The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19

the faithH"
Judge CLARK summarizes from JEFFER-
soNs first inaugural message the organic
principles Of Jeffersonian Democracy:
! ~. This 4. a representative republic and not
| democracy.
| "2 Equal and exact justice to all men OF what
| ever state or persuasion, religious or political
"3 Commerce and friendship with all nations
| entangllng alliances with none.
| ~ The maintenance OF the State governments In
| all their rights a. the most competent admins
| tration for our domestic concerns and the surest
| bulwark against snti.republican tendencies
| 60 The preservation OF the General Government
in its whole constitutional vigor A. the shestsnchor
| Of our peace at home and safety abroad.
20 A jealous care OF tine right Of elections By the
people.
| ~. Absolute acquesesnce In the decisions Of tho
| majority.
| -. A weli-discplined militia
| ~ The supremacy Of the civil over military
authority.
| 10. Economy In public expense.
III. The honest payments Of our debts and sacred
| preservation Of the public faith.
| "12. Encouragement OF agriculture and Of com.
/ mercs a. its handmade.
| ia. Diffusion OF information and arralg nment OF
all abuses at the bar Of public reason.
-. Freedom OF religion. OF the press aud OF the
person. with habess corpus and trial By jury
Judge CLARK takes up some OF these
principles, one after another, and shows
that the present Republican party is much
nearer the cardinal Democratic doctrines
than the so-called Democratic party Of to-
day. ut IL remarkable" he says. that.
notwithstanding the warnings OF the great
leader OF Democracy in sol, his Successors
in party leadership have abandoned the
most material OF the principles laid down
by him for party guidance and party faith,
and all those 80 abandoned have been ap-
propriatcd and are in the possession Of It's
political adversaries. Such, however. is
the fact. The acts and tendencies OF the
Republican party to-day more nearly con-
form to the essential political doctrines OF
Mr.. JEFFERSON than do those advocated by
the latter-day leaders OF Democracy.
| In the vital essentials Just announced the
trend Of the Republican party is very much
nearer to the doctrines and practices OF Mr..
JEFFERSON than Ia the Democratic party,
which he founded" Let us follow Judge
CLARK in his demonstration.
l. The Democratic party does not stand
for representative government. The
Nebraska platform, made by Col. BRYAN
himself, calls for the Populist nostrum,
styled the initiative and referendum. The
Ohio and Massachusetts, platforms initiate
BRYAN and Nebraska in this regard. The
leader OF the Democratic party will not trust
To Legislatures the power OF legislation.
He would have this work imperfect un-
| I'll ratified by the people. Direct govern
ment by the people and not representative
government as recommended byJEFPERsoS
and hitherto and now practised Ia the
modern Democratic theory
.. The Democratic party Is not in favor
OF equal and exact justice TO all men. The
statutes Of Democratic Texas, for example.
| allow farmers to combine. form Trusts and
raise prices, but shoemakers who should
| combine for the same purpose would be
guilty OF felony. So cattle raiscrs may
lawfully put up the price OF meat but
butchers who try to do that same thing are
liable to cool their heels in the clink
Laborers may form Trusts to raise wages,
while other persons are punished for form
ing Trusts. so Texas and some other
Democratic States lay an occupation tax on
certain trades and professions and exempt
farmers and mechanics. Judge CLARK
might have added that the Democratic pro-
posal for tax on all incomes above GER
tain amount violates the principle OF equal
and exact justice to all.
3. Both parties are agreed as to the
! policy OF commerce and friendship with
all nations, entangling alliances with no
nation.
4. The Democrats are still ranting about
State rights, but in reality they are striving
TO increase the powers OF the General
Government. Col. BRYASis plan OF giving
the Federal Government the power to
decide what businesses shall be licensed
| and what commodities sold in the several
States, his whole scheme for the discomfit-
ure OF the Trusts is HamitonanIsm gone
crazy. "No Republican, says JudgeCLARK,
has ever thought OF such an extension OF
Federal power and such wholesale destruc-
tion Of State rights"
The Democratic proposal that Senators
be elected by popular vote is another effort
to subvert a principle regarded as OF the
first Importance by the makers OF the Con-
stitution. Senators were to be exempt
from popular clamor. responsible to the
Legislatures which represent the people.
In Judge CLARKs opinion the popular cleo
tion OF Senators "would tend to destroy
the equilibrium between the States and the
conservatism OF checks and balances
already too few in the Government 1t
would be long step toward the election OF
President by popular vote, regardless OF
State lines, and would do more to abolish
Mr.. JEFFERsoS's theory OF proper and
rightful government than any proposition
yet advanced and agitated." Democrats
generally favor Republicans generally
oppose 1t.
5. Historically the Republican party has
labored to preserve. tho Democratic party
to destroy the Government. Witness the
Civil War. Since 1896 the Democratic
party has been trying to impair the vigor
OF the Supreme Court, one OF the greatest
perhaps the greatest department OF the
Federal Government. Moreover in seek.
ing to deprive Fedora! Judges Of the power
to punish for contempt, the Democratic
party is seeking to make the Federal Court
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