The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-07-25
THE SYSTEM OF JEFFERSON.

Mr.. Jefferson bad scientific mind OF the
highest order, and he gave to his doctrines
the simplest and Clearest expositions o.
which they were capable. Such exposi
lions, precise and beautiful, at once exac1
aud comprehensive, are found scattered
throughout his political writings. The
most familiar are those In the Hrst ineuR
ural, and In the letter TO Mr. Gerry 10. 2j7
vol. 4, Of his works. The following brie.
statements comprise the whole system
The tenth amendment to the constitution
Is an inttexible rule Of construction, tb,
sacred and comprehensive guarantee oil
American liberty.
1.-The support Of the state governments IL
gll their rights, as the most competent adj
ministrations for our domestic concern
and the surest bulwsrks against ansi-Re
| publican tendencies; the preservation o
the general government in It's whole consu
tutional Vigor as the sheet anchor OF Our
peace st home and safety abroad"
| Az honest administration Of the govern
/ mant which implies not merely lust an
1 plicatiou of the public moneys TO the publ.
service, but g faithful observance o. the
limitations Of the constitution. or april
cants for Office, three questions only need
be asked as be houestl IS be capable.
Ia he faithful to the constitution"
/ A number OF officials sufficient for the
transaction Of the public business; no su-
pernumeraries 70 eat out the substance OF
/ the people.
| A diplomatic establishment limited TO the
public necessities; nothing for parade;
/ nothing for patronage.
A sleepless jealousy Of standing armies q
Rercenary force always dangerous 20 lib
| Rty; the military embodiment Of the PEG
'Ae in the states the suresJ safeguard OF
siilin peace and domestic riyhra
Aho money ralssd by taxation 20 De ex-
pended only on the objects specified IL the
constitution. 1t may rot be distributed to
favoritss In the form Of b0Unties or OF sub
sides, nor given away in charity. lie
urged the state Of Virginia to be liberal TO-
ward the San Domingo sufferers, but he
denied the right Of Congress to grant them
dollar.
Economy In the public expenditures, not
only that the people may be lightly burden
ed, but that the purity Of tho admip.stru-
tion may DO preserved. Extravaganza IS
the parent OF corruption, and corruption is
The parent Of usurpation. A public thief is
spublio enemy. During the eight years Of
ms administration there was not even an
Indian war, amply because there was no
Fwindle to provoke one. Every word OF
promise was kept, and every dollar was
sacredly applied to the purpo3e or which il
had been appropriated,
No power IL tEs general government 70
lay one class OF citizens under tribute %
duOkuSE uublSb lSNiCu IOT TbNbuue1 anu u 3
ordinations permissible only against those
countries which discriminate against Us.
"Free commerce with all nations, entanr-
ling alliances with none" He held tAst an
restrictions upon the freedom OF trada were
but remnants of barbarian, and that G asate
Of things in which Gny people, wherever
situated, might freely exchange its surplus
. for the surplus of any other would produce
e5e greatest sum OF human happiness.
Tho UOVT6r 10 DrDSPCu q N fnI,pal ifysr, 70
ments belongs 10 tke states; whether wise
ly or not, 1t was certainly withheld from
the general government. In order 70 apply
even and inconyenient surplus In the treas
ury to such objects an amendment would Dc
necessary.