Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-05-25


concentrated expression of tho vii
of tho people manifested in thci,
local councils--,ho only pure re-
publican or democratic systcm; tol
it must be understood by the young
reader who has only learned poll
ties through the newspapers, with
in the past five or ten years that
in the time Of jefferson and Alex.
der Hamilton, the present dcmoc.
racy-wcrc known ~ "rhc Rcpub.
lican party'-and Republican and
Federal, defined the opposing prin,
ciples. In our boyhood, the man
dates of Tammany for convoca
ton Of the friends of Andrew Jack
son, always opened in this wise:
"I'uE DEMOCRATIC REruBLicAs
PARTY OF THE CITY & CoUYrY on
NEW York, will meet at Tammnny
Hall, On---night, the-inst ,
at Z o'clock. p. NJ"
and to those pIacards on all the
blank walls Of the city, there al
ways responded the boys who
meant what they said, and said it
right out Enthusiastically.
Those were great days. Every
mans position was announced, and
you saw and heard and felt every
where the enthusiasm that thrilled
everybody for Jackson, or Clay
and Webster; and upon the ether
sido the merchants d profession
al men, and the manufacturing ar-
tisans, tho latter not then Il great
body, responded to II notice in this
wise
"THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, PAR
TY, OF THE CRY AND County OF New
York, will assemble ut MAsoNIC
HALL, at 7 o'clock, p. NJ, J., on the
inst"
Then came up to that fine old
Gothic Halt, now pulled down, the
well dressed men, the merchants,
the clerks, the protected artisans,
the lawyers; and the meetings
were called to order by some one
Of the leading merchants, or some
eminent lawyer, and presided over
by some man CT much social digni-
ty of character, and addressed by
lawyers or merchants, or both, or
somc eminent member Of Congress.
We digrcss.
The point is, that the democratic
theory, and rs we conceive, the
true theory Of government is, that
tho world is governed too much.
Too inquisitivc|y- the governments
OF the old world, obtrudc them
selves into the business Of the indi
vidual citizen, to regulate for him,
what he should be allowed to man
age himself, until he intringes upon
the riglts of some one else; and
then the Common Law which has
existed for ages, steps in for indi-
vidnal protection.
The fault Of the old National Re
publican and whig theory of gov.
ernmont lay in this, that when
they commenced to protect one
interest, still other interests came
up and claimed the Same parental
protection; and so the system OK
tended itself until what was pro-
lection for few, became absolute
upon the many besides
the establishment of II vicious prin-
ciple-that the General Govern
mcnt can interfere in the business
of the citizen.
Now, we have the spectacle of
the New England manufactures of |
wooden cloths declaring to the Gov
crnmcnt that, though they would
like to have Il net protection of %
per cent. upon their products, with
roliof from the oppressive dGtlos
upon the raw materials used in tho
manufacture, they believe they
would be better off with no prOtec-
ton. and absolute free trade, than
they now are for though they are
protected till every mans coat
costs him, as they themselves say,
twice as much rs it would with free
trade ; still every thing required in
their manufacturing proccssos-hnc
foreign woods, such as our people
do not raise, coal, Olive oil, lubri-
eating oils, iron for machinery,
nails, sorrows, salt and soap for
securing woods, lumber, etc, are al
50 heavily taxed, that the protcc-
llon given them, is swallowed up
by I'll g protection afforded the pro
iucers of these other articles, shut
ting out tho foreign article, or
its use so expensive that
profit on the manufacture of cloth
is destroyed though no advantage
is given to the home wool grower,
because the woods, heavily taxed,
,re the fine woods, not produced in
Lhe United States.
All this is the result of incorrect
policy-the regulation
by government of the business of
The citizen, which should be rcgn-
atcd by natural laws, and allowed
10 prosper or otherwise, as the en-
ergy and skill of the producer, or
his lack Of it, might affect it. Il
1t is II correct theory expressed
~ the axiom, Tho world is gov
,rned too much r'-CIdrkSriNe Stan
ilrd.
In this mornings issue will be
oand the notice signed by Mr..
August Belmont, for the assem-
,liag of the National Democratic
Convention, at Baltimore, on the
nh of July.
The fact that it is called at Balti-
more is significant. The committee
iave made one step Sonth, and in
that they design to get rid
,f tl,n cnrrunt influences that have