The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-09-24

Things 1t was reported not long ago that a
very rich man of New York, by the name of
desire to pay millions for . government Of
high centralized powers: q government not
ment which would govern. coerce, and hold
in subsection the people, instead OF allowing
fathers, TO govern themselves This was sim.
ply q somewhat fndiscreet but very accurate
the Republican party. It has the sane
ton Of all such leaders Of that party as are
govern himself: Of ali such as are rich ans bros.
porous, and desire NO possibility of change;
of all retired capitalists. whose invest
labor OF the people, like incurable cancers
wrecktng the human body.
WHAT Is MEANT BY STRONG GOVERNMENT.
ming of our Government over this very ques-
tion- There was party then very formidable
bers, which had no faith in the people,
and boldly declared Its inhdelity to
p1pSniia is ,s Tna , Pay
sioners, its spies, its Federal courts, and its
deep distrust OF the American people. every
revival of the old despotic Federal party I'M
der different name, but with similar ideas
of free government in this country have al
most reached the point at which they began
their nefarious schemes nearly a hundred
years ago. We more frequently see and hear
Alexander Hamilton now quoted as an accep-
ha1 on beee he eoua
from his premature and bloody grave
such as he never b ad in his life time. How re-
fre5hing his doctrines would now be to Jay
Gould, Charles Foster and John Sherman!
llton was q delegate from the State of New
York to the Constitutional convention at
a constitution in ali its details ana presented
it TO the convention. By Its provisions the
by whatever title known, was to hold
office for life. How regal and perma-
holders of interest-bearing Government Sc
curities. National bankers and capitalists, out
OF trade generally, viii indorse that position
risk their investments to q change of anminis-
| tration. They are fixed comfortably, and
| top, and they want to stay there. They have
| the advantage of the millions below them,
and they want to keep it, By the plan pre-
sented by Hamilton the senators were also to
! hold office for life. This was intended 10 Gre
ate an aristocracy in the management of the
| Government similar to the House of Lords in
England. As to the states, and the people of
the states they were to be trusted with moth
ident, was to appoint the governors of the
various states; the Legislatures of the States
were to be permitted TO enact laws, subject,
however, to revision and entire repeal by
Congress: and all the courts of the States, "for
concern" were to be created by act Of Con
gress And even this vast scheme of consol-
| and his followers as it does now, perhaps,
| of the more advanced and stalwart leaders OF
l
| that it by no means came up to his conception
of q model Government. In discussing the
| said: "The English model is the oniy good
| one on this subject. The hereditary interests
| of the king were so interviewer with that of
1 the nation, and his personal emolumentS SO
| great, that he was placed above the danger of
| BENG corrupted from abroad, and at the same
| time was sufficie thy independent and suffi-
| GENTLY controlled to answer the purpose of the
| institution at home" In presenting his draft
| of a constitution to the convention, he also
1 American Senate.
/ 1t should be on the same model as the House of
Lords in England, and that no temporary
Senate would nave frmness 'to carry out its
These principles OF Alexander Hamilton,
and of the Federal party at the formation of
| our Government. show the fountain from
| which have descended the principles of the
! ciples monarchIal in sll their tendencies. re-
pug nant to the self-respect OF the people, Often
| opposition to the spirit and the letter
| of the constitution. have heretofore FORE
Which shaw have come 70 pass. pPPe ee now w that
| the coming issue In the near future is to be
between the broad doctrines Of Jefferson on
| of Hamilton on the other; the latter supported
by all the monopolie,, banks, and boarded
| son announced that he who feared to trust the
| people was a Tory by nature. That was his
mode of describing an enemy 10 free govern
| ment. and we are rapidly finding out now who
| are Tories, or enemies of free government, by
! the same rule.
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But the section of the Revised Statutes-o
| the United States which have read in your
hearing is only one Of many whereby the
pepu election in every State and P Territory y
4 of this Union In a single chapter Congress
has enaoted a penal code of % elaborate sec
| tions against the freedom of the people to con-
| duct and control their own elections. This
dlled from end to end with every contrivance
known to the ingenuity OF man for the sup
precision Of local abs The
| OF many OF Us numerous provisions
read like the rawlings of madmen dreaming of
vengeance. By section 5, SOS If two persons con
| spire to threaten any citizen In the enjoyment
of any of his rights under the constitution and
him at all, nor do him the slightest injury, yet
they are Liable to q fine of s5.U00 and 10 years
| imprisonment. Other sections are equally
| atrocious. Throughout them all we meet the
! United States marshal and his general, aud
Visor sna his insotent snpordin e the
United States commissioner and his deputy
commissioners, all armed with the authority
of the Federal Government to arrest, knock
down and drag from the polls their feel ow :
citizens at pleasure; al clothed by this hid
| to break into any room where ballots are
| being received, open the ballot box, stop the
| party malice or ambition shall dictate such a
| course. Not q word of this statement with be
denied. 1t was not denied in the senate when
| made there. Every man had the laws before
| him and knew what they were. Besides all
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preston OF free elections was the entire mill
tary force OF the Government. There have
been placed in the laws of Congress, enacted
by the leaders of the Republican party. at
least three sections which specifically provide
| for the control of elections by the army and
navy. Two of these sections provide that It
suall be lawful for the president, or some
one by him designated, ito employ such
portion of the land or naval forces OF the
united States, or of the mill ia as may be
necessary" in his opinion, to govern and
| coerce the people at The polls The other
manning sec ion on this subject infiicts even
still greater degradation on the people. Ger
tain United states com nissiouers having
been created in connection with the manage
ment of Q ecLions their duties are defined by
law as follows:
"rhe commissioners authorized to be sp
pointed by the preceding section are empow
cred. within their respective counties, to ap
| point. in writing, under their hands, one OF
more suitable persons, from time to time who
shall execute all such WA rants other pro-
cess as the commissioners may issue in the
lawful perfOrmauce their dulles. and the