The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-13

The Party is Faced Toward the Sun of the Peoples
Deliveronce."-"Wo Unto Him Who Trines
with the National Platform"

would have withered here as 1t had in
Europe, and the American Republic
would today be simply an oligarchy,
stretching in small settlements from the
mississippi to the Atlantic. Hamilton
was u member Of the Constitutional Con-
Ventlon, and succeeded In establishing
mat aristocratic branch Of our govern
meht known as the Federal judiciary,
u~nrepublica and ~undelnocratic; 1t Is not
CHOSEN by the people and is not account
"oie 10 them. In fact, for practical pur-
poses IS not accountable to anybody.
JEFFERSON opposed this manner of creating
q Judiciary with all his might, and he
pointed out that here would ultimately
De found the tomb OF American liberty.
no" prophetic was that vision? During
'tS Whole career this branch of the gov
eminent has never been on the side OF
me weak, but always on the side OF
power. First 1t stood for federalism and
usurpation.
Roles OF Hamilton.
"hen General Jackson tried to protect
the American people from the clutches
OF the great rotten bank the federal
judiciary used all It's power to help that
institution. After the bank went down
this same judiciary did the bidding Of
no ihlshly slave power, and after this
went down these courts took the cor
poratlons under their wings and many
OIL them seemed to become mere side
door convenicnces for concentrated and
ever corrupt capital. For the last thirty
years the corporations have fed to the
federal courts like the ancient murderers
fed TO cities Of refuge-there they felt
sa1e. recognizing that the construction
or the laws Is more important thar maxi
ing laws, these powerful influences have
allowed no mar to be appointed Judge
whom they did not believe friendly to
them. Ihey do not buy Federal Judges
because 1T Is not necessary. In their
eagerness to serve the corporations, these
Judgo3 haVe In recent years established
government by in%junctions in this coun-
try, under which a judge becomes legis-
lator, court and executioner. They brush
free s~peech-the liberty of the citizen
and trial by jury away with a contemptu-
Gus sheer.
A Truthful Judge.
The A~nglo-Saxon race has shed ito blond
to maintain these bulwarks of liberty
and our Constitution guarantees them to
every citizen. But they have already
been stabbed to the vitals. For severa,
years we nave beheld the spectacle of
some Supreme Court and other Federal
JUDGES dragsing their ern11ne around over
the land to act the part Of advocates for
those interests which are DESTROYING re-
puhlicanism in this country. What arc
the liberties OF America worth when COM
mitted to the guardianship Of such men?
During the recent campaign Mr.. Depew
came to Chicago under the auspices of
the Hamilton Club to deliver n portisan
address at the Auditorium. Federal Judge
Peter S. Groscup mounted the rostrum
for the purpose Of Introducing the orator
and told the audience, among other
things. that the light of Jefferson was
w~aning-that on the dial plate of our
nations history this hour was Hamil-
tons. that Hamilton's great name ex-
actly fitted these times, etc,
Hanna. Quay & Co., Arc Hnmuton,o,,
My friends, must we admit that Judre
Groscup was right? Let us look around
again. The Senate of the great state ~
Ohio has just indicted a Hamiltonian
Senator for bribery and debaucherv IN
securing a high office. A grand Jury in
Pennsylvania has just indicted another
Hamiltonian Senator for robbinp the
treasury of the state. Almost every great
trust appears to hav one or more Ham
liton1an Senators as standing conven-
fences. In the House Of Representatives,
where the voice of the people was sun.
posed to be heard. we find a pensioned
ring-naster of monopoly sitting tho
voice OF the peoples representatives and
reducing Republican congressman to a
condition Of pity and contempt. Two
years ago a horde of Hamiltonian states
AiSA "ShS W lhC NctpIltl VI Illinois md
not only sold out the people but robbed
the state of everything in sight. Wher-
ever you find dirty finger marks In the
temple Of justice or a foul odor IN the
halls Of legislation, there you will find
Hamiltonlsm. Verify. the spirit Of Ham
ilton fits these times, but what shall we
say of a judiciary that openly reioices
over the fact that an era of corruntion
has enveloped the land, that the BETRAYAL
of the people has become a Science aud
that the robbing of the people has be-
come a fine art? And now we are to
widen the sphere of this class of states
men by giving them a chance to rob the
PHILIPPINES! Heaven pity those poor peo-
pie. The Spaniard took what was in
sight. but the Hamiltonite, with his bond
jobbery, enters the womb of the future
and plasters his mortgage on remote gem
erations.
The Tongue OF Treason Is Wildly Wag-
ging.
During the political and partisan Peace
Jubilee, recently held in Chicago. the
President Of the United States went to
the Chicago University for the purpose
of being dubbed Doctor of Laws. In
handing him the parchment, Prof. A. K.
Parker, who made the presentation
speech, said among other things: 1.-THE
doctrine of sovereignty Of the people leads
a precarious existence in the mouths OF
men who love long sounding words and
have not stopped to consider that it is
only a specious form of the ancient bias
phemy that might makes right Stop
here a moment and reflect. The Presi-
dent of the United States. standing under
the wing of the Standard OH Company,
accepts a proffered honor which Is
coupled with the declaration that the
doctrine of popular sovereignty is a spe-
cious form of blaspheny, and he utsers
not one word of protest, but by his ST.
lence and by his acceptance mods his ar-
prevail.
1iories In the Spectacle of Lincoln at
Gettysburg.
Come now to another scene, On Mo-
vember 10. 1868. Abraham Lincoln stood
on the battlefield of Gettysburg, and with
tears in his eyes asked the American
people to dedicate themselves anew to
that cause for which the heroes living
and dead had fought on that field. so
that government Of the people. for the