The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-19


fere, and We see everywhere strikes
and boycotts by labor and closer
combination of detached capital. In
these days if We follow presidents
established during the last twenty
years we shall hasten the inevitable
conflict. The present crisis in this
debate has been reached by follow
Ing the line marked out by these
precedent-. IL is Gr"el that We still
follow this road because others in
authority, friend or foe, have done
so before. But if this line of con-
duet has already led us into danger
shall We not turn in some other d.
rectlon: Private enterprise ard in
dustry should ignore state lines and
local boundaries; national authority
can never DO SO with safety.
II is bccausc the blair bill is only
another straw upon the back Of an
already overloaded camel that We
protest against It's passage. Ii local
government he driven from the
public school system where shall i,
find a secure foo,hold? What other
position for this doctrine which was
once one of the corner stones i'm the
temple Of our government, has not
been already attacked! And when
once this chief stone has been re-
moved how long before the building
shall t"ttcr to it's fall: The Times
Union calls for the passage of the
Blair bill that We may send into the
hedges and byways for the wicked
and the ignorant and bring them
into the school house. Does our
contemporary advocate compulsory
education? IL all the prcccdcn,s
urged the passage of the Blair bill
we should only feel still more deep,
~ the Necessity Of defending the
last ditch. II money can b" appro
priatcd to educate us, why no, 10
give MS work 10 feed MS to clo,hc
as to pay for medicine are not
all these necessary to "thc public
good:' If the Blair bill is passed
will not the Timcs.l'nion next ask
that AM from the national treasury
be extended to himself AMI senator
Mann til! the great Florida canal be
dug?
We had though. that congress
imposed taxes to support n national
government, to protect the citizen
and to wage war when necessary on
it's foes. Shall We never learn that
hcnr"'orth congress must furnish MS
transportation facilities, telegraph
lines and factories? Ii it is tho duty
of congress to rnliyh,cn the igno.
rant shall it no, also feed the hun
cry, clothc the naked and furnish
drink to the thirsty? II itmust fur.
niSh "bettcr schools and school
buildings in sparcely settled dis.
trlcts, why not give these same pco-
pie railroads and factories, hotels
and churches? i learning more
necessary to the good citizen than
religion? Shall not patcrnal gov
eminent tit him for college or for
usefulness as n full blown civil ser
wee reformcr?
This constant Difference to pre-.
crdcnt precedent is only another
proof Of the Anglomania which is
attacking our people. For in Eng
land they have no written consti-
tuition and precedent is law. With
us We have both a supreme court
and Il written constitution and a
precedent may As easily cmbody u
warning rs an cNhor,ation Where
Is tins thing to stop i, each infrac.
ton of the constitution but furn-
i,|r~ fresh reason for another at.
tack? Because u wall is ..".... the
bcsicgcd garrison should rally in
still greater number to the defence
a, the Blair bill We may well cry
halt before the last defence Of our
local self.govcrnmcnt il lcvclcd in
the dust. With it will perish Ill
reason for the existence of the dem.
orratic party which has always dc.
Tended the doctrine so earnestly and
erred most in pushing its most cher
is|ad b,Ilef to an extreme which
seemed fanatirai. Yet with this