The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20
GROVER AND THE SOUTH
He NEVER BETRAYED A TR1rsr
AND WAS TRUE TO THE
COUNTRY.
nc record Shows How lie "Recogn.
lied the South aud How the South
Treated Him.

democratic party in the South whit
still seems to derive pleasure fro
ctaracterizing Ex-President Cley
iand as "traltor to his party" I'll
day is not far distant, it may be hone
when the entire South will recogniz
the distinguished services of M,
Cleveland to his country and to hi
party. Critics of the former Prcsi
dent. like Mr.. Tillman in the Senate
and Representative Champ" Clark
IN the House, may continue in the
future. as in the past, to denounce
Mr.. Cleveland in the choisest phrases
$home they hE9fehYsiss TeVe sl lHt hit tAs man
public estimation when the great pub,
lie service which he has rendered are
and appreciated at their true value.
In the campaign of 1896, when
the Democratic party had surrender
ed to the Populists and was the adj
vocate of a system of finance which
would have worked incalculable in
jury to the country, Mr.. Cleveland
remained true to the Democratic
principles and refused to be led into
the Populist camp, even though the
majority of his party, under reckless
leadership, espoused the cause of the
so-called "new Democracy There
is but one standard Of ''Dcmocracy,
and to this Mr.. Cleveland has always
been loyal. Those who dcnouncc
him now as TRAITOR should be
careful how they apply the cpithct.
Jefferson, Jackson and Tilden would
also be TRAITORS if they were alive
and compelled to choose between tn"
principles which they recognized and
and taught as the Democratic faith
and the populist doctrines promul-
gated by Mr.. Bryan and his follow
ers.
A ceItain class of Democratic pol
iticians in the South were arraycd
against Mr.. Cleveland, however, long
before the party divided on the money
issue. Their antlpathy to him was
based on their failure to secure all
the Offices they demanded. In both
Of Ex-President Cleveland's admin
istrations these politicians were con
stantly in evidence, and much of the
misapprehension in the South in re
gard to Mr.. Cleveland's character
and public services is due to their
malicious Misrepresentation. And
get the South received an unusually
large share Of the patronage which
Alr. Cleveland had at his disposal.
and was as highly honored as any
other section of the country. When
the final balance sheet has been struck
the Democrats of the South will find
that Mr.. Cleveland recognized their
loyalty to the party in a most gen
erous degree, and in both of his adj
ministrations positions of honor and
,4p;Ttaace were bestowed upon that |
keGHon. ;. -,
In his first administration Mr..
Cleveland chose as his Secretary of |
State man whom the South held in |
the highest regard and who was in
complete sympathy with its people. |
The appointment of the Hon. Thomas |
j. Bayard to the first position in the
Cablnet was distinctly i Southern ap
pointment. The lamcnted l.. 9. G. |
Lamar, Of Mississippi, was made Sec
retary of the Interior, and a. II.
Garland, of Arkansas, Attorney Gen.
eral. In addition, Mr.. Cleveland !,
s"nt many Sovthc,n men abroad as I
he'dfplomatic representative of the
United States, giving them posts
which the South had not been invited ,
70 fl! for a quarter OF q ecnmry pre-
yloiisly. Gen. \. Il. X. Lawton, of
Georgia, was appointed minister to
Austria Hungary; the Hon. Y. J.
Jarvis, of North Carolina. minister
to Brazil; the Hon. p. y. I,ci.anc, |
,t AlaylanA, minister to France; the
floh. ]. l.. M. Curry, of Virginia.
minister to Spain; Gen. ii. Il. Jack.
son. minister to Mexico; the Hon.
II. B. Hubbard, of Texas, minister
to Japan; Mr.. w. 4. Seay, of Louis !
lana, minigtcr 20 Holiyla, Mr.. J. +
Raeon. OF South Carolina, minister
70 Paraguay, and tho Hon. G. w.
Duck, OF kentucky, minister to Peru.
In Mr.. Clcyclands second admin.
istration the South was again prom