South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-07-29
GROVER CLEVELAND.


speech OF Acceptance BIZ the Deme-
cratic Candidate.
Mr.. Cleveland made the follow
ing response TO the committee and
to the address:
Dir. Chairman and Gentlemen:
The message you deliver from the
national democracy srouses within
me emotions which would be we'll
nigh Overwhelming IL l did, not
Frecognize here assembled the repre-
sehtativcs OF great party, who
must snare with me the RESPONSE
bility Jour mission invites. I find
much relief in the reflection that /
have been selected merely to stand
for the principles and purposes to
which my party is pledged, and for
the enforcement and supremacy Of
which all who have any right 70
claim democratic fellowship must
constantly and persistently labor.
Our party responsibility il indeed
great. We assume . momentous
obligation TO our countSymen when.
in return for their trust and con.
idence, We promise them q rectifi-
cation Of their wrongs and . better
realisation Of the advantages which
are due TO them under our free and
beneficent institutions.
But II our responsibility is great,
our party 10 strong. 1t is strong
n 'ts sympathy WITH the needs OF
the people, in its insistence upon
the exercise Of governmental pow
ers strictly within the constitutions
al permission the people have
granted, and in its Willingness to
risk its life and hope upon the peo-
ple's intelligence and patriotism.
Never has great party intent
upon the promotion of right and
justice had better incentive for eff
fort than is now presented to us.
Turning our eyes to the plain
people Of the land, we see them
burdened as consumers with tar
iff system that unjustly and relent-
lessly demands from them in the
purchase of the necessaries and
comforts of life an amount scarcely
met by the wages Of hard and steady
toll, while the exactions thus wrung
from them bald up and increase
the fortunes of those for whose
benefit this injustice is perpetuated.
We sec the farmer listening to q
delusive story that fills his mind
with visions of advantage, while
his pocket is robbed by the stealthy
hand of high protection.
Our workingmen are still told
the tale, oft rep ated in spite of it's
demonstrated falsity, that the ex-
listing protective tariff is boon TO
them, and that under its beneficent
operation their wag's must increase,
while as they listen scenes are
enacted in the very abiding place
OF high protection that mock the
hopes of toll and attes the tender
mercy the workingman receives
from those made selfish and sordid
by unjust governmental fayoritism.
We oppose earnestly and stub
b ,rpiiy tic theory upon which our
opponents SEEK :: Justify and up
hold existing tariff laws, We need
not base our attack upon questions
of constitutional permission or leg
islative power. We deneunce this
theory upon the highest possible
grounds whom we contend that in
present conditions its operation is
unjust, and that laws enacted in
accordance with it are iRequitable
and unfair.
Ours is not q destructive party.
We arc Eot al enmity with the
rights OF any Of our citizens. All
are our countrymen. We are not
rlnklessly needless of any American
interests, nor will We abandon our
regard for them, but invoking the
love for fairness and justice which
belongs to true Americanism, and
upon which our constitution rests,
We insist that no plan o; tariff leg
islation shall be tolerated which has
for it's object and purpose forged
contribution from the earnings and
income Of the MACS Of olr citigens
to swell directly the accommodations
Of favored few; nor will We per-
NIT q pretended solioituds for
AmeVi AN labor or any other spe-
oious pretext Of benevolent care for
others TO blind the eyes of the peo-
pie to the selfish schemes Of those
| who seek through the aid of un-
equal tariff laws to gam unearned
and unreasonable advantages ut the
expense Of their fellows
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 adveTsaries, which, under
the guise OF protecting the suffrage
covers, but does not conceal, de-
sign thereby TO perpetuate the pow
or OF party afraid to trust its con-
tinuance TO the untiammeled and
INTEL gent votes OF the American
people. We are pledged to resist
the legislation intended to complete
l A