Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-05

Industrial aud physical welfare of the
people. and none Of them to the mere
preservation Of the peace. 1t Is not,
therefore. government per sc. but only
the National Government, whose
wings the Democratic party has ever
shown any disposition to clip. The
World says:
"The Democratic party ofthis coun-
try fought resolutely during two gem
erations against schemes of internal
improvement by the Federal Govern
ment. Experience has indicated Its
wisdom by showing that private enter
prise Is adequate to supply the country
with all needed means OF Internal
communication"
Notwithstanding, however, the DEM
ocratIcaversion to schemes OF internal
improvement by the National Govern
ment, 1t has had no hesitation IN inau-
gurating them through the State and
city governments. The extensive
canal system Of New York originated
not In private but in State enterprise.
Many Of the railroads have been built,
or aided, by State grants. and all have
been vriously favored by State legis-
lation. Thus the pretended hostility
of the Democratic party to the exer-
else Of paternal powers Of government
Sits down, when analysed. into mere
anti-nationalism, or hostility to the
principle Of natiOnaliSm.
When we search out the inspiring
motives of this anti-nationalism, we
find 1t to consist, not in n love OF free
dom, or enlargement Of personal rights,
but In a zeal for slavery. The DEM
ocratic party believed that, rs between
Shareholder and slave, that govern
menment Is best which governs most.
They perceived that this form Of slave
government was chiefly endangered
By the powers of the Federal Govern
ment, and they. therefore. opposed the
powers Of thnt government IN toto,
even to notification, rebellion. They
saw, however, that, as slavery would
shape every State government In
which 1t was allowed n footlOld, the
greater the powers Of the State govern
ments the Surer would be the pcrpe.
tuity of THAT form Of government
which governs most" viz: slave
ocracy. Therefore, the Democratic
party magnified in all respects the
power of the States. Though the Ma.
tional Constitution forbade them Ia
emit bills of credit or coin money, and
though the most fundamental principle
of all law Is, that one cannot do by an
agent what he cannot do himself, yet
Democratic Courts held that the States
had the sole power to authorize banks
to issue paper bills of credit to circu-
late rs money. In scores of ways Dem
ocracy waged war Oh n%ationalislu, but
never on the utmost usrlrpatiOn OF
power by n State, or the most inter.
meddling, inqui>itorial, and ferOciouS
exercise of "paternal government v
by States. On the contrary, the SYM
pathics Of the Democratic party are
largely with NaH.eons, Cars. and
despots, whether In the Presidential
chair or ut the head Of foreign govern
ments. They can always be relied
upon to sustain = usurring President
or Governor against the balancing
power Of the. legislative body, or a
uMrping and defraudinS railroad
President against his stockholders. In
short, their belief in the one.man
IA innate. and manifeSts itself alike in
their sympathy with the Shareholders
rebellion, the ridiculous cscapade OF
Andrew Johnson, or the long career
Of knavery and final downfall Of Louis
Napoleon. They have justified too
often the saying Of Wendell Phillips,
that n Democrat is an autocrat without
power.