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WHO FOLLOWS JEFFERSON?
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world. With her, then we should
most sedulously cherish cordial
friendship, ard nothing would tend
more to knit our affections than
to be fighting once more side by side
in the same cause"
The value of his suggestion was duly
appreciated by the American people in
the summer of 1898. when, amid the
restlessness of the continental powers,
England stood between US and them,
as our friend, and stayed their impulse
of intercession until we had settled our
differences with Spain. But that does
not bear upon the question, which is:
"HRve our leaders blundered in this
movement also?" Evidently they have
forgotten Mr.. Jefferson's expressions
and have again allowed their enemy to
draw nearer unto him while they re-
NAMED afar of. The administration
ferson. has"most aedulously cherished q
cordial friendship with Great Britain"
to the great advantage of the Amer
lean people; while the leaders of dem
ocracy have reviled this action aud
have sought to stir the prejudices of
the unthinking and the ignorant for
partisan advantage. Which party has
conformed its line of conduct more
nearly to the views of Mr.. Jefferson?
ALL TOGETHER.
It is not necessary to trace the rela-
tive positions of the parties further.
The other tenets of democracy, as said
before, as laid down by Mr.. Jefferson,
both parties are agreed upon. and
equally stand fer their preservation
except in the matter of negroes voting,
against which the democrats seem q
little disposed, at least in so far as q
lie Loft
warned his countrymen in said in
augural that the principles he enun-
ciated formed the bright constellation
which had gone before US and guided
our steps through an age of revolution
and reformation. He said further that
the wisdom of our sages and the blood
of our heroes had been devoted to their
attainment. And he concluded with
these memorable words: They should
be the creed of our political faith, the
text of civic instruction. the tombstone
by which to try the services of those
we trust; and should we wander from
them in moments OF error Or of alarm.
let US hasten to retrace our steps and
to regain the road which alone leads
to peace, liberty and safety"
And the democratic party has sin
moments of error or of alarm stem
peded from the principles of the found
tonian enemy, the republicans, to en-
terrific inner sanctuary. of its temple
and carry away and appropriate to it's
own use the most vital of the prin-
ciples go announced. In it's pursuit of
the phantom of demogogy, the demo-
cratic party has thrown away the flag,
which, in Jefferson's day, and for many
years thereafter. stood for equal and
exact justice to all men, for the lights
of the states and preservation of the
general government in all it's vigor,
and for the sacred preservation of the
public faith and the defense of the
national honor, and has permitted the
republicans to take it up and with it
march to victory.
Will it ever 'regain the road which
alone leads to peace, liberty and\ safe
ty? Let us wait and see: Yours truly,
GEORGE CLARK.