Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-02-20


where there taxation without
usunsb!e and thus issue joined at London This
wa IN Already The patriots had gathered Lexington
and Bunker Hill already had drawn his sword
at Cambridge, Commander generalissimo
defiant word Taxation no tyranny sent from
the fathers thar oher
wofd Independence" But In seeking Independence they
d NOT turn their backs upon principles
end and that end was nothing less than Republic
with Liberty and Equality animating principles
where the government should of
srned OF which Is the thing should be
10 taxation without representation for here the dsnc
I'VE feature OF American Institutions
soLENr DECLARATIONS VAIsErs.
a. The principles, through fifteen years
controversy, not forgotten when nde
declared and here ecme to the second head Of these
Illustrations.
It sometimes happens support
10 which they pledged with
In declaring independence, they
constant VOWS. The natural nights all and just
nOUncsd; which Samuel Adams had maintained with
splendid simplicity which Patrick Henry mad vindisated
against the Of rreason which had been
affirmed BY legislative bodies public meetings,
embodied IN the opening words Of the Declaration There
they stand, like mighty Republic,
srpretns inspiring and filling with their transforming
that all equal that they
dowed by their Creator naenable rights that
among these are ie liberty and the pursuit OF happiness
That u these rights government. instituted among
erued."
Foremost The equality q all Ofeourse dscla
ration OF rights such folly intended as that
all men are created equal IN form or capacity bodily or
mental but simply mat tney are created equal IN night.
Dr.f of ssuess are among inaIepsbe rights but they
determination that primal ruth Here the
starting Of the whole and the end ike the starting
pow frol. governed the
repeats The proclamation of Equal lights Thus
Equality the Alpha and the omesa IN which all other
rights embraced Alien may have Natural right
things but clearly they natura right
impartial Avs by which they shall be secured in Equal
tights Equality IN rights Is The hrt OF right |, ras 30
e her relations with our fathers ha independence wa.
declared To these truths, therefore, the new govern
equal station among me Powef' Of me EARN 10 you s
Inc Of Independence began with dec laratiOn Of
cple ende with like declaration AT It's sue
close the Continental Congress address TO The
people BY the q James Madison, thus announced The
objects which had waged and thus supplied
definition Of the government
Let be remembered that it ha. been the pride and
America right. TOR
fe nights BY the blessing OF .the
Author Of these Ri ht. they have prevailed all
AMI form the ba.,s Of thirteen Independent States No
heretofore occurred any be
expected hereafter which the unauthorized forms
~ fsPsbeaH eersneH can pretend to so iair an oppo
iuny Of usyng themselves by their fruits In this view
greatest tfuin ever coHded TO polltca (I0HHa'
@ Cott'HsatGl CoHgTs's Apnl 1873, vol win, p DOL
such the sublime declaration 1t was Tor the g rights
Of human nature that fathers forth battle, and
these rights proclaimed " form the basis OF thirteen
~ fha Sveraa,sr nj m. - Inc RhIir xyhieb ~
fathers, with .prds and boast, then example
mankind.
Inc spirit appears the National Constitution,
Inents. Here it.:
We United States, in order form . NOR. perfe 81
Union, et5ih jesee domestic tranquIty provide
for the common deiense promote the general welfare and
the blessings liberty poster
dc oriaIn establish this Constitution the United
~IaIes II America
Thus according this proclamation, the Constitution
ordained olgarchy aristocraey,
Ia exclude certain the pale privileges
t' organize inequality Of rgh IN any form but 10 establish
justice winch Equality domestic tranquility
defense which Of all; to promote The
general welfare, which The welfare of ALL
the
postery, which Ia to to all hs complete
rights, foremost among winch Equars Here, then,
another authoritative definition of Republic
formed.
hu. has country o idea of Republic
not only throughout liz OF these
solemn declarations, which themselves monumental
OPINIONS OF TEE F.rxsR..
81 am now brought TO consider how these pra
,pe" nave been sustained by eminent charaoers, whose
names historic all estifying good
govenment Inch Is only the synonym Of republican
He IN lheH "eighty words you Will Ind definition,
constantly repeated, winch harmony with all prom
winch very iIIedesd. Of the RepubIt
begin with Benjamin Franklin who all questions
of government any other person
our history "a early 1876, while still young
wrote article government which published The
Pennsylvania Gazette, where Will be found
Popular governments have not been framed without the
q created By and for the good Of th' whole
OF Tie whole" (Frankin's " orks, vol. ii. p 269)
II i Tor the good Of the whole and for odous oil
u these Words we ind i9reshadowed the idea OF repub
government, but II the discussions stamp
fuller and definition. Here itp- adopted
il not rtten by Franklin in 1868.
That every 0 The commonalty except infants in
persons and Criminals right, by the
laws Of God freeman, and entitled ths free
liberty E5trty freedom sonsis., IN hactn an s
tE share MS appointment Of those ho frame Lae
who 10 be the guardians every life, property
peace, the al! hun a. the
need to have representatives legislature
They vote in tn. sIeetias of rep
Do NOT ENJOY tsty but a's0i.ey ensGrd
ta0s' rho As1e .ofes and thsr repr"sntapes
and be subject to laws made 6g the represensGre. Of 9th
without having had representatives Of give
In emphatic be compste Yndic.
ton OF The equal gt OF representation
government much where this oes
Liberty does not exist.
Jefferson followed Franklin in the same vein sx
pressing himself with greater ervor. The
Declaration OF Independence could Con
stany be iesnes To III idea of Republic Thus
10 Alexander Won Humboldt, under the date -
Il anrihs The right, OF the majority the first prin
sipie OF IePuoicah1n, and assuming the prime ipls
prineip Republican.m IT, that tn. Lex ma
~ parts s the la of society
1als " equal rights To consider will the socist,
unanimous the first OF all lessons importance vet III,
(which thoroughly learned. The dsresarded
military despot.m.''( Jeferson's Works. VIII D. IS
In another John Taylor Caroline dated NAV
2sIh, lcl6, lie thus defines Republic:
Indeed must be aekno~ lodged, term republic
the .esgled republics Holland switzerland Genoa
Venice, Poland Were to to this presis.
ana definite idea, would purely simply
g0reef D. its eit'-'1s acting directly per
soIaiS established
tHst every other government less
proportion as 1t has of this
ingredient OF The direct action OF the
" orss, vol vi. p o05)
Here again, while confessing unquesona able vague
Republic all the citizens have a voice. And in an
other place lie thus Indignantly denial Of repre-
-
" And also that one half of brethren who fight and
pay taxes are excluded like Helots,
reaenaton society and NOT
tor the men tnabItIng ~ 0aeha dposs
ne ftshts and tas EL Of the other their con,en
ibid p oJ'.J
Thus did he the whole wre,ehed Of oil
garshS and monopoly by which OF
igbt -
Madison colder in than Jefferson bur they
we're associated IN opinion political life. former
IN The debates on the Const-o thus the
nal OF rights on account Of eolor:
we have the distinction OF color mads in
the most enlightened period of time ground Of the mast
oppressive dominion ever exercised by
(Eliots Debates, vol ", y. 162
speaking directly of OF he
lowing language -
las TgAt " outrage certainly
articles rpE6tc0n 10 be Jeff IN
he regulated by the legislature gradual abrdRnent ot
this night has been the mode aristoe h,
been buit on the ruins Of popular forms Lofs Dskat.
vol =, p 3.--)
nus declaring himself against he
uTay recognized the true Ides and
~ the question oil property Qualification hch he saw, in
one place, does not satisfy the tIa;
men cannot be Justly bound by laws maxim. hir they
nave no part did, $50 and again in another
pace IL violates me citd4