The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1849-11-10
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The Washington Union, some time ago avowed,
with more candor than is usual with it. that there
existed a monarchical party in this country The
editor, if be had thought proper, might have pro-
duced high authority for this declaraton no less,
indeed than that Of Thomas Jefferson, who not con-
tent with making the charge, describes, in the clear
and explicit manner, the very class of per-
sons who he considers entitled to the distinction
which such title confers The Lynchburg Pat
riot has supplied the omission Of the foreign organ
by various citations from the letters of Mr. Jetter-
son, and to that paper we are indebted for the an
nexed extracts Writing to Mr.. Giles, in 795, he
classifes the parties as 1Monocrats and Republ
cans' and in the 4th volume of his letters. 450,
he speaks as follows:
Here, then, was the real ground of the oppos-
ton made to tbs course of the administration. Its
object was to preserVe the Legislature pure and
independent of the Executive to restrain the admin
istration into republican forms and principles and
not permit the Constitution to be construed into a.
monarchy, and to be warped in practice into all the
principles and pollutions Of their fayorite English
models .s.s.-sis 80
Many years before the date of this letter. as ear
+ ly indeed, as October, 1872, when the system had
not been in operation three years, speaking of Gen.
Hamiitons policy he says; - avas af
1fsthe equilibrium of the three great bodies,
Legislative, Executive and Judiciary, would be pre-
served-if the Legislature could be kept iRdepeHa-
ent, should never fear result of such gov
ernment; but could not but be uneasy when
saw that the Erecfi0e had s0alloloed up the Legis-
LatiUe branch z.ss.s ees.t s.asf7a s7&F-rtg, Il
t--fn letter to John Adams, dated June d, 1913,
he uses the following language; -4a
'We broke into two parties, each wishing to give
the Government different direction; the one to
strengthen the most popular branch, the other, the
more permanent branches, and to extend their per-
manency.' 3
I letter to General Lafayette, in 1923, he said:
The tories. ( that is the Monoerats) are, for
Strengthening tie ErecutiOe and General Govern
ment; the Wigs cherish MeRepresentatige BRANCH
and rights reserved by the States as the bulwarks
against consolidation, which mast generate mon
archy'
Now, we might safely leave it to any intelligent
reader-to any man who is acquainted with the
principles upon which the two parties have invari-
ably acted, to say which of them comes under Mr..
Jeffersons de6nation of Monocrats or Monarchists.
In order, however, that there may be no room for
the slightest doubt, we submit the following ex-
tracts from the Richmond Enquirer the organ of
the Democracy in this, Mr. Jefferson's native State:
1t has always been the desire of the Democratic
party to place, as far as possible, the appointing
power in the hands of the Executive.
The principles of the party are here clearly de-
have heard from the Democracy on that subject
for twenty years, but with Mr.. Jeffersons idea ola
Monocrat or Monarchst. The same paper gave
us, in single paragraphthe character of the Whig
party:stg sasssssa ass Et4a as3 ~
"The partizans of the .whig party,''sit says. SIN
the House of Delegates have exhibited sort ofin-
stinctye adherence of an honest and powerful for
good, Executive"
This is certainly true; and this adherence of
strong Executive, either in State rGeneral Gov
ernment, gives them the undoubted right to be
classed among the disciples of Jefferson, who says
that the object of his party to keep the Legis
lature independent, and who expressed the great
est alarm for the cause of Republeanism when he
saw that 'the Executive had swallowed up the Leg
islative branch"
So exactly in conformity with the Jeffersonian
idea of monocracy (or monarchy was the conduct
of the Government during the reign of Jacksonisni,
that Mr. Clay declared that the country had been
governed for eight years without the aid of Con-
gress 1t certainly has not been less so since that
day il ...+. e.
If then, as the Union says, there is monarchi-
cal party in this country, it is that to which this
paper is attached if Mr.. Jefferson is to be trusted.
. Richmond Wing.