, 1884-08-20

toll and be framed with a view of improv-
ing the condition of the workingman. A
proper regard for the welfare of the work
ingman being inseparably connected with
the integrity Of our institutions, none of
our citizens are more interested than they
in guarding against the corrupting inhu-
ences which seek to pervert the benef-
cent purposes of our Government, and
none should be more watchful Of the art
full Vaccinations ofthose who allure them
to self-inficted injury.
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.
In a free country the curtailment of the
absolute rights OF the individual should
only be such as is essential to the peace
and good order of the community. The
limit between the proper subjects of Gov
ernmental control and those which can be
more fttingly left to the moral sense and
self imposed restraint of the citizen,
should be c%arfully kept in view. Thus
laws unnecessarily interfering with the
habits and customs of any one of our peo-
pie, which are not offensive to the moral
sentiments of the civilized world and
which are consistent with good citizenship
and the public welfare are unwise and
vicious.
AS TO COMMERCE.
The commerce of a nation to a great
extent determines its supremacy. Cheap
and easy transportation should, therefore,
be literally fostered. Within the limits
OF the constitution the general government
should so improve and protect its natural
waterways as will enable the producers of
the country to reach a profitable market.
TIL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.
The people pay the wages of the public
employees, and they are entitled
to the fair and honest work
which the money hus paid should
command. 1t is the duty of those en-
trusted with the management of their
affairs to see that such public service is
forthcoming. The selection and reten-
ton of subordinates in Government en-
ployment should depend upon their ascer-
tanned fitness and the value OF their work,
and they should be neither expected nor
allowed to do questionable party service.
The interests of the people will be better
protected, the estimate of pub
lie labor and duty will be
immensely improved; public employment
will be open to all who demonstrate their
fitness to enter it; the unseemly scramble
for place under the Government, with the
consequent importantly which embitters
official life, will cease, and the public de-
partments will not be filled with those
who conceive it to be their first duty to
aid the party to which they owe their
place instead of rendering patient and
honest return to the people.
THE MANAGEMENT OF AFFAIRS.
l believe that the public demand is such
that the voters of the land are prepared
to support the party which gives the best
promise of administering the Govern
ment in the honest, simple and plain man
ner which is consistent with its
character and purposes. They
have learned that mystery
and ~concealment in the Management of
their affairs cover tricks and betrayal.
The craftsmanship they require consists
in honesty and ~frugality, a prompt re-
Spouse to the needs of the people as they
arise and the v%igilant protection of all
their varied interests.
fl should be called to the Chief Mag
istracy of the nation by the suffrages of
my fellow citizens, 1 will assume the
duties of that high office with a solemn
determination to dedicate every effort to the
country's good and with an humble reli-
ance upon the favor and support of the
Supreme Being, who l | believe will always
bless honest human endeavor in the con-
scientious discharge Of public duty.
(Signed) GROVER CLEVELAND.
To Colonel William Villas, Chairman,
and D. P. Bestor and others, members
of the notification committee of the Demo-
cratic National Convention.