Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-11-21

published IN the place of my residence. it
might naturally be suspected by 4
stranger that it was inspired, or at least
approved by me- But such was not the
fact my friends, let me say to YOU, in all
sincerity and without the least mental
reservation that am not nor shall | ever
again be a candidate for office, have
been sufficiently .honored by my
party and neither ask nor desire
any further honor than the
continual friendship and good will.
Gentlemen, you have gladdened the heart
and hghtened the footsteps of and old
man, Your devoted friend, in his de scent
from the hill of life. when he has almost
reached its foot. May God bless you all,
Is his earnest prayer.
MIR. Cleveland
Enthusiastic cheering for Judge Thur
mad was resumed as soon as he had con-
Guided, and it was some moments before
Mr.. Cleveland arose to speak. As he got
up the tumult was deatenfng and long
continued. But at last he was enabled to
be heard. AMI said:
M. President and GeatIemaR: |
follow the promptings of a heart full of de-
votlon and veneraueu. rs tender from
the democracy of the great Estate of New
York, her tribute of affection for the man
whom we honor tonight. | am commits
Toned TO claim for my state her full share
of glory which has been shed upon the
American name and character. by one
whose career and example cannot be pre-
empted and whose renOwn cannot be limit
ed in ownership to the neighbors and
friends of any locality. We contest every
exclusive pretension of his fame and great
ness. because he is a neighbor to all the
people in the land; because he is friend
of all who love their country; because his
career splendidly illustrates the best and
strongest elements of our national character;
and because his example belongs to all his
cOuntrymen.
1T is fitting that those who have faith
IN our destiny as nation, who believe
that there are noble things which belong
dlStinctively to our character as a people
and whose prize at its true worth pure
American citizenship, should gather here
tonight. 1t is given us to contemplate the
highest craftsmanship, the most unyieId-
ing and disinterested devotion to the in
terests of the people, and the most valuable
achievements III the cause of our country's
welfare, all of which have been stimulated
and accomplished through the influence
anu lli pblSC VI IL uC- UllptINtItttt, SluTuN
AmerlcanISm. We rejoice in the example
afforded on this occasion of genuine Amer
lean citizenship. revealed to Us as a safe
and infallible interpreter of duty in all the
emergencies of long and honorable pub
lie career, and as an infailing guide to use
fulneSS and fame.
I'm this presence and in the atmosphere
OF these reflections, we should not miss the
lesson they commend to us, nor fail to re-
new our appreciation of the value of this
citizenship, and revive our apprehension
of the sentiments and condition in which
1t has the rise and growth.
And first of all we should be profound
ly grateful that the elements which make
up the strength and vigor of American
citizenship, are so naturally related to our
situation and are so simple. The in
trigues of monarchy which taint the ndi-
vidual character of the subject; the splen-
dor which dazzles the popular eye and dis
tracts the attention from abuse and stihes
discomfort; the schemes Of contest and
selfish aggrandizement which make sell
fish people, have no legitimate place in our
national lie. Here the plain people of
the land are the rulers. Their investitute
of power is only accompanied with the
conditions that they should love their coun-
try, that they should jealousIy guard and
protect its interests and fair faime and
that all the intelligence with which they
are endowed should be devoted to an un-
derstanding Of its needs and promotion OF
its welfare.
These are the elements of American
citizenship, and these are the conditions
upon which our free institutions were en-
trusted to our people, in full reliance, as
the beginning and for all time to come,
upon American manhood, consecrated by
the highest and purest patriotism.
"A country broad and new, to be sub
dued to the purposes of mans existence.
and promising vast and independent re-
sources, and people intelligently under
standing the value of free nation and
holding fast to an intense affection for its
history and its heroes. have had much to
do with moulding our American character
and giving it hardlhoOd and vigor. But
it should never be forgotten that the in
tluenCe which, more than all other things,
has made our people safe repositories OF
governmental power, and which has fur
nishCd the surest guaranty of the strength
and perpetuity of the republic, has its
source in the American home. Here our
patTIOtItm Is born and entwInes
itself with the growth of tlial love and
here our children are taught the story of
our freedom and independence. But above
all. here in the bracing and wholesome at
mosphere of accomplishing flugality and
economy. the mental and moral attri butes
of our peOnle have been firmly knit and
invigorated. Never could it be said of
any country so truly as of ours, that the
peTmanency Of Its institutions depends up
on its homes.
Upon the question of cheapness and
economy, whether it relates to individuals
or to the operations of the government,
the democratic party, true to It's creeds and
its tradition will unalterably remain at
tached to our plain and frugal people.
Tney are especially entitled to he watchful
care and protection of their gov
ernment: and when they are
borne down with burdens greater
than they can bear, and are made the ob-
jects of scoTn by hard taskmasters. we will
not leave their side. As the great Ger
man reformer, insisting upon his religious
convictions, IN the presence Of his ac-
cusers, exclaimed: i can do naught else.
Here stand God help ne, so, however
much others may mock and deride cheap
ness and the poor and frugal men and
women of our land, we will stand forth In
defense of their simple Americanism de-
family proclaiming, we can do naught
else. Here we stand.
Thus when the question is raised
whether our people shall have the neces-
saries of life at a cheaper rate, we are not
ashamed TO confess ourselver in full sym
pathy with the demand for cheaper coats;
and we are not disturbed by the hint that
this seems necessary TO involve q cheaper
man or woman under the coats.
when the promoter of party meas
ure which invades every home In the land
with higher prices, declares that cheap
and nasty go together and this whole
system of cheap things is badge Of power
ty: for cheap merchandise means cheap
men and cheap men mean a cheap country,
We Indignantly rapudiate such an inter
probation Of American sentiment.
And when another one, high IN party
councils, who has become notorious as the
advocate of a coDtrivance TO perpetutate
partisan supremacy by outrageous inter
ference with the suffrage, announces that
the cry for cheapness Is un-Amerlcan; we
scornfully reply that his speech does
not indicate the slightest conception of
true AmerIcanIsm.
Il will not refer to other utterances Of
like import from similar sources. / con-
tent myself with recalling the most prOmi-
nent and significant The wonder Is that
these things were addressed by Americans
70 Americans