The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-10
LOYALTY.

The following IL an extract from the
speech OF John Quincy Adams, at Bos-
ton, October Gath. l.
And now, follow citizens, you may
fairly ask US what we have to propose il
you give the power to the Democratic
party. will tell you, aud it is easy to
tell, for l have no new thing to discover.
The principles Of Democracy are ns old
as the government itself, and they are as
plain as the sun ct MONDAY. The doc.
trine is the same that it was seventy years
ago, and will be seventy years hence.
Democracy, in q word, begins at she
other end altogether. 1t takes the indi.
vidual man as the starting point, and says
that be is the important matter, aud your
government Is only an incident and Great.
urc OF his convenience 1t laughs at
your preposterous idea that government
is wiser and better than the people. 1t
is aristocracy which assumes o superior
merit to direct and advise its subjects
II is monarchy by grace of God which
pretends to this power Of cosseting and
dandling its children. 1t is imperialism
which conquers asd administers abject
and subject provinces. Democracy leaves
each man Tree to seek his cwn happiness,
provided he does not injure his neig hbor
Why, my friends, even tho language Of
the Radical newspaper and stumps smells
Of the obsequious spirit Which bows to
an aristocracy Of speculators and money
changers and shop keepers. What is
their favorite charge against all who
differ with them? "Taey are disioyai"
What is that? Well, | will tell you
Loyalty is word derived from old feudel
times, and expresses the relation of the
slave to his master, the subjection of the
scrf to lis lord, the regard of the vas.
vessel for his king. The citizen is free,
the subject is loyal. Loyalty is no new
thing. 1t was rampant here before the
battle Of Bunker's Hill. Then, as now,
the rich and high we're most "loyal."
The loyalty" however, disliked the
climate after the "Declaration. They
J are remembered as Tories now. Gener.
ais Warren and Putnam we're "rebels"
about the same time. Let the negro
if he likes, be loyal to his carpet baggcr,
and the Office holder to his patron, and
, the Radical politician to his 'govern.
ment," but as for US, we will be content
with the old fashioned way Of our fathers,
and swear with them ito the best Of our
ability to preserve, protect, and defend the
, Constitution of the United States" These
are not my notions, gentlemen they
i, were the notions Of Thomas Jefferson.
According to him each man has right
: limited only by his neighbours equal
rights-to his life, to his liberty, and to
b pursue his own happiness in his own way.
, These were rights which he maintained
to be inherent, inailenable, and not derly.
atve or held by any service. All gov.
ernmcnts can do is to see that these
rights are not interfercd with, or the
mans innocent. free action hampered
Tho best government is that which gov
erns least. The best governed are those
who govern themselves. My friends,
5 that is necessary to dispose of ali these
questions which the paternal meddiling
and managing Of the party Of all the
morals has raised, is to apply the sim
pie Democratic test to them, and mark
the result. Do you ask me how to deal
y with the South? The Democratic doc
trne is contained in queer, old, rusty
e and forgotten pamphlet. Let me read il
to you: "The people of this common
wealth have tAe sole and exclusive rgh
of governing themselves as a free, sover
y eigu, and independent State and do, anC
forever here after shall, exercice and en-
y joy every power, jurisdiction, and righ
which is not or may not hereafter be b,
% them expressly delegated TO the Unite'
u States of America in Congress assem-
y bled." And if that is treasou-as
!, suppose it is nowadays-why.it is higl
u time that the book which contains it b
~ burned by the common hangman.
10 1t is entitled, "a declaration of tn,
l. rights of the inhabitanst of the Common
wealth of Massachusetts" That, gentle
'e man, is pure disloyal Democracy, an,
~ nothing else, and we stick to It still
'c The policy which dsfranchises men be
10 70 cause they were rebels is just as undem
u ocrhtic as that which brands men becaus
u. they are black. But, then, a colore
), gentleman, the other night at Faneul
"a Hall, told US that there are "outrages" q
y the South. Well, I should think it YER
d probable. only wonder there are no
D. more. It must be mean spirited peopl
p shat would not grow outrageous und e
10 such treatment. I am sure Massachu
:: setts people were rough enough when
Is similar attempt was made to recoustruc
'r them in l765. For an infringement o
y their liberties, not one -hundredeth par
% as gross as that perpetrated on Georgia
10 they burned down the house of Governo
Hutchinson, and pluudercd and rife'
and robbed the houses of the register Of
;s - the admoralty and of the comptroller o
a the customs IN Boston. And, my friend
y I am very much sfraid they wonld do
. again. loyal as they are, in like case
. It is always SO IN such cases. Ireland
% full Of "outrages," Poland was famou
Is for "outrages," and Hungary was 8
~ outrageous that Austria has been com