The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-21

luB anu long suSutiueus rlndlJ MT.
Cleveland began to speak and the storm
thereafter with much attention and
plaudits only came when his utterar oes
pleased his hearers. He said;
BIr. Cleveland's Response.
"Mr. ChairmanSand Gentlemen-The
message you deliver from the national
Democracy arouses within me emotions
that would be well nigh overwhelming
il l did not recognize here assembled
the representatives Of great party who
must share with me the responsibility
your mission invites. / find much relief
in the reflection that have been se-
1ected merely tDestand for the principles
and purposes to which my party is
pledged, and for the enforcement and
supremacy of which all who have any
right to claim Democratic fellowship
must constantly and persistently labor.
"Our party responsibility is indeed
great. We assume a momentous obli.
cation to our countrymen when, in re.
turn for their trust and confidence, we
promise them rectification of their
wrongs and better realization of the
advantages which are due to them un-
der our free and benefcent institutions.
"But if our responsibility is great our
party is strong. 1t is strong in its sym
pathy with the needs of the people, in
its insistance upon the exercise of gov
ernmental powers strictly within tho
constitutional permission the people
have granted, and in its willingness to
risk its life and hope upon the peoples
intelligence and patriotism.
Protection Robber.
'Nevershas great party, intent upon
the promotion OF right 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
burdened as consumers with tariff
system that uniustly and relentlessly
demands from them, in the purchase of
the necessaries of life, IN amount
scarcely met by the wages of hard and
steady toll, while the exactions thus
wruug from them build up and increase
the fortunes of those for whose benefit
this injustice is perpetuated. We see
the farmer listening to delusive story
that fills his mind with visions of ad-
vantage, while his pocket, is robbed by
the stealthy hand OF high protection.
"Our workingmen are still told the
tale, oft repeated in spite of its demon
strated falsity, that tine existing protect
i've tariff is boon to them, and that
under its beneticsnt operation their
ten scenes are enacted in the very abid
ing place of high protection that mock
the hopes of toll and attest the tender
mercy the workingman receives from
those made selfish and sordid by unjust
governmental favoritism.
ave oppose earnestly and stubbornly
the theory upon which our opponents
seek to justify and uphold existing tar
ih laws. We need not base our attack
upon questions Of constitutional pernis-
sion or legislative power. We denounce
this theory upon the highest possible
grounds when we contend that in pres
ent conditions its operation is unjust,
and that laws enacted in accordance
with it are inequitable and unfair.
Dcnouncing the Force Bill.
"Ours Is not destructive party. We
are not at enmity with the rights of any
of our citizens. We are not recklessly
needless Of any American interests, nor
will we abandon our regard for them
but, invoking the love of fairness and
justioH which belongs to true American
ism, and upon which our constitution
rests, we insist that no plan of tariff
legislation shall be tolerated which mas
for its object and purpose force in tho
contribution from the earnings and in
come OF the mass of our citizens to swell
directly the accumulAtions Of favored
few; nor will we permit a pretended
solicitude for American labor, or any
other pretext of benevolent care for
others, to blind the eyes Of the people to
the selfish laws to gain unearned and
unreasonable advantages ut the expense
of their fellows
"We have also assumed, In our COW
enant with those whose support we in
vite, the duty of opposing to the death
another avowed scheme of our ad-
versnries, which, under the guise of pro-
tecting the suffrage, covers but does not
conceal design thereby to pernetuate
the power OF a party afraid to trust its
continuance to the untrammslled and
intelligent votes Of the American peo-
| pie. We are pledged to resist the legis-
lation intended to complete this scheme,
because we have not forgotten the sat-
urnalia of theft and brutal control
which followed another federal regula-
tion of state suffrage; because we know
that the managers of a party which did
not scruple to rob the people of presi-
dent would not hesitate to use the NIT
chinery created by such legislation to
! corrupt instrumentalities for partisan
/ purposes; because an attempt to enforce
/ such legislation would rekindle ami
mOsities where peace and hopefulness
hON DltNHtlt btChhSe SlCll I'M
/ to replace prosperous activity with dis
couragement and dread throughout a
/ large section of our country would
menace everywhere in the land the
rights reserved to the states and to the
| people, which underlie the safeguards of
American liberty.
Need for United Action,
"I shall not attempt to specify at this
time other objects and aims of Demo-
cratic endeaYor which add inspiration
to our mission. True to its history and
its creed. our party will respond to the
wants OF the people within safe limits,
and guided by enlightened statesman
4 ship. To the troubled and impatient
within OF membership we commend
continued, unsVerylug allegiance to the
party whose principles in all times past
have been found sufficient for them, and
whose aggregate wisdom and patriot
ism, experience teaches, can always be
trusted.
"Iu tone of partisanship which bo-
fits the occasion, let me say to you as
equal partners In the campaign upon
which we today enter that tho personal
fortunes of those to whom you have en-
trusted your banners are only impor.
tant as they are related to the fate OF
the principles they represent and to the
party which they lead.
II cannot, therefore, forbeRr remind
ing you and all those attached to the
Democratic party, or supporting the
principles which we profess, that defeat
In the pending campaign, followed by
the contamination of the Legislative
schemes our opponents contemplate. and
accompanied by such other incidents oi
their success as might more firmly fis
their power, would present most dis
couraging outlook for future Democrat
supremacy and for the accomplishment
of the objects we have at heart.
Moreover, every sincere Democrat
must believe that the interests of of his
tory Of 9 party In nVHed the srngre n rs the e
awaits us. Thus patriotic solicitude ex
alts the hope of partisanship, and should
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