Patriotism Is No Substitute For A Sound

The Friendliness And Charity Of Our Countrymen Can Always Be Relied Upon To Relieve Their Fellow Citizens In Misfortune. This Has Been Repeatedly And Quite Lately Demonstrated. Federal Aid In Such Cases Encourages The Expectation Of Paternal Care On The Part Of The Government And Weakens The Sturdiness Of Our National Character, While It Prevents The Indulgence Among Our People Of That Kindly Sentiment And Conduct Which Strengthens The Bonds Of A Common Brotherhood.

The Best Results In The Operation Of A Government Wherein Every Citizen Has A Share Largely Depend Upon A Proper Limitation Of The Purely Partisan Zeal And Effort And A Correct Appreciation Of The Time When The Heat Of The Partisan Should Be Merged In The Patriotism Of The Citizen. ... At This Hour The Animosities Of Political Strife, The Bitterness Of Partisan Defeat, And The Exultation Of Partisan Triumph Should Be Supplanted By An Ungrudging Acquiescence In The Popular Will And A Sober, Conscientious Concern For The General Weal. ... Public Extravagance Begets Extravagance Among The People.

I Can Find No Warrant For Such An Appropriation In The Constitution, And I Do Not Believe That The Power And Duty Of The General Government Ought To Be Extended To The Relief Of Individual Suffering Which Is In No Manner Properly Related To The Public Service Or Benefit.

Your Every Voter, As Surely As Your Chief Magistrate, Exercises A Public Trust.

Grover Cleveland Declined To Participate In Character Attacks On Blaine . When Presented With Papers Which Purported To Be Extremely Damaging To Blaine, He Grabbed Them, Tore Them Up, Flung The Shreds Into The Fire, And Decreed, "the Other Side Can Have A Monopoly Of All The Dirt In This Campaign.