The morning times., 1896-09-13
CLEVELAND IS WITH THEM
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| a table and proceeded TO read his speech
| His voice was very strong and could b'
; heard very plainly by the crowds in TN,
| park next door and out on the street
| Senator Palmer said:
GEN. PALMER.S SACCEPTANCE.
| Mr. Chairman and Genrlemen:-You give
me Official Information that delegates
representing the national Democracy OF
TOrty-one States, lately assembled IN con
ventiOu IN the city OF Indianapolis. honOred
| me by designating me the national Demo
cratic candidate ior the Presidency, ant
mat the convention associated with me
| III the formal temporary leadership or that
great historic party of the United States,
| an eminent citizen or Kentucky, a citizen
! distinguished in arms and as patriotic
magistrate OF MS and my own native CON-
mOnwealth.
Mr. Charm an and gentlemen, Gen Buck
ner and ! were once, IN Il modest scn>c,
| representatives OF opposing opinions upon
fundamental questions relating to the
powers OF the United States and of the
respective States under the Constitution
We met ON the battlefield where great public
controversies that ddnit of no OF ner method
OF solution are determined know he did
his duty, and l trust the country believes
that l did mine.
The DominationS made by the National
Democratic Convention ut Indianapolis
provcmore conclusiveiy than anything which
has occurred within the last thirty years
that the American people are again united,
that our hopes, our nights. our duties and
our interests are the same, that The lofty
and patriotic mission OF the national De-
nocracy rs to- maintain peace and order,
defend constitutional liberty, regulated by
just and equal laws, and il possible avert
from the country repudiatiOn, bankruptcy
and national diShonOr..
HIS PUBLIC SERVICE.
l accept e-unsouglIt honor-antl re-
spoDsiblity imposed upon me by the Ma
tional Democratic Convention. / accept
them as proof that my Democratic fellow
citizens coniide in my devotion to Bpmo-
defined in the proceedings of tiIe-convcn-
tion.
Itwas known to the delegates to lie con-
vention before this honor was conferred
upon me, and Is well understood by tile
country, that my public services COM
meDced more than fifty years ago, and
that since that time l have. taken an.
active, earnest part in the discussion and
had at the time sufficient Importance to
attract popular attention.
My opinions aud my public acts have
been an open book, to be read by my con-
ternporaries. l have been AT all times
controlled by my own convictions OF duty
and have now no one WHOM can properly
invite to share my responsibilities. Taught
by Jefferson, opposed slavery when it
existed. Inspired by Jackson, de-
Tended the union of the States to the eX-
tent OF my ability, and infIueuc..n by fis
eNdItple, WItH my COnuuCt AZ III .JItdTy
officer was challenged as viOlative OF
law, voluntarily subinitteJ myself to
the jurisdiction OF the civil toirts.
When governor OF my adopted State.
while l opposed and by peaceful means
successfully resisted the interference of the
United States by its military forces in the
purely local concerns of The State, ! dis
tinctly conceded the right, and asserted
the duty of that government to enforce
within the State, or elsewhere, its own
laws by its own agencies.
CONDITIONS MUST BE NET.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: The
matters to which 1 have adverted are
but "reminiscences they relate and belong
to the past. Our duties as lovers Of our
country ure present and we must meet and
deal with existing Copditions, and to these
the International Democratic Convention
addressed itself.
Its platform asserts truths which can
he deInOpxtraLen and It. correctly defines
Democratic principles. 1t asserts that ''the'
Democratic party Is pledged to equal and
exact justice to all men OF every creed and
condition; to the largest freedom of the
individual consistent with good gOvern.'
ment. to the preservation of the Federal
government in its constitutional vigOr and
tO the support OF the States in all their
Just rights; to economy in the public ex-
penditnres, to the maintenance OF the pub
lie farm and sound money: and Is 10 OPP