Amador ledger., 1900-09-14
THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JOHN
BULL.

At time when pretended Democ.
racy is periodically plunging itself into
paroxysms of Anglo phobia it is re.
freshing to stumble across a common
sense Democrat who takes a common
sense view of Anglo American rela-
tons. Thomas jefferson was a com.
mon sense Democrat, with native in
clination toward French disquisition ON
things polite and economic, but his
patriotism so surpassed his favoritism
that he did not permit his French in.
clinations to obscure his good Judgment
or put him in an attitude of hostility TO
Great Britain.
In letter to President Monroe, dated
October "a, 1923, he wrote: Great
Britain is the nation which can do us
the most harm of any one or all on earth,
and with her on our side we need not
fear the whole world. With her, then,
we should most sedulously cherish q
cordial friendship and nothing would
tend more to knit our affections than to
be fighting once more, side by side, In
the same cause, Yet 1 would not pup
chase even her amity at the price OF
taking part in her wars
This extract is but another bit of evi.
dence to show that the real jefferson
ian party in this republic is the Repub.
hcan party. 1t is, in the matter of cul-
tlvating cordial relations with Great
Britain, doing exactly what Thomas
Jefferson recommended. Sensible people
perceive this, and it is only the empty.
headed demagogues of the new Democ.
racy who indulge in John Bull batting
and for the reason that they hope to at
tract few unthinking voters to their
standard by their unwise and unwar.
ranted uolicv.
With the two great. English speaking
nations standing side by side in a COM
munity of interest and purpose, which
is the only alliance possible, they will
Anglacize and Americanize the habit
able globe.
AN EXAMPLE IN SUBJUGATION.
The fearful Bryanites are assuring the
American people that the maintenance
of such standing army as the Repub-
lican administration desires constitutes
mllitarism and, in the language of the
Kansas city platform, means, Con
quest abroad and intimidation and op-
preston at home"
If it does the world is our oyster.
The war department at Washington
is understood as desiring that the stand
ing army be increased to $4,000 men,
fully half of which will have to be
maintained i'll the Philippine islands,
leaving $4,000 for purposes of intimi.
dation and oppression at home.
The American people are the hardest
people i'll the world to intimidate, and
oppress, and it is reasonable to assume
that an American soldier can conquer
as many Asiatics. Africans and other
lowly peoples abroad as he can oppress
and intimidate of his own people at
home.
Now comes the arithmetic of the sub
jugation.
If $4,000 American soldiers can op-
press and intimidate 80 millions of
American citizens. one American SOL
dier can oppress and intimidate 2,105
American citizens. And if one Ameri-
can soldier can oppress and intimidate
2, los American citizens, he can conquer
and subjugate 2.l05 Asiatics, Africans
Or other lowly peoples of the earth.
Therefore an American army of 175,-
900, bent on conquest abroad. could re-
duce all China to subjugation. An
army Of l25,000 could bring all Africa,
from Cairo to the cape, under the stars
and stripes. And detachment of 2O,-
900 could conquer South America
from Panama to Patagonia. In short,
with half as many men i'll arms as were
mustered into service to put down the
rebellion we could make North and
South America, Asia and Africa ours, to
be dedicated to liberty and equality and
an undisputed reign of law.
Of course this is all nonsense, but so
is the contention of the fearful De-
mocracy that a standing army of 1OO,-
900, would intimidate or oppress the
American people. If the soldier boys
were to attempt it, which they would
not, they might catch a duoking