Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-10-11


SECRETARY nAylnD's srEEoH.
Ny Fsiends and Feilop Topnsnsn-
The PLEASURE that feel In coming back
to my home and in meeting you ID very
sincere, and l desire to make this very |
ample expression Of It. and am glad 70 |
observe the interest which Is expressed
ny this assembly. II is we'll that Won
feel II. This matters al stake for your dc.
cision are most important 10 YOU; the
questions you have to pass upon and for
which each man Of you Is responsible
according to the measure OF influence
given htm--snd each man that address
Is responsible for at least bis individual
vote on the 9Th OF next November--I soy
that this Interest IL we'll bestowed. Well
may you feel Il. Tho safety Of this
country depends upon iheiuteligent Don
science Of It's oitiz ms For myself, you
know and know that can bnt have
friendly interest 10 the welfare Of every
man, every honest man who lives within
this State. Applause II ia not his
occupations 1t Ia not his opinion 1t is
not his party afhiAtion II Ia not his race
or bis color that oontrols me In the most
sincere desire to promote the welfare Of
hiu and OF oil the rest Of Ms; for have
had from the people OF Delaware what
those who have preceded me in life hsv,
had--the highest OF all personal conph.
ments the compliment Of being truNed,
or bring believed inland 80 l have been
| for yeare your representative, trusted and
honored by you, aud Why should not
come back to tell you what In my heart
believe the best for your welfare and your
interest.
In this vast country, with an enormous
population filling IL, or partly filling 1t,
The interests are SO diversified, 40 enor
NOUS, so attractive, that q man might
speak thoughtfully for every day In the
year and devote himself intellgeutIy to
some American topic of interest. There
are many things in this political life that
would be most glad to b,iug before you.
Four years ago, very nearly, left my
place In the Senate, as one Of your repre-
sentativeB, and went TO stand bsslde tine
man whom knew was to BIO met by one
Of the severest tasks that ever were up
portioned 10 the American statesman.
took my stand, at his request, by the
side Of
GROVER CLEVELAND
Capplause with but one object--to give
an honest and intelligent administration
to the affairs Of the American people
Applause No other ambition took me
/ ,here. than that. Ifleit 4 place In every
way delightful to me for one Of which
knew but little, but for which my sntici-
patIons were certainly not those Of ease,
of pleasure or OF profit, but for the satis-
faction which have in doing my duty In
the day and generation in which live.
would like to say something to you
to night in regArd to the immediate task
whioh have been called upon to per.
form. II has fallen to me, as best as
could do 1t, to condu,t the foreign rela-
iiona Of the United States. have he'd Ia
deal with foreign ministers and foreign
governments; to instruct those agents
whom we send abroad; to receive and dis.
cuss measures of international Interest
With the agents sent here; to frame
treaties and discuss questions; and thi'
has been my anxious and constant task
and yet, to night, do mot propose tS
] SPEAK to you OF that. / did not know
, until / went into my present office, how
uDgeperous and unspsring thing Is par
, ;isan animosity. had supposed, follow
lug human experience, that when maj
represented his country with forein ma
tions he stood with his own country q
bis back [applaus, but have seen tn
/ interests Of the American people, arrange
, rnents made fairly in their interest, pal
pably 10 their interests, thwarted, oh
stFueted, defeated for the sake Of party
+, rApplause Bat, my friends, the recor
/ mas been made and there II stands. 1t ]
not written in water, but 1t is In blacl
and white in print, [.pplausr and l be
lieve am ready, am willing to stsn'
, by the Judgment that shall fairly b
, formed upon that; for have hal, as tn
J lamp to guide my feet, sense OF the self
respect due the American people and
sense o; justice and consideration toward
those with whom we dealt; no other oh
ject than that. say nothing, therefore
J Of the share of obstruction, disparage
ment, annoyance, to which have beei
subjected; because you know there wa
|, great deal Of prophecy to be fulhlled
/, You have probably heard in this build
q ing; you read in print all over the country
, THE VACCINATIONS OF DIsAsTrR
T, that were TO follow certsinly the incom
/, ing of Democratic administration. Why
I some apprehensive gentlemen declare
: that they would offor their property an
. sell 1t the day after Olevelands inaugurt
ton for SO per cent Of its former velu,
They only made this mistake-it wa
) worth so per cent more instead OF 5O pr
cent less. The business Of this countr
i Y was to be broken up il certainly is pro-
+, porous there has never been ripple ]
l The way OF dleastsr, financial or commel
o cial all has gone on well. But, as th
: prophecy had been made, It was necel
|. sary that these gentlemen should d
J, sunething to make it come tine, and 80 v
!, have had, upon the part Of the Repnbi
!. san leaders in Congress and out, .h
!. very best OF US, thwarted every effo
: made by the administration that coul
n possibly bring traffic to the America
!, people or credit to those who carried o
l. the government. do not say there 81
:, not grave results to follow this--and dal
n yerous oae. viii leavs them, howeve
i to be met in the III ure. ..-
!, want TO come TO the question no
!, vi i,h Is over nil others, which has force
5. itself before us, that must be considert
|. and must be 10 measure decided by q
. aleotion to take place In the cour
D Of few weeks. There b
r been In this country Violate
7 f some economic laws, and the cons
l. onencs Ia that those very forces III
70 ought to tend TO help the body poli'
' threaten IL now with disaster. 1t is ia
3, the same as the lava of health applied
o. th, human body. II there is a VIC attic
OF these laws, the stronger the patiei
J. the more violent will BIS the symptom
8 And so, in this country, with all the
IN vast ints,ests of industry, of human e
ertion, Of human faith, surging to OF
n, fro over our land, creating prcpeit
n, carving on the forces of life with Wig
in - ;4anaasd in anv othap oOuntrv on III