The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-03-04
4 DANGEROUS SCHEME.

int kteht eHfui0Ai uUctIint oE Uit Hlfu
party Is the snbireasury plan OF loaning
money by the government 70 land owners
and owners of impcrIshabe farm PRODUCTS
!, at two per cent interest. This scnemc Ii
! objectionable from nal, every stand
! point from which the subject may BE-
Vie wed. In The frat plae. Il was never
contemplated by the trainers OF The con-
a,ituiloh that our government should be a
paternal one II was Intended BY the wise
men Of the revolutionary period, .ho had
fally icetcd the faults and short comings u d
kipgiy goyepnent In suffering its perse-
| cutions ,ihat ours should be free from these
faults. That II should be one OF limited
powers, written ahd e!early defined
III the constitution Of the country. Il was
10 be a government that recognized and
maintein,d 4 the equality oi all citizens be-
fore The iaw, liwa. Intends q 10 be- a gov
ernment mat protected equal y all men ln
the puisnii of business or happiness, but
Il never entered the minds OF taose wise
men that under the constitution any class
OF men would fise up aud demand In the
name Of that sacred instrument that the
government should not only protect them
In their private business, but should ia adj
diIlun, help them 10 make that business a
snecess, either by ioanlng hin, money At a
rate OF Interest lower than his neighbofs
can fecure money for, ~ IN the case ofthe
land loan and snblreasurY seheme. or by
taxing hIs nsIghbors for hi. ceneh, rs 10
The case of protective tariff. II may be
said without the least .ikar Of successful
contradiction tina, Il Is beyond the power
oi any student Of the constitution, any
constitutional lawyer or jaris', to aad any
sentence In tnat instrument ~hlci. might
serve as a warrant for the exercise 10y cot-
gfess Of the power necessary 10 carry out
The subifeasuFy scheme. Thousands OF
men all over the country have been led 10
believe thai congress can rightfully exer-
else this and iris because they have
not taken the pains 20 lcok Into the organic
Jaw under whieh they live. DenagoguGs
and office seekers who have been anabie 10
secure Office in one or the other Of the Old
parties, have caught up this rer cent
government loan scheme IN the vain hope
by ils plausibIllsy TO deiude unihInking
voters enough 10 carry them into Office.
Then this scheme ls obnoxious because 1,
10 aggressIsely aaiagouIsiie to that rule Of
faith Of the third party Itself-"equal
rights to all'and special privileges TO none. "
Thls seheme would loan money TO men at
two per cent who have lands or lmperish-
able farm products 80 pledge as security,
whiie all other citizens, who should be
tqaal before the law, would be compelled
10 60 into the general money market aud
borrow At current rates Of s 10 10 per cent,
This would practically compel ono class Of
citizens 10 d. business on capital for which
5 or 10 per cent in,eres, is.paid against IL
pels the governmt nj at per cent. There
ought TO be enough maniirss in every man
who has been led into the third party
scheme TO cry out long and loud against
II. II ID unfair because II does not treat al
citizens alike. And the very class Of cit
lsens whom |, igsores u tbs very class.
above all others, who should receive the
fostering. ps,ernal care Of the government
II any class Is to b. thus favored. We
mean the ehonest.iolllng millions who have
no lands OF imrer!shable farm products 10
pledge TO the government to secure per
cent loans. Thsse people are, through
untoward circumstances. poor and hep
less, and while they labor today TO pay for
the bread they ate last week. their more
fortunate neighbors who have lands and
farm products may be favored In an ca
|pecial way by government said TO be by
the people, oi the people and for the peo-
pie Thi@ government money lean scheme
ID Objectionable on the ground of It's DEM
oraIizlng tendency. II teaches men to rely
upon tho tirong arm Of the government In
fighting the battles of life. This destroys
that fearless, independent manhood which
Ia times past has so peculiarly ennobled
American citizenship. No republican
government can remain intact unless !,s
citizens are free and independent. To insti
tute this loan scheme would mark the be.
ginning of ,hat decay Of independent
American citizenship that would end fin-
ally In the destruction of the government
Itself. Lei every voter beware how he
gives In his adheslon and support to so
dangerous policy. Let the doctrine that
every tub should stand npon It's own
bottom ain. deep into every democrats's
mind and he will soon reject this delusion
called the subtreasury scheme.