Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-06-29

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Ingalls, and John Sherman.
In the Territories, sail officer.
should be selected from the bona iidt
residents and citizens of the Terri
tory wherein they arc 10 serve
Like Gov. Bill Bum, of Idaho, foi
example, and tho coloync-sconted
Schuyler Crosby in Montana, and III
army of other Republican appointecs
to high Office i'll The Territories.
ave pledge the Republican party
to stamp out the wickedncss OF pc
lygan,y" in Utah. So did the Re
pul lican platform of 1S7G-twclvc
years ago. The polygamous Mormon
is o safe target to shy stuffed bricks
ut.
But the grand bounce, SO to speak,
of the Republican platform of 1858
IS contained i'll tho additional para
graph concerning free ballot and
an honest count. The party which
in 1876 deprived the white voters of
Louisiana and Florida of their right
OF suffrage, and which in 1877 count.
ed i'll and seated the unelecte /! candi
dates, "roaflirins it's answering dc
votion to the supreme and sovereign
right OF every lawful citizen, white or
black, TO cast one free ballet in pub
lie elections and to have that ballot
duly counted"
The same old face grins behind the
same old mask.-Sun.
CLEVELAND'S ACCEPTANCE.
81 cannot but be profoundly i'm
pressed when | sec about me the
messengers of the national Demo
crncy bearing it's summons to duty.
The political party to which | owe
allegiance, both honors and com
mands me. 1t places in my hands
its proud standard and bids me boar
1t high ut the front, in battle which
it wages bravely, because conscious
of right, confidently because its
trust is in the people, and soborly
because it compartments the obliga
tons imposed. [Applausc. The
message you bring awakcns within
me the liveliest sense of persona
gratitude and satisfaction, and The
honor which you tender me. is in
itself so great that there might welt
no no room for any other sentiment.
And yet cannot rid myself of grave
and serious thoughts when | remom-
Der that party supremacy is not alone
involved iii tho conflict which presses
upon us, but that we Struggle to SC
cure and save the cherished institu
tious, the welfare and the happiness
of IL nation of frecmon. The famil
;arity OF the great Office | hold adds
to my apprehension of its sacred
character and tho conservation de
manded of him who assumes its i'm
mense responsibilities. II is the re
pository of the peoples will and
power. Within it's visions shoul1 Inc
protection and welfare of tho hum
blest citizen, and with quick ear it
should catch from The rcmotost cor
ner OF the land, the plea of the PEG
pie for justice and for right. For
the sake OF the people, he who holds
this Office OF theirs, should resist
every encroachmcnt upon It's legiti
mate functions and for the sake Of
the integrity and usefulness OF the
Office, it should be kept near to the
people and be administered in full
sympathy with their wants and needs.
This occasion reminds me most yiy.
IDLY OF Tho scene when four years ago
l received message from my party
similar to that which you now de
liver. With all that has passed since
that day | can truly shy that the
feeling of awe with which I heard
the summons then is intensified many
fold when it is repeated now. Four
years ago [ knew that our chief ex.
ecctive Office if not carefully guarded
might drift little by little away from
the people to whom it belonged and
become perversion of all it ought
to be, but 1 did not know how much
It's moorings had already been loos-
ened. l knew four years ago how
well devised were the principles of
true Democracy for the successful