Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

Speech in Rhode Island.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., April 2-The fol
lowing is the address of ex-President Cleve
land delivered here this evening in the in
terest of the Dem ocratic ticket of Rhode
Island:
MY FELLOW CITIZENs-I have found il
impossible to decline the invitation YOU
sent me to meet here to-day the Democracy
Of Rhode Island. I have come to look in
the faces of the men who have been given
the place Of honor in the advance of the vast
army which moves toward the decisive
battle field Of next November. have Lot
come to point the way to consolation in case
Of your defeat, but have come to share the
enthusiasm which presages victory. L have
not come to condole with you upon the diff
culties which confront you, but to suggest
that they will only add to the glory of your
triumph. l have come to remind YOU that
the intrenchments of spoils and patronage
cannot avail against the valor and de-
termination of right; that
Corruption and Bribery
cannot smother and destroy the aroused
conscience Of our countrymen, and that
splendid achievements await those who
bravely, honestly and stubbornly fight in
the peoples cause. Let US not for a mo-
meEt miss the inspiration of those words,
''The Peoples Cause" They signify the
defense of every man, rich or poor, in every
corner of our land, who by virtue of simple
American manhood lays claim to the prom
Uses of our free Government, and they
mean the promotion of the welfare and hap
piness of the humblest American citizen
who confidingly invokes the protection of
just and equal laws
The covenant OF our democratic faith, as
understand it, exacts constant effort in
this cause, and its betrayal conceive to be
q crime against the creed of true democracy.
The struggle in which you are engaged ar
rests the attention of your party brethren in
every State, and they pause in their pre-
parstion 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 legends on your
banners and they hear your rallying cries.
and know that your fight is in the peoples
cause. If you should be defeated there will
be no Encouragement in this vast waiting
army; but you will earn their plaudits and
cover yourselves with glory by winning
success.
The Shibboieth of True Democracy.
Large and bright upon your banners are
blazoned the words tariff reform''-the
shibboleth of true Democracy, and the test
OF loyalty to the peoples cause. Those
who oppose tariff reform delude themse Ives
II they suppose it rests wholly upon appeals
10 selfish considerations and the promise of
advantage, right or wrong, or that our only
hope of winning depends upon arousing
between different interests among
our people. While we do not propose that
those whose welfare we champion shall be
blind to the advantages accruing to them
from our plan of tariff reform, and while we
are determined that these advantages shall
not be surrendered to the Establishments of
greed and avarice we will claim nothing
that has not underlying it moral sentiment
and considerations of equity and good con-
science.
Because our case rests upon such founda-
lions, sordidness and selfshness cannot de-
'troy 1t. The fight for Justice and right is a
clean and comforting one, and because the
American people love Justice and right,
1urs must be a winning fight.
1.-The Government of the Union is a Gov |
,rnment of the people; it emanates from
hem; its powers are granted by them. and |
ire to be exercised directly on them and for
heir benefit
Violating the Governmental Compact
This is not the language of political |
,lattorm. 1t is declaration of the highest
ourt in the land, whose mandates all must
hey, and whose definitions all partisans
must accept. In the light of this exposition
# the duty the Government owes the ueo.
lie, the Democratic party claims that when.
Trough federal taxation, burdens are laid
pon the daily life of the people not neces-
airy for the Governments economical sd.
and intended, whatever he the
retext, to enrich a few at the expense of
he many, the Governmental compact is vi.
lated.
A distinguished Justice of the Supreme
ourt, with no Democratic affiliations. but
1ved and respected, when living, by every
American, and since his death universally
lmented, has characterized such proceed
lg as none the less robbery because it is
one under the forms of law and is called
lxation."
Let us then appreciate the fact that we
ot only stand upon sure and safe ground
hen we appeal to honesty and morality in
ur championship of the interests of the
lasses of our people, as they are related to
ariff taxation, but that our mission is In
ested with the highest patriotism when we
tempt to preserve from perversion, dis
rtion and decay the justice, equality and
oral integrity which are the constitu ent