The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-14

/ Fourteenth amendment specifically &C.
cured that equality by forbldding any
state to deny IL. The Introduction was
pledge that every one In every State shall
pc protected by Just and equal laws, not
necessarily the same laws, because diver
sity In the different States may promote
that equality which is an attribute OF lib
ferty.
Jefferson aiso emphasized again the
duty OF maintaining THAT state OF prop
erty, equal or unequal which results TO
every man from his own industry, or that
OF his father" What lesson OF admoni-
,ion Is there against the fads of commun
Equality OF rights and duties were ever
MS theme. The democratic party has no
reason for existence IL 1t does not always
ana unitedly strive for such equality of
which the essence is freedom from re-
straints and burdens unequal because not
imposed on every one under like condi-
lions. That democratic rule feariessly
applied in each State. may solve the pre
eht problem OF trusts and spoliatIon by
unjustifed taxation. =
we all agree that the democratic party
snouid nave for its corner stone the doc
trines Indicated by Jefferson. One was
the supremacy of the civil over the milf
tary authority" but that does not REQUIRE
! a National democratic convention to pre- :
scripe TO congress the size OF n standinp
army. Another WAS "honest friendship
with AL nations. entangllng alliances with
none, but that would not Justify a Ma
tionai democratic convention in debating
, TO n democratic president the details OF
his diplomacy TO preserve such friendship
: and avoid such alliances. A third was
honest sayment OF our debts, sacred
J preservation OF tho public faith, encour-
agcment of agriculture and commerce. -
} but that does not compel democratic Ma
tional convention to endeavor to prevent
= n al It-t,t ia
from expressing their preference regarding
the details which will best enforce the
} doctrine.
There was glory reserved for him
which no other president has had. For
, more than thirty years the executive de-
partment at Washington was, with the ex-
ception OF four years undor John Quincy
Adams. held by the democratic followers OF
Jefferson.
We should take into account the cxcep-
tionnl popularity OF his peaceful and debt
paying policy among the voters. who, al
. Jefferson's second election gave him ff-
E teen out OF seventeen of the States, and
: all excepting fourteen OF the 40 electors
q When he had insisted upon retirement to
private life at the close OF his second
n term, the voters elected as his successor
' Madison, his secretary of state, by twelve
h out of seventeen of the States, and ~.
out OF the 176 electors. Some would have
had Jefferson urge upon people, largely
+, agricultural, the building OF a large navy
n the creation of a great standing army
Z and huge National debt, and In his sec
ond term would have had him plunge the
= country into war with England or France
instead OF trying embargo and non-inter-
I course, yet can we wonder that he pre-
: feIrcd policy preferred by the voter!
q because OF their desire to cultivate peace
II 1t will be spid that Jefferson was a mar
- Of peace. So was the democracy he found
il Ell party of peace, excepting when wal
q becomes necessary, as 1t did a year ago
9 Then democrats In congress and In th'
: field upheld the flag OF our country with
8 their votes and with their lives.
q Peace. small expenditures and low tax
a alton we're no doubt a passion with JET
= ferson, but his diplomatic notes as secre
i tary OF state, displaying the sword as
a reluctant agent of peace, are proud pos
session OF his country because they brough
l. out Of darkness the rainbow OF hope tn
n hope Of our country today Is in the party
y whose fundamental principles were estab
S. lished under the wise and conservative
N guidance of Jefferson
n Mr.. Belmont introduced Augustus Val
It Wyck by referring TO the latters canvas
st for governor. He said Justice Van Wycl
ls had conducted campaign with honor Il
IT himself and credit to the democracy.
1t Justice Van Wyck was greeted with an
al plause. He said;
Tho democracy Including our lad
w friends with their beauty and charms, VIII
~ adcrn the boxes oveihangng the audi
l. forum of this magnificent temple dedclt
\. ed to the inspiring cause of harmony.
J. salute YOU one and all in the name of on
Ia political apostle Thomas jefferson.
If The toast, to which you do me honor o
i, inviting me to speak, must be carefull
G., circgmscribed since the directions in whicI
- IL points are innumerable. Your patienc
"a M hnth olika rive on
"a long before the task was finished If I shout
~ venture to discuss with anything like ad >
i, uuacy even very few of the more i'm
ar portant branches of American commerce.
has come to pass, as you, know that on
country Ia now the greatest center Of in
- dustry and the chief producer of export
y, y. on the globe. The evidences Of our skill
-, and enterprise are TO be found on ever
(, sea and in the remotest hamlets Of ever
- civilized and half civilized land. Our stee
~ rails, for instance. are being laid in Britls
n. India, and our locomotives are in deman
= in Europe Asia and South America; NOR
>, than two thirds of the old world is clothe
"a with our cotton, and were it not for tn
!, abundance of our soil, combined with tn
~ well applied labor Of our hushandmen, tn
y, Inhabitants of several OF the chief nation
70 would suffer for the lack OF food. In th
- villages OF Arabia the American lam
~ filed with american oil may be said
! typify the mental light which, We trus'
:. Is destined to reach those remote nook
~ from our centers OF Christian culture; GU
:. reapng machines are finding inoreasln
Z, favor among the farmers of Russia; tn
- electric light, as developed by Edisor
"a sheds cheerful radiance over Cairo an
:. Jerusalem: France has become consider
~ able purchaser of American wines; and III
M people OF the British Isles are reHdn
4. newspapers printed by presses of Amerl
), can invention on American paper an
AZ walk about their daily business in Ameri
" can shoes Japan is buying America
"a built ships of war; China Is coming I
~ terms with our men of enterprise for tn
8 opening up of some OF her too Ions dor
= mant sources OF wealth. and in Australasia
% We find a still improving market for a
m sorts of Yankee notions,
w These surface facts with visich ever
IA reader of the daily newspapers may b
J. assumed to be familiar, suffice TO sho'
l. how very wide and complex is the mel
IL OF American commerce and how neees
m sary It must be for after dinner speakers
10 who have II assigned TO them nc sublec
IA TO remember at once the limitations {
IS their own knowledge and the eXhaustihil
10 ity of their hearers.