Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-20

suggestion, for appearing in paper know
20 pc very friendly to me- and published il
the place of my residence il might natur
ally be suspected by strangers that it wa
inspired or at least approved by me. Blu
such was not the fact. had no idea tina
such q suggestion would be made until
saw it in this paper.
| My friends, let me say to YOU, in all sin
cerity and without the least mental reser
yatlon, that am not nor shall ever agar
he candidate for office. / have beer
sufficiently honored by my party ant
| neither ask nor desire any further homo
thar continued friendship and good will
Gentlemen, | have said enough, more, in
deed, than expected to say. Once more
let me return to YOU my sincerest thanks
1ou have gladdened the heart and bright
encd the footsteps of an old man, your de
voted servant.
MIR. CLEVELAND ON "cITIzENsHIP."
When eX-President Cleveland rose to hi.
feet to respond to the toast, american
Citlzenship,n he was accorded an ovation
second only in enthusiasm to that given
the venerable Judge Thurman, and it wa,
some time before he could make himself
heard After rendering the tribute 81
affection for Judge Thurman from the
Democrats of New York, and making Il
brlef but complimentary allusion TO the
friendly interest he felt for his distin-
gllshed companion on the Presidential
tleket few short years ago, Mr.. Cleveland
said, in part
In this presence we should not miss the
lesson 1t commends to us, nor fail to renew
our appreciation of the value Of this citi-
z2enshlp. and revive our apprehension OF
INC sentiments and conditions III which il
has its rise and growth.
And first of all we should be profoundly
grateful that the clements which make M
the strength and vigor of American citizen
ship are so naturally related to our sitlla-
tlon and are 50 simple The intrigues of
monarchy which faint the individual char
acter of the subject; the splcndor which
dazzles the popular eye and distracts the
attention from abuses and STILES discon-
tent; the schemes of conquest and selfish
aggrandizement which makes a selfish
people have no legitimate place in our ma
tlonal life. Here the plain people of the
land are the rulers. Their investiture of
power Is only accompanied with the con
ditions that they should love their conn-
try that they should jealoiisly guard and
protect its interest and fair fame, and that
all the Intelligence with which they are
endowed should be devoted to an under
standing of its needs and the promotion of
its welfare.
These are the elements of American
citizenship, and these are the conditions
Al'ol Which our lTce INSTITUTIONS were en-
trusted to our people, in full reliance at
the beginning and for all time to come,
upon American manhood, consecrated by
the highest and purest patriotism.
THE QUESTION OF cHEAPNEss.
Upon the question of cheapness and
economy, whether it relates to individuals
or to the operations of the government,
the Democratic party, true to its creed and
Its traditions, will nnalterably remain at
tached to our plain and frugal people.
They are especially entitled to the watch
fiil care and protection of their govern
ment; and when they are borne down with
burdens greater than they can bear, and
are made the objects Of scorn by hard task
masters, we will not leave their side. Thus
when the question is raised whether our
people shall have the necessaries of life at
cheaper rate, we are not ashamed to CON
tess ourselves lin full sympathy with the
demand for cheaper COATS and we are not
disturbed by the hint that this seems
necessarily to involve cheaper man or
woman under the coats"
When the promoter of party measure
which invades every home in the land with
higher prices declares that cheap and
nasty 20 together, and that this whole sys-
tenn If cheap things is badge of poverty;
for cheap merchandise means cheap men
and cheap men mean a cheap country"
we indignantly repudiate such an infer
pretation of American sentiment. And
when another one high in party councils
who has become notorious as the advocate
OF a eontrivance to perpetuate partisan
supremacy by outrageous interference with
the suffrage, announces that 'tthe cry for
cheapnesS is un-American,n we scnrnfllly
reply that his speech does not indicate the
slightest conception of true Americanism.
THE COUNTRY BETRAYED.
What was tho occasion of these CON
Of cheapness and what had |
honest American men and women done,
or what were they likely to do that they
should be Threatened with the epithets
CHEAP" nasty and ''un- American ~ |
i is hard to speak patiently as we answer
these questions. Step by step vast num-
ber Of our people had been led on, follow |
ng blindly IN the path of party They |
had been filled with hate and sectional |
prejudice; they had been caioled with mis-
and false promises; they
mad been corrupted with money and BY /
appeals to their seltishness, All these
sly the demands Of those who had sup
'lled the fund for their corruption.
This betrayal was palpable; and il was
to deny or conceal the fact that /
he pretended relief rendered to the people
II fuliilment Of promise to tighten the
burdens of their life, made by the party
with the government, was but a
cheme to pay the debts incurred by the
purchase of party success, while it further
increased the inpoverishment of the
masses.
The leaders of the party which was
auSht in the act of robbery and which
vas arranged by the people for violation
4 its trust We're forced by their sad pre-
icament to desperate eXpedient. TO
Inr Ns. %
Amerlcanlsm and discredit the most hon
rable sentiments belonging to American
manhood were the disgraceful tasks ofthose
fho insulted our people by theannounee-
merit of the doctrine that to desire cheap
less was To love nastiness and to practice
economy and frugality was un-American,
Thus do we plainly see that when the
ath pointed out by patriotism and Ameri-
an citizenship is forSakcn by party in
over for schemes of seltishness and for
Inscriptions conspiracies for partisan sue
ess, its course inevitably leads to unjust
neglect of the interest of the
lasses, entire perversion of the mission of
apnblican institutions, and, in some form,
} the most impudent and outrageous in
llt to true American sentiment.
MANY LETTERS OF REGRET.
Other toasts were responded to by Gen.
wing, Congressman William q. Breciin-
ubt, ". "A. llHIIlSill, AVN >. Drlce, SEN
Tor William l.. Wilson, Don NJ. Dickin-
N and Governor Campbell all of whom
Iluded feelingly to Mr., Thurman.
Among those who sent letters of regret !
ere ex-President Hayes, Governor Hill of ]
CIV York, senator William NJ. Evarts,
l-Secretary Thomas L. Bayard, Chief
lstice Fuller, Senator Morgan, George w.
hilds ex-Attorney-general Garland, Gen
lhn r. Rea, Gen. B. H. Butler, Justice
radley, Gen. ,Iubal A. Early, Justice !,
avid ]. Brewer, Carl Schurz Senator John /
Carlisle, Governor-elect Fattison of
and many others of both I
)litical parties.
Ex-Secretary of State Thomas f. Bayard,
his letter of regrets wrote: II entered !
Ie Senate of the United States on the same !