The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-07

governed; but the plain proof of the en-
! istepce Of this tendency is found in the
opinions of the federal Judiciary, in
| federal legislation over masters hereto
| fore within the control of the people Of
the states, in the modes Of execution Of
those statutes, by which local rule, local
courts, and personal liberty are over
thrown, and in that rsmifeation of ex-
ecutive patronage which sends its man
dates to the extremities, and ct will
gathers IN single hand enormous con-
tributions and interruptions obedience
from ninety thousand paid ofieials.
Executive patronage will bring US to q
master" A network Of ofice-holders,
bound each to the other, welding time
and money and power Of place to pack
primaries, dictate nominations, crush in
dependent thought and action, and sub
ordinate local control TO the will OF an
executive who governs in the name of
the party, points the road with unefring
Certainty to the end that Franklin, the
wiss man, predicted. Further guide
boards on that road are seen in large do
nations of money by corporations, mouo-
polists, and wealthy men, to supplement
the power Of the executive, and carry
elections in the interest Of an sristocratie
class who dislike and distrust the people;
10 the domination OF employee by en-
ployer; in the marked ballot; in the
third-tsrm candidacy and pilgrimage on
the stump; in the national and labor or
CARNATIONS, which are but oYer-zeslous
protests sgainst this tendency, and in
that ill-eoneealed demand for energetic
government, which has been the funda-
mental thought of the opponents of
democracy since the days Of John Adams.
The distinguished senator says the
government of the republic has al
ready been centralized, the executive
being felt from the ward caucus to the
treasury vaults, from the primary to
the Presidential election. Federal
marshals, detectives, collectors, secre-
tzries and all else that are needed are
congregsted in doubtful states to de.
bauch the suffrage and reverse the
viii of the people. ssnd a suffrage first
.debased, then corrupted, then
obedient, il Capitalization in its worst
form:
The mission OF the democratic party
is decentralization. Its duty is to restore
the government of the republic to the ia
teliigent rule of the masses Of the people.
1t must teach and practice the doctrines
Of its illustrious founder. It must appeal
to the people themselves in their own in
terest. 1t must preach the eternal truth
that the individual citizen is the unit in
government, from whom proceeds all
power, In whom is vested all rights save
those which are granted by him for the
good OF the whole. The people ut the
base, the states and the federal govern
ment, each supreme within Its sphere, is
the system to which it looks fer liberty,
and it must teach that he who looks to
paternRl government, to Capitalization,
or to empire, looks to despotism. Care
for and perfect the government, and it
will protect the liberties of the people,
was the Thought of Hamilton. Give in
telligence and information to the people,
teach them that it Is their government,
and their interest to preserve law and or
der, was the thought of Jefferson. Pater-
nal government and vigor in the federal
head on the one hand, informstion to the
masses and energy from the extremities
on the other. The former gave the re-
public alien and sediuon laws, direct tax
alton, federal msrshsls, and centralized
rule in 1899. The latter swept these out
of xistence in 1900; carried US success
fully through two foreign wars; acquired
an empire of territory, and governed the
country for sixty years We must choose
between these two now. The democracy
must again plant itself upon the axiom,
governments are made for men, not
men for governments"
Senator Wallace declares that op.
pressed labor must be taught its rights
and capital see Its safety in the intel |
igenoe and justice of Individual rule;
the public debt must be managed in
he interest Of the people and not of the
,reditor; taxation be made equal on
very form of property; there must
70 no monUpolies, no coercion of
employees by employers, no use of
money in elections, and q divorce
etween government and banks.
,hese must be the issues, and they
'lll certainly win when the democ-
acy can be made to understand the
wills of divided councils. In conclu-
ion the senator says the "party is
lot dead"
1t cannot die whilst it teach es and be-
ewes in the rights of the masses. The
our for its triumph viii have come
7hen 1t boldly asserts its true theories
nd ignores the Establishments of money,
and corrupt power. He whose
Iterests, judgment or teachings are ad-
erse 10 III. rule of the masses will Join
8 enemies, but in his room it will re-
ruit scores Of those in whose interests il
rikes, or who respect its attitude and ,
etest strong government. The future of
lie democratic party is the future of the
public.