The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-11

no excuse for its continuance, and there
Is no breach Of duty so palpable as the
waste Of money held by public servants
for the peoples use.
Our Government was founded in
spirit Of frugality and economy, and its
administration should not depart from
those lines We need no glitter or show
70 divert our people from turbulent
thoughts. We have a more substantial
guarantee against discomfort in a plain
and simple plan of rule in which every
citizen has share. Ir order that this
should do It's perfect ddty IL is essential
that there should exist among our peopla
q wholesome and disinterested love FOR
their Government for IT'S own sake. and
because IT is heritage belonging to all.
The cultivation Of such sentimen. is
not only iigh duty but an absolute ne
ctssity 10 the contamination Of the re-
forms we enter upon. We shall utterly
and disgracefully fail IL we attempt these
reforms under the influence OF pettv par-
usan scheming or the fear OF jeopardiz-
Ing political fortunes They can only be
accomplished when unselhsh patriotism
guides the aspirations Of our people and
regulates the action Of their chosen SER
wants.
We who are charged with the RESPONSE
bllity OF making and executing the laws
should Degln our preparation for the task
by rigid self-eXamination and by a celf-
purgation from all ignoble and unworthy
tendencies threatening to enter into our
motives and designs Then may we entoin
upon all our countrymen the same duty,
and then may we hope to perform faith
fully and successfully the work entrusted
10 our hands by a cOnfding people
A storm Of applause followed Mr.. CSeve-
land speech. and cheering was kept up
for several minutes.
Speech of Carl schurz.
When quiet was again restored Carl
Schurz, the next speaker, was introduced,
who spoke TO the toast, Moral Forces in
Politics"
lie said in part: "As you all remem-
Der, before the last Democratic National
Convention was held, many well meaning
Democrats honestly believed that with
Mr. Cleveland as a candidate the Demo-
cratic party would be doomed to certain
defeat They thought that a man who,
instead Of trucking to other peoples pre-
Judices, had always expressed his own
convictions Of right and duty with defiant
frankness, must have provoked an in
separable opposition, and could not be
popular; that a candidate who had made
every rascal his open or secret enemy
could not find honest men enough 20
elect him, that, therefore, Mr. Cleveland
was utterly unavailable This was the
view of the so-caled practical politician.
He smiled disdainfully at the political
idealism Of those who believed Mr. Cleve-
lands election possible. But it turned out,
as 1t often does, that the political idealist
was far the most practical politician Of
the two The professional had made a
great mistake. He had indeed estimated
the spirit Of the rascals correctly; but he
had under estimated the number and
spirit Of the honest men.
What are these forces? They are that
patriotism which subOrdinates every other
to the general welfare,
honor and greatness of the country: that
instinct Of justice, which loves right as
right, abhOrs wrong as wrong, and wishes /
every man 10 have his due; that sense Of /
duty which incites conscientious men to /
endeaVOr TO understand what Is best for /
the country and for every citizen in it; that /
honest purpose and courage to do what is |
right which inspire sympathy and respect |
Tor honest purposes and courage in others; |
that proud manliness which disdains |
sham and subterfuges and admires with |
a hearty admiration, a straightforward |
ness defying opposition, and plucky dis
interested zeal for the public good doing
the best il cam"