Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-17

N the Cause Of Economy and Retorm, the Q
CANTON. SOUTH DAKOTA.
that jefferson was the foremost repre-
sentative of the democratic idea, while
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in his life
of Hamilton points out that the latter
was the representative of the aristo'
cratic idea. Lodge says: ''The republic
of Hamilton was to be an aristocratic,
as distinguished from q democratic re-
public, and the power Of the separate
states was to be effectually crippled.
The first object was attained by com.
mitting the choice Of the President and
Senators, who were to hold Office dur
good behavior, to class Of the COM
munity qualified to vote by the pos
session Of a certain amount of real
property. The second was secured by
giving to the President Of the United
States the appointment of the Govern
ors of the various States, who were to
have veto on all state legislation.
These provisions, as may be seen at q
glance, involved the essential character
of the government, and although pure
ly republican, came much nearer to the
British model than any other by their
recognition of classes and of the politi-
cal rights of property, while by the
treatment of the states highly CEN
tralized national government was to
supersede entirely the confederate
FORM
In 1859 Lincoln, in speaking Of the
relation which should exist between
money and humanity, said that the
Republican party believed in both the
men and the doller. but that in case Of
conflict it believed in' the man before
the doller. In one Of his early messages
to Congress Lincoln warned his country
men against the approach of monarchy,
and said that his alarm was caused by
the attempt to place the capital upon an
equal footing with, if not above, labor
in the structure of government. Now
the Republican party seeks to settle
every question upon financial bases.
the doller mark is plainly stamped upon
every modern Republican policy.
Lincoln signed the bill which provided
for graded income tax; in the Fifty
third Congress the Republican party
voted against an income tax.
The Republican party created the
greenback; now it is planning to destroy
the greenhack.
When the war closed Lincoln began
to plan to make the payment Of the
national debt easier by increasing tht
volume Of money available for the pay
ment of debt. In Raymond's Life Of
Lincoln" published in 1885, the Pres
ident's views are set forth as follows:
".Notbing can indicate more clearly
the elation Of mind with which the Presi
dent regarded the future of the country,
now that its safety has been assured,
than the language he addressed, in q
conversation at this interview. to Mr..
Colfax. who was at this time preparing
for a journey overland to the Pacific
coast Said he: Mr.. Colfax, I want
you to take message from me to the
miners whom you visit. have very
large ideas of the mineral wealth of our
nation. I believe It practically inex,
haustible. It abounds. al over the
Western country. from the Rocky
Mountains to the Pacific, and It's devel-
opments has scarcely commenced.
During the war, when we are adding
q couple Of = millions Of dollars every
day to our national debt, I did not care
about Encouraging the increase in the
volume Of our precious metals. We
had the country to save first. But now
that the rebellion is overthrown and we
know pretty nearly the amount of our
national debt, the more gold and silver
we mine, we make the payment of that
debt 80 much the easier! Now says he,
speaking with more emphasis, L am
going to encourage that in ever possible
way. We shall have hundreds of thou
sands of disbanded soldiers. and many
have feared that their return home in
such great numbers might paralyze in
dustry by furnishing suddenly greater
supply of labor than there would be de-.
mand for. I am going to try to attract
them to the hidden wealth of our noun
tain ranges, where there is room enough
for all. Immigration, which even the
war has not stopped, will land upon
our shores hundreds of thousands more
per year from overcrowded Europe.
intend to point them to the gold and
silver that wait for them in the West.
Tell the miners for me that shall pro-
mote their interests to the utmost of
my ability; because their prosperity is
the prosperity of the nation; and, said