Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-10-18

rights, laws, police, and auniinisaeton W
what concerns the State generally; the counties
with the local concerns Of the counties, and
each ward direct the interests within itself II
ia BY dividing aud subdiyfding these repubiies
from the great national one GOWN through all
It's subordinatons, until 1t ends In the admins
tration of every mans farm oy nimseiis oy
placing under every one what his W eye may
superinIend, that all will be done for the best
What has destroyed liberty and the nights OF
man in every government which mas ever Exist
ed under the sum- The gsnefalizing and con-
centrating ali cares and powers into one BODY,
no matter whether of the autocrats of Russia or
France, or of the aristocrats OF 8 Nenetian
senate. And I do believe that If the Almighty
has not decreed that man shsll never be free
land 1t is a biaspnemy TO believe it), that the
secret will be found to be in the making himself
che depository of The powers respecting himself,
so far as he is competent to them, and delegating
only what is beyond his competence. by = syn
lhelcal process, to hi her and higher oraers OF
powers in proportion az the trustees become
more and more remote
The constitution was to leave with the states
all authorities which respected their own citi-
zens only, and 10 transfer TO the United States
those which respected citizens OF foreign or
other states: To make us several as to our
selves, but one as to ali others
81 ask for no s~training of words against the
General government, nor yet against the states
1 believe the states can best govern our home
concerns, and the General government our for
e tbsa 9hssi @ssd diis tnfib5etia' OF I bowers estab-
lished by the constitution for the Limitation OF
both; and never to see al offices transferred TO
Washington, whers, further Withdrawn from
the eyes OF tine people, they may more secretly
be bought and sold as at market.
Again: 1.-THE original objects of the Federal
lists were, first, to warp our Government more
to the form and principles OF monarchy; and,
second, to weaken the barriers of the State gov
ernments as coordinate powers. In the hrss
they have been go completely foilsd by the uni
yersal spirit Of the nation that. they have
abandoned the enterprise, shrunk from the
odium OF their old sppellation, taken TO them
q Ives q OarficiDatiop in NDYs- And nudar q p6GudO
Republican mask, are J ow aiming at their sec
ond object; and, strengthened by unsuspectlng
or apostate recruits from our ranks are aoVanc-
ing last toward an ascendaney"
MIR. Jefferson was especially dtstrustful OF the
Federal Judiciary. I'm truth" ne wrote,
feared that the judges, ambitions for power,
would strain the constitution, and undermine
and ultimately shatser the fabric erected upon
wrote:
"Es has long been my opinion, and l have
never shruuk from Its expression. that the germ
Of dissolu ZION of our Federal government is in
the Constitution of the Federal Judiciary, an
irresponsible body flor Impeachment is
tty by night and by day, gaining 9 lit
tie. today and a little tomorrow. and ad-
yancing its noiseless step like a thief, over the
deld of jurisdiction, until all shall be usurped
from the states, ami the Government of all be
consolidated INTO one To this / am opposed
because, when all government, domestic and
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drawn to Washington as the center OF all pow
er, it will render powerIess the checks provided
+ one government on smother, and will be-
come as venal and oppressive as the govern
ment from which we separated
Mr. Chairman, ! could continue these inter-
estiug and instructive quotations from the writ
ings of this remars able man until they should
grow into a volume, but it is impracticaoie, IL
not unnecessary, to consume additional time in
this behalf What l have read is sufficient to
disclose the opinions and convictions of the
most eminent of all American Statesmen
mssqueradlng as Democrats or Republicans,
may think of these quotations, / y ant the peo-
pie to remember that the quotations are from
the writings of Thomas Jefferson l want all
the people to remember that 1t was the same
Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration OF
American Independence want all Democrats
ferson who organized the Democratic party to
uphold the Democratic principles he advocated.
1 want all Missourians to remember that it
was under the administration Of this same
Thomas Jefferson, and result of his matchless
craftsmanship, that every foot Of the territory
from a foreign potentate, Nothing 1 have read
to You was written by him in q spirit OF par
tisanship. Every quoted word was written long
and from active participation in public affsirs.
The words l have quoted give deliberate express
sion to the matured judgment of this wonderful
character in American history. 1 stand by
Jefferson still. And when 1 stand with Jeffer-
Andrew Jackson. and q great host Of our great
est Democratic statesmen In this company L
cannot go astray.
NATIONAL PATRIOTISM.
Mr.. Chairman: yield to no living man on
the point OF national patriotism; I yield 70 none
in fidelity to the republic, in devotion to the
Union. But Jefferso ,ian democracy is the very
essence of q perfect union, and In the applica-
ton of its principles is to be found the most
substantial assurance of national permanency.
Upon those principles the Government was es-
tablished. and by them aloue can the Union be
Local sovereignty is 9 source of national
strength, not of weakness. Federalism may
develop national splendor, but 1t will lead to
early blight and decay. The local governments
afford the sursst projection to popular authori-
tY. aud the mIst reliable safeguard against
corruption or imperialism. To distribute power
ls TO diminish the danger OF Its abuse To limit
authority is to check usurpation To divide
responsibility IL to multiply restraints. State
sovereignty, within the Constitution, is the
safety of the people and the surest bulwark of
the republic.
Above all things else 1 love the union of these
states-the glorious union of these sovereign
states. There is not a spot within our broad
domain upon which l would not feel at home,
anu which i do not regard as my native land
Let the nag, starry emblem of union and liberty,
futter in every breeze. float above ever school
house. and hang unfarled in every home. Let
our children be taught that 1t is the symbol of
union, the nag OF all our people, and that any
American who does not uphold it against all
other flags and against all the nations of the
world is unworthy to live in the land over which
" NdNtsi uub ttt tuE cHlluEtn ne also taught mat
every star shining npon its field of blue was set
there to represent q great and sovereign state
Not only should no star in that ornament ever
be plotted out, but not one among them should
ever be in the least diminished in power or glory.
Ii | could stamp a motto upon the flag 1t wouid
be, ''The,union, undivided and indtssoluble for
ever, with Stase sovereignty preserved intact
and unimpaired !"
Al A.
Governor Stone next discussed the subject of
religious liberty. protesting, as he EXPRESSED IL.
against any direct affinity between religion
and politics, or ANYTHING squirting at d con-
scious union between church and state" He
denounced the A. z A. as both n-Democratic
and IN American, and characterized the move
ment as a revival of Know moi hingtsm, of that
old spirit of political proscri ption based on
birth and religious opinion, which the Demo-
cratic party stamped out forty years ago. Con-
tinuing along that line, he said:
lin that fight, away back IN the f%fties, the
situation was very similar to the situation of
today. History has repeated itself; the copdl-