Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-08-18

Accepts the Presidential Nomination rendered
By the Democratic Party

uoACo IepOSed IN me by tn,
convention. After nominating N,
and subsequently receiving a com
mun1cation declaring that I regarde,
me gold standard as firmly and IRE
yocaDly established, a matter which
l Ielt 1t incumbent upon me to make
known my attitude so that hereafte]
no mar could justly say that his
support had been secured through in
o1rectlon OR mistake, the convention
reiterated its determination that
should be the standard-bearer of the
party IN the present contest. This
mark OF trust and confidence I shall
ever esteem as the highest homo,
q a could be conferred upon mean
that, whatever may be the fate
OF the campaign, the future can in
no degree lessen Of impair.
ADMIRABLE PLATFORM.
"The admirable platform upon
which the party appeals to the coun-
try for its confidence and support
clearly states the principles which
were SO well condensed in the first
inaugural address Of President Jeffer-
son and points out with force and di-
rectness the course to be pursued
through their proper application in
order to insure needed reforms in
Doth the legislative and administra-
tive departments Of the
While unhesitating in it's promise to
correct abuses and to right wrongs
wherever they appear or however
caused; to investigate the several adj
mln1stratlve departments. of the gov
eminent, the conduct Of whose Off
Gals has created scandals, and to
punish those who have been guilty of
a preach of their trust; to oppose the
granting of special privileges bv
which the few may profit at the ex-
pense OF the many; to practive econ
omy n the expenditure of the money
OF tho people, and to that end to re-
turn once more to the methods OF the
founders of the republic by obsery.
Ing in d%isbursing the public funds the
care and caution a prudent individual
IN respect to his own: still
the spirit Of the platform assures con
sentative, instead of rash action: the
protection Of the innocent as we'll as
the punishment of the guilty; the en-
couragement of industry,
and thrift; the protection Of property
and a guarantee of the enforcement
Tor the benefit of all mans inaliena-
ole rights, among which, as said in
Declaration Of independence, are
life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
plness-" Liberty, as understood in
this country, means not only the right
OF freedom from actual servitude. i'm
prlsonment or restraint, but the
right OF one to use his faculties in all
lawful ways, to live and work where
will and to pursue any lawful
trade or business. These essential
Of life, liberty and property
are not only guaranteed to the citi-
by the constitution of each Of the
States, but the States are by
Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States for
o1dden to deprive any person of them
without due process of law.
occasionally, by reason of unnec-
or impatient agitation for re-
.orms,. or because the limitations
placed upon the departments of gov
eminent by the Constitution are dis
regarded by officials desiring to &C
,omplish that which to them seems
good, whether the power exists in
mem OF not, it becomes desirable to
all attention to the fact that the .peo-
pie, in whom all power resides have |
seen fit to limit the powers conferred
to say to departments created
oy 1t: Thus far shalt thou go and no
.arther.' To secure the ends sought |,
he people have by the Constitution
separated and distributed among the
departments of government
he Executive, Legislative and Judi
,1al-certain powers, and it is the
tuty of those administering each de-
)artment so to act as to preserve,
'ather than destroy, the potency of
he coordinate branches of the gov
eminent, n thus secure the exercise
II all. the powers conferred by the
people.
THE THREE POWERS.
Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to
c. Jarvis, touching the per-
'etuity of institutions, written
ear after he had retired to
private life, said: If the three pow
RS of u government maintain their
MUTUAL independence of each other,
t may last long, but not so If either
an assume the authority of the 9th
r. 1t must be confessed hat in the
curse Of III history executives have
Employed powers not belonging to
hem; statutes have been passed that
expressly forbidden by the con-
titution and statutes have been set
side as unconstitutional when it was
ifisult to point out the provisions
aid to be offended against In their
nactment; all this has been done
Nth a good purpose, no doubt, but
4 disregard, nevertheless, Of the fact
hat ours is a government Of laws,
OF of men, deriving it's just powers
the consent of the governed
t we would have our government
ontinue through the ages to come,
Or the benefit Of those who shall
ucceed u.s., we must ever be On our
uard against the danger st usurpa-
of that authority which resides
l the whole people, whether the usur,
alton be by officials REPRESENTING
of the three great departments of
OYernment. or hY a body nf mHd6 Acf-