Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-28


ing the States, so as TO give the strong ne
gro districts absolute prepon,lerance in the
State governments; the result being, on the
whole. the monopoly Of the soil by means
of the monopoly of slave labor; unequal
representation, in consequence of the con-
troll of the suffrage of the poor; monopo-
ly Of all the official power in the hands of
the caste holding slaves. and the disiran-
chisement of the great mass of the people
holding none.
T. Jefferson was opposed to an irrespon
sible Judiciary. and denied the right of
the bench of Judges to decide political
questions for the nation, and to the obli-
CATION of the coordinate department of the
government TO submit themselves to the
construction of the Constitution imposed
by the Court. The Democratic party and
Administration deny this doctrine, and
hold the oJaer dicfum OF the Supreme
Court, that this country can have no colo
nies. as part of the Constitution: and its
decision, that slavery is the law of the Ter
ritories in virtue of the Constitution. and
in spite OF national or territorial legislation
is conclusive to make it the duty of both
to protect it there as an inviolable institu-
ton. The reasoning renders this decision
as applicable to States as to Territories
The Republicans hold .Jefferson's opinion,
that the decision OF the Court is not OBJ
| ligatory on Congress or the country, and
may be rightfully opposed and reversed.
D. Jefferson considered the security and
purity of the elective franchise as the basis
of representative institutions. The Demo
cratic party and its successive administra-
tions have practised upon a wholly differ
ent principle. They assess the Office hold
ers here and throughout the Union to raise
means to corrupt the elections They give
contracts to individuals who advance mo-
ncy to carry the elections. and this in op-
position to the law giving contracts to the
lowest bid.lers. They use the public mo-
iney to enlist multitulcs of laborers not re-
quircd by the service, and pay them as vo.
.ers; colonizing them in navy yards and
other national establishments, where they
holl the balance between contending par
ties in elections. They corrupt members
of Congress, not only by the use thus made
of public money TO control elections. but
by auihorising them to sell contracts and
dispose of public Offices. taking prcmi-
um for the negotiation. The Republicans,
/ in the committees that have brought these
abuses to light. denouncc them. and pro-
pose their correction. The Democrats a.
pologizc for the offenders, and labor to
screen them
6. Jefferson maintained State rights as
q barrier against a consolidated govern
ment. The President. Senate and Judici-
ary-the power of the Democracy in the
Government-conspire to sacrifice the
rights of the States by the construction
they impose on the Constitution. With
them, the States can have no rights but
those admitted by the Supreme Court
The Senate, too, has, in the case Of Bright
and Fitch, assumed power to defeat the
right OF n State to choose It's own Sera.
tors, and substitute Senators, by party
vote of the majority OF the Senate itself,
for those elected by the Legislature of the
State. In the case of Harlan, it excluded
Scator chosen by joint meeting of the
Legislature of Iowa, called bv both branch
es, on she pretext that majority Of both
branches did not participate in the election
In the case of Bright and Fitch they as
sumed that majority vote in one branch
of the Legislature made a legal election,
although the ma;ority of the other branch
not only refused to make a joint meeting
to go into the election, but protested a
gainst it. The people of Indiana were ap-
pealcd to to vindicate the State against
this assumption of the Senate of the Uni
/ ted States. They maintained the right OF
the State Legislature to elect Senators to
supplant those chosen by only one legis-
lative branch, and both branches Of the
new Legislature nnited to elect Senators.
/ The Senators of Indiana were refused even
hearing before the usurping majority in
the Unitel States Senate, and thus it has
in effect appointed Senator's for the State
of Indiana against its will.
Z. Jefferson was in favor of The diffusion
of knowle lgc. This is marked by his ef-
fort to get the counties divided into wards,
with view to have primary schools in
each. The hostility of the Democracy to
the diffusion Of knowledge is marked by
the neglect in all the States of the South,
which give law to the Democracy, to cs-
tablish primary schools, and by the late
veto of the President, at the behest of that
party. put on the bill making large grant
of land to each of the States of the Union
to establish schools to diffusc knowledge
among the people.
8. Jefferson inscribed his character as a
! friend to free labor on the ordinance of
1877, rcscrving the whole public domain
then acquired for those who lived by it.
The Democracy has inscribed it's character
in reference to free labor, in the Kansas Ne
braska act, the Lccompton Constitution,
and the judicial decision opening all the
Territories to slavery.
o. Jefferson advocated the division Of
the lands among small freeholders, and
favored little tencmcnts rather than great
domains. The strangling of the Home
stead bill in the Senate, which was carried
by the united Republican vote of the House
discrimina:es the enemies from the advo-
Gates Of the Jefferson. party
10. 1t was Jeffcrson's apothcgm, eve
must make our election between economy
and liberty, or proiusion and scrvitudc. -
The present administration has more than