The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 19, 1890, Image 3
W EDS KHDAY, NOVEMBER 19.
The Stras of Democracy in
Social Re-un?on.
Thurman's, Birthday. Celebrated.
Address of. Mr. Cleveland and ike
Grand ' Old Boman.79
Columbus? O., Nov. 13.?Seldom is
such a galaxy of thoughtful intellect
grouped around a banquet table as as
sembled ??ere to-Dig ht, at the invitation
of the fh arm an Club, to celebrate the
seventy-seventh anniversary of the birth
-of Allan G. Tfcurmau and incidentally
to publicly rejoice over the Democracy's
overwhelming victory in the recent
elections.
One thousand-persons, representing
each section of th? United States, voiced
themselves in common accord with the
principles of Democratic froga lit; and
simplicity,, as enunciated by party's
most honored leaders.
Although the banquet constituted the
only public ceremonies of the day, the
city put on her gala attire ; the stare
and stripes, and gay bunting; greeting
the eye in every street. Every in
coming train brought dis tin g a is h ed
delegations bent oc testifying their
admiration for Greyer Cleveland's
running-mate in the last presidential
election, and to renew their devotion to
the" man whom all signs point to as the
Democratic candidate in ,1892 to
succeed President Harrison.
At 11 o'clock a public reception was
given at the governor's office, where ex
PrWident Cleveland met many dis tin-1
guiehed members of that party, which
acknowledges him as its leader in the
cause of tariff reform. By his side
stood Governor Campbell,, who theo
ventured out for the first time during
the lay* plainly showing the effects of
lib recent illness in an unusually pale
countenance. Thousands of clamorous
admirers Socked to th? state house to
greet the mac for whom cannons were
boosting welcome, and a line was form
ed and the multitude slowl; ebbed
through the room to grasp the hand of
Mr.^ Cleveland.
Ai 12.30 the reception concluded,
with hundreds of disappointed admirers
wait ng in vain to testify their respect
to New York's?. honored son. Mr
Cleveland then repaired to the executive
dining room, where, at ?2.30 he dis
cussed an informal dinner with a few
particular friends.
this banquet hall.
It was a brilliant scene which the
visitors Wt eld when they stepped into
the banquet hall m the evening. - The
ball is kne wn as the Fourteenth Regi
nie?t^armcry. The hall proper is 175
feet loo% by 78 feet wide. The tables,
sixteen in number, were arranged across
the short ?raiens?on of the bail, there
being, four longer ones at each end of
tv? v hall seating each Sixty people.
The eight tables in between these, each
seat fifty-two guest*. The"speaker's
table, at which sat .Mr. Thurman, Mr.
Cleveland and the other prominent
guests and speakers; was placed at
right angles to these eight, and at the
east side of the hall, filling in the space
left vacant by the shorter tables there;
r-Oppoeite the speakers' table, and on
the west side of the hall, was the press
gallery, extending around and on both
sides of the orchestra balcony. Here
the duly accredited representatives of
the metropolitan dailies were admitted
and provided with every facility for
reporting the banquet scene below, at
ecet whatever. Here also an excel
* luncheon was served to the press
tentatives.
3 hall was originally built .or a
, but for several years has been
usi t as an armory. The company
equipment rooms were transformed into
retiring rooms, handsomely furnished
for the occasion, while the gallery rooms
were used for check rooms. The whole
of the interior was covered with pure
urtile canvas, sides, ceiling, floor and
eft. Upon this a festoon of evergreen
hung in rich profusion?six car loads
being brought from the mountains for
this' purpose. Upon the background ?
of white and green, the latter chiefly in
toons were laid the complimentary colors
of the national flag.. Bunting in every
conceivable form, hung in graceful
folds, and met the eye everywhere.
Six electric lights, high enough in the
overhead decorations so tb at the glare
wee snbdned, brilliantlv lighted the
hall.
The Old Roman has taken possession
Jof 'th? tow a to-night. ' Thonsands of
people were on the streets to cheer him
as he, with a distinguished party, drove
to the armory. At the hall a thousand
people greeted him as he walked to bis
seat. Some of these had been seated an
- hour and had deemed ita great privilege
to get in at all, at $10 each.
Of course Mr. Cleveland's presence
was a drawing card, and before the
doer of the hall several thousand* had
gathered to get a glimpse of him.
At the table of honor were the follow
ing: Hon. A. G. Thurman, Ex-Presi
dent Cleveland, Governor James E.
'Campbell, Hon. J. H.Outhwaite, toast
master ; - Governor Jackson, Hon. R.
.A. Harrison, Hon. W. G. Wilson,
Bishop . John A. Wattersoo, Hon.
Joseph ?. McDooaldeon, Hon. Don M.
Dickinson, Hon. * W. C. P. Breckin
ridge, Gen. Thomas Swing, Governor
Boyd, Hon. A. W. Thurman, Ex
Governor Bishop, Hon A. C. Darbor
ough, Jr., Hon. John" J. O'Neill and
Hon. John J. Lentz, president of the
' Thurman club.
President Lentz, of the Thurman
club, au eloqnent young lawyer, aod
originator of the banquet, delivered in
an eloquent manner the address of
welcome. His speech was not
leng t ay, but it was enthusiastically
received.
I The toastmaster, upon the conclusion
of Mr. Leotz's address announced as
the first toast of eveniog: "Our
Guest," by Allan G. Thurman. This
was the signal for vociferous applause.
It waa some time before the Old Roman
could get a chance to open his lips.
The red bandannas were waving in the
air, but the old man at last had an op
portunity, and took it. His address
was as follows :
the old Roman's speech.
Mr. President and Fellow-citizens :
I am not here to make an elaborate
speech. I am here to express io a few
sentences my heart-felt appreciation of
the honor you have so kindly seen fit
to do me ; to thank yon with my whole
. *?sS, my neighbors and fellow-citizens
of Ohio ; the distinguished gentlemen
from other states, for their mark of
friendship and esteem. I am here, at
Ahe ajje of 77 to repeat my testi- ]
mony, so often given, of my confidence
in the beneficence of free institutions,
and my firm belief in their duration on
this continent, and their gradual, bat
certain extension over other and larger
portion s of the globe.
I hope that it is not presumptions in
me to say that I think I have some of
the necessary qualifications of a witness
on this subject As short as my life
has been in comparison with the lives
of nations, it has been long enough for
me to see my native land under free
institutions increase in population more
than sevenfold, in wealth in far, very
far greater degree; in extent of ter
ritory more than double in area, in the
general well-being and prosperity of
its, people and their educational ad
vantages and religious privileges with
out a vivai in the world, while its
magnificent works of internal improve
ment, its ' wonderful agriculture, its
great mines and manufactures audits
marvelous means of communication,
its creations of science and skill, sur
pass anything before known by the
human raoe; and in these same 77
years the constitution of nearly every
government in Europe has been
ameliorated by the introduction of more
liberal periods."
Judge Thurman then spoke in detail
of the numerous men of great attain
ments Ohio had produced, saying a
; good word for each and continued :
j **My friends, let me say to you in all
[sincerity and without the least mental
reservation, that I am not, nor shall
I ever again be a candidate for office.
I have been sufficiently honored by my
party, and neither ask nor desire any
farther honor than continued friendship
and good will. Gentlemen, 1 have
said enough ; more indeed than I ex
pected to say. Once more, let me
return you my sincere thanks. You
have gladdened the heart and brightened
the footsteps of an old man, your
devoted friend, in his descent of the
hill of life when he has almost reached
its foot. May God bless yon all, is hie
earnest prayer."
When he bad concluded and the ap
plause had subsided, the toast m aster
announced the next toast, "Citizenship
in America," by G rover Cleveland. If
the applause that greeted Mr. Thurman
was hearty, the applause that now came
shook the building In a clear, dis
tinct voice the ex-President - began bis
speech. Applause greeted his almost
every utterance. Hie address was as
follows :
mr. Cleveland's address
Mr. President and Gentlemen : I
follow the promptings of a heart full of
devotion and veneration, as I tender
from the Democracy of the great State
of New, York, her tribute of affection
for the man whom we honor to-night.
I am commissioned to claim for my
State ber full share of the glory which
has been shed upon the American name
and character, by one whose career and
example cannot be pre-empted and
whose renown cannot be limited in
ownership to the neighbors and friends
of any locality We contest every
exclusive pretension to bis fame and
greatness, because he is a neighbor to
all the people of the laud ; because he
is the friend of all who love their
country ; because his career splendidly
illustrates the best and strongest
elements- of our national character ;
and because his example belongs to all
his countrymen.
It is fitting that those who have faith
in our destiny -as a nation, who believe
that there are noble things which
belong distinctively to our character as
a people and who prize at its true
worth- pure American citizenship,
should gather here to-night. It ?9
given as to contemplate the highest
statesmanship, the most unyielding and
disinterested devotion to the interest of
the people, and the most valuable
achievements in the cause of our
country's welfare, all of which have
been stimulated and accomplished
through influence and impulse of true,
nnperverted, sturdy Americanism. We
rejoice in the example afforded on this
occasion of genuine American citizen
ship, revealed to ns as a safe and
infallible interpreter of duty in all the
emergencies of a long and honorable
public career, and as an unfailing guide
to usefulness and fame.
In this presence and in the atmos
phere of these, reflections, we should not
miss the lesson they commend to us,
nor fail to renew our appreciation of the
value of this citizenship, and revive our
apprehension of the sentiments and
conditions in which it has its rise and
growth.
And first of all we should be pro
foundly grateful that the elements which
make up the strength and vigor of
American citizenship, are so naturally
related to our situation and are so
simple. The intrigues of monarchy
which taint the individual character of
the subject ; the splendor which dazzles
the popular eye and distracts the atten
tion from abuses and stifles discontent,
th? schemes of conquest and selfish
aggrandizement which make a selfish
people, have do legitimate place io our
national life. Here the plain people
of the land are the rulers. Their in
vestiture of power is only accompanied
with the conditions that they should
Jove their country, that they should
jealously guard and protect its interests
and fair fame, and that all the intel
ligence with which tbey are endowed
shoold be devoted to an understanding
of its needs and the promotion of its
welfare.
These are the elements of American
citizenship, and these are the conditions
upon which our free institutions were
entrusted to our people, io full reliance,
at the beginning and for all time to
come, upon American manhood, con
secrated by the highest and purest
patriotism.
A country, broad and new, to be
subdued to the purposes of man's
existence, and promising vast and in
dependent resources, and a people in
telligently understanding the value of
a free nation and holding fast to an in
tense affiectioo for its history and its
heroes, have had much to do with
moulding our American character and
giving it hardihood and vigor. But
it should never be forgotten that the
influence which, more than all other
things, has made our people safe
depositaries of governmental power,
and which has furnished the surest
guaranty of the strength and perpetuity
of the republic, has its source in the
American home. Here our patriotism
is born and entwines itself with the
growth of filial love, and here our ]
children are taught the story of our
freedom and independence. But, above I
all, here in the bracing and wholesome
atmosphere of uncomplaining frugality !
and economy, the mental and mora! ;
attributes of our peopie have bceu
firmly ko it and invigorated. Never
I could it bu said of any country so truly
I as of oars, that the permanency of its
I institutions depends upon its homes.
I have spoken of frugality aud econo
my as important factors in American life.
I find no fault with the accumulation of
wealth, and am glad to see energy and
enterprise receive their fair reward. I
believe that our government in its natu
ral iutegrity, is exactly suited to a fru
gal SkOd economical people ; and I be
lieve it is safest in the hands of those
who have been- made strong and self
reliant in their citizenship, by self
denial and by the surroundings of an
enforced economy. Thrift and careful
watchfulness of expenditure among the
people tend to secure a thrifty govern
ment ; and cheap and careful living on
the part of individuals ought to enforce
economy in the public expenditures.
When, therefore, men in high places
of trust, charged with the responsibility
of making, and executing our laws, not
only condemn but flippantly deride
cheapness and economy within the
homes of our people, and when the ex
penditures of the government are reck
less and wasteful, we may be sure that
something is wrong with us, and that a
condition exists which calls for a vigo
rous and resentful defence of American
ism, by every man worthy to be called
an Americau citizen.
Upon the question of cheapness aDd
economy, whether it relates to individ
uals or to the operation of the govern
ment, the Democratic party, true to its
creed aud its traditions, will unalterably
remain attached to our plain and frugal
people. They are especially entitled to
the watchful care and protection of their
government ; and when they are borne
down with burdeos greater than they
can bear, are made the objects of scorn
by bard taskmasters, we will not leave
their side. As the great German Re
former, insisting upon his religious con
victions, in the presence of his accusers
exclaimed, "I can do naught else.
Here I stand. God help me." so,
however much others may mock and
deride cheapness and the poor and
frugal meo and women of our land, we
will stand in defense of their simple
Americanism defiantly proclaiming,
44 We can do naught else. Here we |
stand."
Thus when the question is raised
whether our people shall have the
necessaries of life at a cheaper rate, we
are not ashamed to confess ourselves
in full sympathy with the demand for
cheaper coats," and we are not dis
turbed by the hint that this seems
"necessarily to involve a cheaper man
or woman under the coats."
When the promoter of a party
measure which invades every home in
the land with higher prices, declares
that "cheap and nasty go together, and
this whole system of cheap things is a
badge of poverty ; for cheap merchan
dise means cheap men and cheap men
mean a cheap country/' we indignantly
repudiate such au interpretation of
American sentiment.
And when another one, high in party
councils, who has become riOtorioos as
the advocate of a contrivance to per
petrate ~ partisan supremacy by out
rageous interference with the suffrage,
announces that "the cry for cheapness
is un-American we scornfully reply
that this speech does not indicate the
slightest conception of true Americanism.
I will not refer to other utterances of
like import from similar sources. I
content myself- with recalling the most
prominent and significant. The won
der is that these things were addressed
by Americans to Americans.
What was 'be occasion of these con
demnations of cheapness and what had
honest American men and women done,
or what were they likely to do that tbey
should be threatened with the epithets
"cheap," "nasty," and "un-Amer
ican ?"
It is hard to speak patiently as we
answer these questions. Step by step a
vast number of our people had been led
on, following blindly in the path of
party. They had been filled with bate
and sectional prejudice ; tbey had been
cajoled with misrepresentations and
false promises ; tbey had been corrupt
ed with money and by appeals to their
selfishness. All these things led up to
their fio al betrayal to satisfy the de
mands of those who had supplied the
fund for their corruption.
This betrayal was palpable, and it
was impossible to deny or conceal the
fact that the pretended relief tendered
to the people in fulfillment of a promise
to lighten the burdens of their life,
made by the party entrusted with the
government, was but a scheme to pay
the debts incurred by the purchase of
party success, while it further increased
the impoverishment of the masses.
The people were at last aroused and
demanded an explanation. They have
been taught for one hundred years that
in the distribution of benefits their gov
ernment should be administered with
equality and justice. They had learned
I that wealth was not indispensable to
respectability and that it did not entitle
its possessors to especial governmental
favors. Humble men with scanty in
comes had been encouraged by the in
fluence and the spirit of our institutions,
to practice economy and frugality to the
end that they might enjoy to the utmost
the rewards of their toil. The influence
of the American home was still about
them. In their simplicity they knew
nothing of a new dispensation which
made cheapness disreputable, and they
still loved the cheap coats of Lincoln
and Garfield, and hundreds of their
countrymen whom they held in vener
ation. And thus, these unsophisticated
Americans, unconscious of their wrong
doing, demanded the redemption of
party pledges and clamored for cheap
ness, in order that they might provide
the necessaries and comforts of life for
themselves and their families at the
lowest possible cost.
The leaders of the party which was
caught in the act of robbery aud which
was arraigned by the people for a vio
lation of its trust, were forced by their
sad predicament to a desperate expedi
ent. To attempt to reverse the current
I of true Americanism and discredit the
most honorable sentiments belonging to
American manhood, were the disgrace
ful tasks of those who insulted our peo
ple by the announcement of the docti iue
that to desire cheapness was to love
castiness, and to practice ocouomy and
frugality was un-American.
Thus do wc plainly see that when the
path poiuted out by patriotism and
American citizenship is forsaken by a
party in power, for schemes of selfish- ?
nose and for unscrupulous conspiracies ;
for partisan success, its course inevita
bly leads to unjust favoritism, neglect ,
of the interests of the masses, entire
perversion of the mission of republican
institutions, and, in some form, to the
most impudent aud outrageous insult to
true American scntimcut.
It cannot be denied that political
events in the past have gone far toward
encouraging arrogant party assumption.
Every thoughtful and patriotic man has
at time3 been disappointed and depress
ed by the apparent indifference and
demoralization of the people.
But such reflections have no place in
the felicitations cf to-night. This is a
time when faith in our countrymen
should be fuliy re-established. The
noise of a recent political revolution is
still heard throughout the land ; the
people have just demonstrated that
there is a point beyond which they
cannot be led by blind partisanship,
i?nd that they are quite competent to
examine and correctly decide political
questions concerning their rights and
welfare. They have unmercifully re
, sented every attack upon true American
manhood, and have taught party leaders
that though slow to anger, they take
terrible revenges when betrayed. They
permit us to forgive our honored guest
for all the cheap coats he has ever worn,
for they have declared them to be in
fashion They have also decreed that
the Decalogue has a place in our
politics, for they have enforced the com
mand: "Thou ehalt not steal,7' and
have rendered an emphatic verdict
against those who have borne false wit
ness.
Nothing could so well accompany the
honors we pay our distinguished guest
as the celebration on his birthday of the
victory which has just been achieved in
vindication of American citizenship?
for in him we honor the man who has
best illustrated true American manhood.
Our rejoicing and his are increased, as
we also celebrate to night the triumph
of a Democratic principle for which he
fought and fell but two short years
ago ; and to complete our joy and his,
we are permitted to indulge in true
Democratic enthusiasm over the stead
fastness and devotion to its creed
exhibited by our party, which knowing
no discouragement, has fought to victory
in the people's cause
Who can now doubt our countrymen's
appreciation ofthat trait, po well illustra
ted in the character of Allan G\ Thur
man, which prompted him throughout
his long career, at all times and in all
circumstances, and without regard to
personal consequences, to do the things
which his conscience and judgment
approved, and which eeemed to bim to
be in the interest of bis country and in
accordance with his Democratic faith?
Who can now doubt that conscience
and courage point oat the way to public
duty ?
If we entertain more solemn thoughts
on this occasion, let them be concerning
the responsi bili ;y which awaits us ae
our fellow countrymen place in our
keeping their hopes and their trust.
We shall fail in our obligation to them
if we stifle conscience and duty by
igooble partisanship ; but we shall
meet every patriotic expectation if, in
all we do, we follow the guidance of the
true and honest Democracy, illumined
by the light of genuine American
citizenship,
Other toasts were responded to by the
Democrats, the most distinguished
speatcrs being Mr. Mills of Texas,
Breckinridge and Carlisle of Kentucky,
and Dickson of Michigan. The fes
tivities ran far into the night, and con
cluded with cheers for Thurman and
Cleveland.
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10. ?It places no restrictions upon
travel, occupation or residence after be
ing two years in force.
11. ?Being practically noo-forfeitable
and incontestable, it provides a legacy
and not a lawsuit.
12 ?It is the simplest and most com
prehensive form of insurance contract
ever issued. If the policy-holder pays
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pany will pay the full value of his policy
when he dies.
13.?All claims are paid immediately
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14 ?The distribution policy of this
company presents a most attractive in
vestment feature. It net only accumu
lates the surplus arising from the premi
ums over the cost of the insurance on
each policy in force during the distri
bution period, but increases it by com
pound interest.
ALTAMONT MOSES, Agent for Sumter.
Edward L. Gernand;
July 9 General Agent, Columbia, S. C.
1891,
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