The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-12

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create suspicion rs to the loyalty,
truthfuIness and faith in the decla>
ration, sayings, maxims, and doc
trines of our leaders. speakers, pub
lie organs aud platforms. And when
confidence is weakened or broken
down in an individual. corporation.
party or nation, to regain that conf
dencc once lost. aud achieve success
in tue face OF such foe, is next to
impossible.
Now how does the doings Of our
present Legis. stature and our present
Congress accord with the bed rock
principles OF oar party as expounied
by the greatest apostles oil demOcra-
CIV that the world has ever produced,
aud reiterated and put in practice BY
Mr.. Cleveland during his whole otfi>
cial life. How do their words and
acts dovetail III with the spirit and
letter OF the Constitution, a. ex-
pounded by such men as Marshall,
Tany, Rutlin and almost a legion Of
others. too numerous to mention,
which Constitution each body has
taken all oath to support MIR.
Cleveland, Mr.. Beck. Nj. Morgan. Mr..
Tucker and Mr.. Bayara anu all such
grand democrats have time and again
formulated the foundation principles
of the party in the course Of their of
fetal lives. Mr.. Cleveland in his veto
messages as Mayor and Governor
has over and over again proclaimed
the full democratic code. Aud one
of the cardinal principles OF this code
is this, - public Office is public
trust and that the office holder is
the servant and not the master. to do
the will OF The people according t."
the Constitution and his oath, and
not his own, The splendid temple Of
liberty, whose dome towers aloft in
The kingdom OF freedom, has its
foundation and corner stone bottoms
ed upon this rock, So to speak. no
money shall be collected from the
people except for public purposes
and the general good, and every dol
lar collected and used for any other
purpose is in conrraventioa to both
the Constitution and the theory OF
our COVER lment. Power is granted
in both Federal and State Con stitu>
tions. to Congress and State Legisla>
lures to raise by taxation sufficient
moneys to defray all necessary ex-
penses of the government aai pro>
vide for free schools.
But will some one be kind enc ugh
to designate the article, section and
clause Of the Constitution. which
contains the power either direct or
by implication to estaolis', any par>
ticular school in this State ei:he,
high or low, to which are to be ad-
m'tted,by lot or selection, any part,c
uiar number of children in eontradis-
tiuctjon TO any otherse It this can
not he do:e, then we submit there il
no Constitutional power for the coun
ty commissioners Of any county t,
select boys as beneficia-ies at Chape
Hill, nor is there any granted ar del,
egated powers in either that instru-
ment, or the BOARD Of Trustees to al
init preachsrs or preachers sons tt
the University free Of tuition.
Ii there is any such power granted
does 1t include those between tn.
ages Of 81 yeass ana twenty onl,
or does it include the whole popula-
ton Of the State and If so, does i,
include the negro? Where doas the
Legislature get tho power to tax Ton
Jones, of Cherokee, to educate Bill
Smiths son. of Currituck? And fro1
whence does it get authority to give
free tuition to the white child at tn,
University in contradistinction to til,
colored child? II the act giving fire.,
taitiua, says, swhite children" ther
it is clearly unconstitutional. becaus,
it discl.minates In Consequence o
color. If it does not say white chill
dren, then t'le oniored child is as
, much entitled as the white child t,
free tuition at a University. w
fear our Legislature has rammed
down into the stomach Of the bod,
polite food indigestible. Now W
, recognise every mans right to Civ
literally of his own means, to sucl
institu ions and to aid any worth,
young man to get a finished and col
leglate education. We recognize tn
. right and duty of tke denominations
schools, disconnected from the State
to aid Of their own funds any boy il