Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-20
RESPONSE OF GOVERNOR HILL.
lie Discusses Jehersonlan Principles, the
Tariff, and the Force Bill.


RESPONSE OF GOVERNOR HILL.
lie Discusses JeTersonian Principles, the
Tariff, and the Force Bill.
When the applause had subsided Gov
| ernOr Hill arose, bowed to the Governor.
TO Mr. I}elvin, and then to the audience,
and said:
Mr.. President and Fellow Democrats
and Citizens Of the City OF Richmond. Il
thank you for this very kind and hatter-
ing reception. / accept 1t not SO much rs
personal compliment to myself. but rs
your tribute of respect to the great Empire
state of New York which have the honor
in part TO represent on this occasion. Pos
sibly you may Intend il also as a cOmpi-
ment to the gallant democracy of that
State, whom | also Ill part represent to-
night. | am here as the guest of the citi-
| zens of Richmond and particularly of this
gallant Democratic Club who escorted me
here tonight.
The hospitality of the city Of Richmond
| is prOyerDlal but the hospitality extended
70 my friends and myself here to-day sur
passes our mos: sangune expectations.
You are almost killing US with Kindness
| and good things.
| need not assure you that | am pleased
| to speak almost for the first time upon the
Sdtlth rO4l VI ' II Hliili lhHIluuHfl A44'
soil of the State that has given as some OF
| the greatest names wnicn adorn our his.
| tory. ! need not SPEAK of the names of
| the early fathers OF our country. You
gave US Washington, Madison, Monroe,
| and Jefferson, and long list Of the most
| distinguished names that adorn the his
tory OF our great nation.
LAST GREAT BATTLE or THE REVOLUTION.
do not forget tho fact that you have
contributed H. mucn If not more than any
other State to tho glory and greatness OF
our common country. IApplausel. II
was upon your soil that the last great bat
tie of the Revolution Wa .ougb, an''
| fought successfully. Having that most
distinguished honor you can allow Us 20
share in the glory reelected upon the whole
country in the lives of the distinguished
men whose names | have mentioned.
Their greatness and their glory belong not
only to Virginia. but TO New York
and to the whole country a. a
whole. Their services are q common
heritage which belongs to the Tn
ion. / am pleased especially 10 speak
III the State that gayo to the country the
founder OF the great party, TO which, 1
think q majority OF this audience belongs.
1t was jefferson. as you all know. VINO
| founded the great Democratic party OF the
country. His name will live longer than
many of those who have given distinguished
services to our country: longer, III my
Judgment. and in the respect ] differ from
our friend Mr.. Depew, of New York, who
said that tho fame Of Hamilton would sur
vive that of Jefferson III years and centu-
ries which are TO come.
LIVE WHEN HAMILTON Il FORGOTTEN.
While do not speak disparagingly Of
the fame of the great Hamilton, of my own
State. in my humble judgment, the name
of Jefferson will live when even that OF
Hamilton shall be forgotten. In an ad-
dress delivered at the unvelling of monu-
ment at Bulena Dir. Depew was under
stood TO say that III the years aud centu-
ries TO come the name OF Hamilton would
be recollected. while that OF your and our
Jefferson would be forgotten. In my
humble Judgment, and | submit it for your
consideration whether | am not right.
The people OF this countrr and
the people who are to follows us
III the centuries TO come will never, never
forget the author of the great Declaration
of Independence. IApplause.l His name
will be recollected b. the masses of the
people. The scholar and the student aud
the limited few may recollect the distin-
guished services of Hamilton, but the great
masses OF the people. the plain people OF
the country will recollect the man who
founded the great political party and laid
the founeation for nearly all the greatness
of this great country of ours. | recall the
fact that he il was who enumerated the
principles which are so dear 10 every true
American heart.
JEFFRRsoN's PRINCIPLES.
You recollect that upon the occasion OF
his first inaugural he set forth the prlnci-
ple which. In his judgment. ought to gov
ern the Administration OF this country. L
do not recall them all you will recall a
few. He declared that civil should be
SUPERIOR to military power that the legls-
latlon of our land should be for the benefit
of the greatest number of the people-for
| the masses instead of the classes. lie de-
cared in favor of the individual liberty
the greatest individual liberty possible TO
the citizen, the greatest liberty to the IN
dividual citizen consistent with thepuohc
welfare; in favor of an economic admins
tration of public affairs; In favor OF the
preservation of the right of trial by jury:
He declared also in favor of the principal
that all taxation should be for public and
not for private purposes.
Those elementary principles are as dear
to the American people to-day as they
we're the day they were enunciated By the
great Jefferson himself. and they have FOR
MANY wears formed the principles OF one
try. -,
/ do not propose to detain you with an
elaborate dlscussien OF these principles.
The party thus founded by Jefferson when
he enunciated those principles, IN his first
inaugural, has continued until this day. II
is party of history.
THE CAUSE OF THE PEOPLE.
The Democratic partv, my friends, Is the
party of the people. Our cause Is and al
ways has been the cause OF the people.
IApplause.l We have had occasion fer the
past several years to examine the mea-
sures which have been proposed by the
adyersaries of the Democratic party. We
stand upon tho broad doctrine which has
been enumerated that taxation shall be TOR
public purposes. and therefore the Demo-
cratic party believe that no more
revenue should be collected in this
country than is necessary for the
support of the Government economically
administered. This is familiar doctrine
to us all, and because we stand upon that
priciple that we are opposed to measures
which have been imposed upon US 6y tne
Republicans. which are III derogation OF
tbis principle. We are opposed TO the
Growth of monopolies. We stand where
we have always stood-upon tho ground
that the people OF each State should regu-
late their own domestic affairs IN their own
way lapplausel without interference by tue
general Government.
TIE FORCE BILL
I am here to congratulate you upon tne
fact that the infamous bill know as the
Eorce bill has met at least with temporary
dsfsat and we trust with permanent de-
feat do not propose to discuss the TEA