Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-07-05
C~LEvELAND's wABBLING.
Richmond Dispatch

Richmond Dispatch.
The Wilmington IN. c. Messen-
ger has allowed its temper to get
the better Of its Judgment, and
denounces Mr.. Cleveland in I'M
mistakable terms as a man who
is identified with the money
power"
The Messengers article is based
upon one which recently ap-l
peared in the Dispatch defending|
Mr.. Clevelandfrom the charge of
inconsistency on the tariff ques-
ton and showing that before the
Democratic National Conyention|
of 1892 had taken any action on
the subject, he had signitied to
the Committee on Resolutions
just what kind Of tariff plank he
desired to be placed upon, and
that committee had agreed to e
port, and did report, the tariff
resolution which he had signi-
fed his willingness to endorse.
We also showed that when the
S1II(dS SOI1h S1llOIl ClouI1IS ~
ignorance of the facts in the
case, declared for a tariff resolu-
| ton which Mr.. Cleveland had not
approved, and against the one
which he had approved, and then
nominated him upon the latter,
| Mr.. Cleveland took occasion in
his letter of acceptance to set
| himself before the world in the
same position which he had
taken care to occupy before the
intimate personal friends whom
he had consulted on this impor-
tant subject,
Mr. Cleveland was wise enough
to forget that if he went before
the people standing on the plat
form which he did not himself
desire to occupy his administra-
ton might be a failure, and so
he sharpened his pen, and in his
letter of acceptance stated his
opinions on the tariff question in
such language as nobody could
object to as wanting in perspi-
cuity. He even went SO far as
to ridicule the impossible spectre
tof free trade, and the foolish no
lions to which some persons
gave in their adhesion who
fought to know better.
1t would seem from this brief
resume on the facts that nobody
.Icould reasonably expect MI.
ICleveland to do any more than
he has done, unless, indeed, his
opponents expected him to de
feline the nomination for Presi-
dent. Such course would, OF
lcourse, have resulted unavoida-
bly, in the defeat of the Democrat
ic party in the election of 1892,
and that party would have sunk
beneath the waves of the politi-
cal ocean never 10 rise again.
The Messenger says that Mr..
cleveland accepted the law OF
the Democratic party as en-
bodied in the Chicago platform
of 1892. But as we have shown,
we think, the Messenger misun-
derstands the policy which he
adopted. Instead Of being elected
as a friend of the free coinage OF
Isilver, he was elected as the
avowed opponent of that meas
lure. Instead of being elected as
a free trader, holding that a tar
if for protection was a tariff fOl
robbery, he a elected upon
| the tariff declarations contained
in his letter of acceptance, anC
borne to the presidential chain
cIupon the shoulders of people
who didn't care a farthin9
whether he was for free silver
or free trade or free anything
-else. so they succeeded in plac
ling him in that chair. The PEG
pie did not ask him for even thu
assurances, such as they were
which he gave them, but tool
him and his record as bette.
than anybody else's profession o.
lpledges.
We have never intimated tina
IMr. Cleveland had resorted tC
mental reservation" On tn
tOIllLdIN. We 1idNS saul III I'LL
I~article. that he took pains to de
fine his tariff creed clearly. Fl
Invent further than any othel
Imam would have gone, or coulC
have gone safely, in maxim:
9 concessions to his adversaries
olNo other man than he coul,
have got the nomination 70
President with his own Stat
Unanimously opposed to him.
fl In a word, Mr.. Cleveland can
= not be Justly charged with thu
offences against his party whic]
our Wilmington contemporar,
d seems disposed to lay upon hi
e shoulders. The voters took hin
as a man who would gang hi
= Town gait, let other persons sa,
and do what they would. It wa
the fault of the unreasoning
e masses that he was re-nominate
S and reelected. Let us wal
!, awhile with patience and Sc
- whether he viii or will not shoV
himself to be the right man i
the right place.