Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-11-24

OCr8tlC QovornOrb, Ouc OliA0h NAn/
with a republican governor chosen IN
1880, has q democratic legislature and
state officers, chosen in 1882; and an
other (Ohio) has just chosen q dems-
cratic governor and legislature. There
is nothing very doubtful about this.
PRINCIPLES OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
from the American Register.l
The Register of last week showed
that the Democratic party was coeVal
with our republican system OF govern
ment, and that it was a permanent par
ty because founded on the true doctrine
Of popular government.
The philosophy of civil government
was expounded by Plato, Aristotle ana
Cicero In ancient times, and by Milton,
Aleernon Sydney, and Locke in the
18th century. But grasptng cupidity
and vaulting ambition prevailing in the
old world, the rights and liberties OF
the masses of the people were down,
and through the various forms OF mon
archy and aristocracy the prevailing
few had been enabled, for centuries, to
live in splendor, luxury and extrava-
pance on the labors and by the oppres-
sion Of the many. But the people in
settling the new world took q fresh
start. And here, on American soil, the
doctrine of civil government taught by
the sages above mentioned, and for
mulated by jefferson was proclaimed,
and made the basis of our political
system.
truth, "that all men are created equal;
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain ~inaiienable rights, among
which are life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness; that to secure these rights
governments are instituted among men
deriving their just poyers IRON the con-
sent of the governed" &C., is the q
dation of popular government. II Is a
declaration that the true object OF govern
ment is the protection and benefit OF the
governed equally and alike. The equali-
ty mentioned in the decla ration qualities
and applies to the fundamental rights
of man mentioned in connection with
it, to wit, the i%nalienable rights of life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the
protection of those rights by govern
ment, and the consent of the governed
as the only Just of the powers
of government. This is a ~self-evident
and philosophical truth, as taught by
Plato and Aristotle, and by Milton,
Sidney and Locke. And more than
that, it is the great political truth pro-
claimed, maintained and established by
the American Revolution.
Let civil government be administered
in all its departments and operations
with strict reference to this equality of
all men as to their rights, and as to the
protection to be afforded, and as to the
just source of the powers of government
and injustice and oppression will never
be imposed by the arm of civil power!
Upon this foundation the independ-
ence and freedom of the people of the
several states of the American Union
were established. And in the treaty of
peace, at the close ofthe Revolutionary
War, England acknowledged the sover-
eighty, independence and freedom OF
each one of the Thirteen states, severally
by name, as a separate and distinct
state. And by the articles Of the old
confederation it wa declared, that,
dom and independence, and every
power and right not expressly delegated
to the United states in Congress assem-
bled." And the constitution of the
United States, which was positively and
expressly formed by the several states
in their separate capacities, and 50 rat
flied, did not profess to form a new
Union, or to do more than "to form a
more perfect Union," of that which was
already a union between the several
states in their State capacities, for the
high purposes declared.
Thus the United States were made by
the Constitution q Republic of Repub-
lies, a Republic Of free and sovereign
States. as to foreign nations, the
Union made the several states one ma
ton for the common defense and gen.
eral welfare, and also one nation fol
the government of the intercourse be-
tween the people of the several states
and as to all Interstate affairs. As tc
all ether matters Of internal loca
government the people of the severa
states were, by the express terms Of thu
Constitution, left free and sovereign
The powers of the federal government
were specifically defined in the Consti'
tuition, and in the tenth article it wa
provided, that s'The powers not dele
gated to the United States by the con
stitution, nor prohibited by it to tn
States, r reserved to the suites respect
iuely, or to the people"
Thus while the Federal Government
was made supreme within the sphere .
its delegated powers, the several state
were left supreme within the sphere Q
their reserved powers. And these sey
orsoI orrfhnrSfioc fhpro loGnol NDor
made and designed to be a mutual chez
upon each other against usurpation G
the abuse of power. This is the polit
ical structure which Clay denominate
sthe fairest fabric of human govern
ment that ever rose to animate tt
hopes of civilized man."
The democratic party was organize
to maintain this political system in i
original purity, and with its salutal
safe guards. The equality of all me
as to their political and personal RICH
above defined, which constitutes tt
philosophical principle of civil COVER
ment, and the only founda ton of pol
ular government, was the basis
which the Democratic party was esta
lished, and on which it has been mai
tanned. And the democratic prime
Piles for the administration
the government were substantial
defined, by Jefferson, in his fiji
inaugural address, which will be fou,
in the Register of the Esd of Septemb
last.
In opposition to the Democratic par
thus founded, the federal party was
ganized on the doctrine of Alexand
Hamilton, its acknowledged lead.
who had declared himself repeated
and in various forms, IN the Constit
tional convention of 1887 to be oppos
to popular government and in favor
amonarchy as his model. The fedel
party never recognized the equality
men in regard to political rights as I
basis of our political system, and diff
ed from the Democratic party, as f
lows, to wit:
First. While the democratic PAL
insisted on q strict construction Of
constitution, to confins the federal
thority within the limits of its deIeg
ed powers, the federal party insist
on enlarging the powers and pstrt