People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-19
Political Faith of the Democracy

The first formulated political faith of the
democratic party, or, as then called, the repub-
lican party, is contained in the inaugural ad-
dress OF Thomas Jefferson, in these words:
Let US then with courage and confidence
pursue our own republican and federal princi.
pies our attachment to our union and represent.
alive government. Kindly separated by ma
ture and wide ocean from the exterminating
havoc Of one quarter Of the globe too high
minded to endure the degradations of the 9th.
ers; possessing a chosen country, with room
enough for our descendants TO the thou
sandth generation; entertaining a due sense
OF our equal right TO the use Of our own
faculties to the acquisitions OF our industry. to
honor and confidence from our fellow citizens
resulting not from birth, but from our actions
and their sense Of them; enlightened by a be-
nign religion, protested indeed and practicei IN
various forms, yet all Of them including hon.
esty, truth, temperance, gratitude, and the love
OF man. acknowledging and adjoining an over.
ruling Providence which by all its dispensation
proves that 1t delights in the happiness of men
here, and his greater happiness hereafter; with
all these blessings, what more is necessa.
~ to make US happy and prosperous peopleg
Still one thing more, fellow-citizens a wise
and frugal government, which shall restrain
men from injuring one another, shall leave them
otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits
OF INDUSTRY and improvement and shall not
take from the mouth Of labor the bread II has
earned This is the sum Of good government,
and this is necessary to close the circle of our
felicities.
About to enter, fellow-citizens, on the ex
erclse OF duties which comprehend everything
dear and valuable to you, it is proper that Won
should understand what I deem the essential
principles Of our government and Consequently
those which ought to shape its admins tration
will compress them within the narrowest
compass they will bear stating the general
principles, but not all its limitations EQUAL
and exact justice to all men, Of whatever state
or persuasion, religious of political: peace
commerce and honest friendship with All ma.
tons, entangling alliances with none; the sun-
port OF the state governments in all their
rights, as the most competent administrations
Tor our domestic concerns and the surest bul.
warks against anti-republican tendencies: the
preservation OF the general government in its
whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor
OF our peace at home and safety abroad; zeal.
Gus care Of the right Of election by the peonle.
mild and safe corrective Of abuses. which are
Topped, by the sword Of revolution where
peaceable remedies are unprovided, absolute
aequiescence il the decisions Of the majority
} the vital principle Of republics, from which is
no appeal but to force, the vital principle and
immediate parent Of despotism; a well dis.
ciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and
Tor the nrst moments Of war, till regulars nav
relieve them; the supremacy Of the civil over the
military authority; economy in the public ex
pense, that labor may be lightly burthened;
the honest payment Of our debts, and sacred
preservation Of our public faith: encourage
! ment Of agriculture, and Of commerce as its