Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-21

J.W. Orr Kansas. P.Salyer. Kentucky,
A. Crandah Louisiana, E.C.Swett. Maine.
I,.E. Bouehman. Nd. 7. Mcclure. Mass.
R.A: Montgomery, Mich, {. NJ. Foote. Minnesota,
| Wv. Sullivan. Miss. J.W. Walker, Missouri.
S,P: Hausen. Montana, IA: Creighton. Neh.
Nv. .lIinchclife. New, H. R. Parker. n. H.,
6. H. Barker. n: j.. Ne. Mack. New York.
r. r. Holden, Ohio Henry BIackman, Ore,
henry Cochran. Pa. +: E. Bartlett R. l.,
Tp.Jcryey.Jr.. SC, VA. Collier. Tenn,
III McLeary, Texas, A Fulkerson, virginia.
/ &C: Miller. Vermont, J.Collns. Washington.
B. F. Martin. W. Va, James Borden Wis,
FIJI Homer. " yomlng, J.sheakley, Alaska.
II: Elinwood. Arizona, Henry E. Davis. ID. G.,
Response by the Head OF the Ticket.
At the close of the formal letter Mr..
Cleveland faced Chairman Wilson and said:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen:
The message you deliver from the National
| Democracy arouses within me emotions
which would be wel-nigh overwhelming II
| 1 did not recognize here assembled the
representatives of a great party who must
share with me the responsibility your mis-.
i sion invites. 1find much relief in the re-
Election that have been selected merely to
| stand for the principles and purposes to
| which my party Is pledged, and for the en-
| forcernent and supremacy of which all who
have any right to claim Democratic fellow
| ship must constantly and persistently labor.
Our party responsibility is indeed great.
| We assume momentous obligation to our
| countrymen when, in return for their trust
/ q
cation of their wrongs and better realiza-
tion of the advantages which are due to
| them under our free and beneficent institu-
| tions. But, if our responsibility is great, our
| party is strong. 1t is strong in its sympathy
| with its needs Of the people, in its insisten ce
| upon the exercise of governmental powers
strictly within the constitutional permission
| the people have granted. and in its willing
| ness to risk its life and hope upon the peo-
pies intelligence and patriotism.
Never has great party, intent upon
tf<,, n H,<,eA
| incentive for effort than is now presented
to us Turning our eyes to the plain people
| of the land, We see them Durdened as CON-
| sumers with a tariff system that uni ustly
| and relentlessly demands from them, in
| the purchase of the necessaries and COM
| forts of life an amount scarcely met by the
| wages of hard and steady toil-while the ex-
| actions thus wrung from them build up nd
increase the fortunes of those for whose
| benefit this injustice is perpetuated.
The Ear of the Farmer Wanted.
| We see the farmer listening to q delusive
| story that fills his mind with visions of ad-
vantage, while his pocket is robbed by the
stealthy hand of high protection.
| Our worklngmen are still told the tale oft
| repeated in spite of its demonstrated falsity.
that the existing protective tariff is a boon
to them, and that under its beneficent oper-
alton their wages must Unreasonable, as
they lister, scenes are enacted in the very
abiding place of high protection that mock
the workingman receives from those made
selfish and sordid by unjust governmental
favoritism.
We oppose earnestly and stubbornly the
theory upon which our opponents seek to
Justify and uphold existing tariff laws. We
need not base our attack upon questions of
constitutional permission or legislative
power, We denounce this theory upon the
highest possible grounds when we contend
that in present conditions its operation is
unjust and that laws enacted in accordance
with it are ineQuitable and unfair.
Ours is not destructive party. We are
not at enmity with the rights of any Of our
citizens. All are our countrymen. We are
not recklessly needless of any American in
terests. nor will we abandon our regard for
them; but, invoking the love OF fairness and
Justice which belongs to true Americanism,
and upon which our Constitution is based,
we insist that no plan of tarin legislation
shall be tolerated which has for its object
and purpose forced contribution from the
earnings and income of the mass of our citi-
zens to swell directly the accumulations Of
favored few; nor will we permit a pre-
tended solicitude for American labor, or
any other specious prete1t of benevolent
car care for others to blind the eyes of the peo-
pie to the selfish schemes of those who seek
through the aid of unequal tariff laws to
gain unearneu and unreasonable advantages
at the expense OF their fellows.
Assumptions in the Covenant.
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, under
the gu1se OF protecting the suffrage, covers,
but does not conceal, design thereby to
perpetuate the power of party afraid to
trust its continuance to the untrammeled
and intelligent votes OF the American peo-
pie. We are pledged to resist the legislation
intended TO complete this scheme because
we have not forgotten the saturnalia of
theft and brutal control which followed
another Federal regulation of State suffrage,
because we know that the man
scruple to rob the people of
President would not hesitate to use the
machinery created by such legislation to
revive corrupt fnstrumentalities for par
tisan purposes; because such an attempt to
enforce such legislation would rekindle ami
mosities where peace and hopefulness now
prevail; because such an attempt would
replace prosperous activity with discour-
agement and dread throughout q large Sec
tion OF our country, and would menace,
to the States and to the people, which under
lie the safeguards of American liberty.
shall not attempt to specify at this time
other objects and aims OF Democratic en-.
deavor which add inspiration to our mission.
True to Its history and its creed our party
will respond to the wants of the people
within safe lines, and guided by enlightened
patient within our membership we commend
continued, unswervtng allegiance to the
party whose pEtncipIes in all times past,
whose aggregate wisdom and patriotism.
their experience teaches, can always be
trusted.
Tone of Partisanship Adopted.
In tone of partisanship which BELTS the
occasion, let me say to you as equal partners
in the campaign upon which we to-day
enter, that the personal fortunes OF those to
whom you have entrusted your banners are
only importanteas they are related to the
tate OF the principles they represent and to
the party which they lead. Icannot, there
lore, foroear reminding you and all those at
tached to the Democratic party or support-
ing the principles which we profess that
defeat in the pending campaign, followed by
the consummation Of the legislative schemes
our opponents contemplate, and accou,pan n.
led by such other incidents of their snccess
as might more firmly fix their power, would
present most discouraging outlook for
future Democratic supremacy and for the
accomplishments OF the objects we have at |
heart.
Moreover, every sincere Democrat must
believe that the interests of his countrv
are deeply involved in the victory OF our
party in the struggle that awaits uS. Thus.
patriotic solicitude exacts the hone of partf
sanshfp and should intensify our deternina-
tion to win success. This success can only !
De acn1eved by systematic and intelligent |
cause. Let rs tell the people plainly and |
honestly. what we believe and how We pro |
pose TO serve the interests of the entire /
country, and then let us, after the manner |
OF true Democracy, rely upon the thought |
fulness and patriotism of our fellow .coun-
trymen.
1t only remains for me to saw to you. in ad- |
vance OF more formal response TO your
that obey the c0lnmarld OF nv /
party, and confidently anticipate shat an In