The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-23

The precedent must always greatiy oserDu-
sient benefit which the use can, at any time'
Yield"
If had not stated that these were the words
of George Washington, it would be Thought 1
was INDUCING in a personal attack upon Mr.
Garfield, severe are they upon his inetnoes
and the precedents he would make; fIolna-
nent as a Republican speaker Is Mr.. scnurz.
When he told of the state of affairs at W ASH,
ington we looked for demand for strong ana
stern dealing with public evils. But ne gnaes
off into a suggestion more hurtful to Mr. Car
field in the minds of thoughtful men tilan any
attack made upon him by his political oppo-
been at " ashington, where these corruptions
have grown up, he has become statesman
and Is the best man to deal with them.
man Secretary of the Treasury, takes a differ
cnt view of tue state of affairs from that CIV
en- by his colleague. He dwells upon the bust
ing The industry of our people, the favorable
seasons that have rewarded their labors with
ample harvesfs, the demand for our products
from other countries ne claims ms i0r o ,ns for
all their blessings. have no unkinuiy ieei-
ing for Mr.. Sherman; regret that he does
himself a wrong when he Is
USGRATEFUL TO GOD
and unjust to the laborers of the land. 1t Is
not the craftsmanship of the Cabinet, but the
craftsmanship of the pillow, blessed by fruit
full season, that gives us our growing wealth.
Not the skill OF the Treasury Department, but
the snrings of our prosperity; not the talk in
Congress, but the toll OF labor in all its varied
fields. In another respect he does himself
wrong. He does not warn our people OF the
danger which the change of seasons may
make. He does not, as he should, adfnoni5h
them that at this time, when money Is aDunu-
ant, men should throw OFF the burdens OF
debt and extricate themselves from positions
of peril IL times should change. He teaches
the false and mischievous doctrine that gov
eminent policies, and not honest toll and fru-
gal care, that the schemes of the brain, not
the sweat of the brow. give competence to
men. Much has been said about the absurdity
of fiat money. How much more absurd are
Mr.. Sherman's teachings of fiat prosperity. In
this direction Mr.. Sherman outstrfps Dennis
Kearney. ~.
NATIONALIST.
The points most conspicuous in the speech
es and journals OF the Republican party are,
first, that this is Nation, and next, this cleo
ton is a contest between the Northern and
Southern States, in which a victory Will be
great gain to the former party. We charge
that the denunciations of the South are used
to mask their designs TO get jurisdiction over
all the Union, and mainly over the interests
and people of the North. as they are the most
important and varied; that the term Nation is
selected because it Is a word of obscure and
indefinite meaning and If it Is substituted for
the legal and proper title of Government, 1t
viii enable them to make changes in its char
acter hurtful to the rights of the people and
disastrous 10 the prosperity OF their business
and industrial pursuits; that the mischief 1t
but that they are pressing upon us now, and
will be left IN their full force from this time
on unless they are averted by the results OF
the pending elections.
| II Is marked and conspicuous fact in the po-
litical discussions the past four years tnat the
Republican leaders have sought to bring into
use the words Nation and Nationalism when
speaking OF our country. These have been
heretofore used without any special signifi-
canoe, as terms generally applied TO different
governed by some forms of law, and in this
| sense we have used them to avoid the repeti-
| ton of the term Uuion, United States, or Cen
eral Government. But they have now become
of all who have schemes for which they wish
to gain public support at the seat of
newer eee tine tSer yerv o o
security serves the purpose of covering their
ultimate objects, and at toe same time allow
ing all who have political theories inconsistent
their views. In its primary sense the word
Nation means those of common origin, and
applies most aptly TO the smaller divisions OF
more correct Significance it is certainly not
applicable to our country, whose population
made UP oil mixed is races from an quarters ~ ter
nffies political divisions. ranging from the
lowest to the most elevated political organi
Nation the term gives no idea Of the charac
ter of our own Government, but 1t leaves ev-
cry one to infer what he pleases of its signifi-
OBSCURE AND uNMEANING AS TITS,
It was adopted with the solemnfty of a Con-
gressional resolution, as a term which told of
the power of our General Government. In
1876 a resolution was offered which declared,
among other things, that the people of the
United States constitute one Nation. All of
the Republican members voted for this, as If
Union. So far Is it from doing this that it
simply tends to make that obscure which was
clearly stated in our Constitution. There is
something in the words United States, the
| Union General Government.
conflict with the purposes of Mr. Garfield and
his friends. They do not tell us distinctly
| what they aim at, but we ind that those who
| seek for more jurisdiction use the term Ma
| ton, or Nationality, whenever they have oc-
casion to speak of the jurisdiction at Wash
| ington. We always find that the men who use
| the woodland many like senator Blaine love
| to call it q Sovereign Nation-are I'm favor of q
| different construction OF the Constitution than
| has heretofore prevailed. Mr.. Garfield openly
states this when he says that the views held
by Mr.. Hamilton are growing in strength, and
| he rejoices that our Government gravitating
| to more power. We find, too, that they favor
the plans of that distinguished statesman of
] gaining jurisdiction by constructions put upon
the words of the Constitution. As they do
not like, mt this moment to develop all their
plans, which would excite alarm particularly
| at the North, to mask their purposes and to
divert attention by exciting passions and
prejudices, they use the word as far as they
can in connection with sectional controyer.
| sizes, so that It may be felt they only have in
view the strength of the Union. 1t is this idea
Wnlcn gives tnelr phrases measure OF favor
with the Republican party. They also take
great pains In their discussions to carry the
| idea that Nationality means something favor
able to the interests of the North. We charge
that the purposes of the Republican leaders
ARE IN CONFLICT WITH THE CONSTITUTION;
that they endanger the peace, the order, and
| the safety of the Union. They draw to the
National Capitol hordes of men who have self
ish and corrupt objects, who tempt officials 70
| violate duty nom motives of ambition and
greed for gold. They impair the interests and
| prosperity of different sections of our Union
| by laws framed by men ignorant upon the
subject upon which they act, and by legisla-
ton not only in conflict with the letter OF the
Constitution but with its spirit and the genius
of all our political institutions, both local and
| general have already briefly sketched the
history and features of the Constitution.
| have set forth, in the language of Mr.. Schurz,
| the evils which now prevail about the Capt.
| toll, growing out of the various and compif-
Gated subjects which are Improperly carried
there for legislation. 1 have stated that the
Republican leaders seek to increase this evil
| state of things by widening the Jurisdiction
still more, 30 that the increase of our popula-
| ton, the growth of all its business interests.