Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-05
EIGHT PAGES.
For President,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
OF NEBRASKA.
For Vice President,
ADLAI E. STEVENSON
OF ILLINOIS.
ARE TIE PEOPLE "a GREAT
BEAS1'1"

Attention was recently called in these
columns to the astounding declaration
astounding because of it's boldness-
of Speaker Henderson, speaking for
President Mckinley, to the Hamilton
Club of Chicago, that "the doctrines
of Hamilton are the text words of this
4 hour Here was one of the doctrines
of Hamilton, as avowed in speech In
New York city:
THE people! Gentlemen. 1 tell you
the people are IL great beast!'
Another doctrine OF Hamilton was
that the name Of the country should
have been, not the United States of
America, but
1.-THE Federal Monarchy"
When MIR. Henderson, therefore,
speaking for President Mckinley says
that 1.-The doctrines of Hamilton arc
the text word of the hour he says
that the text word of the hour, from
Mckinley's point of view. is the peo-
pie are a great beast" and the gov
eminent should be converted into
Federal Monarchy"
Mr.. Henderson spoke by the card
and with all authority. The Demo-
cratic National Committee could not
do better than to put his declaration,
coupled with extracts from Hamilton
giving his doctrine, before every voter
in the United States. Ii would be an
all sufficient answer to the Republican
assertion that there is no Imperialism.
Gouverneur Morris. Hamilton's con-
temporary, said of him:
Hamilton hated republican govern
ment, and never failed, on every occa-
sion, to advocate the excellence of, and
avow his attachment to, monarchial
government"
Does Speaker Henderson mean that
the text word of this hour must be the
excellence of monarchjal government?
When he declared that Mr.. Mckinley
tries to live up to the doctrines OF
Hamilton did he include Hamiltons
hatred of republican government and
his attachment to monarchy?
The Republicans claim that the party
OF Mckinley is the party of Lincoln
that Mckinley is indeed greater Lin
coin. Did Lincoln hold with Hamilton
that the people are a great beast"
or With Jefferson that they are capa-
BILE OF and entitled to self government.
Here is what Lincoln said in 1859:
TT is no childs play to save the
principles of jefferson from total over
throw in this nation--some call these
principles Gashing generalities,' others
sell evident lies expressions which
tenu TO the supplanting on the prin-
clpies OF freedom. All honor to Jeffer-
son, to the man who in the concrete
pressure OF struggle for independence
had the courage forecast and canacity
10 introduce into merely q revolution
airy document an abstract truth appli
cable TO all men, all times, and so en-
palm II that in all coming days it shall
be stumbling block to the harbingers
SION N'n' -
We find here no adhesion to Hamil-
tonianism. We find on the contrary
that Lincoln did not regard the trend
x toward monarchy as a Dugaboo. Gov
ernments derive their Just powers from
the consent of the governed" said
Thomas Jefferson. This is the truth
that Lincoln said would be n "stum-
bling block to the harbingers Of re-
papearing tyranny and oppression"
lie it significant that Mckinley and
his Imperial coterie are denouncfnp the
Consent of the governed" for arrant
nonsense? Do they find it a STUN
bling block?y The harbingers of re-
Rppeas Ing tyranny and oppression"