Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-21


without rebuks against freedom and ~ favor Of
despotism In q struggling sister repubii@ Ana
seeing all tins, they have lost no opportunity In
the pact four years 20 honor your administration
by laying tho heavy hard of punisnmonf upon
those who have thus departed from rs spirit
aud iis poiicica
" Ana now, cir. we put into your hands the
commission of which We arc bearers 10 IL the
highest honor your party can besto~. IL ~ the
gravest call 90 duty your fellow Democrats can
make. hut we believe We can assure you that
there are no weak, weary. or despondont Demo
Gratis in tho ranks OF orr party to-day. and
that, wish the peoples cause, We doubt not you
win lead us 70 a victory, IN which the principles
Of our party shall glorionsly triumph, and the
welfare Of our country shall be nightly pro-
noted
LITTER OF NOTIFICATION.
In din like that which had preceded
MIR. Wilson's speech Secretary Nicholas
Bell of the Notification Committee read
the official letter Of notification.
pANDEWoNIUM AGAIN
Mr.. Cleveland then rose TO reply, and
again pandemonium roigned. It was one
terrible roar, and TO add TO the excitement
the immense standing crowd Of 10000 peo-
pie swayed back and forth and crushed in
upon the press enclosure. One newspaper
man nearest the crowd was pressed against
his table and tainted with the pain caused
by the pressure on his chest. He was re-
viyod IN few minutes. and then the
police got TO work on the crowd. Gradu-
ally t tell back and the excitement was
subduod.
Mr.. oLEyELAND's RESPONSE.
Mr.. Cleveland began 10 speak in the
midst OF the noise and his voice cOuldnot
be heart ten feet from the platform. The
people were not aware that he had begun,
and when II gradually dawned upon them
that they were losing the best part of the
meeting they quoted down. and the reso-
nsnt tones Of the ex-President we're heard
III every part of the house lie WIS listened
70 attentlyely and interrupted but seldom.
The applause came at the end of his
sp3eoh.
THE SPEECH IN FULL.
Mr.. Clevelaud's speech was as follows
Mr.. Chairman aud Gentiemen.-Th0 mes
sage you deliver from the national Democracy
urOuscs withiu me emotions which would be
W0ll-nigh overwhelming II ! did not recognize
here assembled tho representatives OF q great
party, who must share with me the RESPONSE
bilty yOur mission invites. / ind much relief
In tho reelection that have been selected merely
10 stand Tor tue principles ana purposes 10
which my party Is pledged, and Tor the enforce
ment ana supremacy Of which all who have any
right % claim Democratic fellowship must con
stauty ana persstently labor.
PARTY RESPONSIBILITY.
Our party responsibility Is indeed great.
We assume a momcntJus obligation 10 our
Countrymen when. w return FOR their trust aud
confidence. We promise them a rectilcatiOn OF
their wrongs and better realization Of the ad-
yhntagcs which are due 20 them under our free
ana beuohcicnt institutions.
Bot n our responsibility is great our party is
strong. IL H. strong in its sympathy with the
needs Of the people. iu its insistance upon the
exercise Oi governmental powers strictly within
the constitutional permission tho people have
granted. and IN ne Wngnc a. 10 risk its life and
hrftN I0nItte4 fUff lifgcupp mud marriott
lsm.
Never has a great party, intent upon the
promotion o. right and justice. had better in
contiys for e1Ort than Il now presented to us.
TARIFF BURDENS.
Turning our eyes to the plain people o. the
land " see them hardened as Consumers with
tariff system that unlusfly md relentlcasly de-
m8nds from them in the purchase Of the neces-
saucs and comforts OF life an amount scarcely
met 10y the wages of hard and steady toll, While
the cKncu0ns thus wruug from them build up
and increase tho fortunes OF those for whose
beueHt ihis injustice ia prrPctuated
"Wo SEQ the farmer listening 10 delusive
story that nlls his mind with visions Of advance
while hls pocket Is robbed 10y the stealthy hand
ui high prJtc"tlcu
HIGH PROTECTION NOCKERY
"Our worgngmcu are still told the tale oft re-
peated IN spite OF its demonstrated falsity, that
tie existing protective tarin Is a boon TO them,
and that under its beuchcent operation Their
wages must IA 'rcase, while as they lstcn scenes
are enacted In the very ahidiug-pllce Of high
protection that mock the hopes OF toll and attest
The tender mercy the w0rkingmen receives from
those made selfish aud sOrdid 10y unjust gov
crnmental favO,itsm.
ave oppose earnestly and stubbornly the
theory upon which our opponents seek 20 Justify
and uphold the existing taIin laws. We need
not base our attack upon questions of constitu-
tOuai permission or legislative power. We do
u0unro this theory upon the highest possible
grounds when We contend that under present
60 a TfastH1 1uHnl
enacted in accordance with II are inequitable
aud unfair.
TIE DEMOCRACY NOT DESTRUCTIVE.
"Ours is not destructive party. We are not
Ht cumity with TIE rights Of any Of our citizens.
An are our cOuutrymcn. We are not Tocklessy
hcrdless Of any American interests, nor VIII We
abGld ia our regard for ilem; nut lnyoNing thc
love Of fairness ANA justice which belong 10 true
Amcricanism ana upon which our Constitution
rcsis, We insist that no Ian OF tHrln
legislation rhan De tolerated which has
for its object and purpOee forced con-
rOuton from the earnings and income of
the mass oi our citizens 20 swell directly the ac-
cumulation oi favored few: nor will we per-
mt pretended solicitude for American labor,
or auy other spcfious pretoXt Oi benevolent care
for oJhers TO blind the owes of the people 90 the
srinsl schemes Of those who seek through the
a.d of unequal turin laws TO gain unearned and
unreasonable advantage II their follows.
THE FORCE BILL
ave have also assumed in orr covenant with
those whose supporI We invite the duty OF op-
posing 90 the death another avOWed scheme OF
our advcrsarcs, which, under the guise OF pro-
tectiuc the suffrage, covers but does not con-
ceal design thereby 10 perpetuate the power
Of q party afraid TO trust IFS continuance 70 the
uutrammeled and infelisent votes OF tho
American people. We are pledged 10 resist the
legislation intended 90 complete this scheme,
bccat-o Nc have not forgotten that saturndhU q
theft and brutal control which followed another
Federal regulation OF state suffrage, because
we know That The managers OF party which did
not scrupe 90 rob The people OF a President
would not hesitate 10 use the machinery created
by such legislation 10 revive corrupt instru-
mCntalities for partisan purposes; because an
attempt % enforce sucn legislation would re-
kHdle auimOsiiics where peace and hopelulness
now prevail: because such an attempt would re-
place prosperous nctivity with discOuragement
and dread throughout a IA sc section OF oar
country aud would menace cycfywhere III the
land the rights reserved I" TIE states ana 10 lhe
people which underhe the safeguards o.
American liberty.
"TO Tai TROUBLED AND INPATIENT
~ shall not attempt TO specify at this time
other objects aud aims OF Democratic endeayor
which add inspiration TO our mission 1rno TO
It's history and It's creed, our party VIII respond
10 tho wants of the people within sa'c lines ana
gnided by enlightened etatesmauship. To the
troubled and impatient within our membership
We commend continued, unsWeryinE tteslhnce
20 the party whose principles In all times past
have been found sufficient fer them, ana wnose
aggregate wisdom and patriotism their expert
ence toach can alw Us be usted.
PERSONAL FORTUNES Ot MINOR IMPORTANCE.
"In a tone Of partisanship which benefits tho
occasIon, let me say 10 YOU, as equal partners IA
the campaign upon which Ne to-day enter, that
the personal iOrtunesof those To whom yOu have
entrusted yonr banners are only important as
they are related 70 the fate OF the principles
they represent ana 20 the party which they
lead.
- cannot therefore forbear reminding YOU
and all those attached TO the Democratic party.
or supporting the principles which we profess
that defeat IN the pending campaign tolloweiby
the contamination Of the legislative schemes
cur opponents contemplate, aud accompanied
by suci other incidents OF their success as might
moro firmly ia their power, would present a
most disc0uragiug outlook for future Demo
cratic supremacy and for the accomplishment
of The objects We have AZ heart.
"PArMOTIC sOuCITUDE EXALrs PAKTISANsHlP"
moreover, every sincere Democrat must be-
Ieve that the interests Of bis country are deeply
involved in the victory OF party N the strug-
gle that awaits us. Thus patriotic solicitude eX-
ats the hope OF partisanship ana should nten-
sify our determination to win success.
This success can only be achieved by syste-
inatic and intelligent oiior; Oh the part OF those
enlisted IN our cause. Let us tell the people
plainly and honestly what We believe ana now
Ne propose 10 serve the interests vi the ehtre
country, and then lot us, after the manner OF
true Democracy. rely upon the tbongntiuihess