The Delawarean., 1900-09-29
apRoPPING THE MASK.


tiyes, stated that he endorsed the
Administration of President Mckinley
because it was plannediontheid. asand
policy advocated by Alexander Ham
ilton. Commenting ON this the Balti-
more Sun of Thursday gives the fol-
lowing EXTRACTS from "a speech de
liyered by Alexander Hamilton before
the Federal Convention in 1887, in
Philadelphia. Hamilton said:
Il believe the Briish Government
forms THE best model the world has
ever produced.
IAN communities divide themselves
into the few and the many. The first
are the rich and the well-born; the
Others the mass of 1.-The people.
THE people are turbulent and
changing, They seldom judge or de-
termine rightly. Give, therefore, the
first class distinct and permanent
share in the government.
g'Nodhing buu a permanent body
can check the impudence of democ-
racy. Their turbulent and uncontrol-
liable disposition requires checks.
1T is admitted you cannot have a
good executive upon Democratic
plan. See the excellency of the Britt
ish executive. Nothing short of such
an executive can be efficient.
"The voice of the people is said to
be the voice of God, but this maxim
is not true.
"A democratic government of the
mass of the people can never be good. .,
Here is the keynote of Republican
imperialism sounded by one of THE
leading supporters of THE Administra-
tion. Mr.. Henderson must have for
gotten himself when he so completely
dropped the mask behind which Nc
Kinley, Hanna & Co. are working.
Discussing the subject ediuorlally
the Sun says:
The Alexander Hamilton theory of
government is asserting i0self with
more force in this campaign than ever
before. 1t is not advocated in plain
words, except by a few indiscreet per-
sons like Speaker Henderson and Sen
aiuor Beveridge, but lit is THE animat
ing spirit of the Mckinley Adminis-
tration and of the Republican party
management at present. English
policy, English methods and English
example are the models which
obviously commend themselves Ito MIR.
Mckinley and his managers as i'm the
highest degree of admiration and i'm
itation, Senator Beveridge tells us
we could NO! do better than follow so
splendid an example OF government,
and the President and the State De-
partment evidently believe the same
thing, as lis shown by THE foreign pols
icy which they have forced upon the
country and by their effonts to place
THE United States In tow of the British
Ship of State. The Alexander HAM
| ilton theory of government has cap
tured THE present Administration, and
if lit goes unrebuked, lit will not be
long before lit will make itself ap-
parent in form as we'll as in substance.
The question lis whether the people are
! prepared to indorse the substitution
of the Alexander Hamilton idea for
the Democratic idea embodied in our
Constitution.
What the Hamilton idea involves
he himself stated with refreshing
frankness. If the people agree with
him and President Mckinley, his
lineal political descendant and heir,
that tIhe'rich and well-born'shouldhav
control of the government, that 1.-THE
masses should have little or no voice
and requires checks, and that "a demo.
cratic government of GIhe masses car
never be good they should vote, by
5 all means, for Mckinley"
The voters of Delaware, the frs
; State in THE Union, will find it hart
$ Ito agree with Hamilton, Mckinley ant
HANNA, THAT this nation should b,
governed by special class, or that th
e people are not to be trusted. "A vot
for Republican electors will endors
: the sentiments above quoted from
Hamilton. "a vote for THE Demoerati
|, electors means vote for continuaItio,
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