The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-03

ihrrt was hnrd struggle az the very be-
ginning ~ our Government over this very
question. There was a party then very
formidable IN Talents. and very considerable
~ numbers, which had no faith ~ the people,
and boldly declared ~ inndciIfy 10 popular
Institutions. The Republican party, with Us
kupcrs ssnls us MafShais. IL Commissioners. rs
spies. ~ Federal Courts and IL deep distrlst
ship county and state, IL the revival 81 the
old dc~potlc Federal party under different
name. but with similar ideas. The circle Is
government Ia this country have al
most reached the point at which they
began. their ncfarious schemes nearly
and hear Alexander Hamilton now quoted as
nh acceptable authority on the principles of
government than ever before. II he could
day he would have following such a. he new
cr had In his lifetime. How refreshing MS
doctrines would now be 10 Jay Gould, Charles
Foster and John sherman. They are all afraid
20 trust the people. Hamilton was a delegate
from the State Of New York TO the Constifu-
tionnl Convention at Philadelphia In 1851. He
tails and presented II 10 the Convention. Ey
its provisions the Chief Executive Of the
United States, by whatever title known, was
70 hold Office for life; How regal and permar
nent that sounds Ninc-tenths Of the holders
Of Understanding Government securities,
National bankers and capitalists. out OF trade
all Of them openly-rathcr than risk their in.
yestmcnts TO change Of Administration.
They are liked comfortably, and what they
they want TO stay there. they have the adj
vantage Of the millions below them. and they
want 70 keep Il. by the plan presented by
for life. This was intended 70 create an aris-
tocracy In the management: OF the Govern
ment similar 10 tho House Of Lords In
England. As 70 the States. and the
trusted with nothing. The National Execu-
tive Committee, says the President.
was 70 appoint INC Governor ~ or. q inc various
be permitted 10 enact laws, subject. however.
70 revision and entire repeal by Congress; and
all the courts OF the States "for the detcrmin-
alton OF all matters Of general concern"
were TO be created by act Of Congress- And
even this vast scheme Of consolidation fell short
Of the wishes Of Hamilton and his followers, as
II does now, perhaps. OF the more advanced
and stalwart leaders of the Republican party.
Hamilton boldly stated that IL by no means
came up 10 his conception Of model Govern
mcnt. In discussing the proper Executive
head OF Government he said: THE English
model Il the only good one ON this subject.
The hereditary interests OF the King were so
interviewer with those Of the Nation and his
personal emoluments 80 great. that he was
placed above the danger Of being corrupted
from abroad. and az the same time was sufii-
GENTLY Independent and sufficiently controlled
10 answer the purpose Of the institution at
home" In presenting his draft Of the Consti-
tuition 10 the Convention. he also said, speak
ing Of the American Senate. that II should be
on the same model as the House Of Lords In
England and that no temporary senate would
have tirmness Ito carry out its proper func-
tions
These principles ~ Alexander Hamilton.
and Of the Federal party AZ the formation ~
our Government. show the fountain from
which have descended the principles OF the So
called Republican party Of our times: princI-
pies monnrchical in their tendencies. rcpuQnant
10 the self-respect Of the people. offensive 10
every sentiment Of manhood. and in opp0si-
tion 20 the spirit and the letter Of the Constitu
ton. I have heretofore fOrcfOld some things
In the political world which have come 70 pass.
predict now thatth coming issue in the near
future Is TO be between the broad principles 81
Jefferson on the one hand. and the monarchical
doctrines Of Hamilton on the other: the latter
supported by all the monopolies. banks. and
boarded intercst-gathcring wealth IN the land.
jefferson announced that he who feared to
trust the people was u tory by nature That
was his mode Of describing an enemy 10 free
government, and we are rapidly finding out
now who are tories. or enemies Of free govern
mcnt. by the same rule.
The leaders If the Republican party insist
that you ought 20 surrender the principle II
sclf-govcrnmcnf. and ~ free elections IN the
North I'm order that the bay0nef may he used.
according 20 the forms Of law. at the polls in
villainous legislation. inspired by the hearts ~
designing men who believed in dcspotism and
not in the people. the South j. held up and
rallied nj a. an ail-snfIicient cause. II the peo-
pie are 20 be shOrn OF their most sacred rights:
curtailed Of their freedom and insntedi In
tneir homes, YOU afs iniu tnnt snm.'hing N
decd. II was true that 10 govern the South we
had to give up the Constitution. deprive our
selves and our Pos'erity q T. protection, our
deny that any such necessity exists. We can
not. nor are we called on 70. govern one part
81 this country one way and the other part
another way. A Southern State Is IN this
Union exactly as Ohio is. Whenever dis
tinctions made between sUtcs or the PEG
pie Of states the Union and The Constitution
are both destroyed. l5nt Won are told by the
great political Phari<ccs ~ the times that the
people 81 the different Southern States are
not conducting themselves properly on Ger
tain subjects and therefore you should cast
away your own liberties In order 10 regulate
by force their domestic affairs. You are also
stimulated 10 this course by constant strcam
Of Islander poured out on an entirely helpless
and submissive people. n people who
have submitted TO every Constitutions
al amendment and 10 every other
condition Of reconstruction which the
Government has imposed upon them. II
Is 20 the interest Of the Republican party to
SANDER them. Every fiulf they have Is not
only set down in malice and conned by rote.
but il Il magnifed and multiplied BY AL the
lens power Of party machinery. An actual
offensc against the laws in the South. such as
have happened every day and every hour
since thc human race began, Is sweet inorsel,
a delicious item. savory paragraph. over
which the Republican editor rubs his hands In
keen enjoyment. A thousand murders may
and do occur in the Northern States. but how
fiat and inspid they appear when dishcd up IN
our morning papers at breakfast IN compari-
son Win any nct OF crime, however ccfnfnon-
place its motive. that comes TO us. hot and
sensational. upon the brcczcs OF the SOUTH
You live in lnw-abiding State. ne much 40 as
any other in the Union. and more 80 than some
OF the ioud-prcfending States Of New England,
yet doubt IL there Is a county in Ohio In
which blood has not been unlnwfufly shed in
the last twelve months. The same may be
said Of the great State Of Indiana, and perhaps
OF every other Northern State. Crime IL inhc-
rent I'm the heart Of man. and IL prevails every
where. II Is without quarantine. II pcne-
every climate. / hold that the people OF the
North. and tho people Of the South. on the
average Of conduct and motive, are neither
better nor worse than each other; ana IN this
70 population viii amply sustain me.
The trouble, however, 10 that the lead
err and newspapers Of . powerful party In the
North are deeply intcrestedin making you be-