Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-03
DEMOCRACY'S FRONT.
THR DUTIES or THE HOUR YoRcIBLY
SET FORTH.
A Ringing Address from chsirman Bar
mum, Of the National
Committee
mr telegraph % the nlsn.toh. l


NEW YoRK, November 2.-rhe National
Democratic Committee hes issued the follow
ing address:
10 ne People Of the United States:
The National Democratic Committee thinks
II right 10 say few words 10 YOU IN these
closing hours Of the campaiau. II was plain
before the nomination OF Grover Cleveland
that the great majority OF the citizens OF all
conditions desired hrs rejection, because
his administration OF the office Of President
had been a signal example OF honest govern
ment.
Since his denomination the united action
81 the Democratic party, the cordial sup
! port OF the Independent press, The testimony
paid TO his merits by the most Influential
/ Republican Journals and DV large bodies 81
men Rh0 had previously acted With the Re-
publican party. and your general good will
have made his election n certainty.
The campaign which Is about closing has
been extraordinary Ia kind. We realize that
we have not been engaged 10 struggle with
The national Republican party, but with
faction which dictated its candidate and acts
~ ITS name. Ghe methods pursued by this
! faction baYe been such as might reasonably
have been expected. The men OF that fac
ton are believers in coercion, and in the cor
rupting power Of money. They endcayOred
TO compel manufacturers 10 control the voies
OF their employees. They have sought 10 DE-
vide and break upthe organizations Of work
inemen formed for the protection Of labor
by the lavish expenditure OF money. They
are chargeable with efforts to obtain success
ia certain States and congressional districts
by the colonization Of illegal voters. They
are followers Of men who, while refusing TO
| adjust the national controversy by frosty,
would not accord 10 President Cleveland sui
hcient means Of retaliation.
They are in harmony with those who s,ig-
Matte the naturalized citizens az Unworthy
TO share With them all the privileges OF citi-
zenship in our common country. and yet
endeavOr by Misrepresentation and worse
methods to create prejudice in the minds Of
those naturalized citizens against the Presi-
dent, who has always been a steady uphOldcr
OF their equal rights at home and abroad ~
/ American citizens. The President has pro-
| perly rebuked the Oilicious Interference Oi
| foreign minister i'm our internal affairs. You
Will see 10 il that those who procured or
! counteDanced the fraud by which such in
teriefCnce was solicited are punished by
your indignant and overwhelming vote AT
the bIlot-D0x. The method and character
OF the attempt made by whOmsOever It was
conceived or executed was unworthy OF a
great political contest and deserves and has
received the mcTited condemnation OF every
honest citizen throughout The land. The
methods pursued in the contest against ne
are plain indications o. what the future his
tory Of the country would be u the faction
| now contsnding in the name OF the Republi-
can party should achieve power. On the
other band the history OF the past al
ministratiOn OF Grover Cleveland is
proof Of what his administration VIII be
when he assumes the duties OF the ensuing
presidential term. You know him to be an
honest, wise, Tesolute, and capable man. No
attention can lead hin astray from the path
Of public duty. HIS experience, knowledge,
and Judgment, his patient and unseiiish eX-
animation Of every public question before
| taxing action, aud his resOlute adherence 10
well-considered conclusions mark him AS
TIVE man best fitted in this generation 10 con-
duet at this period the public business OF the
people Of the United states. IL IL your
duty 10 assure yourselves OF the re-
election Of this faithful end disiin-
gulshed public servant. Each one of you
! possess the power 10 bring about this re-
suit. which you ought not to underestimate
or undervalue. You must not think that In
dividunl labor In your several families, VII
lagos, townships, or eeciion-districL or pre-
however, on the contrary the very labor
winch IL essential. lt is OF greater impor-
lance than any other which we can perform.
You must DO more. You csn and must on
the day Of election watch The ballot-hox in
your respective precints and eection-diS>
Irlcts. Y9u can and must see that no man
votes who Is not entitled to vote and that
every man who has the right 10 cast . ballot
shall put It ~. You can and must
protect yourselves and all within our
reach from fraud, intimidation. or corruption.
II each man among YOU will fulfil these
sacred obligations the efforts Of the men
who are arIayed against good government
will wholly fail. TIC individual labOrs Of
each one Of you VIII form part Of that
mighty movement and the uprising OF the
people in fAyer OF good government is now
gathering in resistless force, which will rs
| suredly result in the reelection Of Grover
| Cleveland to the presidency, 20 the benefit
Of your children and TO the good OF the
whole country. W. IL. BARNVN,
Chairman National Committee.
CALVIN :. BRICE,
Chairman Campaign COMMITTEE.
MN York November >, 1883.