Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16

CLEVELAND'S SPEECH.

AC mo annual banquet OF the he
form Club i'll New York, at which
NJ. Cleveland was the most honored
guest, he predicted great things for
the Democratic party if nnselfish pa
t"otism guide it's aspirations and
Regulate Tie actions of it's chosen
servants He spoke ms follows:
L have nothing new or startling to
say to you and 1 hope to do little
more thnn to remind you of the
meaning and significance of this oc
casion. As we are hero gathered TO.
gcther, we represent those who have
been willing to risk all consequences
in a battle for principles which are
ground i'll purest patriotism, because
they accord with the purposes and
objects of our free institutions. A
plain feature of this gathering, which
am sure warns the hearts of all of
you, Ia our celebration of one of tho
grandest and most complete victories
ever achieved in tho struggle for
right and justice and our glad greet
ing of the brightest light of triumph
our generation has seen, bursting
from the clouds of defeat and dis
couragement. Let me suggest to
you, however, that we can contem
plate nothing more gratifying in con
nection with this ussemblage than
the proof it affords that tue Ameri
can people can be trusted to manage
the government which hus been civ.
en- into their keeping. If there arc
those who have been disappointed
ard disheartened by tho oxtent to
which our people have been deceived
and misled or who, with fear, have
seen heedlessness of tho duty of citi-
zenship open with the door of cor.
rupting influence, or who, with sad
forebodings have behold popular rulo
'arinG the fatal rocks of II drbuuch
ed suffrage, or who havo mourned
because appeals to srliishness and
promises of unequal advantages were
apparently undermining TINT patriot.
ism which alone justilios our hope Of
national perpetuity, let this occasion
and the events whi'h have led to it
reinetnte their faith and their conf
dence Ill their countrymcn. If il
has seemed to those striving for bet
ter public sentiment that the DISCO
sitlon was growing among our people
to regard their government rs de-
posltory of individual benefits, to be
lmportuned and threatened and de
spoiled, lot them tnke heart from the
evidence now before our eyes, that
there Is still. abroad iii the land n con
trolling belief that orr government
should be a source of "1ust and bene.
tcent rule, proudly supported by
freemen, protected by their care and
watchfulness, and returning to ali
our people, with equal hand, the safe.
ty and happiness it holds III store fol
them. If we have learned that an
appeal to the patriotism Of orr coun
trymen and an honest presentation
OF political principles to their intelli-
md md
the thought must not escape us that
while our people will i'll the end re.
pay with their support tho political
party which addresses their under
standing and reason instead OF their
preludices and selfish interests, they
Will surely revenge themselves upon
those who deceive or botray them.
The national Democracy and it's al
lies in political principles rejoice over
the defeat of those whose fate is full
OF instruction and warning. While
we find in our triumph q result of
popular intelligence which we have
aroused anu consequence of popu-
lar vigilance which we have stimulat-
Cd, lot US not for moment forget
that our accession to power will find
neither this intelligence nor this vigil
lance dead or slumbering. We are
thus brought face with the reflection
that If we are not to be tormented by
the spirits which we ourselves have
called up, we must hear, above vic.
torions shouts, the call of our fellow
countryinen to public duty and must
put on garb BETTING public ser.
wants.
The sentiment suggested by this
occasion which should dwarf all 9th
ers has relation to the responsibility