The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-01-07
| hon. GROVER. CLEVELAND.
The Great Statesman. Patriot and Poll
tiCian.
An IMPARTIAL REVIEW OF Elm
Prof. e. Puryear. of Richmond Col
Iege, Talks Sense on rms
Subject.

Among professional politicians
Grover Cleveland is unpopular, per-
haps the most unpopular OF all the
great men that have attracted pup
| lie attention, but among the people
he is indisputably the most popular
man in the United States. sH by
there should be so great difference
Of opinion between the people and
their politically accredited represent
tatives is not difficult to explain
/ Mr.. Cleveland is a man OF heroic
mould-heroic in physique. heroic in
mind, and above all, heroic IN MS
moral attributes. He has strong con-
| vicrions-not opinions, so-caited, as
surned to suit a purpose but sturdy
convictions formed after careful OBJ
servation by an unusually positive
man, and after profound study OF
our SYSTEM Of government, particu-
larry as THAT system has been 10! n u
lated and eXpounded by the fathers
and founders of the Democratic par
ty. He is a poor poi oiitlclan-indeed
he is no politician at all. He IL some
thing more aud something better.
He is, in the highest and truest sense
Of the term, that rara avis IN cur
day, a statesman. ] once heard
distinguished poTtician-now United
States Senator-say in repfoath-
full way that Mr.. Cleveland had never
learned that politics is business.
Truly, he has never learned that les
son and be never Will. He Is too
high-minded and of too honest n
mould to treat politics as a vulgar
trade. With him public Office is a
public trust" to be administered In
the interest of the people and IN oi1e
dience to the mandatr' of the Con
stitution.
AR. Cleveland is splfreliant His
mind is pre- eminently stronE-rug-
ged if you please-weli balanced, and
in all his official positions he has
been a tireiess worker, seeking tc
know all the facts relating to lis du
ty. His opinions when formed are
maturely formed, and his action Is
clearly consequent upon his 'ntelil
gent conviction of duty UHder q
} supreme conviation oi his public re
sponsibility, of his loyalty to truth
honor and justice, he is deaf TO the
suggestions of selfish expectancy
II From his determined course the pol
n itician cannot turn him, for better
than the politician ne knows th
d matter at issue in all its details, ant
is governed by censidera tions whlcl
appeal with but little force, ii at al
Y to the mere politician.
; The politicians know-for eSpe
d rience has taught them--that Grove
Cleveland cannot be used as thei
too, that he does his own thinking
h reaches his own conclusions, an
bears upon his own shoulders tn
full weight of official responsibility
Whatever schemes of selt-interest @
of elf-aggrandizement, the polit
clans may cherish, they know the
. cannot accomplish them by the bel
of connivance of Grover Cleselani
{ in their dark and devious ways the
are afraid to encounter his lnfieXlb
% honesty, his broad, catholic patrio
1 ism.
4 But the people, those who have I
aspirations for office and who on
want good government, Glove hi
for the enemies be has made" In Il
brave maintenance of their interest
ve in his heroic efforts to protect the
IN from unnecessary and hence unJu
taxation, lie has encountered t
d q malignity Of political tricksters al
self-seekers and has thwarted tht
as schemes. The people know that VIII
he was president of the United Stat
tiy he was indeed President, protect
80 the interests of all by doing SIM
IT It Justice to all, and this is the proI
conception of good government, j
: tice to all, without help or hindraI
to any.
Just here is the dividing lire
tween the Republican and Demo ocr
ic party. The Republican party
lieves in paternal government, tt
it is the business of tie governm'
to take care of the people,; that i
it's duty to mould the morals of
country and to educate the ris
generation into citizens OF the
E public. Hence it's protective ia
ID enriching the few at the expens'
the many; hence its Blair bill
other fanatioaI schemes by whic
seeks to form public sentiment. t
making government not the ref1e,
public opinion but public opinion
reflex OF Government, and so rev
ing the foundation doctrine of reI
U lican institutions hence, also,
mammoth appropriations iof
sions, shaming the budgets of
Governments ofthe Old World, vi
are compelled to support stane
armies because the necessity OF
environment compels them to m
tain the balance Of power. Will
rug such necessity we wiring from a
ock oppressed people as large an ame
the to support an army which exists
ly on the pension rolls, an arm
Uc non-combatants, composed lar
of women and children. Hence, 1
ot to wasteful and corrupting ap
priations for public improvem
ever and it's recent purpose, freque
avowed, to acquire the ownersh
% RI telegraph and railroads; which
= - it will have at its mercy the con
neIS ence. the business, AMI, to a
extent, the personal freedom (
the people.
In sharp contrast with all this
Democratic party bell YES that
V N the duty of the people to take