The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-06-01
THE GLORY OF IT.

The grandeur of the American Re-
public and the glory of the democratic
party are amply illustrated in the case
of Grover Cleveland. Tho ugh retired
from the highest office in the public
gift; though in the midst OF private
business and personal concerns; though
manilesting no political ambitions, aud
| with apparently a desire to remain III
that privacy which he adOrns with
equal Ulster as he did the presidency,
MIR. Cleveland is today the center OF
more genuine interest on the part ut
the people than is President Harrison
or any other one man in this country.
The reasons for this fact are obvious.
Grover Cleveland Is in all respects a
typical citizen. Throughout all his
public career he has shown the our
aye of his convictions in the interest of
the whole people, and with utter dis.
regard of his own individual future in
it's relation TO preferment. He hal
dared to stand with the masses against
the favored few; he has arrayed him.
self with the poor as against the com.
mnnism of wealth; he has defied the
money baroDs of the country, and al
all times and under all circumstance
has seemed the personification of that
which is most desirable in good gov.
eminent.
On Monday night last Mr.. Cleveland
was given a dinner by the Young
Mems Democratic Club, of New York,
and it is said he was received with up
roarious applause, and when he arose
to reply to the toast of "Our Guest
he got such q reception as is seldom
eQualled at a public gathering. "Men
mounted the chairs, and ever the ia
bles, and waved their napkins in the
widest enthusiasm" Why? Why these
continued demonstrations TO Grover
Cleveland, a private citizen? Why this
wild enthusiasm over a man not three
months retired from public honors7
1t used to be that when the king was
dead the people cried, "Long live the
king!" Why is it that citizen Cleve-
land in his retirement attracts more Of
public interest and confidence thar
Benjamin Harrison in the presidential
office?
II is because Grover Cleveland has
been and is faithful to the people. L
is because Grover Cleveland is a rep.
resentative democrat, fixed as the eter
nal stars in his judgment of right, and
uncompromising in his advocacy Of
the purposes of true citizenship. 1t i,
because he ''never hesitated to dis.
oblige the few representatives of spec
iAl interests who had access to him
tor the sake of the many whom he
would never see." 1t is because he
stands upon the platform of the DEM
%ocratic party. a platform begun by
Thomas Jefferson and completed by
Grover Cleveland; a platform as far re,
moved from the blocks-of. five lottery
OF office now Ia course Of drawing al
Washington City as the heavens are
above the earth. This is the platform:
"True democracy honestly advocates
national brotherhood to the end tina!
all our fellow co%untrymen may aid III
The achievement OF the grand destiny
which awaits us as a nation, and il
condemns that pretext OF liberality and
harmony which, when partisan advan-
tage is to be gained, gives way for in.
hammatory appeals to sectional hate
and passion. 1t insists upon that
equality by the law which comedies the
care and protection of the government
to simple manhood and citizenship.
Ii does not favor the multiplication
Of offices and merely to make partisans
nor use the promise aud bes!cwal
of place for the purpose of Sitting the
press aud bribing the people. 1t seeks
to tighten the burden of life in every
home, and to take from the citizen for
The cost of government, the lowest pos
sible tribute.
I'VE know that we have espouspd
the cause OF right and Justice. We
know that we lave not permitted duty
to country to wait upon expediency
We know that we have not trafficked
our principles for success. We know
that we have not deceived the people
with false promises and p%retences; and
we know that we have not corrupted
nor BETRAYED the poor with the none,
of the rich"
With such principles as these II
steadfast view, Grover Cleveland hat
merited the "wild enthusiasm" which
greets him ever in private lite; ant
The glory of it Is, that they are dem
o~cratic principles - the principles o
the people of this country, who will
soon again be represented from tina
platform in the national "povernment