Nevada County picayune., 1890-01-01
The Republican Party Misnamed.

good name, but what horrible crimes have been perpetrated in tue name of i liberty. These remarks are sug- gested by the temporary success and popularity of the so-called Republi- can party. This party has approprl- ated a good name as the representa- tive and exponent of their principles, and although sectional prejudice and animosity have been the chief causes of their success, yet the influence of good name has contributed some what to the same result.
 We propose to show that the so- called Republican party is unworthy of this honored and historic name, that it is sectional party bounded largely by geographical lines. that its drift is in the direction of paternal- ism and centralization, and that its continued success is menace to the perpetuity of our republican in- stitutions.
 The fundamental principle of re- public is that it is a government i'll which sovereignty is delegated to and exercised by representatives elected by the people. The whole body of the people, or rather ma jority of them, for the purpose of convenience, delegate to chosen rep resentatives the sovereign power to make and execute laws. The source of all sovereignty, therefore, is in the people, or in properly expressed majority of them at the ballot box. The mistake made by the leaders of the South before and during the late war was, ill vesting sovereignty with the States. The war with its disas trous results demonstrated the folly of this theory of government, But in their zeal to save and perpetuate the Union, the Republican party has gone to the opposite extreme. They locate sovereignty with the general government, in opposition to the State sovereignty theory of Southern ante bellum statesmen. Time will develop their mistake, as it has al ready done the mistake of the South ern leaders.
 The true theory lies between the two, that is, sovereignty resides in a majority of the whole people of all the States. The constitution of the federal government, so far as it goes, is the supreme law of the land, and all laws made according to it's pro- visions are binding upon all the States, but the federal government has no right to transcend the specific and delegated powers with which it is invested by the people in the organic law. As the whole people, or even q majority of them, can not take part in the work of legislation and the ex- ecution of law, they have very prop erly and wisely developed these ctions upon representatives chosen by them.
 With these explanations of the true theory of our government, it will appear at once that the Demo- cratic party is the only true Republi- can party. from the following con alterations: It has a substantial recognition in all the States, it's prin- ciples are national in their scope, and it is in favor of strict adherence to the constitution or organic law. By parity of reasoning, the so-called Republican party is an antiRepubli- can party, from the following consid- erations: It has no substantial rec ognition at the South, its principles are essentially sectional in their spir- it, and they are pledged to the advo- cacy of financial system which dis criminates against the interests of large majority of the people. The Blair educational bill, to which they are committed, is a plaIn proof of paternalisn, and their well-known position on the question of federal supervision of elections demonstrates the centralizing tendency of their principles. Will the people of the United States submit longer to the domination of such sectionA money-ridden party?
 
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 Read the following: MT. C. II.