Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-23
= EN- wee lie indust'isl freedom necas-
sr, for he deVelopn Mt OF the country,
the pr. motion of manufactures, ard in L.
pepdencP OF foreign producers.


pendence OF foreign producers.
SAVING INFLUENCE OF HAMILTON.
The first question which mel the youug
confsderacy, torn ny the jsaiousies Of its
stronger and weaker colonies, was the
necessity of q caGtrEl power strong
enough to deal with foreign nations and
to protect commerce between tina ststes.
At this period Al, xspter Hamilton be
cane the savior of the republic. II
Shsk espesre is the commanding original
ing genius Of England, and Goethe OF
Germany, Hamilton must occupy that
place among Americans At seventeen
he had formulate d the principles of gov
eminent by the people so cleR:ly t-st no
succee ding puoiicist has improved them.
Before he was twenty five he had made
suggestions to the hopeless luauciers OF
the revolution which revived credit
and carried through the wsr.
With few precedents 10 guide him, he
created fiscal system for the Uuited
States which wss so elastic and compTe-
hensive that It still coatrols the vast
operations OF the Treasury aud tn GUS
toms. Though but e few ye rs at the bsr
after his retirement from public lie, h!s
briefs are embodied IN constitutions snd
statutes, End = his mastery address the
press owes it's freedom. This superb IN
| telligence, which wss st orca pailosuphIc
and practical and with uurivEisd lucld1y
could instruct The Gulless mind or the
barring OF the scion Ct the present on the
| destiny OF the future, so Impressed upon
| his contemporaries the necessity of & cen
tr6l government with large powers thst
the Constitution, now one hundred and
one years old, was adopted, and the
| UEited States bc gan their life Ss nation
At this period, in every part OF the
world, the doctrine that the government
is the source 6 power, and thst the peo-
PIE hsve only such rights as the govern
ment had giveu, was practically urqlcs-
! TONED, and tie young republic beeon its
exis.ence with tle new and dynamic pflE-
c!pIe that the people ere the sole source
Of authority, sad thaE the government he 9
such powers rs they grant to it, aDd nc
| others.
JEEFRRsON's LEADERSHIP AND WEBSTER s
RLOQUENCH.
DUubf and debate sre t1e sSiety-vA.v2s
Of freedom, Erd Tn mas Jefferson Gre
xied both He feared the loss OF popular
rights in c. ltTaliZ1uop, and believed ina;
The reserved powers Of the states wcre
the only guarantees Of the liberties CT Tx
people He stauds supreme in cur HE
tory as political leader, AID left no sue
cessor. He destroyed the party Of Was :
i1g.on, Hamilton and Adams, aud bull
, 10 an orgSniz stiou which wss dOmiD an
, ia me country for half . century The
or. question thus raised SID ovPrshsd
ov, all others fer 100 years, h'lf Fat
isf 4 By compromises, half suppressed b.
threats, at times checSing prosperity, a
times parslS zing progress, st times pro-
ducing panics, at times preventing tht
e solu ion Of fiscal and industrial probe M
s vital 70 our expansion, WAS, Are we
nstior2
For nearly fifty wears The prevailing
? sentiment favored the liea hist the FED
/ eral compact wa E contract between SOY
{ ereigu states. Hsd tie fjrces OF disuniol
3 been ready for the srbitrhment Of arms
3 the results would have been fatal to u,
Unior. Thss ablest observer of tht
E American experiment, DeToCquzville, Wa:
I SO impressed By this that he based up0l
: it on sbsolute predict on OF the destruc
tion OF the Republic But, at the cri5ica
period, when the popularity, courag
: and sud;city Of Genersl Jacks j
: we're slmos5 the sole hope O
- nationality, Webster delivered il
( the Senate speech unequaled IN the an
: nails of eloquepce for its immediate eff C
$ and lasting results. The appeals Of De
= mosthenes to the Athenian democracy
0 tie oenunciations of Cicero against tn
e conspirscies If Catallne, the passionat
: outcries OF Mirsbsau, pending the Frenc
Revolution, the warnings OF Chatham /
the British Parliament, the fervor OF Pat
C rick Henry for independence were Of It n
u porary interest, and ielded feeble results
y compared with the tremendous conse
e quences OF this mighty utterance.
( II broke the spell OF supreme loyalty t
: the state and created an unquenchsbl
: and resistless patriotism for Inc Unite
e States. 1t appeared in the school book:
9 and by deciaiming glowing extracts there
I from, the javenile orators Of that and sue
C Cseding generations won prizes ct &C:
= demi. exhibitions and in mimic Col
e crosses Children educated parents, IN
= the pride OF the fathers and the klndie
/, IimAginstions { t the soma united thsm
e s nUole ideal CT the crest republic y
subsequ patriotic Orstion MT the Re
g Qulrements arg pubic OccssloD, gre
o or smhl, which did not breathe the sent
i. ment If Liberty snG Uai,tn, now and 10
q AYR, one crd iusepIrAbte." As the colde
&c cd, when first inspired by the gran
D ss1on OF his lie, becymes chiY4lrl
e knight, SO. when at last me Union Nss s.
e sailed by arms, 1--we OF c1uatEy burst tn
: bonds of materialism Snd sacrificed ever
= thing for the preservation II the nation
3. life From the uuasssilabie CONVICTION
d the power of the general government
il protect itself, to coerce g STATE, to eniorC
= it's laws everywhere, snd TO use all II
. resources of the people TO pm. down r.
6 bellion, came not only patriotism, 81
g. public conscience. VITA conscience W,
re the courage, so rare in commercial COM
l. muntties, which will peril business az
" apparent prosperity for Sn idea. This d
.e tested the slave power, and is to-day T.
st most potent factor in every reform.
- THE WEST THE CHILD OF UNION,
ig The field for the growth and develo
D. ment Of this sentiment, and for its pra
e ticai application without fear of cons
q. quences, was the great west. Virgins
ID gift t. the union of the northwest ter
d tory, which now constitutes five gre
lr states, and its prompt dedication to ire
q dom, and JefersOn's purchase from t
81 First Napoleon of the vsst area nc
ne known as Arksnsss, Colorado, low
a. Kansas. Louisiana, Minnesota, Missoul
We Mississippi, Nebraska, Dakots, Montan
&c Wyom ng and the Indian Territory, We