The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-04-07
CLEVELAND'S VOICE RAISED.
The Ex-PreSident Accorded an Enthu-
siastic Reception in Rhode Island.

climax Saturday in eN-President
Grover Cleveland's speech ond recep-
ton. Mr. Cleveland SAID in his
part:
| have come to condole with you !
upon the difficulties which confront
you, bnt to suggest that they will |
only add to the glory of your
triumph. / have come to remind |
you that the intrenchments of spoils |
and patronage cannot avail against |
the valor and determination of |
right, that corruption and bribery
cannot smother and destroy the |
aroused conscience of our country, |
and that splendid achievements |
await those who bravely, honestly
and stubbornly fight in the peoples
cause. Let US not for a moment
miss the inspiration of the words,
''The peoples cause:" They signify
the defense of the rights of every
man, rich or poor, in every corner of
our land, who by virtue of simple
American manhood lays claim to the
promises of free government, and
they mean the promotion, welfare
and happiness of the humbIest who
confidently invokes the protection
of just laws. The covenant of our
Democratic faith, as | understand it,
eXacts constant effort in this cause,
and it's betrayal | conceive to he n
crime against the creed of true DEM
Ocraey.
The struggle in which you are en-
gagged arrests the attention of your
party brethren in every State, and
they pause in their preparation for
the general engagement, near at
hand, in which all will be in the field
and look toward Rhode Island with
hope and trust. They read the le-
gends on your banners and they
hear your rallying cry and know
that your fight is the peoples. If
you should be defeated there will be
no Encouragement in this vast wait
ing army, but you will earn plaudits
and cover yourselves with glory by
winning success. Large and bright
upon your banners are blazoned the
words. 'tariff REFORM" the shibbo-
leth of true Democrats and test of
loyalty to the people. Those who
oppose tariff reform delude them
selves if they suppose it rests wholly
on appeals to selfish consideration
and promise of advantage to the
| right or wrong, or that our only
hope of winning depends on arousing
| animosities between different inter
est among our people. While we do
not propose that those whose vel
| fare we champion shall be blind to
| the advantage accruing to them,
| while we are determined these advan-
| tages shall not be surrendered moral
| integrity which are the constituent
elements of our scheme of popular
government.
Those who believe in tariff reform
for the substantial good it will
| bring to US when selfish greed is in
| the ascendency; those who believe
that the legitimate motive of our
government is to do equal and ex-
act justice to all our people and
grant especial privileges to none;
| those who believe that the nation
boasting that it's foundation is in
honesty and conscience cannot afford
| to discard moral sentiment and
| those who would save our institll-
tions from the undermining decay of
| sOrdiness and selfishness can hardly
excuse themselves if they fail to join
us in the crusade we have undertake
en-. Certainly our sincerity cannot
| be questioned In the beginning of
| the struggle we were not only bitter
| ly opposed by the great party of the
| avowed enemy, but were embarrass-
| by those in our ranks who had be-
| come infected with the unWholesome
| atmosphere our enemies had created.
We hesitated not a moment to bold
| 1y encounter both.
We unified our party not by any
surrender to the half-hearted among
our mem bers, but by honest appeal
of the Democratic sentiment and
| conscience. We have never lowered
policy nor eXdediency that induced
us defantly to carry the banner of
| tariff reform as we went forth to
meet the well organized and desper
ately determined army in the disas-
trous field of 1888 4 time-serving
or expediency hunting party would
| hardly have been found the day af-
ter such crushing defeat. UndiSmay-
ed, defiant and determined still shout
ing the old war cry, and anxious to
encounter again in the peoples
cause, our exultant enemy, we had
not long to wait. At the Waterloo
of 1890 tariff reform had it's vindica-
ton, and the principle and steadfast
devotion to American fairness and
good faith gloriously triumphed ov-
er the attempted popular deception.
The Democratic party still cham
pions the cause which defeat could
not induce it to surrender, which no
success short of complete accom-
plishment can tempt it to neglect.
It's position has been from the first
frankly and fairly stated, and no
one can honestly be misled concern
ing it. We invite the strictest scru-
this subject, and we insist that our
cause has been fair and consistent
/ believe this is not now soberly de-
MED in any quarter.
When we began the contest for
tariff reform it was said by our Re-
publican opponents in the face of
our avowals and acts that we were
determined on free trade. A long
advance was made in their impu-
dence when their insincerity accus-
ed us of acting in the interest of
foreigners and when they more than
limited that we had been bought with
British gold.
If hypocrisy is the homage vice
pays to virtue" reciprocity may be
called the homage prohibitory pro-
lection pays to genuine tariff re-
form.
The demand in your platform for
| free raw materials ought, it seems to
NO n ho warmly Sac0udnd hv tho