The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-03


the people at large, or their representatives, they
will destroy all equality and liberty with the con
sent and reclamation OF themselves" Again, says
| Mr., Adams: "1be distinctions Of poor and rich are
as necessary in states of considerable extent as la
Dor and good government. The poor are destined
to labor; and the rich by the advantages of educa-
ton, independence, and leisure qualified for SUI
perior stutionsp In some structures upon the
work Of the celebrated Machiavel, he observes
SIT is pity he had not said, Parties must be up
held together by the constitutional legal authority
of one man alone, possessed of the whole executive
power Of the State; and then, il he is taken off by
death, another will succeed" Again. and lastly, he
remarks: "When three natural orders in society
the high, the middle, and the low-are all represent
ed in the government, and constituiionay placed to
watch each other, and restrain each other by laws,
it is then only that assimilation takes place for the
public good, and divisions turn to the advantage Of
the nation" Such were the sentiments entertained
by the elder Adams, the second President, the
chosen and admired leader Of the federal party.
But what were those Of Colonel Hamilton, of the
same period1 No man has been the subject of a
higher strain of encomium bestowed by large por-
ZION Of the wing party We shall give only spe-
cimen or two Of the declarations Of that celebrated
federalist. By reference TO the Madison Papers we
find the following: ain his private opinion, he had
no scrupe in declaring, supported as he was by The
opinion Of so many of the wise and good, that the
British government was the best in the world; and
he doubted much whether anything short Of it
would do in America" Again, speaking of the Eng
ish government, he declares, 'ther House of Lords
is a most noble institution. No!emporary senate will
have frmness enough to answer the purpose"
Speaking Of the executive department Of this
country, he remarks that 'the English model was
the only good one on that subject" In another
place he declares "Let one branch of the legisIa-
good behavior. Let the executive also be for life"
But this is enough, though Gouverneur Morris
went farther, if possible.
Now let us contrast in one paragraph from Mr..
Jefferson, the democratic leader, the principles Of
the true republican party. Here is the sublime and
noble creed of the democrats Of that day and this
'That all men are born equal; that they endow-
ed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights;
that among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of
are instituted among men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed; that
whenever any form Of government becomes de-
structve Of these ends, it ia the right of the people
to alter or abolish it, and to institute new gov
eminent, laying its foundation on such principles,
and organizing its powers in such form, as to them
shall seem most likely 10 effect their safety and
happiness"
These were the principles not only asserted, but
sincerely entertained by Jefferson, Patrick Henry,
George Mason, and others. One more compare
son will finish, for the present, our remarks upon
this subject. Governments" says Mr.. Jefferson,
''are more or less republican, as they have more or
less of The element of popular election and con.
troll in their composition; and believing, as do,
that the mass of the citizens is the safest deposit
tory of their own rights, and especially that
the evils flowing from the duperies of the peo-
pie are less Injurious than those from the egotism
of their agents. am friend to composition OF
government which has in it the most of this ngre-
dent"
As we may resume this subject in connexion
with ceriaia nvowals Of portion of the wing par
ty, we forbear at present TO say more.