The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-18
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there ls no such thing as hoaesty,
good sense or patriotism. Just what
grounds they have for making thsss
assertions cannot be seen, and yet In
every Issue Of their papers the same
claims are made over and over egain.
It Il Q favorits pastime with them
10 anthsmizs the republicans with
such names - JAeobIn, for Instance,
when everyone knows that at the
very beginning Of things In this gov.
eminent, the democratic party came
into existence a. the legitimate Of
spring Of the JaeobIns Of France.
It was during the time Citizen Genet
was minister from the then French
republic, that this oficIous gentle
man, undoubtedly with the full sane
ton and support Of Thomas Jefisr-
son, secretary Of state, the patron
saint Of democracy, organised In
this country In lieu Of Jacobi1 clubs
Democratic clubs" which clubs
were the eggs from which was
Matched the democratic party Of our
government.
In those days the immortal Jeffer-
con, though protesting the profound
est devotion and confidence 10 the
administration Of George Washing
ton, thought himself the only honest,
sensible and patriotic man In the
government, after all. So much had
this Idea Embedded itself In his mind
that he kept In office the editor Of
. newspaper which took particular
aud special delight In abusing the
president personally aud finding
fault with his official acts, and even
when requested by Washington TO
remove him, Mr.. jefferson, very I'M
gracIously declined to do %.
JefiersOn's horrible nightmare was
the illusion that the Adminlstrstion's
sole aim was TO make Of the govern
ment . limited monarchy, and his
Legitimate political descendants
down TO the present hour are pos
ssssed with the same ldes only with
the flight Of years their madness
has assumed Q different form. That
IL all.
One would have thought that .
party which was 30 jealous Of the
welfare and perPetuity Of the gov
eminent In Its present form would
have been the last to have lifted lts
hand against Il, but Il took the unit
ed strength, wealth and prayers Of
one section to convince these same
same peolPe that they could not tear
down the institutions they were so
zealously ~ guarding from fsncied
ruin.
In his day jefferson wanted to"rule
the roost" and history proves that he
used every means within his reach
to obtain power In order to realize
his ambition to run things. II was
90 with the southern democratic lead
ers when they set up the Southern
Confederacy. Slavery did not pre-
eipItate the war Of the rebellion any
more than Il did the wal. of the reyo-
luton. A few ambitious and selfish
men, who were democrats, angered
at seeing their power to run the gov
ernments slip from their grasp, with
no immediate prospect Of Its return,
concluded a. children do at play that
"If you don't play as ! want TO, I'll
take my things and 10 home" In
other words II they could not rule
the whole people, they would set up
Q government where there would be
no question about their right to rule.
In this instance history mas proven
that their attemp: was neither hon
est, patriotic, or In anywise sensible.
But then this won't do; u IL wav-
ing the bloody shirt; and although
admitting all this - true, your mod
srn democrat flies into tantrIms 10
you talk about the war. Since the
war the democratic party has been
devotIng itself to recupuerating from
the debIlitatlDg effects Of their dis
astrous blunder and only once had
control OF the executive branch OF
our government. IL IL true that this
administration was characterized
only by moral cowardice, brutal lg-
norance and . feeble attempt at lmi-
tatIon OF republican ideas and meth
DDS In carrying on the government,
but Il was democratic" that 10 to
say it was opposed all progress In
morals, freedom. science or anything
else among the masses, as "tendlng
toward q monarchy"
Our democratic contemporaries
should advance facts now by way
Of relief. Even the ablest, so-called,
democratic papers Of this or any
other state, do nothing but make
abstract statements and never at
tempt to prove them. II IL getting
% far removed from war times that
they even deny the responsibility OF
precIpltating the rebellion, and IL
this honest, prtriotic or even sensI-
BILE? No! the democratic party did
bring on that war and their denial at
this distant day, far from being pa
triotIc, honest or sensible, proves
them lying, reasonable idiots.
10 that great modern Jacobln club
that rules the democratic party Of
the whole country to-day, Tammsny,
Of the city Of New York, . patriotic
Institution? Was the great stuffed
prophet himself patriotic when he
Issued that rebel flag order or when
he made q supreme court judge Of
man who had been active In an at
tempt, almost successful, to destroy
the government? Was Mr.. Cleve-
land very sensible when he wrote
his now famous letter to Mr., Acers,
for InstanceH Then there 10 the
great moral Louisiana lottery which
has been the heart while Tammany
10 the head ~ modern democracy:
what Of it? Do our reform" con-
temPoraries approve Of IT..
We might 90 on and mention
many more things but space forbids
the mentioning Of more than the pa
trIotIsm Of Mr.. Breckenridge when
he had Clayton killed In order, as he