Telegram-herald., 1890-07-04
OFFICIAL PAPER or THE CITY,
A DIFFERENCE.

We often near the assertion that
there - no difference between the poll
teal parties. THIS assertion should be
taken with great caution, for 1t IS
political op!ate administered 10 put
person asleep, SO that the enemy may
SOW tares.
There IS q wide, distinct and even
separabIe difference between the two
main political parties-s difference
which had an existence prior to the
adoption Of the federal constitution;
impenled the adoption of the same:
has had a continued existence ever
since IN one form or another; still
abides with US, and ever will abide
with Us, at least as long as our federal
government remains unimpalred, and
there IS such thing as the Democratic
party.
The most di stinctive feature of a
Democrats political faith, that which
distinguishes HIM from all others and
seems to be a part and parcel of him.
self, from which he can not III any wise
detach himself, i hisclaim of the rights
Of the individual State as against the
rights of the federal government. This
political arithmetic IS opposed &c all
other arithmetlcal axioms, for be as
sumes that a part is greater than the
whole, while in acOmplete government,
as IN all other matters, the whole IS
equal to the sum of all Its parts.
He shuts MS eyes to the historic fact
that it was the want of power in the in
dividual colonies 70 enforce and collect
revenue, which led 70 the adoption of
the federal constitution. He learns
nothing from the fact that John c. Cal
houn was originally in favor of protec-
ton, until he saw fully its tendency.
that 1t must be enforced, If at all, 10y
the national government, aud then, be-
cause of his dev0tiontO the idea of state
sovereignty, ne attempted the nullifica-
ton OF the revenue laws in 1852. State
sovereignty IS the political point in the
Democratic compass toward which the
unerring needle always points.
For what purpose was the idea of
State sovereignty employed. and to
what end did 70 lcad2 1t prepared the
soil of secession in which grew
the fatal tree that bore treason
bitter fruit. II may be said that
this y matter of the past
and Why not let the past bury It's dead
Would that we might, but the Demo
Gratis seem determined to make state
sovereignty the Bsnquo's ghost Of ouI
government; and recently It arose in
COngress and declared against n nation.
al election law, and was applauded by
the Democrats there. Many a Demo
crat IS better than his party policies.
We speak not against Democrats
"a individuals. But it IS party
policies. carried into execution,
which make country's history
and are the foundation Of It's institu-
tons If the first are bad, the last can
Re neither good nor permanent. Op-
posed to the Democratic idea is the
Republican principle Of nationality.
The Republican party holds, without
any reservation or evasion, that tho
whole "a equal 90 the sum Of all its
parts. and that the unity of the states
IN ono government makes a nation.
It = well for the voters, and espec-
isllv for the young voters. to recoliect
that there - a difference between the
parties. and what that difference Is.
SHRzwp advertisers say that it IS a
rsistske g. stop advertising because
business - dulL As matter of fact
iudciors sdverts prevents dull SEA
sons. and by informing the public keeps
wide-awake merchant far in advance
Of another who waits. ard has % work
ikea beaver later To cstch up with las
progrr rssive rival
IRIS now announced thst CALVIN Brlce
Is laying wires for the Presidential
nomination in 1899. Two candidates.
Hi and Brlce, from she sanle state.
viii make things pohacslly warm
there.
II Cleveland could only be prevailed
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