The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-19

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mercenary band OF ofiice-hoiders anu pen
sioners upon the bounty OF tne uoveIh-
inent, and monopolies VINO shan DE Iui,h-
full To the mower, that be because they are
fed from It's hands. The larger this party
eau he made the larger the number OF Of
lce-holders, &C., dependent upon the Gov
eminent the better the chance OF the KING
or aristocracy to overwhclm the voice ana
the will Of the free, unbought, and unpur-
chasable man OF the people.
TIE CRY OF "wE ARE FOR ARTHUR"
The result Of this species OF kinecrait IL
To make the ofice-hoding party cry out,
1--WE are for the king because the king Is
for us "a cry which has been paraphrased
In our day into the well-known cry. eve
arc for Arthur because Arthur IL Tor u.s."
Dir. Tucker than proceeded to show that
this cardinal rule OF kingcraft is sought to
be brought into operation in this very cleo
ton BY a coalition udder the firm-name OF
Arthur 4: Malone, by which all the patron
age and the power OF the Federal and the
! state governments is TO be combined 10 re-
ceIye the ascendency OF Malone, the Boss
one-man power in Virginia. in considers
ton that the same combination Of State and
Federal patronage and power shall transfer
TIE vote OF Virginia 10 the support OF Ar
thur and the Republican party in the presi-
dental election OF 1884.
MALONE MEASURES.
Mr.. Tucker showed further that the
policy Of the Malone party, developed In
! The last Legislature, and bound to be their
policy in the next Legislature il they
should gain power in ii, was to increase the
patronage OF the Governor OF Virginia by
series OF measures which would enlarge
the number OF mercenary dependents upon
the one-man power in the state. Thus the
railroad commissioner bill, which would
make every employee OF the railroads de-
pendant upon the onc-man power; the
ommissiCncrs-oi-sales bill, the n0tarieS-
public bill, &C., were directed to this end.
| The pledge eXncted OF the members OF the
Legislature to pay seryile obedienccto call
Gus dictation, when The caucuS itself was
under the domination Of Malone; the in
| luence OF partisan Judiciary TO use its
patronage TO reward the faithful; the
prostitution Of the school system and
| the benevolent and educational institutions
OF the State into partisan machines to pro-
mote partisan ascendency, were clear and
incontr0vertible evidences Of purpose to
make the government % Virginia, in all OF
| its departments and through all OF its Ggcn-
cies, the government OF the One-man power
against the free will Of great people. Mr.
| Tucker said that in the foundation OF our
| Federal system OF government two men
| had started two distinct and divergent
/ ideas as TO the mode in which governments
should be conducted and administered.
Mr.. Jefferson believed that Chat Govern
ment would be best administered-bcst
for the purity oi the administration.
best for the security OF the liberty
OF the pcoplc-which was guided
by the free voice OF the people, unmcnaced
by power. unreduccd by it, patronage, and
| independent Of is bounty. Mr.. Hamilton
| believed that the best dependence OF gov
| ernmcnt was upon the associated influence
and support OF banded interest. which
being dependent upon the patronage and
| bounty Of the government would, in tx
change FOR this mercenary advantage, sup
! port those who held its administration.
| Mr.. Jefferson believed IN a government
based on the will OF the people As the best
securities 81 the liberties OF the people.
Mr.. Hamilton believed ina government for
the people based upon the will OF the de-
pendents upon its bounty and patronage.
THE PARTY DIFFERENCE.
The Democratic party embraced the idea
Of jefferson. The Republican party en-
braced but exaggerated the idea OF lIamil-
ton. The tendency 81 the Jefferson idea is to
solidiiy the foundations OF free institutions.
The tendency OF the Hamilton idea il by
stealing powers from the man to convert
free institutions into a monarchy or into
an aristOcracy. There is one other ilnpOr-
tsnt phase Of the issue Of Til, canvass. |
have said that the power OF the people In
their government was essential to the pro-
lection Of their liberties against the gov
eminent, but this il not the whole OF It,.
The protection OF the individual man in
his right and his liberty must be Sc
cured by his individual influence in
the control OF his government. How
is this to be accomplished? ] answer by
bringing the government which is to con-
troll his rights and liberties as nearly As
possible under his individual influence.
Thus: For all his rights and interests which
are local i'm their character and peculiar TO
the locality where he lives TO have the
government which regulates these rights
and interest under the control Of the PEG
pie OF that locality. To give the control OF
these special and local interests to any other
people is to subject him and that people to
the power Of those who have no sympathy
and common interest with him.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Therefore, for every city, town, or c0un-
~ the local interest OF the people can only
be protected by a government controlled
by themselves exclusively. The people Of
State have common rights and interests
which are peculiar to them. Let the gov
eminent Of the State be under the eXc,u-
sive control Of the people Of the State.
And i'm respect To those general interests
and rights which belong TO the citizens OF
every locality and every state Is citizens Of a
common union, let them he regulated by the
Federal Government. You viii thus see
why / SIN 4 Statc-rights' man, and why
Democrats are State-richts' men, and why
we are equally in favor Of government
for smaller localities by the people Of those
several localities. II is in order to bring
the rights and liberties OF the people every
where under the power Of that same peo-
pie. II is to bring the government OF the
man a. nearly as possible under the power
OF the man. This government will never
violate liberty or right because it, power.
are exercised by the man who holds those
rights and liberties.
CENTRALIZED POWER.
Mr.. Tucker then showed how the CEN
Trailing doctrines Of the Republican party
were detrimental TO the liberty OF the
States and Of the individual man, and must
necessarily end in despotism; and human
despotism Is the synonym Of tyranny.
State rights is the sheet-anchor Of the lib
erty OF the States and Of the man.
Mr.. Tucker next proceeded to Illustrate
how the interference OF the Arthur Adj
ministration with the election Of u State
Legislature in Virginia was clear usur
patton Of power and a violation Of the So
cred right OF the people OF Virginia to Sc