The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-03-07

INIT anu which, IuNIr the <kIilIIl man
mutation u the Republican leaders. has
grown "a proportions which seem % en-
danger the liberties 4 Ike country. II 4
iii study Tor the patriotic heart. and one
that can not be 0wclt upon nor contem-
plated too often. II i the great qucs-
ton 81 the time whether. in the strife
for political power. tho principles II
free government are not being tramplcd
under foot and sport made 81 the dear
eSf possession the patriot q enjoy.
Amid the conflict and excitement Of the
period there II great danger that the
landmarks Of liberty may b LOST. and
the people awake from Their icthargy
and indiilsrencc 20 n themselves fet-
tered BY chains which their neglect
: fastened upon them. The history 81
al human government snoNs tnat the
masses ~ eco ens'aNea tnrongn
me ambition ~ cnpidty "a puonc
leaders. p VINO VIII =! what WOULD
have been me destiny q England had
not ne ambition q cromwell over
ieaped itsei ana opened . way LOT tne
return q monarchy IN me person 81
Sharies the Second: All the wisdom
and me PATRIOTISM q tnat periou went
down ~ the Misguided zeal 2 unwor-
thy ambition % that aspiring ianat'c'
until the fabric q popular liberty when
The patriots had reared was papti<en
with the best blood q Britain, u =
from the ambitious striies q tne leaders
that the people nav Always receives
their yokes ana burdens y ~ n's-
tory q the past few years IA TINS conn-
try proves tnat nothing put tne utmost
vigilance upon me part OF me people
ran protect nem. even IN TINS aNore
land. rom oslnS MADE the servants q
ambition p q slaves OF designing
politicians
Every step this Nation has taken dur
ing the past twenty years has been in
the direction q Capitalization and away
from the principles and practices Of the
early days Of the Republic. Under the
specious cries Of progress and advance
ment the people have been delnded into
surrendering one right after another
until the States are shorn Of All their
proper powers. and the individual j.
left almost powerless 70 protect himself
against the assumption Of Government
Away hack in the early period Of this
country's history this possibility was
discussed and feared. for il appears in
EIliott's Debates that Alexander Hamil-
tor undertook to disabuse the minds OF
the trainers 81 the Constitution Of the
fears which were then felt BY exclaim-
ing: ..Will the people suffer Congress
TO strip them Of their privileges till the
solemn prerogatives Of the States are
reduced 70 q shadow and . name?' and
then. a. il repelling such q thought.
answered: The idea i shocking 70
common sense" and yet this Is precise
IN what the followers Of this great adj
vocafeof Federalism are preaching and
practicing today, and the idea which
Hamilton thought wal shocking 70
common sense has been for years held
alCft . the true principle Of National
policy.
That the people were jealous o.
their rights and regarded home rule,
the sovereignty Of the masses g con
tradistinguished from the designs Of as
piring politicians. above All other con
siderations. Is a~bundant!y proven BY
the acts OF the colonies long before the
Constitution was formed. Even then
| the claims Of the people TO manage
I their domestic affairs was strenuously
insisted upon Previous 10 1865 the
colony Of Virginia received . charter
which provided that mo orders Of the
court in London were % b. binding on
the colony unless ratified By the As
sembly.'T In 1852 . charrr was grant
ed % Maryland which gave the people
the power Of legislation without any
Interference from the mother country.
In the charter 20 Pennsylvania in 1851
the principle Of the right Of local self
government by the people was fully rec
cgnized- In the controversy between
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
which was settled in England in 1879.
and a G0yprnmonf ORGANIZED IN New