The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-06-21
woRDs FIFTY CHOSEN,
OF Daniel DOugherty i'm Present.
ing MIR. Cleveland TO theSt
Louis Convention.

L greet you, my countrymen, with
fraternal regard. In your presence l
bow to the majesty of the people The
sight itself is inspiring, the thought
sublime. You come from every state
and Territory, from every nvuk and
corner of our ocean bounded, CONT
nent covering country. You are about
to discharge more than imperial duty.
With simplest caremouIaIs, you, as
representatives of the people, are to
choose magistrate with power might
Ter than monarch, Yet checked and
controlled by the supreme law of the
written Constitution. Thus impress
ed, I ascend the rostrum to name the
next President of the United States.
New York presents him to the Con-
vention and pledges her electoral vote.
Delegates fr.m the thirty eight States
and all the Territories are here assem-
bled, without caucus or consultation.
ready simultaneously to take up the
cry and make the vote unanimous
We are here, indeed, not to choose q
candidate, only to name the one the
people have already chosen. He is
the man for the people. His career
illustrates the glory of our institutions
Eight years ago unknown, save In his
own locality, he for the last four wears
mas stood in the gaze of he world dis
charging the most exalted duties that
can he cOntided to a mortal. TODAY
determines that not of his own choice.
uut by the mandate of his couutrymen
and with the sanction of Heaven. ID
shall fill the Presidency for four more
years He hes met and mastered ev
ery question as if from youth trained
10 craftsmanship. The promises of
his letter of acceptance and inaugural
address have been fulfilled His fidel
ity in the past inspires faith in the
futule, He is not hope, he is real
iZation
Scorning subterfuge, disdaining re-
election by concealing convictions, he
couEageOasly declares to Congress.
dropping minor matters, that the su-
prelne issue is reform, revision, reduce
tiOn of National taxation. That the
Treasury of the United States. glutted
with unneeded geld. oppresses Indus.
try, embarrasses business, endangers
financial tranquility aud breeds ex-
travagence, Capitalization and corrup
ton. That high taxation, vital for
the expenditures of an unparalleled
war, is robbery in years of prosperous
peace. That the millions that pour
into the Treasury come from the hard
saved earnings of the American peo.
pie. That in violation of equality of
rights, the present tariff has created q
privileged class, who, shaping legisla.
tion for personal gain, levy by law
contributions for the necessaries of
life from every man, woman and child
In the land. That to lower the tariff
is not free trade; it is to reduce the
unjust profits of monopOlists and boss
manufacturers, and all consumers to
retain the rest. The man who asserts
to lower the tariff means free trade
insults intelligence We brand him
as falsifier. 1t is fartherest from
thought to imperil capital or disturb
enterprises. The aim is to uphold
wages and protect the rights of all,
This Administration has rescued d the
public domain from would be barons
and cormorant corporations, faithless
to obligations, and reserved 1t for free
homes for this and coming generations,
There is no pilfering, there are no Jobs
under this Administration. Public
Office is a public trust. Integli.y
stanus guard at every post of our vast
empire. While the President has been
the medium through which has flowed
the undying gratitude of the Republic
for her soldiers, he has not hesitated
to withhold approval from special leg.
islation if strictest inquiry reveal a
want of truth aud justice. Above all,
sectional strife, as never before, is at
an end, and sixty millions of freemen,
In the ties of brotherhood, are pros
porous and happy.
These are the achievements of this
Administration.
Under the same illustrfous leader we
are eady to meet our political oppo-
nents in high and honorable debate,
and stake our triumph on the intelli-
gence, virtue and patriotism of the
people. Adhering to the Constitution,
Its very line and letter, ever Iemem.
Dering that powers not delegated to
the United States by the Constitution
nor prohibited by it to the States are
reserved to the States respectively or
to the people, by the authority OF the
Democracy of New York, backed by
the Democracy of the entire Union, I
give you a name entwined with victo-
ry-I nominate GROVER CLEVELAND,
Of New York.