The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-09-26
TwoParties.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
The following is the full text of President
Ceveiand,s letter of acceptance:
''wAsHxGToN. Sent. &
m. Patrick a: Collins and others. Com
mittc;, etc:
''GENTLEMEN-In addressing to you my
formal acceptlncs of the nomination to the
presidency of the United States, my
thoughts perstssently dwell upon the i,npres
sive relation of such action to the American
people, whose confidence is thu: invited, and
to the political party to which 1 belong, just
entering upon u contest for continued SUI
premacy. The world does not afford n spec.
tacie more sublime than is furnished when
millions of free and intelligent American
citizans select their chief magistrate, and
bid one of their number to find the highest
earthly honor and the full measure of public
duty in ready submission to their will.
1T follows that IA candidate for this high
Office can never forget that when the FUR
mcil and the strife which attend the seiec
tit IL cf its incumbent shall be heard no more,
there must he in the quiet calm which fol
lows complete and solemn self-consecration
by :he peoples chosen president OF every
faculty and endenvor to the service of
cor,fitiinl. md generous nation of free men.
of my experience in the presidential Office,
which has soberly impressed me with the
severe responsibilities which it imposes,
while it has quic!ieued my love for Aineri-
can institutions, and taught me thu priceless
value of the trust of my countrymen. IL is
of the highest Importance chat those who a L
minister our government should j4alously
protect and maintain tine rights of American
ciLiz-ns at home and abroad, and should
place among the nations of thu earth; but
there il no people Whose home interests are
so great, and whose numerous ohjects of do
mestic concern deserve so much watchful.
ness and care.
Among these are the regulation of n
sound financial system Sr.i.od to our needs.
thus securing ar t':!cient agency of National
wealth HnI "-n-.eral prosperity; the construc-
tcn end equipment of means of defense, to
i:-sure our National safety and maintain the
honor beneath which such NItinnal safety
reposes; the protection OF our National do
main, still stretching beyond the needs of
century's expansion, and its preservation for
the settler and the pioneer of our marvellous
growth; sensible and sincere recognition
OF the value of American labor, leading to
the scrupulous care and just appreciation of
the interests OF our workinsmen; the limit;-
tion and checking of such inonopolistic ten.
dencieS and schemes as Interfere Win the ad
vantages aud benefits which the people may
rightly claim; generous regard AMI care
for our surviving soldiers and sailors nnd for
the widows and orphans OF such as have died
to the end that whtls the apDre ecintiOn of
their services and sacrifices is quickened the
application of their peusion fund to inn
proper cases may be prevented; protection
against a servile immigration which injuri-
ously conlpeLes with our la',orinS men in the
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element ignorant of our institutions and
laws, impossible of assimilation with our
people and dangerous to our peace aud wei
fare; a strict aud steadfast adherence to the
principles of civil service reform and
thorough execution ut the laws pissed for
their enforcement, thus permitting to our
people the advantages OF business III ,thols in
the operation of their government: the
guaranty tn our colored citizsns of all their
rights of citizenship aud their just recogni-
ton and encouragement i'll all things per-
tainlng to that relation; firm, patient aud
humane Indian policy 50 that in peaceful re
lations with the government the civilization
of the Indian may be promoted, with result
ing quiet and slfety to the settlers on our
frontiers; and the curtatlmeut of public ex-
pense by the introduction of economical
methods in every department of the govern
ment.
adopted by the late convention of the Ma
tianal Democracy tend TO the advancement
of these objects and insure good government,
the aspiration of every true American citi-
zen, aud the motive for every patriotic
action and effort In the consciousness that
much has been done in the direction of good
government by the present administration,
and submitting its record to the fair inspec-
tion of my cOuntrymen, L indorse the plat
form thus presented, with the Determination
that if am again called to the ehi-f mag stra-
cy the' q shall be continuance OF devoted en-
deavor to advance the interests of the entire
country. Our scale of Federal taxation and
its consequences largely engross Mt this time
the attention of our citizens, and the people
are soberly considering the necessity of
measures of relief. Our government is the
creation of the people, established to carry
out their designs and accomplish their good.
1t was founded on justice, and was made for
free, intelligent and yirtuous people II is
only useful when within their control and
only serves them well when regulated and
guided by their constant touch 1t is a free
government, because 1t guarantees to every
American citizen the unrestricted personal
use and enjoyment of all the reward of his
toll and of all his income, except what may be
his fair contribution to necessary public ex-
penSe.
Therefore it is not only the right, but the
duty of a free people, in the enforcement of
this guarantee to insist that such expense
should be strictly limited to tine actual pub
lie needs. 1t seems perfectly clear that when
the government, this instrumentality created
and inair tained by the t+opie 20 d.. Uneir
blddlnF;i turns upon them, and through an
utter perversiop of its powers; extorie ften,
their labor and capital tribute largely i, AZ
Per- iif pnhlie nesssstslssl this sFsituss .lsf ss