The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23
Governor Chauncey F. Blacks
Mastery Appeal.
THE DEMOCRATS TO ORGANIZE
The Doctrine of Jefferson-Federal
ists' Scheme of GOvernment-
Public Opinion.

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able and necessary principle of free gov
eminent. It commended that unneces-
sary taxation was unjust taxation
that the Federal government had nc
right to take mora money from the
people than might be necessary for its
own support, economically admins
tered; and that it had no right to take
money from the mass of men to confer
it, as mere largess upon class. This
doctrine has been held by the Demo
cratic Party from the adoption of the
Constitution to the present day. It was
the doctrine of Jefferson, aud of every
Democratic statesman in our history
Bat since the civil war the Federalists
scheme of strong government, taking
from the people whatever those in
power may think useful. or desirable,
building up few industries at the ex-
pense of others, and comforting upon
favored enterprises great annual boun-
ties far in excess Of the public revenues,
has been incorporated in the policy of
the gen eral government, and for now
more than quarter of century has
been steadily ms intained by our legisla-
ton and administration.
The conflict between these two prin-
ciples of government is most assuredly
irrepressible. 1t must continue until
the industrial people of the United
States are all free or all slaves. The
Democratic Party has no thought of
abandoning the fight. On the con-
trary, it has but just begun it. Con-
sidering that the Presidents reform
message, regarded by many as peril
Gus new departure in favor of indus
trial freedom, was given to Congress
only in December last, and that the en-
suing popular debate has been in pro-
gress less than q year, the results of the
voting on November 9th furnish the
friends of tariff reform the most abun-
dant encouragement. If so much has
been won in so short time; if all heresy
upon this vital question has been
crush a within, or firally cast out
of, o. ut t1e great political
parties he United States in this
brief period what may not be &C
complished by fearless, resolute, psr-
sistent agitation in the years to come !?
Rising from this momentary check,
strengthened by the consciousness that
it carries the ark of public safety, that
it has in its keeping sacred principle
upon the future success of which de.
ponds the industrial and political free.
dom of the people OF the United States.
the Democratic Party will: go on with
this contest until it is gloriously won.
We have met the special interests, the
and the trusts, stimulated
to their utmost exertion by the new
danger which confronted them; we
have met III air m lions. extorted frsm
the labor of the country, poured out in
any quantities demanded by their I'M
political managers, and not-
all their advantages of
position, power and means, and the
neagre time allowed for the momen-
,ous struggle, we have fairly divided
The SURFACES of the people with them;
md it will be weeks to come before it
IAN even be told upon which side the
actual popular majority has fallen.
There are now about 1000 Demo-
cratic clubs and Democratic societies
n the United States. The convention
which brought these together. and
ormed the National Association, was
held only on the 4th of July last; and
he Democratic Society of PennsyI-
7ania was formed but a few weeks
previous. Considering the great work
lone, and the important results &C
,omplished in the few intervening
it must now be apparent to
'Yery intellieent observer that had
his campaign of Organization and
nformation"-this last republican
formally founded upon
he indisputable and immortal prin-
;iples of Jeferson-been undertaken at
IN earlier date. The Presidential
lection OF 1883 would have
lad a far different termination.
Nothing was required to insure
he success of the Democratic csndi-
lates, but that the issue should be
learly understood. This is made only
90 manifest by a comparison of the
esults in the manufacturing centres
With those in the agricultural regions.
n the former the tariff scare" ap-
,ears to have had no effect whatever
Ipon the minds of intelligent oper-
tives. for whose alleged benefit frau
Iulent and deluded protection" is
INVOKED, while in the agricultural
egions, whose people are the almost
onfessed victims OF the Federalist sys-
I'm of sp ilation, the Federalist ma
critics seem to have been maintained
nd even increased. In other words, |
where the debate ragged, where the con-
ict was fercest, where the truth |
vas most clearly and most thor
'ughly struck o1t between the con-
ending parties, there the truth has
'reyailed. 1t must, therefore, be plain
hat had the discussion been carried
lome to the agricultural people of the
ountry to the same extent and with
he same intensity, we should have
made the same strong impression upon
hat class as upon the other. Let
here be Democratic society in every
and let that society
oddly, constantly and energetically
ontinue the discussion of the tariff
uestion as it relates to the material in
erests of the people themselves. and
be Democratic Party of the United
tates will never lose another general
lection during the existence of this
eneration. Had the Democratic
oc;ety of Pennsylvania been four
ears old, inst cad OF five months with
Is primary societies in every election
istrict, as they should have been, the
lectorsl votes of Pennsylvania would
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