Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-08-04

lle Hfst lpclhOcfutlc president rode on
horseback and almost alone to the
place Of his Inauguration, or walked
up from his lodging house attended by
Il few gentlemen" At all events the
ceremony was Of the simplest and
plaincst. When he reached the White
House the whole of the old lIamil.
tonian system Of courlly etiquette was
brushed away; the hand Of the re-
publican president was freely given to
every citizen, and his ear to every
complaint. He communicated with
Congress by written message, and dis.
Pcnscd with the absurd parade Of the
address to the executive.
But the "Monocrats" died hard.
To the last moment Of It's existence
the Adams administration continued
To struggle against fate. llamilton's
plan Of augmcnting the weight Of the
government by cutting the States
into convenient districts" and setting
up Il crowd Of new judge had been
partly adopted, and John Marshall
was busy until midnight Of the Sd Of
March preparing the commissions,
when Levi Lincoln, BY order of JEFF
icrson, summarilv relieved him, so
,ummarily that Marshall declared he
was allowed to take nothing away but
hi. hat. The commissions were with
held, aud the midnight Judge never
sat. This done, the prisons were open
ed, and the laugui-hing victims OF the
unconstitutional Scdition law set free.
Then, with his illu.triou- cabinet,
Madison, Gallatin, Smith, Dearborn
and Lincoln, he began the great work
Of reducing the government in every
department to a state Of republican
simplicity.
Mr.. JyiIcrson's sovereign cure for
all the i'll Of the state wa. the intro
duction Of the most rigid economy
frugal government i seldom corrupt
aud never oppressive. He cut down
the grga; military and naval establish
mcut- brqucathcd by the Fcdcrals,-
rs rapidly a- the law permitted and
finally, with the aid Of Congrc.-. re-
ducrd the army To about three thou
sand mon. which were all that an
honest government had any use ior.
He reduced the diplomatic force To
the three ministers at London, Paris
aud Madrid IL di-mi..od uuncccc-.
.try officials a- fast ~ investigation
Disclosed their existence. H. directed
Ga.Iatin 90 simplify the treasury state
wrut- and accounts. SO a. % render
them Ineligible +, the plaiue., citi-
zau, and invited every aid in the work
u; reform. The whole system of In.
;ernal taxation. including ,hrcc.fourth-
ot the whole civil list, wa, abolished
at a blow. and the deficiency supplied
by Jeiler.ou'- iuyariablc cvpcdieut,
economy When be had exhausted
his discretion he appealed TO Cougro-.
for authority TO make further rciuc.
tions. and the curious spectacle was
presented of an executive pctitioniug
the legislature for permission to sur
render power and to give up patron
age. The result was the rapid dc.
crease Of the public debt, which the
Fcicralists bad regarded as ma
tioual blessing" and the rise of a new
question, new, indeed, in every part
Of the earth What should be done
with the surplus? OF this govern
mcnt, in truth, the people knew moth.
ing but the blessings, its burdens
were impcrccpiiblc. This was the
system Of Jefferson" II wa. faithful.
" continued under his lincal descend.
ants, Madison and Moaroc, and has
never for an instant of time ceased to
command the deliberate approval of
the American people. If it has been
displaced by corrupt administrations,
they have never vet dared to 20 to the
country upon their Fedcralist princi-
piles. They have uniformly disguised
their measures. denied their purposes,
and ridden into power upon false pre-
lenses. When Gen. Garfield said the
principles Of Jefferson were waning,
he meant only to say that the special
interests, opposed to popular liberty,
and depending for their existence
upon Federal consolidation, corrup.
ton and extravaganza were gaining.
But they gained in like proportion
from 1890 to 1900 The power uf
the "fcw" seemed then rs imprcgnablc
as now. Hamilton believed that the
election of Adams i'm 1896 had sane.
toned the civil revolution, impressed
upon the constitution the quality of
settled practically the
question between the British model"
and the hybrid obortion Of 1887, and
confirmed the power of the Federal.
lists for all time. Gen. Garfield in.
terprcts recent elections in the same
way. and is just as much mistaken.
The interests of the people remain the
same neither their rights nor their
lptprp,iu tion IN maintain thpun huvn