The semi-weekly miner., 1885-10-28
CLEVELAND AS PRESID ENT.

That Grover Cleveland is President OF
the United States is a fact SO unanimously
conceded that even his most bitter political
opponents have not had even the effrontery
to question. When he was inaugurated
| into that exalted office he candidly ad-
mitted that as he had been elected by the
people he would be a servant to and not
| aspire to be the master OF the people. This
is the true Democratic doctrine, such as
was laid down by Thomas Jefferson, the
| author OF the creed, and which bristles all
through the immortal State papers and
| oratorical efforts of that grandest among
| the patriotic statesmen who planned ana
constructed the enduring foundations upon
which the American Union has been erected.
Disgust at, and contempt for, hereditary
monarchs and their unlimited powers, form
the sentiment upon which the Declaration
of Independence was based. The same SEN
timent ripening more fully as time fitted
| by, has become so firmly imbedded in the
hearts of the American people as to effect
ually preclude the possibility OF submis-
sion, by them, to One-man power. Inc
paramount object of the Republican party
has BEEN throughout it's brief existence, to
centralize the powers OF the Government IN
the hands OF the Chief Executive or some
other officer whose title and tenure they
adroitly concealed. They unsuccessiully
struggled, as the first to perpetual and un-
limited power, to renominate one OF their
leaders for third term to the office OF
President, thus ignoring the time-honored
custom OF retiring to private life, alter
second term, citizen honored by the high
est in the gift OF sovereign free people.
Nothing but the fear manifested by lew OF
their prophetic counselors OF disastrous
defeat at the polls, deferred them from tax
ing a step so inimical to the perpetulty OF
our popular form OF government.
The Democratic party owes the Por'n"-
nency of it's organization to the TACT that 1T
has always boldly fought to preserve the
triune powers OF the executive, judicial ana
legislative departments OF the Government.
These form a system of checks and balances
which, if enforced, will for all time to come
preserve the priceless heritage OF human
liberty. Grover Cleveland is a living repre-
sentative of Democracy, and his whole be-
ing CLOVIS with the principles OF liberty,
equality and Justice which compose the
slogan of that grand old party, and which
are so indispensable for proper admins
tration OF our National affairs AS mayor,
sheriff and governor Mr.. Cleveland mani
tested a fixed and immovabe determina-
ton to serve the people. There is not a
single instance on record showing that he,
at any time, when in the discharge OF the
various duties OF those important Offices,
shrunk from the faithful performance
of them All his public official acts will
bear the closest scrutiny and challenge
criticism. Those acts show him to have
been ever mindful OF that fact which should
always direct the course OF a public officer,
to wit: That he was the servant, not the
master, of the people who had confded to
him trusts OF 40 much Importance.
As President OF the United States his ac-
tions will continue to show, as they have
during his half years occupancy OF that
exalted position, that the government and
not the man is supreme. Controlled by this
sentiment he will not only fearessly enforce
the laws. but as the Chief Executive, and
Commander OF the Army and Navy, he will
like a wall of adamantine surround the
base of the Union and turn back the surges
OF partisanship and the angry waves OF DIS
sension at home, or the tempests OF asgres-
sion from abroad. Such man the people
will find Grover Cleveland to be as their
preSidant