The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-22
THE NOTIFICATION or QUIZ cANpI'
DATES

THE OIhEAShAAVf'
o.,s..+,on 70 Mr.. Cleveland and Mr..
stsvsnson of their nomination oy the Demo,
cratic party to the Offices OF fres'uen. anu
va. p,ssiden. was an occasion notable III
.,, 7. was notable as bringing
u,ost .nnbatically to the attention OF the
.ro,Id ,bs eaper enthusiasm OF the people III
a.. .o.,.., and il was notable for many
th;ngs said by Mr.. Cleveland IL Is hara "
oonca,Ss OF an occasion on which the hope''
md sspirstions of the people them
.aIr.s can be more pointedly manifested
IL !, was there. All classes and stations OF
..., orowdsd upon each other in the nope
,ba, thew might testify by their bodily pres
ence the deep interest that all feel IN inc over
throw of class legislation and the ro-es'ao-
Iisbment of the principles of favors TO nome
oorslitv 10 all There was cheering H.
.n;ration in the spontaneous enthusiasm "a
that vast mass strongly calculated to revive
.ha bonss of a Responding patriot and 10
drive despair from the minds OF those ci.'-
zens who have become discouraged DV lhe
long carnival that rottenness and wee ha'e
had in the government Of our country
In informing Mr.. Cleveland Of his ncmi-
nation Mr.. Wilson well said, speaking OF our
platform:
"Rnt in all its utterances it is merely de-
yelopment of one great priucipio; g.
Whatever governments ana ia"s co.. IN .'oonIa
without precedence of section or erauo -
citizenship"
And Mr.. Cleveland most fttipgiy re-
snonded TO the sentiment in the following
words:
1--WE oppose earnestly and stubbornly the
theory upon which our opponents seek 10
iustify and uphold the existing tarlh laws we
need not base our attack upon questions OF
constitutional permission or leglsIalIve
mower We denounce this theory upon the
highest possible grounds when We contenu
that under present conditions Its operation
ia unjust. and that laws enacted IN accord
snce with it are inequitaDle and unfair.
In these two expressions are found
trne Democratic doctrine and faith, to-wt.
whatever governments and laws can do Tor
a people must be done for ALL the people
without precedence of section or grades OF
citizenship, and that verbal constitutional
prohibition or grants are of small moment
when compared with the demand that all
legislation shall be based upon the prin-
ciples Of Justice and equity TO all. In TINS
principle is found all the laws and all the
commandments, aud constitutions and
statutes that violate or ignore 1t arc con-
stitutions and statutes to be destroyed and
forgotten as soon as may be.
Persons either ignorant or malicious have
endeavored to mislead the people with be-
levng that Mr.. Cleveland was no sincere
enemy of the Force bill. Let heaven be
praised that there has been given him the OPP
portunity to express his real sentiments to-
wards this damnable and detestable measure,
and let all patriots read and take to heart
his opinion upon it as thus expressed;
I'VE have also assumed in our covenant
with those whose support we invite, the
duty of opposing to the death another
avowed scheme of our adyeTsaries, which,
under the guise of protecting the suffrage,
covers but does not conceal design thereby
to perpetuate the power OF party AFRAID 10
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 that saturnalia of
theft and brutal control which followed
another Federal regulation OF State suf-
frage: because We know that the managers
of party which did not scruple 10 rob the
people of President would not hesitate TO
use the machinery created by such iegisla-
ton to revive corrupt instrumentaiites Tor
partisan purposes: because an attempt 10
enforce such legislation would rekindle AMI
mosities where peace and hopefulness now
prevail: because such an attempt would re-
| place prosperous activity with discourage
ment and dread throughout large section
of our country and would menace every
where in the land the rights reserved TO the
States and to the people which underhe the
safeguards of American liberty.
The Third partyites at Hanover Court
house on Wednesday announced for their
party cry, Negro supremacy is preferable
to Wsll-street diotation."
The suggestion that the great Democratic
party of this nation is dominated by Wall
street or by any influence except the hope
and desire to make the laws bear equally
upon all, is too contemplate and absurd to
| be seriously considered. But suppose it
were, what an odious sentiment have we here;
an announcement by Yirginians that they
would prefer to live under negro rule rather
| than fail to have Congress enact their
crude ideas about finance into statute law.
In what noble contrast to this groyeling,
! ignoble sentiment is Mr.. Cleveland's that
we are pledged to resist the Republican
programme of putting the Force bill into ef-
feet all over the South because we have
not forgotten that saturnalia of theft and
brutal control which followed another Fed.
eral regulation of State suffrage" the pc
Rod of reconstruction.
Here is this broad-minded, large hearted
patriot ready to stake his whole political fu-
ture upon opposition to that hateful mea-
sure. while those designed to be its victims
declare that they had rather be ruled by
the negro than fail to see their wild
schemes of finance adopted by Congress.
Out upon such Yirginians