The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-25

THE HISTORY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON.
and we look to him as the father of nm
party. Pardon me while read to Won
snort extract from the inaugural address
delivered by him before the Congress of tn
United States on the 4th day OF March
lSOl, Tor II was that that thereafter BEGAN
the principles of that party under who's
administration every foot of territory tina
mas ever been acquired by America wa
OBTAINED. He says: about to enter fell
low cltlzens, On the exercise of dutie
WDlcn comprehend everything dear ant
uaoie 10 you, 1t is proper for yol
to understand what | deem the essentia
principles of our government. and conse
quently those which ought to shape its ad
mlnlstratlon. will compress them within
Inc smallest compass they will bear. stat
ing the general principle but not all its lin
ltatlons. Equal and exact Justice to al
men OF whatever state or persuasion. re
nglous or political; peace, commerce anC
honest friendship with all nations: en-
Cangilng alliances with none: the support
VI the state governments in all their
rights, as the most competent administra-
IONS Tor our domestic concerns, and the
surest oulWarks against anti-republicar
tendencies; the preservation of the general
government in its whole coustitntiooal
vlgof as the sheet anchor of our peace a,
nome ana safety abroad: Jealous care nj
tue right of election by the people-a mild
ana safe corrective of abuses which ARE
topped by the sword of revolution where
peaceful remedies are unprovided: ahso-
lute acqulescence in the decisions of the
LhaJorlty-the vital principle of republics
from winch there is no appeal but to force
Sue vital principle and Immediate parent of
oespotlsm; well disciplined militia-onr
best reliance in peace and for the first mo
ments OF war, Till regulars may relieve
then; the supremacy Of the civil over the
military authority;
ECONOMY IN THE PUBLIC EXPENSE
that labor may be lightly burdened. tho
honest payment of our debts and sacred
preservation OF the public faith. en-
couragement OF agriculture, and of COM
lnerce as its handmade. the diffusion of
information and the arraignment of all
abuses at the bar of public reason: free
9om OF religion, freedom OF the press, free
aoIn OF person under the protection of the
naoeas corpus. and trial by iuries imnar
TALLY selected-these principles form the
prlght constellation which has gone before
Us, and GUIDED our steps through an age
OF revolution and reformation. The
WISDOM OF our sages aud the blood of
our heroes have been devoted to their
attainment They should be the creed of
our political faita-t-e text of civil instrnc-
lon-the toucbstone by which To
try the services of those we trust
and should we wander from them
IN moments OF error or alarm. let ms
hasten TO retrace our steps and to REGAIN
Inc road which alone leads to peace. liberty
ana safety" L ask the question: If these
principles which are condensed in the short
stasehlent That have read are regarded
ana Kept steadily in the mind, how can
human liberty suffer or be endangered.
W men that great man walked in before the
Congress OF the United States and read
that paper, it made the crowned heads anG
emperors of Europe
TREMBLE IN THEIR CHAIRS,
and to-day many of them lie in the basket
and republican freedom rests upon their
4-A
It's but fair to say that, adhering to these
prlnclples, Inc Democratic party of Amer
Ca mas lived and survived adversity that
would nave destroyed any other politjcsl
party. do not claim for my party thar ali
u them are good men. | do no. claim that
Inc Democratic party has not at times gone
wrong, put what l do claim is. that when
ever II has adhered to these principles il
has had success; and whenever in an evil
lour Tor the sake of power, and emolu-
nents 1t has departed from them. it has
lad and has deserved defeat.
following this line of principles NV
rlends, we ind that the Democratic party
las mad to deal first with this National
)arty, as it was called. l. has had To deal
alter on with the Wing party; it had to deal
alter on with the Know nothing marty
Vith the Abolitionist party, and finally
Win Inc republican party 1t has de-
lroyed the Republican party,s an
estors, and SO sure as its de-
-otees shall hang to its princi-
lies, so sure as time shall last. If
viii destroy this Republican party. 1t has
cen SAID tnat the Democratic party was
either SUBJECT to death nor open to new
leas. mat Is true. 1t is almost literally
rue 1t Is certainly not subject to death
Is certainly not open to any new ideas
kept the enlargement of those which
Orm Its foundation. Other parties NAV
ONE and go; but l tell you, nv friends
nat when this ensign of liberty (polnting
} the ffag) shall wrap It's folds around the
cad republic, 1t will at the same time be
HE WINDING SHEET OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
opposed to US in the past, as have recited
vi, mark you. influenced by the same i'm, |
ulses and guided by the same ideas. The
auonal party that was contending with
le Democratic party in the formation |
| our constitution, IS the same party that
o-oay dlsmantles the states aud concen- |
rates power at Washington. [ announce |
aat there can be no more forming
the religious predictions of a /
ian by the church that he is
alsed in, than of his political principles
Y the party that he is educated in. NE
re men of ideas and We are men who
llpk. These contentious are not mere
agarles, as have said. Letme show Won
hen the constitution was formed and sent
1t to the states to be by them
lie thirteen colonies lingering
'ubt as to whether the people were not
their liberties by this union
Id when the states of Massachusetts
lrglnla, New York, and some others rat,
ed the constitution, they did so, at the
me time by proposing amendments. and I,
wing 1t understood that these amend
ents were to become part of that con-
ltutlon. The first ten amendments
at we find in our constitution were those ,
at were. reported back by the states. To
e the language of the convention of Mas
q believe it was), "With fuIl ,
nhdence that the patriotism of the Amer 5
IN Congress would submit them back To
states for their ratification What i
ere they! :
The first eight are those which preserve
d care for the personal liberty of the in {
,idual, such as :
THE RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY,
right to be exempt from unreasonable !
lures, the right to bail in criminal 7
ses, and so on and so on. The ninth is
this effect: ''The enumeration in
constitution of certain rights, shall not i
construed TO deny or desparage Others !
the people.n There was that Iaffar