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


lgat0n. Iuch OF IL Washington sincerely
regretted; much OF 1t DE- permitted to os !
made with evident rs;GctsBCS; a3d il Is |
clear now that II he had really proved ths
figure OF clay which tie was expected 70 Of
10 the hands OF his leading minister, IN. !
government would have baen revolution
zad before ii was fairlyiHsuSurstsd Ham
iyou'S measures were az OF piece, taken !
ia due succession aud with : single view I
The funding bill was d grand speculation
Ii was matured ana promulgated In such
manner IS TO enable the favGritsS of the
treasury 10 realize large fortunes in
twinkIng. Members OF Congress WERE
permitted 70 participate in the plumber aDd !
so YVES formed the TREASURY 5snd'i in the !
two houses. Here also was created imme-
diately the nucleus OF that mcn5ye1 iris I
tOcracy-the holders OF tue pubic debt /
suddenly enriched by the vsry act Of ac
curing it-wdich Hamilton believed would (
ultimately become the great conservative |
force in the government. TIE assumption 1
0i the state tepts followed 10 lbs same d. /
rectiau: aE.-ner ooe-1tHti3c. more inEu |
eIco q cne treasury, iurtaer increase OF /
the de0t and or The power OF the debt hold |
srs Then came tae GGug. With that /
monster anu It's progeny the Hercules of /
Democracy has been o0ntendnR, with /
brief intervals, ever sinCa. The treasury I
report On manufacturers WIS nero xpau- !
SIGN OF the system, X undertook to estsb-
lab the doctrine that Congress- might take |
the money OF one clazs OF citizens and give /
Il 10 another under the plea of encouraging |
a desirable industry. IL laid the foundation |
OF monopoly deep end wide. Here, 70 be |
sure, was Gne beginning Patronage, |
corruption, manipulation Of the debt, bank /
ing, paper money. oounieS, monopoly |
When To this vas added mystsry the circle /
ves completed. Jefferson charged that |
Hamilton deliberately mystihed the ao-
counts of the treasury so that neither Con- /
Eress nor the People could uaravel them.
TIE FORMS.
But Hamilton understood also the veiue
Of ceremony as an accessory TO power, and /
he prescribed system OF absurd formah- |
ties to govern the intercourse of the Presi- |
dent with his fellow citizens. He went in |
3 coach and six, attended by outriders in
livery and followed by members OF the ad- |
miBistration in coach and four, with a /
numerous and stately retinue, to open Con- /
gress, and then delivered his message like
kings speech. Congress, having agreed
upon an address" in reply to the speech.
attended the President in body to present |
it. All forms of etiquette were arranged
/ to the mlnutest particular after the man
| ner Of European courts. The greater part |
Of il was extremely irksome and distasteful
I to Washington, and there is reason to be-
/ lieve that Of some OF ii he was subsequently
! almost ashamed; but be was persuaded to
| submit to it, as being necessary to maintain
| the dignity OF government Hamilton even
went so far as u suggest that no citizen,
! private or official, should be permitted q
| private interview with the President ex-
/ cept msmSers If the Senate, who, like the
( peers OF France, should alone enjoy this
| high privilege. Still he was not satisfied.
/ The experiment had SUGGESTED betta- than
40 expected. but be said
''It is my opinion, though do not pub
In
=ai government is not that which wiz
tD yer tbs ends Of society by giving stu
/ lily and protection TO its rights, and that
/ il viii probably be- found ezpsdieuE to 20
into tne British form"
This Tas the system Of Hamilton"
which We sre Informed is to supecsedo tho
! system OF Jefferson" upon which the
Union was founded, and upon which
/ { ioUrisbed in liberty, peace and
/ security fer more than half o century
or 10 be exact from the moment a
genuine republican administration, Elm
/ rerely chevishing the principles OF the con- /
| St5uho0, came mo power in 1901, until the
last Democratic administration went out Of
/ pcwer in 1851. The brief intrusons Of the
| Nnigs in lot0 and in 1913, scarcely amount
eG to Interruptions, since their measures
,ger9 nayer suffered to succeed, and the
| popular mind on each occasion reverted
promptly 20 the tried rules CT democratic
a-miuistratl0n, whose value these new de-
n-rtures only served TO il!ustrGts.
JEFFERsoS's DEVOTION TO LIBERTY.
Jefferson was q bcru Democrat. He net
oHiy believed firmly in the right Of the pao-
H- to govern themselves, but in their
-.'liLg Sc do II bettsr than It ever had bean
- ever CuuLu be -CHc - power uSrlVoo
| from any other source. Fortunately for
mankind, and fortunately especially for ths
country which, in his eyes, was blessed Dy
0y Coo and nature beyond every other, ne
came upon the stage Of action at perhaps
+ tue only time in history, and the only plaCS
IN the world, where his gospel OF absolute
human freedom could be put in successful
competition with the hoary abuses OF kiDg-
shlp, OF Statecraft, OF arJSLOcraCy, or IS ME-
Hamilton had it, OF th0 ''rich and the well
borun II would be interesting, we're 1t
within the scope of this paper, TO follow
him through his extraordinary career OF
radical reform ia Yirglnia-the act of re-
ilgious freedom, the abolition of the right
OF primogeniture and OF the law of entails,
tue code which came round and perfect
from his hands, with every ancient right
Of EDgishmen restored and liked In tbs
nice precision OF the common law terms,
his fierce opposition to the slave trade, mia
noble efforts for complete emancipation,
and his great labors IL the cause OF free
popular education.
Mr.. jefferson held that the Amsri. an
colonies were and ever had been free
states. 1t was not a new thought when he
embodied IL in the Declaration of Indo-
pendence. Each distinct society IN the
new world was az independent a5 Great
Britain herself. With her they owed
common allegiance to the crown; but her
parliament had no power to make laws for
them any more than for Hanover. Their
several legislatures ordained their several
laws, and within the limits OF each the king
was as firmly bound by those laws as he
was by tue acts OF parliament in the three
kingdoms. This theory was boldly ad
veDced by MIR. Jefferson long before the
older statesmen of Virginia were prepared
to accept it. But l. was the only theory
upon which the revolution could proceed
either legally or IJgically aDd when he
came to draw the Declaration Of Independ
ence 1t mad become the doctrine of the pat
riot party through the continent. That
immortal document is an Rrrignment OF the
king tor series of pollGcal crimes, where
BY he had absolved mis- American subjects
from their allegiance, precisely as the
Wings commended King James had sbsolYed
ell Englishmen in 1858. 1t did not make
the colonies free anu Independent states.
1t merely declared the fact that they were
free and independent states, and Ia the ex-
ercise OF right belonging to them in
that capacity they severed their con
nection with a hostile king. The
result OF the war was the scknowl-
edgmeat OF the independence OF each
separate commonwealth, and upon this stu
peudous truth rested Mr. Jefferson's whole
political system,
} JEFFERsoN's PATH N TIE yEoPLn.
Nj. Jefferson was in France when the
convention Of 1851 finished It's work From
that good hour when be instituted the Yir-
GINA committee OF correspondence with a
distinct view 70 early confederation, he bad
nurlued the scheme of closer union ha
tween LAs states with eager assIduIJy, suu
he had watched the course OF late events
from his distant standpoint with intense
anxiety. When the constitution reached
him, be was charmed at first glance with
the symmetrical framework of tina now
government with lite power "to go on OF
Itself peaceably, without needing continual
recurrence to the state legislatures" with
its wise distribution of powers, and with
its ''comnromiss of tha anDnsits GIalna OF
, ,..o esi. 49, = t.ttis states, " .--.oI 10
equai sud o. the former TO proportional IN
dueuCe." But be was struck with amaze
ment 0y the omissions. The lack of a Dill
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