The record-union., 1892-10-18
new nominees and the Legislative ticket
there must be separate treatment.
CLENELAND'S LETTER AND HAIR
RIsON'S IMPRESSIONS COMPARED.


tions and statements. 1t is coolness of a
frigid character, and insulting to COM
mon intelligence to dismiss the State
bank question, that his party has made a
platform principle, by suggesting that
State bank issues should be controlled by
wise restrictive legislation. That is to
say, the Government is to remove its
check and trust to local legislation to pre-
vent the disasters of experiments like
those of the past in that direction.
Another significant characteristic of
the letter is Mr.. Cleveland's pompous
belief in himself He is evidently OF the
Napoleonic faith that he is the man of
destiny, and that no matter what the
party promises or performs, he is the
Moses of the age to lead the people up
out of Egypt. This spirit of personal
vanity is written all over the letter; it
oozes between all it's lines, and its author
appears to be blind to the fact that the
average American reader must see it.
The document is chapter Of sort of
proverbial philosophy that pivots upon a
a host of high sounding terms and plati
tudes, upon which the writer evidently
believes he can ride into the confidence of
the people.
There is not in it single soundly
stated syllogism, profound argument or
a virile defense. With the opportunity
before him upon the tariff question, he
"weakens" SO much as to provoke fit of
disgust among his English admirers,
some of whom make bold to say that he
has deserted the tariff doctrines of his
party.
Ordinarily the Presidential candidate
will advance the shield of the party that
honors him, but in this case it is Mr..
Cleveland whois to the fore and the party
that is to the rear. We submit the letter
to any candid reader upon that statement
alone. 1t is not the party that is to be re-
sponsible, that is to stand here or there,
or promote this or prevent that, but Mr..
ex-President Grover Cleveland alone
and this is the tenor of the whole inflated
paper of egotism.
1t seems to us that the consistent Dem
ocrat, who honOrs his party, respects its
traditions and is loyal to its doctrines,
must feel offended by this putting of the
r,art1- bnbip6 tha y,ODJorOeitv o,J ,,oreoy
ality Of Me. Cleveland. It is at the very
least not a modest performance on the
part of the candidate.
1t may be that old-line Democrats, for
the sake of the hope of victory, will
stomach this treatment, and be content to
see Mr.. Cleveland atop the party, instead
of advancing its shield and spear But
we are positive that had Benjamin Harr-
son had the audacity to issue sucfsa doc
ument, so punctuated with capitals for
himself and small letters for his party,
the latter would be very quick to make
its honest resentment felt.
Had Mr.. Harrison rolled the State
banks at issue and the silver question
into one senseless paragraph and given
the wad flip and toss, as Mr. Cleveland
has done, it would have justified his defeat.
Had he dismissed such important ques-
tons so cavalierly, and with the uttered
thought that he, Mr.. Harrison, secure in
Office, would straighten matters out over
which he could not possibly have any
control, he would have deserved party
and national rebuke. But this is pre-
cisely what Mr.. Cleveland has done.
II is relief to turn from a letter Of
.evasion and egotism to such
vigorous Americanism as this from the
pen of General Harrison:
one fact is enough for me. The gates of
Castle Garden swing inward. They do not
swing outward to any American laborer seek
ing a better country than this.
Compared with Mr.. Cleveland's great
"I'' hopes and promises, if he is pre-
ferred, we place this splendid ascription Of
President Harrison to supremacy of
principle over men:
I have said before that it seemed to me this
is the essential element and base of every Re
publican Government that the loyalty
and love OF the people should be
given TO our institutions and not to
men. I think it is one element of
discord and unhappiness in some OF our sis
ter Republics that the minds of these patriotic
and generous people are too much swayed by
their admiration tor men, and they are often
swept away from the moorings of principle
by the love of a leader.
Compared with Mr.. Cleveland's
shadowy plan for silver and his idea of
loosing banks of issue upon the people,
and checking the diarrhea of shinplasters.
by State legislation. we feel a sense of re-
lief and content in this declaration of
Benjamin Harrison:
some functions are lodged with our Govern
ment. 1t must provide a currency for the
use of our people, for l believe the time has
gone by when we will be content to return to
the old system of an issue of money by state
banks. Whatever money the Government
l have an idea that every dollar we issue
should be as good as any dollar we issue, for,
my countrymen, whenever we have any
money, paper or coin, the first errand that
dollar does is to pay some workingman for
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