Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-11-23
CLEVELAND ADDRESS.

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CLEVELAND Address.
"Mr President and My Friends: can
scarcely do more than to assure my fell
low-members of the Manhattan Club
and their guests in Scriptural phrase
that | feel it is good for Inc to be here
Cheers
This is within few days of the an
niversary of an event which l recall
tonight with peculiar qualification.
at was ten years ago, immediately
after my election as Governor of the
State of New York, that a reception
similar to this was rendered me by this
organization, and then it was that
knew for the first time how genuine
and how patriotic was the democracy
of the Manhattan Club, and how kind
and how friendly its members were to
me. [Cheers.l
1.-THE recollection of that occasion
has awakened within me a lively sense
of gratitude and appreciation, which
has been ever present with HE from
that day to this; and. as speak to you,
my thought is that this new evidence
of your hospitality and your kindliness
is not only in exact keeping with the
disposition of your membership and
with the reputation your club has ac-
quired for generosity, but that the time
selected is peculiarly fitting and appro-
pirate. On the first occasion you en-
cOuraged and treasured me as | began
my public career, and now after the
lapse of ten years you bid me godspeed
as | enter upon its last stage. Cheers.
"All this time | have been a citizen
of your State, loyal to her interests,
proud of her career and her supremacy.
The first kind greeting l received at
your hands was extended to me as a
citizen of the State of New York. Per-
haps you anticipate me when say that
the pleasuresof this occasion is largely
enhanced by the fact that this courtesy
now extended to me l received from
the hands of my fellow-townsmen and
from those whom my residence amoug
you has taught me to call my personal
friends. [Cheers.
''Since both of these occasions were
related to political events and condi-
tions, | cannot help suggesting that
these conditions and the currents of
political thought have greatly changed
since first we met.
1.-THE American people have become
politically more thoughtful and more
watchful than they were ten years ago
Cries of 'GoOdn and cheers. They are
considering now vastly more than they
were then political principles and party
policies, in distinction to party mani
pulation and the distribution of re-
wards for partisan services and activi-
ties. Cries of 'Bravor and cheers.
This situation is one that ought at once
to be recognized and intelligently met
by those who are charged with the
management of our party organization.
Cheers.
In the present mood of the people
neither the democratic party nor any
other party can gain and keep the sup
port of the majOrity of our voters by
merely promising or distributing per-
sonal spoils and favors from partisan
LChecrs.l They are think
ing of principles and policies, and they
will be satisfied with nothing short of
the utmost good faith in the redemp-
ton of the pledges to serve them In
their collective capacity by the inau
guration of wise policies and giving to
them honest government. Cheers.
| would not have this otherwise, |
loud cheering, for am willing that
the democratic party shall see that its |
only hope of successfully meeting the !
SITUATION is by neinS absolutely anu
true to itself and its pro
fession. Cries of Hear Heart" and |
cheers. This is a sure guarantee of
success, and l know of no other. |
[Cheers.
l want to say as a last word that |
whatever the future may have in store
for me, Or whatever | may be, | shall
always carry with me and cherish a
lively and comforting remembrance of
the kindness always extended to me
by the Manhattan Club. Loud and
ong- continued applause.