Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-10-12

ouheu Indignantly and efsa', 10 De
STATE. 40 erhihg people of the ITn,,o,
....' u they are to preserv., i,eo
u.ions. Daniel Webster IN .n m
.ne United States senate peech
s 10 the Importance Of - at
.oosy and sensitiveness NJ,
Tue oeopie against any raal =, par
uon VI tneir liberties and righta &C
~, "en'' and he cited the fact .,h,",-
.ne world knows, that uh,,' i S-
proKe away from Great pr,.,sA
nu es'aplshed the United STAT ~
ioa, ueciaring the indenanda,,
me thirteen colonies as n nraI,,.',
ICY u .he organization. thirteen -.
VI the present government 49,
o"eeu their appeal and their action ~,
"uch upon the allegation that ~
y,a"uy OF Great Britain was unhoor
ole, tnat the" could not endure ~,
Duruehs OF government placed NC,
mem, .hat they were thrown into nris-
-" anu denied the right of trial h,,
Jury. as upon the claim made h,, ~
nIiush parliament of the right 70 loot,
.a.e IN all matters whatever. and nor
..cuiariy tne right to tax in anv rasnao.
.ney might see fit. the American colon
res without their consent. Tbov made
the revolution itself turn on this yar,,
c.aiih OF the right by parliament. to tay
.ne coionies without their CONSENT
MOI the three cents pound on tea II
was not that. They would have -.
oeheo precisely the same against anv
TAX AT all on tea; against a tax of ono
penny pound on tea or one fartb,na
CT pound on tea. 1t was not the
amount taxed. 1t was the assertion of
the right to tax the colonies by a bodv
IN wnich they had no representation
ana therefore, by law which thew
nao no voice In making that caused
them to rebel and to set up an indie
pendent government of their own.
MY friends. in the course of the de-
velopment of party history 1t is import
ant to observe that events will fire.
quently produce the most curious in
versions of principle. 1t is not at all
an unfrequent thing, but when one
comes to reflect upon it it strikes one
as being a most natural thing after all.
tnat parties. In the course of a long
history, may come to occupy each
others places and really to stand in al
together opposite relations to the gen.
eral interest than that which they oc-
cupied at the beginning of their history
l Will not tonight spend a great deal
OF time upon enforcing that PROPOSE
ton, but will barely illustrate it as
pass. For example: The democr ,,ic
party which was born under Thomas
Jefferson, and which, 100 Years ago this
campaign, under that great leader
made Its first successful canvass be-
fore the eople of the United eta; es
anu lhaugurated the nina -aanth Gen.
fury with really democratic adm,L is
tration, represented revolt against
the hal monarchial doctrines of Alex
ander Hamilton, and his ultra fedala.
school.
The aim of Thomas jefferson, in
leading the American people into powe.
under his command, was to restore the
action of the government to the fun
damental principles upon which it vas
based. Now. those principles were well
known; they We're proclaimed Ia the
declaration Of independence; that all
men were created politically equal aid
that all just governments rrst vi on
the consent OF the governed. And in
the state papers of Jefferson, wherein
familiar maxims were set forth, it is
said that in foreign affairs, The object
OF our government should De absolute
independence of all other nations and
sntsnSling alliances with none; an 4. in
regard to our domestic policy, that we
should 30 shape legislation ana conduct
the government as to insure equal
rights to all and permit special orNi il
eyes to none. This is the great fu,lda-
mental precept Of all good democratic
government.
The possession of unrestri,t "A power
tends to its abuse. Give n man The
right to exercise irresponsible power
over you and. while occasionally you
may get a beneticent despot, set, i'll
the long run, human nature is % Weak
that that man will come to use his
power over you Oppresslvely Tyranny
Is not SO much the proof of amy Special
weakness in any particular man rs 1t
Is sign of bad system, because any
sy stem which permits one man t. ever
else power over another man, ur over
q large number OF men, for which hey
cannot call him to account, is tyran-
nous and despotic system, and III the
end will overthrow every principle anu
practice Of liberty. So, in the c."lse
OF time, the democratic party came III
der the influence Of those selfish f,rces
in society that were endeavorlng 10 get
possession OF 1t for the purpose,
through it, OF getting possession OF the
government. There are always some
men who are SO selfish and shrewd and
powerful that they desire to get hold
OF the government machinery IN ordt r
to make the masses of men work tor
4 in, IN ka
tins, in order to use the government
in their own interest. That has been
80 in all ages and will continue 20 az
pen throughout all the ages TO eoine.
Now, the democratic party, l say, grew
corrupt In that sense. A lew men ran
1t in their own interest, and the miny
weakly permitted it, which at last
raised up q reaction against II In the
United States. Men of whom - bra IN
Lincoln was the chief, coi.d not ma
II in their conscience to submit To the
domination Of few slavocrats, lew
holders and owners at slaves, ol the
entire domestic and foreign policy Oh
the country, and 50, with the heip VI
a good many of the Democratic party
and the Wing party, they formed
new organization and called 1t the Ike
publican party. And their luri csc
was, as l might read you here but VIII
not now take the time to do, fro n tiiti.
first Republican national Platform
adopted In Philadelphia in } no, l,o'
"A years ago; their purpose VAS, say
as shown in that platform, IN IN ,ir very
words, to restore the action o. 'he
federal government to the prihc pes VI
Washington and Jefferson Thihk Vi
it; the first Republicans calling u on
the American people to restore II
government to the principles Oh the