The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-26
THE TRUE AND THE SPURIOUS.

among men De lOunQ ia lie wiz
ings of Thomas Jefferson. He was right
Yet popular thought, even among those
who regard themselves as disciples Of
Jefferson in his political teachings, has
drifted away, so that the very antltheses
of Jeffersonian political and social teach
ing passess current as essential to the
promotion of the cause of civil liberty.
The greatest freedom for the individual,
consistently with the well being Of So
ciety, is the basic principle of Jeffersonian
political philosophy. The least freedom
for the Individual and the largest for
the state in all that relates to the in
dividual, seems to be accepted as a safe
and true principle of conduct in govern
ment by many who think themselves fol-
lowers Of Jefferson.
1t is from this false view has sprung
the disposition, seen so generally among
those who regard the freedom of the
individual citizen as the great end of all
government, to turn to the state for the
accomplishment of all that they deem
and the individual alike. This explains
the tendency toward socialism. Many
who called themselves Jeffersonian DEM
ocrats are but social Democrats Call
them by their true name, and they re-
gard the designation as in the nature Of
an insult Preach socialism to them and
they lend the preaching a deaf ear.
Every leaf of the history of human
government bears on it evidence Of the
short sightedness Of those who would
transfer the care of the individual or Of
the mass to the state. Louis XIV. mere
ly put in the form Of a concise express
sion the idea that all the absolute rulers
of the world had ever acted on, when he
said: 1.-THE state-that is L" Men are
heard protesting all over this country
against the course Of the administration
in the Philippines, who IN the next breath
may be heard telling how essential 1t is
that tho state should take control of
this or that public agency. Yet such as
be Democrats.
There Is an essential and irreconcilab4e
difference between state socialism and
Jeffersonian Democracy. Monopoly Is the
It Is incompatible with the operation of
the latter Neither the state nor the in
dividuaI can have a monopoly where the
teachings of Thomas Jefferson are
int FThnra
can be nothing that does not SAVIOR of
monopoly incident to the socia1istic state.
The absolutis1n of a ruler of the Middle
Ages is the same Ia principle as state
socialism. There may be a republic, as
there was IN Rome, while socialism pre-
walls, but the republic, and the demo-
crazy, which 1t is supposed to involve,
are but phanthom.
But the new Democrat IS heard saying:
eff the state doesn't interfere few men
are sure to get control of everything
They are doing it every day" Industrial
progress and development in Europe up to
the close of the eighteenth century was
synonymous with monopoly-the fnonop-
OAAN NAAO
alike. It was not until the principles
which Jefferson taught had entered the
minds Of the masses of men that this be-
came even modified in the slightest meas
gre The individualism which he taught
put an end to monopoly, and made in
dustrial freedom possibility. From this
principle of the right of the individual
to trade with whom he pleased and for
what he pleased. and where and
when he pleased, has sprung up all the
great accomplishments IN material pro-
duction which distinguishes the century
just about to close above all others in
the record Of time
AS surely as civil liberty is to live
among Us, the American people must
sons teaching. If the individual is to be
Invested either of power or responsibilities
tyranny will come in time 1t must
come, since the deprivation of liberty Is
merely another name for tyranny. No
individual or number of Individuals can
enjoy special privileges or continue to ex-
ercise the moropollstic privileges in any
direction where Jeffersonian Democracy
prevails. Nor can the state possess any
more of a monopoly than the individual.
Revolution is that which Jefferson
taught as the hest and the only remedy
whenever the state arregated to itself
or those who represented the state IN
public authority arrogated to themselves
control over the life and property of the
individual citizen.
The American people are drifting stead
lily away from that school of political
thought of which Jefferson has been ack-
nowledged for a century as the inspiring
mind His name is today in political So
clety little more than a shibboleth. But
there are men not young who will live
to see the return of the American people
to the traditions of the American demec-
recy and its practice, as exemplified for
nearly half century, In the actual con-
duct of our natiopal government
DIME NOVEL VICTIMS.
A pale-faced youngster of eleven wears