The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-01-22
GOV. CLEvELAND's MISSION.

Through the courtesy of Mr.. Mauldin
we are permitted this week to present to
our readers the views of the senior mem-
Der of the firm of Austin, Nichols & Co..
one of the leading business houses of
New York, upon the election of Cover
nor Cleveland, and its probable effect
upon the country, Mr.. Austin has been
lifelong Republican. but supported
Gov. Cleveland in the hope Of securing
reformation in the government. The
views which he expresses upon the duties
and objects of government show that it
has been.a misnomer to call him a Re-
publican. For temporary causes he has
been acting with the Republican party,
but the views expressed below are thor
oughly Democratic in their spirit. If
the incoming administration does not act
upon them. fully and completely it will
have to depart from the traditions of the
past, and will prove q disappointment to
the rank and file of the Democratic
party. Mr.. Austin Gays:
NEW YORK, Dec. II, 1854.
J. T.. MAULDIN ESQ.,, Anderson, S. G.
Dear Sir: Your favor of 9th inst. to
hand. do not profess much astuteness
in political affairs, but cheerfully slate
what think of the future outlook. l
believe Mr.. Cleveland, as President, will
be careful, honest and conservative Ex-
ecutive, and I think he has habit of
cool deliberation which will be of great
service to the country. For the last
twenty years the tendency has been to
over. er.legislation, largely in the interest of
special classes of the community, to the
detriment of the mass of the people.
What the country wants is economy in
public affairs; as little legislation as pos
sible, and the people left to work out
their salvation by their industry and
economy, asking from the government
only protection for life, liberty and secu.
rity of property, and less of this everlast-
ing tinkering and class legislation which
has given few miTlionaires the power to
control certain large branches of bust
ness almost exclusively, and making the
mass of the people hewers of wood and
drawers OF water to these favored few
miIlionaires. Let the old "Jacksonian"
maxim apply to our public affairs that
the "world is governed too much" let
the people have an equal chance, and we
shall come out al right. The North,
South, East and West all demand this,
and believe Mr.. Cleveland will do
what he can to accomplish this result.
enclose printed slip of my views in
commercial sense.
Yours truly,
RoBT. F. AUSTIN.
The following is the extract to which
reference is made in the above letter:
"Mr. Austin, the head of the firm of
Austin, Nichols & Co., said {: Every
Presidential nomination naturally more
| or less absorbs the attention of the whole
community, and while do not think
that it affects business so much as many
people claim, it unquestionably makes
some difference to us. Since the election,
there has been a better demand for
merchandise, not because there has been
any great advance in the staple commod-
tiles, but simply from the fact that peo-
pie desired to know which way the Pres.
idential contest was to end, and had
therefore run short, as it were, of mer-
chandise. Undoubtedly there is too
large a quantity of manufactured goods
in the country, and in my judgment,
there will be kind of sluggishness in
the sale of cotton, wooden, iron and many
other commodities, until the restricted
production has lessened the quantity
and consumption has overtaken it.
That is natural law which politics nor
anything else can govern or interfere
with. So far as our business is concerned,
stocks in the interior are light, though
there is not the slightest difficulty in
daily supplying every merchant in the
United States, even at the remotest cross
roads. This is true of large and small
transactions. Let me say right here that
there has been manifestation of un'
usual prudence on the part of purchasers
ever since the panic of last Spring, and
purchasers, as rule, throughout the
country have bought upon the principle
of supplying their real wants and needs.
The county is full of the products of the
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