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CLEVELAND, Grover (1837-1908). Typescript signed (“ Grover Cleveland”), Gray Gables, 26 September 1892. 9 pages, folio, some holograph corrections, a few small splits and chips at edges.
CLEVELAND'S 1892 ACCEPTANCE ADDRESS: “PATERNALISM IN GOVERNMENT FINDS NO APPROVAL IN THE CREED OF DEMOCRACY”
Cleveland’s 1892 acceptance address. Until Franklin D. Roosevelt broke the tradition, candidates did not give acceptance speeches at national party conventions. When notified of their nomination they submitted a written acceptance, setting out their platform. Here Cleveland accepts the Democratic Party nomination for president in 1892. He would go on to win the general election, becoming the first President to regain the White House after being denied re-election four years earlier (and the only one to receive a major party nomination in three consecutive election cycles). On the hot button issue of the day—whether to have a gold- or silver-based currency, Cleveland hints his openness to silver, satisfying a key Democratic constituency among indebted farmers and western silver mine owners: “The people are entitled to sound and honest money…but whatever may be the form of the people’s currency, national or state—whether gold, silver, or paper—it should be so regulated and guarded…that no one can be deluded as to the certainty and stability of its value.” He pledges both tariff and Civil Service reform, shies away from prohibitionist legislation. “Paternalism in government finds no approval in the creed of Democracy.” He approves of excluding immigrants “who have no appreciation of our institutions and whose presence among us is a menace to peace and good order.”
CLEVELAND'S 1892 ACCEPTANCE ADDRESS: “PATERNALISM IN GOVERNMENT FINDS NO APPROVAL IN THE CREED OF DEMOCRACY”
Cleveland’s 1892 acceptance address. Until Franklin D. Roosevelt broke the tradition, candidates did not give acceptance speeches at national party conventions. When notified of their nomination they submitted a written acceptance, setting out their platform. Here Cleveland accepts the Democratic Party nomination for president in 1892. He would go on to win the general election, becoming the first President to regain the White House after being denied re-election four years earlier (and the only one to receive a major party nomination in three consecutive election cycles). On the hot button issue of the day—whether to have a gold- or silver-based currency, Cleveland hints his openness to silver, satisfying a key Democratic constituency among indebted farmers and western silver mine owners: “The people are entitled to sound and honest money…but whatever may be the form of the people’s currency, national or state—whether gold, silver, or paper—it should be so regulated and guarded…that no one can be deluded as to the certainty and stability of its value.” He pledges both tariff and Civil Service reform, shies away from prohibitionist legislation. “Paternalism in government finds no approval in the creed of Democracy.” He approves of excluding immigrants “who have no appreciation of our institutions and whose presence among us is a menace to peace and good order.”