, we recognize in the eligibili-
ty of the President to reelection the
most serious danger to that calm,
deliberate and intelligent, political
action which must characterize gov
eminent hv the ooor1Ia