Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-29

There Is Only One Thing tn lie Done
:" the Struggle for Honest Gov
ernincEt

Those who are Democrats have Il
duty to perform. The first act is 10
declare Il am Democrat" That
done. there is no question us to who
ami what you are. Tho mighty rev.
oluton which established liberty to
all tho land and to the people thereof,
birtlIed the first Democrat. Centur-
les had been waiting for him and his
first notable act was the writing Of
-the declaration Of Independence.
IL WIS simple declaration Of tights
claimed hud wrongs imposed. 1t
made tho contest. All the issues
were embodied in one liberty.
Aftcr century Of trial the question
is again presented, not as new
proposition, but as q continuous
propOsitiuG that the question which
vitalIZcd the American revolution
thought aud public virtue. and that
the splendid examples wiGch live
and died at the origin OF umd the final
settlement Of construction ~ organic
law shall be reproduced IN tie vIrtu.
ous jOlng- 0l inca vino live that their
country 'nay hc pre- ,rrved aud that
liberty shall return and abide with
the people. y return la the methods
and thOughts uf the fdthers will co.
yer all wrongs, inyigorat" all truth.
crush out or drive into retirement all
speculative theories which aYLrIcv
has suggested and III some instances
las maugurated that thereby person
all thrift may grow gross, while public
good is lost sight oi III the contcn-
ton for power and the imposition Of
expensive burdens on those who are
anxious To live in love OF liberty
exact Justice and precise equality.
In speaking Of these men Daniel
Webster said: ~lhey were not men
made great by Office, but great men
on whom the country for it's own
benefit uad conferred office. Thorc
WIS in them that which Office did not
give md which t.-e roliuquishment OF
Office did not and could not talk"
away One weighted with years il
filling the sent III the Senate Of tho
state which gave to liberty and hu
mnuity John Adams. who was second
President Of the United States. His
voice fills to the zenith an appeal for
justice und mercy. Who will play
the role oi Thomas Jefferson? Who
has the ability and the courage to
stand forth ns the apostle 81 liberty
and become the admiration ut man.
kind? Arc wo left To the ashcI Of the
dead for advocates for liberty? Ia
there not some man amid the granite
hills of New Hampshire, who has
batbed hia fcat IN the rolling ocean
which lnshcJ her brief coast. who is
imbIcd with the spirit oi Webster?
"Iho hOur Is af hand aud now ig-
when voices must bc raised in Jrru
salem for the pre- ;crva;iOn II liberty.
They are living. Why do they not
come forth?
III Il man IL not a Democrat then no
must bc something else. II hc il not
a Democrat he is not Of tho following
Of Thomas Jefferson. nor Of the
horsc.hold Of faith. Let no opinion
bc injected into the tables Of faith
which Mr.. Jefferson did not approve
Cease looking for cxiraneOus matter,
That people which is governed least
is governed best. There is but ono
plank needed in the Democratic
platform. Declare for eimplc ways.
the honest methods. tho equality bc.
foro the law. the administration ~
Justice, tic protection of those who
are weakest. This done. all will he
covered. Tho people will comprc
hcnh the platform and overwhelming
! ~ approve it,-Cincinnnti Enquirer.
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