Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-11-01
THE oLEyELAuD PARADE.
A rrost Remarkable Tribute 90 q
Courageous Pnbiio servant.
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| rr0st Remarkable Tribute 90 n
Courageous Pnbiio servant.
NJ y. Times Of Sunday.
II the weather yesterday. had been favor.
able the parade In honor and In advocacy
OF the President would have been the
largest political procession that New YORK
has ever seen. The rain could not preyent
It from being among the largest and quite
| the most impressive OF such demonstrR.
lions. In those respects In which tho
/ Cleveland parade of 1854 was most note
| worthy, the Cleveland parade OF 1858 was
more noteworthy still. IL was wonderful
then that so many OF the men OF fortune
aud Of affairs who have been accused, and
not uDiustly, OF a lack of public spirit and
| OF an interest In the concerns OF the state
| that did not directly and Immediately
touch their private interests and
their private business, should take the
trouble to walk for miles Ia order to testify
their adhesion to one capdtdae and their
opposition to the other. The very inclem.
ency OF the weather yesterday made tho
procession more wonderful in this respect.
since II aggravated the Inconvenience Of tho
| march into o very positive physical discom.
! fort. This discomfort hundreds and thous.
ands OF aged men and men OF luxurious
\ habits, who would not walk q mile In the
rain for q goodly sum OF money, took
| pleasure and a pride IN Drawing for the
| purpose OF teetifying their appreciation
| OF the administration OF the government
for nearly four years past and their hope
that for years to come 1t may be intrusted
| TO the same hands,
Yet more remarkable was the enthusiasm
that the rain could not repress. In 1884
| there was passionate enthusiasm among
| the supporters OF Cleveland, but IL was NOT
directed to hin 30 much as against Blaine,
II WIS tbs expression OF hot resentment
that party long dominant had become 80
debauched with power as to ineult the
| people OF the United States by Offering such
candidate as james @. Blaine for their
auffrages. The career Of Mr.. Cleveland as
| governor OF New York had Inspired general
respect and confidence, but II had not az
| forded, In any conspicuous way, oppor-
tunittes for the exercise OF those qualities
that excite enthusiasm. Il Is not unfair TO
say that the parade Of 1884 was not 60
much o Cleveland demonstration "a an
anti Blaine demonstration, while II would
be absurd TO pretend that the parade OF
1883 was anything but Cleveland demon-
siration. The personality Of Gen. Harrison
has scarcely entered into the canvass at
al, except % disaffect from him the I'm.
mediate followers of Blaine. The canvass
would have been IN no respect different
II the choice OF the Chicago convention had
Rlighted upon any one OF so Republicans or
OF 500. Upon a colossal pedestal q statue
Of meIaiy the els of life becomes but
nannikln. Gen. Harrison not being OF
colossal or even OF heroic proportions, but
only common, average, everyday polttt-
clan, completely vanishes from view when
he is perched upon such nonstrosity as
the Chicago platform. On the other hand,
eince the 9TH OF March, 1885, Grover Oleve.
land has bsoorle heroic figure In Ameri.
can history. The hopeful expectations Of
1884 have heen more than Justified by tho
spectacle OF the fidelity. honesty, and eour.
aga with which he has since discharged tss
duties OF the great place 10 which that con-
| tlderoe promoted him. II the election that
Is now 10 take place had taken place year
! ago he would have been his own platform.
The election would have been triumphant
vote OF confidence In him and OF approval
for his administration. But since that time
by the most remarkablea and the most honor
able OF all hie exhibitions of civic courage
he has himself framed the platform upon
which he stands. He deliberately incurred
political risk WHEN no political
danger could have confronted him
oy any other act than bis own, for no mo-
tive than partisan malice can impute, exs
cept that he considered It duty to incur
that risk. BY his brave and manly message
be ended at one blow the long course OF
timoroBs trembling and time serving and
evasion upon the urgent question of rave
nue. reform that had Infected the politicians
OF both parties. BY that message he die
| equally impossible for the party 10 reject
hlm as q candidate to succeed himself and
to put him upon any other platform than
that which he had himsAlf constructed.
The faithful discharge OF the public duties
iTsse routins commnnda res poet ait
AAl Gdente, But that q FrsAldan
/ sGoqi IA He 3 duyy .ho neglect Of whso
| = I'D aAye rnNleetgd him to no Teptoach
that ne should CHOOSE doubtful rather
than an undoubted issue and prefer q risk
| to certainty; that he should show, In the
most practical and Ut questionable fashion,
that he would rather be right than be
Presidtnt"-this is an act that transcends
the sphere OF eQnmon duties and becomes
heroic, and that ie fitted 10 arouse
enthusiasm. Il was this enthusiasm that
was manifest IN the facee aud audible In
the volcss Of tho marching and shouting
| thousands whom the President yesterday
looked upon and heard. 1; was q tribute
OF which he who received 1t may we'll be
very proud, for he has tho consciousness
| that It bus been fairly earned by great,
/ honorable, and courageous public service.
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