Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1888 — A Letter from President Cleveland Indorsing the Work of Democratic Clubs. [ARTICLE]

A Letter from President Cleveland Indorsing the Work of Democratic Clubs.

The .following letter was sent by President Cleveland to Hon. Chauncey F. Black, President of the National Association of Democratic Clubs: Executive Mansion, I Washington, D. C., Sept. 14, 1888. j Hon. Chauncey F. Black, President, etc.: My Deab Sib —The papers which you kindly sent for my perusal touching the scope, method an 1 purposes of the Association of Democratic Clubs have strengthened my belief in the extreme importance of such organizations as have been thus associated. The struggle upon which we have entered is in behalf of the people—the plain people of the land—and they must be reached. We do not proceed upon the theory that they are to be led by others who may or may not be in sympathy with their interests. We have undertaken to teach the voters as free, independent citizens, intelligent enough to see their rights, interested enough to insist upon being treated justly, an l patriotic enough to desire their country's welfare. ’ Thus this campaign is one of information and organization. Every citizen should be regarded as a thoughtful, responsible voter, and he should be furnished the means of examining the issues involved in the pending canvass for himself. I am convined that no agency is so effective to this end as the clubs which have been formed, permeating all parts of the country and making their influence felt in every neighborhood. By'a systematic effort they make the objects of the Democratic party understood by the fair and calm discussion of the Democratic position in this contest among those with whom their members daily come in contact, and by preventing a neglect i>f the duty of suffrage on election day these clubs will become, in myopinion, the most important instrumentality yet devised lor promoting the success of our party. Yours very truly, Grover Cleveland.