The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-14

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work was fundamental. national estao-
fishing equality. liberty creating eIe',
republic, enlarEing its territory anu
making IL supreme over q conllAen' an"
respected everywhere. lie Iouhuen
great partv as tho necessary instrument
To accomplish large purposes ana 'He
permanent power 10 maintain ana en-
force uudvlng principles As his WoIk
was national. so has il earned nation
gratitude. lchusetts, which neither
i'm his day nor ours has been always
Democratic. Joins his faithful Virginia
in nonoring his patriotic services an"
for the old Bay State, rising above par
tieanship. j may he permitted 10 pay
her tribute 10 his memory. Then we as
Democrats will add tribute TO MN as
the father Of d party whose ldllh VIC
profess. as the political leader 10 whose
teaching We ever turn Tor heIp anu
guidance.
Here I'm the home where he wrote ana
taurht the truths Of democracy, anh
now on the eve Of our pafiy's 18th pfesl'
Dental campaign. it is fitting iof u7 10
consider his teaching, the principles H'
proclaimed. the conditions out OF WHi'"
they sprung, their application 10 pres
emf issues. and then the secret oi nus
eucces4fil and powerful leadership. I'D
tho d9ys of war when the Northern Soi-
dler going to the front passed lhe w"
South Westinghouse i'm Boston ne rev
orcntly raised his cap for a voice ~i'i'"
it's homcly walls spoke te him ana sent
him fortn a Drawer. trIcr inau. We Dem
ocrats. now going forth TO hatue' rev
erentlv pause at the tomb of JEFFERSON 10
catch the Inspiration of his voice
WHAT DEMOCRACY HAS DONE.
We remember chat the party he found
cd has had am unbroken life OF nun
drod years: that 1t has controlled the
national Government for more than One
half of It's duration; that 1t has victor
iouslv led the people in an our iOreisn
wars. that under los sway our national
domain was extended along the gun anu
tLe Mississippi and clear TO the Paclhc
e1one. that il fathered the settlement oi
the great Northwest and the upDuldln6
of mighty States. that it established our
flag and commerce on the sea- asserted
everywhere the rights Of American clp-
zcnship: and created the foreign poiicy
which from Monroe 10 Cleveland has
been deemed essential 10 our safety. 10
has rested always the control OF gov
crnmcut by monopoly ana offah1tA
wealth. IL has given power TO the peo-
ple. trusted them. made their welfare
irs mission and their viii law. 10 mas
stood for individual freedom, defending
tne sailor against foreign lmpressmtht.
tar Catholic against the prescription OF
bleotry. and every citizen against un-
necessary burdens. restrictions or TAXA
ton IL has preached ana piacuccd
economy exposed, and denounced cor
rupuon. eXtravagancc. ana the abuse OF
uower for selfish or personal ends. 10
has met, defeated. and outiNed al ITS
oppoucnts. and is still in power and in
The full strength of vigorous youth. 1t
lives and rules because 10 has 90 living
gospel. just and enduring principles. and
ever work for them 10 do. We link It's
present 10 its past. not as "a rcminIscence,
but an incentive and turn 10 Jefferson
not as a blessed memory, but as still our
leader.
II "now occasions teach new duties"
If "tlmc makes ancient good mcouth,'
IL is only TO those who would unlock
the futures portal with the pasts blood
rustcd key" not 10 those who would
solve present problems with principles
which have been tile strength, the very
bulwark of the liberty and prosperity Of
a free and happy people. In these days
of wild theories, Of schemes TO misuse
the power and functions of government
for selfish ends, in the midst OF doubt
and discord within and without party
lines. il surely is well for the people o.
turn back TO the teaching Of Jefferson, as
the tcmpcst-tOsscd mariner turns TO the
sun for the true reckoning which shall
set his ship upon her course. To under
stand this teaching which founded a
great party established permanent prin-
ciples. and guided our republic, let us
consider briefly the conditions out Of
which IL was evolved.
NEITHER CRUSADE NOR CONQUEST
The colonial settlements were neither
a crusade nor "A conquest. our fore
fathers. tho pioneers who pushed up the
James river, and tie pilgrims who braV-
ed the Wintry seas Of Massachusetts
Law. had no lust for glory or Tor gold
Theirs was q better. worthier mission
They came to work, t0 plant, 60 reap
where they might worship God with free
dom of conscience. live on equality each
with the other. and be- subject to laws OF
their own making, and a government Of
their own choice They brought with
them their traditions. religion. and insti-
tuii0ns. but best Of all. an unconQucrabc
Anglo-SaxOn sclf-reliance and indepen-
dence. an jamestown and in plymouth
their simple prayer to God was that for
them and rheif children the seed-time
mlkht De iolloNtd IF thc harvest. But
tAe seed was liberty, equality, sclfgoyern-
ment. and the harvest was TO be a ma
ton Of equal laws. rights. and privileges,
where each might fashion his own for
tune. and all have protection I'm making
the most OF themselves. 1mmierating
AT different times and from different
places, with variety OF creed and life
scattering along the Atlantic seaboard,
living under diverse influences. yet they
became a homogeneous people. but with
a jealous regard for individual freedom
and local self-goyernment Union began
In the need OF concert of action for com.
mercial relations and common defence.
IL strengthened I'm mutual suffering and
sympathy in the struggle between Eng
land and France for supremacy over the
continent. Ii was finally welded in the
common resistance 10 the tyranny OF the