The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-24
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER.


What Some Of the Leading Papers Of the
Country Say About 1t.
New York Times Qnd) We are deeply mis-
taken as to the spirit OF the American people
II this letter does not command general re-
spect and secure the adhesion TO 1t of many
c.ded.
Pittsburgh Post: The letter a. . whole Is a
strong document It Is clear. sharp and
forcible. Not too prolix nor unnecessarily
abbreviated. 1t will rank with Mr.. Cevelands
other utterances as q fearless. able and char
acteristic production. There Is no efort TO
dodge any thing.
Cincinnati Enquirer: Those who have long
predicted that Cleveiauds letter would exhibit
retreat from the doGbrine OF his last annual
message will be sorely disappointed. Those
who have hoped that it would reccde not an
inch from the ground then taken will be pro-
foundly pleased There Is no shadow Of waver-
ing. no suspicion Of weakness, In its whole con-
tents.
New York Herald: Mr. Cleveland might have
permitted his Administration TO speak for itself,
| and, like General Grant, being content with .
BRIEF courteous letter Of acceptance. With
consummate tact and candor the President
keeps the campaign upon its one true line.
| Mr. Cleveland's attitude will recall that of
| President Jackson when he was nominated to
| the Presidency. President Cleveland
now declares his intention TO rearrange the
l
| industries. That IL the very essence Of pro-
lection, and the statesman who is governed by
that motive Is, in the strictest sense Of the
word, o protectionist.
st. Louis Republic: Mr. CIeveland's letter OF
acceptance is . genuine Cleveland document
clear, emphatic straightforward and unambig
uous. Upon no single point can the charge OF
hedging or evasion be made against It, 1t re-
inforces the demand for tariff reform and tax
reduction and states with luminous clearness
the reasons why such reform and reduction are
necessary. The paragraph ON trusts places
the commander-in-chief of the Republican
party far down at the bottom Of an abyssmal
hole, and the treatment Of the "free-trads"
scare is refreshing in its appeal TO the judg-
ment the understanding and the conscience Of
plain citizens.
!, Chicago Times: II there could have been any
doubt about the issue OF the pending campaign
heretofore there can be none now. It Is, shall
or shall not the present unjust and excessive
tari1 tax be reducedf That It has not been re-
: duced. the President takes pains to show, has
not been the fault of his Administration or his
party. That It will be reduced IL clearly
II pledged in case It 10 ever within the power OF
the President and his party to make the reduc-
j tion- For the first time in twenty-eight years
} the issue 10 thus squsrely and irrevocably made
and the peop1e must decide II.
Nashville Tenu.) ADsericda: President Cleve.
1and's letter Of acceptance 10 clear concise,
! correct and able enunciation of the princtplel
and purposes of our Government. II IL the
work OF statesmen who loves his people and
his country. and whose regard for their welfare
overshadows all other purposes; indeed, II
seems that he almost rose above party diner
enoes in considering the questions that are be
fore the public mind for settlement in the
Presidential election. His position upon eyer,
question and the purpose and policy Of ths
{ Democracy in their adjustment under his ad
ministration and the bcnehts to be derives
| therefrom are clearly defined.
New York World: The Presidents letter o
3 acceptance has lost nothing In courage. clear
1 ness and comprehensiveness BY hts delay
:. though II might perhaps have gained in brevit,
by coming sooner. Yet the letter u not To-
: long to be read carefully by every voter VII,
a really desires to see an able and honest state
. ment Of the Democratic position upon th
= great issues now before the country. Tax n
n ductiou through tariff reform Il, Of course
the chief OF these issues, and upon this th
:, President adheres 70 the lines Of his message
= He has never failed 70 show The full couFage q
= his convictions upon cay question h which h
r. was interested Those Who looked for "a
nfnching or dodgtng On the Quostion Uill DO a.
sppolnted. Upon TIE o>ner fsepee - Ne eau
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