The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

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aided and abetted those who were
slandering the noble man who was
"First in war, first in peace, and
first in the hearts of his country
men," Caesar was not the only
one who could rightfully say,
"And thou, Brutus |" The noble
author of the declaration of Inde-
pendence had belied his name and
character and stood in opposition
to his government. If he did not
himself strike the blow, at least he
did not attempt to stay those who
did.
We prefer to believe that Jeffer-
son was misled; that he did not
realize the import of what he was
doing. We prefer to throw over
him the mantle of charity and re-
we're him for his nobility of soul,
passing by his connection with the
Jacobin clubs and defamers of
Washington, as unworthy of his
great mind-an act perpetrated
when his giant intellect was off its
guard.
The democratic party seems to
have always operated upon the
principle that the end justifies the
means. They have always sought
to array one class of the people
against another by appealing to
their prejudices. Regardless OF
the fact that prejudices when once
aroused are not easily allayed they
have inhamed the passions Of their
followers for their temporary ad.
vantage. Just after the revolu-
tionary war had closed there was a
bitter feeling. throughout the colo.
nies, against royalty and nobility.
The people were particularly hos
tile to anything which savored o.
aristocracy. The Jacobin clubs
took advantage of this state o.
feeling and assailed Washington
and his followers as the aristocrats
of America. They artfuIly appealed
to the passions of their deludet
followers by calling the supporter
of the government, silk stocking
gentry. They claimed then, a
they do now, to be the specia
friends and guardian angels of tn
working man.
They have always sought t.
array the workingman against hi
employer; to make him believe tina
his worst enemy was the man VIII
gave him work. No opportunit,
has ever been allowed to escap
that could be employed to wide
the breach between capital an
labor. They have always adde'
fuel to the flame which exists be
tween the lower classes and tn,
more educated and we'll to do.
M
| The history of the democrati
party shows conclusively that the
have always aided and abetted in
surrections. In this they only fol
low the founders of their party, an
the principles they laid down.
When Shay's rebellion arose il
Massachusetts, Jefferson wrote, 81
little rebellion, now and then, is
good thing. God forbid we shoul
ever be twenty years without sue
a rebellion. (Morse's jefferson,
9O.)
When the whiskey insurrectiol
broke out in Pennsylvania, tn
!, democratic clubs found fault wit
the government for taking meas
ures to suppress it. They deplore'
the burden of taxation which tn
cost of asserting the authority o
) the government would create
Washington himself expressed tn
opinion that the insurrection wa
encouraged by the democrati
leaders.
From start to finish. the demo
cratic party have always bee
noted for the faculty of getting O
the wrong side of every propersi
, ton.
QUILL DRIVER.
Just received new lot of thos
"Union League Overshirts" an
they are going fast at Frys.