River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-20
REPUBLICANISM VS.. STATES
RIGHTS.
BY JOEL FOSTER.

Mr.. Editor, it becomes very inter
estIng study when we see large body
of men who are controlled by all the
principles and passions that govern
mankind as he passes from Il state OF
barOdriSm up TO that highest state oil
democratic self government on the
republican plan on earth, going to-
gcthtr with no cohesive power to hold
them but the love of power and plum
der. Nothing can keep such a body
of men together but wal, or Keeping
them under the control OF some great
passion. Here was the free soil state
rights Democrat of the Virginia
school. The arlstOcrdt of the South
Carolina school, and the mOnocrat who
is spelling to govern every one but
himself. of the Massachusetts school.
A convention made up OF men from
these three schools in politics would
be sure TO get into trouble the moment
they mentioned any plan to govern ON.
The greater portion OF the men VINO
composed the great body Of this con-
yentlon were originally Wings con-
trolled by the aristocratlc principle
the larger POI ton of the balance were
Of the old federal monOcraLic order,
acting under the cloak of abolition,
which left small sprlnkling of Demo
Gratis.
The man who is controlled by the
arStucratlc principle, or passion, VIII
nave different plan to get power, to
| hold power and govern when he gets
| power. The Wings under the name OF
Know Nothlngs wanted to get power
| by debating by law all foreigners, no
matter how intelligent, from voting
ANA holding office. They were not
able 10 beat the Democrats on that
| plan; but by the northern Wings, or
| hnow NoUhlngS, going with tine mono
| ci ats, or aDolILIoulStS, OF the north,
| with the help Of " inter Davis, a
know Nothing of Maryland, they elect
ell Banks speaker. The party then
| adopted the Inonocratic plan to get
poWel-that is to turn loose all of the
isnOraut element within their reach
below tie standard OF Intelligence for
seil-goyernment politically, and fasten
them Oh to the MASSES, VINO are capable
Of governing themselves politically,
| IL they have to pin them together with
the bayonet, thus putting the masses
| below the standard OF intelligence for
Sell government politically,
fne monOratlc plan has been success
Iul thus tar, but al this time there is
var in the party. The monocrat. or
lst,lwalt, as We call him iIm, is agTes.
sNe. The arislocrat, or the old
" hig element, led NOW by Hayes,
has more help trom the Democrat, as
it is Il kud of halfway house III
principle between the munocrat and
democrat. There Can be no union be-
tween these two extremes. Let us
return to the platform, aud the debate
IN TIE convention that nominated Lin
coin, composed Of the three principles
named. There was Il large foreign
vote represented i'll the convention
tnat was afraid of the Know Nothing
element in the states. and having beef
raised under Il monarchy, they wert
| IN favor of the federal government
overriding the state governments, ans
doing for foreigners what the part.
IS now deing for negroes. Car
-chW lead in this move, man more
dangerous than any one who las eve
come to this country, and more mon
archial in his principles, he came here
from pure love to govern, and has
more hate of self government on tbs
/ Douglas and jefferson plan than eve
Hamilton had. He succeeded in get
ting into the fourteenth plank tn
following
THAT The Republican party is op
posed TO any change in our naturallza