The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-08-18

I must in justice to myself and to re-
lieve my of gratitude, express my
profound appreciation of the confidence
reposed in me by the convention. After
nominating me and subsequently recelV-
ing a communication declaring that l re-
garded the gold standard as firmly and
irrevocably established, a matter concern
ing which | felt it incumbent upon me to
make known my attitude that here
after no man could justly say that his
support had been secured through indl-
rection or mistake, the convention relter-
ated it's determination that l should be
the standard bearer of the party in the
present contest This mark Of trust and
confidence l shall ever esteem as the high
est honor that could be conferred upon
mean honor that. whatever may be the
fate of the campaign. the future can IN
nc degree lessen or impair.
The admirable platform upon which
the party appeals to the country Tor It's
confidence and support clearly states the
principles which were so well condensed
In the first inaugural address OF Presl-
dent Jefferson and points out with force
and directness the course to be pursued
Through their proper application in order
TO insure needed reforms in both the legis-
Iative and administrative departments OF
the government While unhesitating in
its promise to CORE ct abuses and to right
wrongs wherever they appear or however
istrative- departments of the government,
the conduct OF whose officials has Gre
ated scandals. and to punish those VINO
have been guilty of breach OF their
trust; to oppose the granting of special
privileges by which the few may profit at
the expense OF the many; to practice
economy in the expenditure of the mon
eys of the people and to that end to re-
turn once more to the methods of the
founders OF the republic by observing in
disbursing the public funds the care and
caution a prudent individual observes
with respect to his own. still the spirit of
the platform assures conservative instead
OF rash action. the protection of the lnno-
cent as well the punishment of the
guilty; the encouragement of industry.
economy and thrift; the protection OF
property and a guarantee of the enforce
ment for the benefit of all of mans in
alienable rights, among which. as said in
the Declaration of Independence, are life
liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Liberty, understood in this country
means not only the right of freedom from
actual servitude, imprisonment or re-
straint but the right of one to use his
faculties in all lawful ways, to live and
work where he will and 20 pursue any
lawful trade or business. These essen
tial rights of life. liberty and property
are not only guaranteed to the citizen
by the constitution of each of the sew
eral states but the states are by the
fourteenth amendment to the constitu-
| tion of the United States forbidden te
| deprive any person of any one of them
| without due process Of law.
| Occasionally, by reason of unnecessary
! or impatient agitation for reforms or be-
| cause the limitations placed upon the de-
| partments OF government by the consti-
| tuition are disregarded by officials desir-
| ing to accomplish that which to them
| seems good, whether the power exists in
them or not it becomes desirable to call
| attention to the fact that the people, in
| whom all power resides have seen fit
| through the medium of the constitution
| to limit the governmental powers con-
| terrsd and 30 say to departments created
| by it. Thus far shalt thou go and no
| farther. To secure the ends sought the
| people have BY the constitution separat-
| ed and distributed among the three de-
| partnlents Of ssoyernTent-the executive,
| legislative and judicial-certain powers.
| and il is the duty of those administering
| each department SO 20 act as to preserve
| rather than to sNstI-oy the potency OF
I the co-..rdinate branches Of the govern
I rnent and thus secure the exercise OF all
4 the powers conferred by the people
! Thomas Jefferson in a letter to William
i c. Jarvis touching the perpetuity Of our
:! institutions. written many years after he
I had retired to private life. said, If the
three powers of our government maintain