The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-28
NOTIFICATION.
CLEVELAND AND STEVENSON
TIE LEADERS CALLED.

/ TIE LEADERS CALLED.
| At Madison Square Garden Ia
New York on Wednesday night o'
last week there was grand demo
cratic rally when Cleveland add
Stevenson we're notified OF their
nomin alton.
Hon. ". l.. Wilson Of West Va.
notified MIR. Cleveland and Stephen
Al. White OF California notified Mr.,
IStevenson.
| CLEvELAND's REILLY.
"Mr. Chairman and gentle men -
| The message you deliver from tue
national Democracy arouses within
me emotions which wo1ld be we'll
nigh overwhelming if did not recog-
nze here assembled the representa-
tlves Of a great party, who must
share with me the responsibility
your mission invites. | 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 en-
fcrcement and supremacy OF which
all who have any night TO claim
Democratic fellowship must con
stantly and persistenly labor.
"Our party responsibility is indeed
great We aesdme monentnus
| obligation to our countrymen when,
10 return tnr their trust and conf
dence, we promise them a rectitica-
ton Of their wrongs and better
realization Of the advantages which
are due TO them under our free and
beneficent institutions.
"But il our spOnsibillty great
onr party is strong. 1t is STRONG in
its sympathy with the needs Of ne
people, in ITS insistance upon the -
ercise Of governmental powers strI,t-
' within tie cuae tltutinDal permls.
sion tue people have gra ted, and IN
Its Willingness to risk its life and
hope upon the peoples intelligence
and patriotism.
"Never has a great party, intent
upon the promotion or rIgh& and
Justice, had better incentive for
effort than is now presented to US.
Turning our eyes to the plain
people of the land we see them bur
dened as consumers with a tariff
system til t unjustly and relentless-
lv demand. from them In the pur-
cusse OF the necessaries and com
forts Of life an amount scarcely met
by the wages of hard and steady
toll, while the exactioDs thus wrung
from them build up and increase th e
fortunes of those for whose benefit
this injastice is perpetuated.
1--WE see the farmer listening to
deluslve story that fills bis mind with
visions of advance while his pocket
is robbed by the stealtby hand of
high protection.
.Our wurkingmen are still told
he tale, oft repeated in spite Of it's
demonstrated falsity, that the ex-
isting protective tariff is boon to
them, and that under its bsneficent
operation their wages must lncr~ase,
while as they listen scenes are en-
acted In the very abiding-place OF
high protection that mock The h"res
Of the tate and attest tie tender
mercy the worklngmen receive from
those made sel6h and sordld by uu-
,st governmental f"vorltism.
"Ae e oppose earnestly and stut-
bornly the theory upon which our
opponents seek to justify and uphold
the existing tariff laws. We need
not b ,se our attack upon questions
OF constitutional PERMISSION or leg
islativs power. We denouuce this
theory upon the highest possible
grouuds when we contend that under
pre.eut conditions its operation Is
unjust. and that laws enacted In ac>
curdance with it are equitable and
unfair.
"Ours is not u de5tructlole party.
| We are rot at enmity with the rights
of any of our citizens. All are our
countrynen We are Eot recklessly
! Needless Of any American interests,
nor will We abandon our regard Tor
! then: bot invuk ing the love Of fsir-
! ness and ius'lce which belong to
true Americanism and upon which
our Constitution res g, we insist
that 10 plan Of tariff legislation
shsll be tolerated which has for lta
object and purpose fore d contrl'
uution from the earnings and income
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