Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-10-19

Germs, chat the period of emancipation
is not yet arrived. and that WHEN.
IN THE SCHOOL OF SLAVERY, WE
HAVE LEARNED HOW TO BE
FREE. OUR RIGHTS SHALL BE
h-STORED." s. With
out any o in the election of our
Legislature. without any check upon
our executive. without any one Incl
dent of self-government, what valu-
able privilege OF citizenship is al
lowed us. what right do we enjoy,
or what immunity can we boast, ex-
ccpt. indeed. the degrading exemption
from the cares of legislation, and the
burden Of public affairs
Here we see how Jefferson sized the
matter up. What did he do? The
few had to yielu to the many. Here
was a case where .le author of the
famous phrase deemed a government
just even though it did not have me
consent of the governed. AS long as
the democrats insist on quoting JEFF
ferson let them accep. the interpreted
ton which ne placed upon his own
words.
Instead Of that we see them jump
ing at what logicians would call irrele-
want conclusions. For example, Sen
ator Tillman says in speaking of re-
publican good times anu the laboring
man:
What goou will the full dinner
pan do me and my children, even
though it should remain full for all
future time-and l know that cannot
Def. by my vote, l assist in over
throwing the republic which our faith
ers founded, and l become a party to
the repeal and reputation of the
Declaration of Independence?" OF
what use is a full dinner pail % the
American who is no longer a free
man? Of what stun is the American
made who sells Ills birthright for a
full dinner pail??"
What a conclusion. Is there m
reason to believe for a moment that
the full dinner pail will not do him
as much good as though he agreed
with the democrats in misinterpreting
Jefferson's words. Surprising even
that tho 6amocrotc ,,o ,;,l+ =, +L.:,
view, how absurd to affirm that the
misinterpretation of one sentence is
equivalent to the reputation of the
Declaration of independence.
Again the author of this article
says: THAT party which sneers at
and tramples under foot the doctrine
OIL the consent of the governed in the
Philippines will soon sheer at that
doctrine in the United States. Tyranny
never advances openly and boldly to
its goal"
another unjustified conclusion:
What ground, we would like to know,
does the author find for such a deduc-
ton? Jefferson paid no attention to
the doctrine of consent Of the governed
in Louisiana. Yet the traces of tyranny
in this country are yet to be discov-
cred!
The real issues of the campaign are
dismissed in a word. AS the author
himself says:
1.-The question of the currency and
banks, gold and silver, of the income
tax. and government by injunction, Of
,crusts and how to check and control
them-none Of these can be discussed
with any satisfaction, because the
people, as a whole, are not interested
in them. and these questions will cut
a small figure in determining the re-
suit. And it is small wonder that
this is the case. Republican orators
may appeal for the maintenance of
the national honor and they may
urge upon the voters the claims of the
party which, they say, has given the
working man the full dinner pail.
They may urge upon the people the
necessity of guarding against the
fifty cen silver dollar" but the
thoughtful, intelligent American can
no escape from the nightmare which
haunts his dreams-the vision of the
empire and of the large standing army
which the empire would involve.
Truly Mr.. Tillman underestimatcs
the intelligence of the American voter
if he believes for a moment that he is
not interested in questions of the ma
tional honor and that he is going to
set aside the idea of a full dinner
pail whereby he and his family are
to live to consider the vision of the
empire and of the large standing
army" etc. AS Mr.. Tillman says ii
is a visio and if we may be permitted
to add it is one that haunts only the
diseased immigration of democratic
orators.
Toward the close Of the article we