The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-30

gone to work at his profession like a true
private citizen, and when he so well pOr.
trays the duties, qualities, and elements OF
genuine American citizenship, We can be.
lieye that he possesses and exemplifes them.
When be exhorts 10 patriotic sentiment and
action, we know that within his own bosom
glows all that he recommends to others.
In his present commanding position he
can still receive and is receiving high
honors, and in his social and domestic rela-
tions he can now be, with that Incompatible
wife OF his, much happier man than he
could be with all the burdens Of state again
upon mis- shoulders
His present and recent life seems, too,
to be evoking new developments, and
among them gift Of oratory. He has late
ly even turned the table upon the notod
post-prandial orator, Chauncey NJ. Depew.
Who has better defended the right of the
American home TO frugal and vrtuous
living and Of the lab0rer, whether me-
chanic, operative in factory, or farmer, TO
the full fruits OF his labor than Mr.. Cleve-
land. Who more keenly and effectively
has rebuked the idea that cheap garb be-
tokens mean and low men underneath iti
Some sOi-disant straig tout Democrats
have found fault with Mr.. Cleveland and
called him mugwump. It's well-known
tact that the Democratic party is largely
indebted TO the mugwumps for whatever
lbe election Of Mr.. Cleveland TO the Presi-
deecy was to them, and Mr.. Cleveland
would have been justfiable in giving 10 the
mugwumps even more recognition than he
did of the service which they had rendered
him aud the Democracy.
But the reader may be wondering what
all this has TO do with the Decalogue in
in politics.
Most of the good things so we'll delivered
by Mr.. Cleveland at the late Thurman ban
quet have been widely reproduced and APP
plauded by the press Of the country, but
one of the best has been too much over
looked He said very tersely and emphati-
cally. that by the recent Democratic VIC
tories in so many parts Of the country, the
people had restored the DecalOgue to Amer
lean politics and tau bit their unrighteOus
despOilers that thou shalt not steal" and
"thOu shalt not bear false witness were
again TO be the laws Of the land.
Ifthe DecalOgue had a far lower claim
to the acceptance of mankind than that %
which it is justly entitled; if it were OF
mere heather or human origin; if Minerva
had brought it when she sprang from the
brain of Jupiter; OF CONTIGUOUS, or ZOroas.
ter, or Scion. or Lycurgus had propounded
il, it would have very much to do with the
NellaFe Ol every Tree ana enllBnleueu
polity. ingalls, may, with cold blood and
truculent e1rontery, say that politics have
nothing to do with the Ten Commandments,
and that moral and religious considerations
must be as mucL eXpunged from political
contests as from war;" and his natural
brother, lngersoll, may declare them 10 be
mistake Of Moses" but they and their
ilk are not very sound expOnents Of the
Democratic faith; and the wise people OF
these United States prefer the tenets OF
Thurman and Cleveland, and have IejOiced
the hearts OF the Democracy by re-echOing
the thunders Of Sinai.
Grover Cleveland might well and wisely
prefer not 10 be again a candidate for the
Presidency. but it would be to the interest:
of the people to have such a right-thinking
and judiciously-acting citizen ss he has
proved himself 10 be, even upon this one
plank platform, with all that it would I'M
part; "The DecalOgue restored to American
politics." lie would again hold that eX-
allied Office as only trust from and for them
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