Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-07-28
CLEVELAND AND THE FORCE
BILL.


eating charges against him, but to
which he has a happy faculty of
giving the lie with an emphasis that
carries abiding conviction to the I'M
prejudiced popular mind.
Recently the Third party "orgin'
in this State-the Progressive Far
ape9, made the unfounded assertion
that "a vote for Cleveland was a vote
for a Force Bill Superintendent
vet in the next breath the same
"orgin" says that the Force bill. is a
farce-a mere bug bear: In fact
we verify believe that the 'orgin"
would have the people, for the sake
Of Third party success, to believe
shat there is no such thing Is the
Force Bill, although in its puny lit
| tleness 1T attempts to besmirch Cleve-
land by saying "right So" that ga
vote for Cleyeland is a vote for a
Force bill sympathizer.'
But what does Mr.. Cleveland say
on this subject? He is on record in
| past u%tterances and actions against
| the Infamous measure, but in his
speech of acceptance of the head Of
the National Democratic ticket in
the present campaign, delivered
Wednesday night before an immense
gathering in New York, where the
committee of notification waited
upon him, he said:
"We have also assumed in
our covenant with those whose
support we invite, the duty of
Opposing to the death another
avowed scheme of our adversaries,
which, uuder the guise of protects
ing the suffrage, ove but does
not conceal a design thereby to
pepetuate the power of a party
afraid to trust its continuance to
the untrammeled and intelligent
votes Of the American people. W.
are pledged to resist the legislation
INTENDED to complete this scheme,
because we have not forgotten the
saturnalia of theft and brutal con-
troll which followed another FEEDER
al regulation of State suffrage, be-
cause we know that the managers
of q party which did not scruple to
rob the people of a President,
would not hesitate to use the mas
chinery created by such legislation
to revive corrupt instrumentalies
for partisan purposes, because an
attempt to force such legislation
would rekindle animosities where
peace and hopefulness now pre-
vail, because such an attempt
would replace prosperous activity
with encouragement and dread
throughout a large section of oul
country, and would menace, every
j, where in the land the rights res
served to the States and to the peo'
pie, which underlie the safe guards
of American liberty"
That is very well said indeed. w
wish further to emphasize his clos
l ing paragraph. He said:
"In a tone of craftsmanship which
BELTS the occasion, let me say tx
you as eqnal partners in the cam
paign upon which we tosday enter
that the personal fortunes of those
to whom you have entrusted you:
r banners are only important as the,
, are related to the fate of the prin'
ciples they represent and to thu
party which they lead. l canno
Therefore forbear reminding yor
and all those attached to the Dem
Iocratic party or supporting The
principles which we profess, tina.
' defeat in the pending campaign
followed by the contamination O
the legislative schemes our OPP
ponents contemplate and accom-
u panied by such other incidents o
their success as might NOR
firmly fix their power, woul'
present a most diecouragin,
d outlook for future Dem
ocratic supremacy and for the &C
complishment of the objects W
have at heart. Moreover, ever,
sincere Democrat must believe tina
the interests of his country ar
deeply involved in the victory Q
our party in the struggle tina
awaits US. Thus patriot solicitud
y exalts the hope of the partisanshi1
and should intensity our determi
nation to win This sue