The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-18
For His Southland.

ius Oh onio county, VINO do not rank
high as political historians.
The point to which "Schoolboy"
SHOULD have addressed aud coniine
himself, 30 far as "Suggs" is involved
in the controversy, is, Was Hamilton
mOnarchical aud should not ha, o.
wandered away To what Lafay cite al Il
the world said, for this does no credit to
him, in the comparisJn,as he denounced
not only the plan adopted but even
Pater-on's say ing it was ''hog still with
II little change of hash"
What | assumed, and still maintain.
is, that he was undemocratic and mon
archical. This is no new charge laid at
his door. Madison, the inimitable
Helvidius, who "buckled on the amor
with Hamilton" to persuade nine
States to adopt the Constitution, who
with his bewitching kindness disarmed
the Cicero OF the South, Patrick Henry.
the Virginia Legislature, and to whom
the Federalists were largely indebted,
became alarmed at his efforts to convert
the government of the United States
into monarchy like Great Britain,
and in five classic letters scrulinized
| the doctrine of the great Pacificus with
an acuteness Of intellect never sur
passed and with degree of severity
wholly unlike the man. Asa matter Of
fact this monarchical Federalist by his
influence committed Washinrton's adj
ministralion To IA policy 50 unpopular
and annoying, il was with difficulty
they kept Washington from resigning.
No one denies that Hamilton was
great and possibly, for all l know,
right but no Federalist denies that his
plan, which was admired by all and
supported by nome" was pure mon
archy. | say, though | am Demo-
crat to the core, for all I know he was
right. Who can tell? Ii has been
said, Riches are power and poverty is
slavery all over the earth, and one sort
of government is no better nor worse
than another" We have seen the
proudest, freeest republics rise and
touch the highest points of greatness,
then from that full meridian tumble
down to wreto hedness, Just as the most
absolute desrotism. This argues that
what il the best form of government is
still problematical and must be left to
future nations to determine. That in
all forms of government sovereignty
must be lodged somewhere, is an axiom
IN the Philosphy, TO which no age has
ever yet produced n single dissenter.
But Where? is problem i'm politieal
science which has engrosstd statesmen
from Noah 20 Bismarck, from the
Judges to Cleveland. Whether thar
power should be vested i'm an inherent
King, IN representatives, or in the
people, is a question which has thread
eli It's way through the long weary
centuries from Nibeveh to New York.
CONFUSING almost every nation i'm
periodical wars, making Socrates an
autocrat, ThemiStocles Il democrat. and
antagouizing Hamilton and Jeffers IN
in Washington's council.
! should like to look into the School
boys disparaging statistics, if space
permitted. But, tn say the least. his
reflection upon Southern patriotism in
the colonial struggle for independence
Is an instance of unblushing filial sac
rilege, which unmask- his talk about
patriotism. II treason can be i'm re-
public, this turning upon ones own
native land and heapiug contumely
upon il is treacherous treason i'm its
most canning sense. Like an unrat-
ural son stabbiDg the sweet mother
that gave him birth, he turns upon bis
own Southland and drives his dagger
to its very hilt, and, as if that did not
satisfy. further PIRATES about the traitors
OF 'ei. Treason A war echo that re.
verberates only in the hearts of fools
aud demagogues. Traitors, the d-I!I
Talk about almost half of the popula.
ton of country being traitors, es-
pecially in a country where a loyal
North was the hOt-bed of slavery and
secession, the birthplace of Blue Laws,
which whipped its Quakers, drowned
its witches, and actually roasted It's
negroes Treason, indeed, My Young
friend, that is word seldom used by |
good and brave men. Who saws they |
we're traitors ? Does England, Europe.
the world? Lord Wolseley, commander
of the great English army. said few
days ago, that Lee was one of the ONLY |
two heroes he ever personally knew.
There is a marked distinction between
rebellion or secession and what YOU
ylibly call treason. Dare you call
traitor: and yet he was
a rebel of the deepest dye.
Whether the South was right in the
main | do not know, but rebellion il
he price Of liberty. Ii is the cloud that
has lighted every nation to independ
ence that ever won her freedom. That
genius, Confucius, who
lived $50 years before Christ, whose
principles are practiced by 500. 900, 600
If people, admitted that the redress of
wrong was rebellion. His popularizer,
taught an inherent right to
ebei against injustice. While we de-
'lore the act of Bruius, Csssius and
heir co conspirators, if Mark Anthony
lad not read C;esar's will to Rome.
wen they would not have been branded
raitOr>. Were Ham and his sons, who
ebelled against Noah, traitors? if 80
iod prospers the traitor, and magnifi-
EN-. Babylon stood glittering monu-
nent of his love for hundreds of years,
o fall at least by the hands OF ZOpyrus.