The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-07-07

INFORMATION WANTED-BIRT EATING PRocLIvI.
TIES OF THE FEMoCRATIo PARTY AS SHOWN BY
FIRST REsOLuTION IN THEIR PLATFORM FOR IDAHO.
= The first clause OF this resolution re-cOmmits
them to the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
of 1888. The leading sentiment of the Virginia
and Kentucky Resolutions may be briefly state d
as follows: First. Any State being aggrieved by
the general government, may secede from the
Union. Second, Every State is to be the in1geOf
its own grievances. 1t is an established principle
that men act from motive, and the Democratic
Convention at Boise City was not an exception to
the general rule The re- Endorsement of such
sentiment at this time must have been to apollo
giZe for the late ex rebellion, or to shape the pub
lie mind for some future movement of the so called
Democratic party. Gentlemen, let us hear from
you at your earliest convenience. The people
would like to know whether this is put in your
platform to express sympathy for the southern
wing. of XoCE beloved party, or whether Won claim
the right now for some future sak9, &atAa>
man.
The ignoramus who published the forego-
ing has never heard that the Virginia .esolu-
tons were. written by James Madison, or that
Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Ken
lucky resolutions. "The Father of the Con-
stitution" and the author of the Declaration
of Independence, were two very disloyal per-
sonages in the estimation of the editor ofthe
Statesman. The Statesman thinks Madison
did not know What he was about when be
was atwork on the Constitution of the United
States, and that the Reimbursement Of these
views by Jefferson in the Kentucky resolu.
ton of the following year" must have been
to apologize for the late rebellion or to shape
the public mind for some future movement
of the sorcalled Democratic party" The
Statesman has yet to learn that these resolu.
tons lie at the very foundation of this gov
ernment; that they define all that dis,in-
galshes this, as Republic from the Monarchi
cal governments Of other nations that they
embrace the framework of the Republic which
once destroyed or disregarded, leaves the
whole Of our free, Republican system of gov
eminent at the mercy of the first strong hand
that has the courage to seize it. The States.
man never has heard that these resolutions
were confirmed by two generations of states
men, including the grandest iutellects of all
parties; that every Democratic President Of
the United States was elected upon plat
form which endorsed them; that for seventy
years the Democracy have enunciated the
sentiments expressed therein as the basis of
their party organization, and that for sixty
years-the most wonderful sixty years OF de-
velopment andof prosperity ever known by
any nation-this government was mainly con.
Quoted in accordance with those resolutions
OF all these things. the Statesman is pro-
foundly ignorant. It's simple editor imag ines
that the resolutions refer to. the late war, or
some other war veto come. We advise him
to read chi4ds'.. History of the United States |
and obtain a. little information When he
has gone that far, it will be ample time for
him to erlticlse James Madison and Thomas
jefferson.