Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-01-16
JACKSON 'SDkY
Il is Celebrated in Grand StyIe by
the Democrats of Phila-
delphia.
Ex-President Cleveland Delivers An
Able and Eloquent Address on
the Occasion.
In Which He Pays High EulOgy
to the Immortal General
Jackson.

And Forcibly Discusses the Great Is.
sues Confronting the American
People Today.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. S. jackson day
was celebrated tonight by the young men s
democratic association with banquet al
the Academy of Muse, at which many
prOminet persons were present.
Ex-President Cleveland was the orator
of the evening, speaking of Principles
of True Democracy" He said:
LAS | rise to respond to the subject
which has been assigned to me | cannot
avoid the impression made upon my mind
by the announcement of the words Ilue
Democracy. | believe them to mean a
sober conviction Of conclusions touching
political topics, which formulated into a
political belief or creed, inspires patrio-
tic performance of the duties of citizenship.
am satisfied that the principles of this
belief or creed are such as underlie our
free institutions and that they might be
urged upon our fellow cOuntrymen, be-
cause in their purity and integrity they
accord with the attachment of our people
for their government and their country.
A creed based upon such principles is by
no means disCrtdlted i ecauSe Illusions and
perversions temporarily prevent their pop
ular acceptance more than it cap be
irretrieyabIy shipwrecked by mistakes
made in its name or by it proposition t.,
ignobIe purposes. When illusions are
dispelled, when misconceptions are graft
fed and when those who guide are con-
secrdted to truth and duty, the ark of
the peoples safety will still be discerned
in the keeping of those who hold fast to
tho principles of true democracy.
These principles are not uncertain nor
doubtful. The illustrious founder of our
party has plainly announced them. They
have been reaSserted and followed by a
long line of great political leaders and they
are quite familiar. They comprise: equal
and exact ] stlce to all men; peace, com
merce and honest friendship with all ma
tions-e -entangling alliance with none; the
support of the state governments in all
their rights; the preservation Of tn gen
eral government III It's whole constitutional
vigor; jealous care of the right of cleo
tiou ly the people; absolute aCquiescence
in the decisions of the majority: The su-
premacy of the civil over the military au-
thority; economy in the public expenses; !;
the honest payment of our debts and sacred
preservation of the public faith; the en-
courageTent of agriculture, and commerce
as It's handmade, and freedom of the press
and freedom of The person.
The great president and intrepid dem
ocratic leader whom we especially honor
tonight, who never relaxed his strict ad
herence to the democratic faith nor falter-
ed in his defense of the rights of the peO-
pie against all comers, found his lnSpir-
alton and guidance In these principles.
On entering upon the presidency be de-
clared his loyalty to them; In his long
and useful incumbency of that great office
he .goriousIy Illustrated their value and
sufhciency and his obedience to the doc
trines of true democracy at all times
during his public career permitted him on
his retirement to find satisfaction in the
declaration: At the moment when | sur
render my last public trust, | leave this
great people prosperous and happy and in
the full enjoyment of liberty and peace.
and honored and respected by every nation
of the world.
Parties have come and parties have
gone: but there has never been time
from Jefferson's day to the present hour,
when our party did not exist, active and
aggressive and prepared for heroic con-
hict Not all who have followed the ban
ner have been able by long train Of
close reason to demonstrate as an abstraC-
ton, why democratic principles are best
suited to their wants and the country S
good; but they have known and felt that
as their government was established for
the people, the principles and the men
nearest to the people and standing for
them, could be The safest trusted. jackson
has been in their eyes the incarnation of
the things which jefferson declared. If
they did not understand all that jefferson
wrote, they saw and knew what
Jackson did. Those who insisted
upon voting for jackson after his
death felt sure that whether their
candidate was alive or dead they were
voting the ticket of true democracy. The
devoted political adherent of Jackson who
after his death became involved in dis
pute as to whether his hero had gone to
Heaven or not, was prompted by demo-
cratic instinct when he disposed of the
question by declaring: 1 tell you, sir,
that if Andrew Jackson has made up his
mind to go to Heaven you may depend
upon it he's there The single democratic
voter in more than one town, who year
after year deposited his single democratic
ballot undismayed by the number of his
misguided opponents, thus discharged his
political duty with the utmost pride and
satisfaction In his Jacksonian democracy.
Democratic steadfastness and enthu-
siasm and the satisfaction arising from
our party history and traditions. certainly
ought not to be discouraged. But it is
hardy safe for US because we profess
the true faith. and can boast of distin-
guished political ancestry, to rely upon
these things as gUara 1tees OF our present
usefulness as a party organization, or to
regard their gIorihcatiOn as surely making
the way easy TO the accomplishment of our
political mission.
The democratic party, by an intelli-
gent study of present conditions. must be
prepared to meet all the wants Of the peo-
pie as they arise. and to furnish 4 remedy
| for every threatening evil. We may well
be proud of our party membership; but We
cannot escape the duty which such mem
bership impreSses upon US, to urge con-
stantly upon our fellow citizens Of this day
and generation the sutficiency of the Trir-
ciples of true democracy for The protection
| of their rights and the promotion Of their
welfare and happiness, IN all their present
| diverse conditions and surroundings.
There should of course be no sugses-
| ton that departure from the ti-ne hon
ored principles of our party Is necessary
| to the attainment Of these objects. On
| the contrary we should constantly con-
| graduate ourselves that our party creed Is
| broad enough to meet any emergency that
/ can arise in the life of free nation
THUS when We see the functions OF
| government used 10 enrich a favored few
/ at the expense of the many, and see also
| Its inevitable result in the pinching pri-
/ walton of the poor and the profuse ex.
/ travagence of the rich, and when we ses
| in operation an unjust tariff which ban
| ishes from many humble homes the com
! forts Of life IN order that in the places 0.
wealth. luxury may more abound, we turr
| &c our creed and find that ii enjoini
! EQUAL and exact justice to all men.
Then If we are well grounded in ou1
| political faith. we will not be deceived no
| will wo permit others 70 De deceived, b,
any plausible pretext or smooth sophistr,
excusins the situation. For our arswe
to them all, We viii point TO the word
which condemn such inequa. a.ity and IN
Justice. as we prepare for the encouute
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