The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-09-06
Cleveland Accepts the Demo
81 4ocraGic, Nomination..

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~ eoerafic, NOsminatiom.
To Col VIM. r. Villas, chairman, and d. r.
Bestor and others. members of the notification
committee Of the, Democratic national con-
vention:
Gentlemen II have received your
communication, dated July %, 1884,
informing me of my nomination, TO the
Office of President of the United States
by the national Democratic convention
lately assembled at Chicago. ! accept
the nomination with a grateful appre-
citation of the supreme honor Conferred
and solemn sense of the responsible
iity which in its acceptance / assume.
hal have carefully considered the plat
form adopted by the convention. and
cordially approve the same. SO plain
Q statement Of Democratic faith and
the principles npon which that party
appeals to the sufffages of the people
needs no supplement or explanation.
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 nominee for that
Office has outlined Its policy and de-
clared its principles, it seems to me
that nothing in the character of the
Office or the necessities of the case re-.
quires more from.tlie candidate accept
ing such nomination than the sugges-
ton of certain we'll Known truths, 90
absolutely vital to the safety and we'll
fare Of the nation that they cannot be
too often recalled OF. too seriously en-
forced. 20
We proudly call ours government
by the people. 1t is not such when
class is tolerated which. arrogates to
itself the management Of public affairs,
seeking to centred the people instead
Of representing them. Parties are the
necessary outgrowth Of our institu-
stiOns, but government is not by the
people when one party fastens its con-
troll upon the country and perpetuates
its powe, by cajoling and betraying
the people instead of serving them.
A government is not by the people
when result which should represent,
the intelligent will Of free and think
ing men is or can be determined by
the shameless purchase of their suf-
frages when AN election to office shall
be the selection by the voters of one,
of their number To assume for a time
a public trust instead of his dedication
10 the profession of politics.; when the
holders of the ballot, quickened by
sense of Duty. shall ayenge truth be-
t,ayed and pledges broken. and when
the suffrage shall he altogether free
aud interrupted the full realization of
. government by the people viii 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 Pres
ident from re-election. 81 3,
| When we consider the patronage of
this great office, the allufements of
power, the temptation to retain public
place once gained, and, more than all,
the availability party finds in an in
cumbent whom horde Of office-h0ld
ers, will. 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 eligibility Of the Pres
ident for re-electioB serious danger
to that calm, deliberate aud intelligent
political action which must character
lie government by the people. :
8 A true American sentiment recog-l
niGes the dignity of labor and the fact
that honor, lies in honest toll. Con-
tented labor in sign of prosperity.
Ability to work constitutes the Capt.
tai and wages of labor, the income OF
vast number Of onr population, and
this interest should be jeaiousiy pro-
tected. Our workingmen are not ask :
ing unreasonable indulgence, but as
intelligent and manly citizens they
Sack the same consideration which
those demand whoshave 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 needle of
the employers and employed shall alike
be subserved and the prosperity Of the
country, the common heritage Of both.
be advanced. As related to this sub
ject, while we should not discourage
the Immigration Of those who come to
acknowledge allegiance to our govern.
ment and add to onr citizen popula-
tion, yet, as means Of protection t0
our workingnlen, different rule should
prevail concerning those who, If they
come ar are brought 10 our land, do
not intend, to become Americans. but
will injuriously compete with those
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