Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-10
JrrFERsoN Still LIVES


ua,h On. government by injunctioh
lightning been playing arouhu VIZ
minarets OF the city sacred 10 ins"' 49,
corpora,ions. and hath the injuhe''o"
horn Of petty Federal court oe.,
eoring the New England OK? 30 IL wou''
seem. A..
p,, ~. naners of no section OF the
country was the governmeh,-oy"''1
,,on plank Of the Chicago PLATFORM nio'o
roundly criticised than by those vi Ne"
England. Many OF the papers OF 'ha'
sect,on made that plank an excuse lo'
nillorving the Democratic party as an
oraanlzation OF Anarchists. But
change is coming over the spirit OF INC
dream of our New England con'eHhpo'a-
ries In respect of this matter. Recent
Iv we have observed several signihcaht
evidences of the fact. Recently we
have noticed disposition. even on tne
part of Republican New England
papers, to take the question OUT vi '"e
domain of sentimental and nonsehs'cai
discussions regarding the sacreohess
OF Federal courts, and look at II from
the practical standpoint Of, Whittier Is
government by injunction carrying US?
One of the most signincaht oi ia'e
New England treatises on the govern
ment by Injunction evil appears IN INC
Hartford Courant of last Wednesday.
Our Hartford contemporary starts OUT
nv saving that this talk or govern
ment by injunction strikes some read
ers who have not looked into the mat
ter as mere idle rant against law anu
order, but, unfortunately, II is something
more. as the arbitrary action OF certain
iudpes has given to Anarchists" and
''agitators' a grievance they can paraue
with reason. The Courant then goes on
to explain the process or government
by Injunction, animadverts upon that
process as one-man power, declares that
II is practical notification Of the right
Of trial by jury, expresses the OPINION
that when a Federal judge proceeds 10
interfere in the internal AFFAIRS OF d
State that is able TO take care OF IL
self he makes dreadful mistake, ana
after denouncing such interference as
capable in it's consequences of being far
worse than the evils 1t undertakes TO
suppress, concludes its article as follows:
"Citizens who love law and order, who
have stake in peace and prosperity,
who think of tomorrow as well as OF
to-day. should unhesitatingly condemn
the attempt to govern by injunction,
and not leave demagogues like Altgelo
and blatherskites like Debs to give dis
credit to a cry which demands the pub
lie attention"
The Courants reference to Anarchists.
agitators, Altgeld, and Debs Is simply
case of begging the question. The
Democratic party is no apologist Tor
either the classes or the men named, and
their denunciation of government by IN
junction has nothing to do, one way or
another, with the great principle IN
volved-a principle it is, indeed, graft
flying to see so broadly recognized by
paper of the Courant's predictions
and environments.
Verify, it must be that Jefferson still
lives" for in this voice from New Eng
land we have the echo of a warning
of danger to the constitutional fabric
uttered by the Sage of Monticello" over
three-quarters of century ago. Whe-
ther the Courant's article was dictated
by government by injunction's coming
too near home to its own people or not,
our contemporary has placed itself on
a foundation of sound doctrine-on the
only foundation, indeed, upon which
government such as the fathers of the
republic contemplated can be maintained.