Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27

tory OF our party In the struggle tnat
awaits us. Thus patriotic solicitude
exalts the hope of craftsmanship and
should Intensity our determination to
win success.
This success can only be achieved by
systematic and intelligent efforts on
the part of all enlisted in our cause.
Let us tell the people plainly and hon
estly what we believe and how VIC pro-
pose to serve the interests of the entire
country, and then let us, after the man.
ner of true democracy, rely upon the
thOughtfulness and patriotism of our
fellow-countrymen.
1t only remains for me to say to YOU,
in advance of formal response to your
message that obey the command of my
party, and confidently anticipate that
an intelligent and earnest presentation
of our cause will insure a popular in
dorseinent of the action of the body
you represent.
ADDRESS OF ADLAI E. STEVENSON.
General Stevenson said:
| Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
/ Committee ] cannot too earnestly ex
press my appreciation of the honor
conferred upon me by the great delo
gated assembly which you officially
represent. To have been selected by
the National Democratic Convention
rs its candidate for high Office is a dis
tinctio4a of which any citizen might
well be proud. l would do violence to
my own feelings, sir, should fail to
express my gratitude for the courteous
terms in which. you have advised ME of
the result of the deliberations of the
convention.
Distrusting my capacity fully to meet
the expectations of those who have
honored me by their confidence, 1 az
cept the nomination 50 generously ten
dered.- Should the action of the Chica-
go convention receive the approval OF
the people, shall, to the best of my
humble ability, discharge with fidelity
the duties of the important trust con-
tided to me.
Reference has been made in terms OF
commentator to the late democratic
administration. Identified in some
measure in all important branch of the
public service with that administra
ton, / am gratified to know that it has
in SO marked a degree received the in
dOrsement of the democratic party in
its national convention. lam persuad
ed that intelligent discussion of the
. issues involved in the pending confess
for political supremacy will result il
victory for the party which stands fol
honest methods in government, ecOno
my in public expenditures, and relic
to the people from the burdens of an
just taxation.
am not unmindful, Mr.. Chairman
of the responsibilities which attach tt
, the great Office for which have beer
named. | may be pardOned for quot
ing in this connection the words of thu
honored patriot, Thomas A. Hendricks
when officially informed that he hat
been designated by his party for tn
! vice presidency in 1884, He said: s
:. 81 know that sometimes it is under
stood that this particular Office does no
. involve much responsibility, and as ;
general rule that is so. But sometime
it comes to represent very great respon
, sibilities, and it may be SO in the nea
!. future. The two parties in the Senat
being SO nearly evenly divided, tn
:, Vice President may have to decide UP
y on questions of law by the exercise Q
: the casting vote. The responsibility
= would then become very great.
o would not then be the responsibility
district or State. 1t would be the re
sponsibility of representing the Who'll
> country and the obligation would be
!, the judgment of the whole country
And that vote when thus cast shout
be in obedience to the just expectation
and requirements of the people of tn
. United States.n
E Should it please my cOuntrymen t
call me to this office, the high apprecis
ton of it's dignity and of its respons
% bilities, as expressed in the utterance
e and illustrated in the public life of tn
= eminent statesman whom have men
- toned will be u light to my own patti
\ way.
- In the contest upon which we no.
enter we make no appeal to the pas
siOns, but to the sober Judgment of tn
y people. We believe that the welfare G
% the toiling millions of our countryme
. is bound up in the success of the demo
y cratic party. Recent occurrences in
- neighboring State have sadly empha
= sized the fact that high protectiv
y tariff affords no protection and tend
- I in no way to better the condition c
. those who earn their bread by dali,
;, toll.
u Believing in the right of every vote
. to cast his ballot unawed by power, tn
: democratic party will steadily oppos
all-legislation which threatens to i'm
peril that right by the interposition o
i federal bayonets at the polls.
= In more formal manner hereafter
: Mr.. Chairman, will indicate by lette
I my acceptance of the nomination ten
dered me by the National Democrat
8 Convention, and will give expression t,
! my views touching the important ques
! tions enunciated in it's platform.