Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-18
PALMER PREFERS MONARCHY.

L A4hhAf1 Iii MIN AhOhLs
In speech at Detroit. Mich, October
II, Gen. John M. Palmer the man whom
we are told is canYassing the country
for president without single ray of hope
of being elected-simply to preserve the
true principles of demoeracy"-sou
the keynote of the campaign set on foot
by. those whom he represents in the fol
lowing language, which should be kept
prominently before the people:
FOR MYSELF, 7 WOULD PREFER
TO LIVE, UNDER A RIGHTEOUS
MONARCHY RATHER THAN TO SUB
NIT TO SUCH PRINCIPLES AS THOSE
DECLARED BY THE CHICAGO PLAT
FORM"
The principles referred to by General
Palmer are a clear-cut demand for the
rule of the people; for the people, and not
the banks, to regulate the circulating me-
dunn, and for wealth to bear its equal
proportion of taxa ton with labor for the
right of trial by jury; for the non-nter-
ference of federal authority with local
authority; for the collection of no more
money from the people in the shape of
taxation than is absolutely necessary to
D aefray the expenses of the government
economically administered; for no more
bond issues in times of profound peace;
for the enforcement of the laws against
trusts, monopoles and combines; for
equal justice to all and special privileges
to none.
To this General Palmer and the trusts,
combines, monopoles and millionaires
who are supporting him in his effort to
preserve the true principles of democra-
cy" by the election of Mark Hanna's
mortgaged man, prefer what? A mon
archy.
General Palmer halls from the great
state of Ilfinois-the state that gave to
the country that patriot who led the re-
publican party when that party really IA
vored freedom and esteemed the United
States as amply capable of legislatng for
itself, regardless of the wishes, desire
or consent of Great Britain or any other
foreign power-Abraham Lincoln.
Let us compare with the above declara-
ton of General Palmer the sentiments of
President Lincoln on the question OF
monarchy, as expressed in his message to
congress in 1851
MONARCHY ITSELF IS SOME
TIMES LIMITED AT AS A POSSIBLE
REFUGE FROM THE POWER OF THE
PEOPLE. IN MY PRESENT POSITION
1 COULD SCARCELY BE JUSTIFIED
WE'RE TO OMIT RAISING A WARM
ING VOICE AGAINST APPROACHING
DESPOTISM. THERE IS ONE
POINT TO WHICH ASK A BRIEF AT
TENTION IT IS AN EFFORT TO
PLACE CAPITAL ON AN EQUAL
FOOTING WITH, If NOT ABOVE, La
Dor, IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE
GOVERNMENT. LET THEM BEWARE
OF SURRENDERING A POLITICAL
POWER WHICH THEY ALREADY
HAVE--wHICH, IF SURRENDERED,
WILL SURELY BE USED TO CLOSE
THE DOOR OF ADVANCEMENT
AGAINST SUCH AS THEY AND TO
FIX NEW DISABILITIES AND BUR
DENS UPON THEM UNTIL ALL LIB
ERTY SHALL BE LOST"
In 1861 Mr.. Lincoln said: LET them
(referrlng to the people, beware of sur
rendering a political power which they
already have which, If surrendered, will
fix upon them new disabilities and bur-
dens until all liberty shall be lost"
In 1896 Senator Palmer says that rather
than live under government where the
people refuse to surrender the political
power that stands between them and lib
erty he would prefer to live under mon
archy. All those who prefer free peo-
pie and u republican government--as Lin
coin did--should vote for the democratic
nominees. All those who prefer mon
archy-as General Palmer and those
most powerful who support him do-to a
free people and a republican government,
should vote for Hanna's man.