The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-01-20
ST. JACKsoN,s DAY.

ST. JACKSON'S DAY.
The celebration of the 9th of January
at Wooster has afforded some Of our
pert Republican Cotemporaries an excuse
20 air their self styled loyalty and CAB.
BILE about "St. Jackson's day." Indeed,
some of them have the impudenCe to
lay claims to Jackson, admitting his in
tegrity, his patriotism loyalty and at
tachment to the Union. They take care
not to state that President Jackson was
staunch friend of the Constitution and
of Justice; and believed in obedience to
and the enforcement of the laws. He
claimed the Constitution did not sane.
ton monopoly, and hence he opposed
National banks robbing tariff and all
schemes public plunder. His veto of
the Maysville road bill, and of the Unit
ed States bank charter are full of grand
sentiments and political truths, Though
only a lad of fourteen he took part in the
war of the Revolution; and in the war Of
1912 he also took hand, closing it at
New Orleans, giving the British one of
the greatest defeats they ever had. In
the language of Jefferson, "he filled the
measure of his Country's glory"
Gen. Jackson's ideas were that strict
obedience to justice and the Constitution
would insure peace and peTpetuate the
Union of our fathers, without secession
or civil war. He had no sympathy with
those evil spirits who were wiser than
the Constitution and the laws, and who
were ever scheming, under pretense of
"the higher law" to get up trouble, and
involve the country in intestine war that
they might forCibly succeed in establish
ing by force and fraud, their monopoly
policy of plundering the public.
Gen. Jackson was no friend of the
British funding system, which the Re-
publican party has adopted with plum
dering improvements. During his ad.
ministration he paid off the National
debt; disconnected the government from
the U. S, Bank, and paved the way for
the Independent Treasury system which
was fully established during Folks ad.
ministration, after which the Govern
ment collected its revenues in gold and
silver, and disbursed nothing else. This
system regulated values and business,
prevented imitation, and hence contraC-
ton and panics, AS yet, the country is
still in the meshes of irredeemable pa.
per money, in fact; and hence the unCer.
tainty in values and business.
The idea of Jefferson and jackson
was, that Government had no right to
disturb values or interfere with the bust
ness interests of the country. Let gov.
ernment depart from the line of non.iu-
reference, and mischievous results en-
sue. Initiation is followed by panic and
contraction; and prostration and ruin
follow. The only safety is whore paper
money represents equal amounts of spe.
Gle, dollar for dollar The public should
be secure against loss, and this is the
only. way, All history shows that when
governments interfere with the curren.
cy, directly or indirectly, scheming
knaves take advantage of the disturb.
anCe of values, and profit at the expense
of honest business and labor.
The experience of this country during
the past twenty years of Republican rule
verifes what we say. The Democratic
principle then, is, that our government
has no right to legislate so as to enhance
some values and depreclate others-thus
some at the expense of others.
Our Constitution gives no such power to
our government, whose mission is to ad
minister public affairs for the equal ben
eff of the public, and make all citizens
equal before the law
1t is highly important in this country
hat correct ideas of government should
prevail among the people. In order to
nave this the Constitution should be
yell understood, and care taken that
nen of understanding and principle
hould be selected 20 administer public
lfars.