The sun., 1901-08-22
ANTI-ADDlcKSISM AGAINST 1T
SELF.

visions of political power. Nothing is
more deceptive or more dangerous than
til" pretcnse of Il desire to simplify gov
rrnmrnt. The simplest governments M,
lrSpotiSnS: the next simplest limitei
monarchies; hut all republics, all gov
ernmcntS of law, must impose numerous
limitations and qualifications, and give
many positive and many qualified rights.
In other words. they must he subject 20
rule and regulation. This is the very ,S
sence Of free political institutions.
Daniel Webster.
Dcawareans who read it carefully
enough to remember of what il consisted
will recognize the above quotation rs y
part of the report of the Senate Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections, made for
colonel du ront. and to sustain his claim
10 il seat in the United States Senate. ~
Il result of the voting i'll the Delaware
Assembly in 1895. II will lie recalled
that Colonel du pont charged that Acting
Governor Watson had unlawfuly re-
slnIcd his seat i'll the Delaware Senate Oh
May 3, 1895. in pursuance of Il partisan
conspiracy for the sole purpose nf do
fpating the election of Il Republican tn
the United States Senate. In doing that
il was claimed for Colonel dn Pont, that
Acting Governor Watson had, as the
executive Of the State, uSurping legis!!i-
tive authority. established Il condition rf
.'dpSFotiSm On the one hand and slavery
on the other" Our introductory quota
tinn was used in The committees report
I
testimony against such ''incompatitlr"
relations between the legislative and On
ccutivc departments Of the government
When that Was done .\nti- AddicllSiSm
was posing rs the ouponrn. of intcrfrr
ing executive authority. Now ii is ere
atnc of executive favor and every cili-
!icn IL the argument for it. against the
alleged usurpatinn of Acting Governor
Watson, can now he cited against it.
From its beginning Anti Ad;licksism
has beer partisan conspiracy ex-
iSting for The sole purpose of defeat
ing the election of n Republican to the
United States Senate It's assumption
Of rNcrntiv" favor from tho President "
the United States, makes the I'rrsidtnt.
apparently. III least. Il party to that con
spircy III all its history Anti .Ad,licns-
ism has been th,' creature Of executive
favor ahd Int for thai favor il would
long ago have shrunk out ut public no
ticr to iii" nncarGd for and unmuurnri
1t lives now only h"cailsr of its antirilsl
tiun of favor and sympathy Ia Il" shown
il lay hr President Of the | nitd StatcS
We have said that this assumption ot
Presidential favor apparently makes liz
President a party to :; partisan cniSpir
acy Further than that, il is ais ,yid,n,
THAI Il also makes him us Il participant il
that conspiracy, in part responsible,
fo tho evils which have hcralrn hi,
State rs u result uf that conspiracy. Tha
Is Il grave charge. We ID unt make II
1t is the Unavoidable flut Of Anti..Al
,lickSitc logic. Anti AdhlirkSism = con
victr'; Of ronSpirng to destroy the iihrrt!
of hc people is convicted upon iiS oWi
testimony. II claims The prcSidcnt'
sympathy and fatur IN dnini that whicl
has produced unlrnahlr evil fruits il
making that claim il charges the prcSi
dent With part Of its own guilt |
cannot he denied that all the evil conSr
q,ncrs described and implied in whi
Webster said in his denial If the asscl
tion that security for freedom r"st
upon cN"cutv" authority" has come I
Delaware. they followed but were NJ
the effect Of Acting Governor Watson
defeat Of Colonel iu Points Srnatorir
aspirations. They began in the anti,
patton Of executive favor. III the maxim
ot thu conspiracy to defeat the Rrpuhl
can majority at the ST. Touis convent"
IN 1896. From then in consecutive an
necessary succession I'LL til" political evil
which could ailllct a State fram til
interference of executive with lcgiSlatiy
authority, have fallen to Delaware. m
have come to the State as the result ,
Il partisan conspiracy to defeat the rlt,
ton Of Il Republican to thr Unite
tatrs Senate" In every phase of th
conspiracy Nnti .Ad,lirkSiSm has bee
violating what ii had quoted from Wei
Stef. ~ mas hGtH opposing me Irnh
in the preservation of their liberty.
c0nSpirpd with the Democracy and mad
itself u party 10 all that the Drul
Gratis did III its forty years Of llsurpatiu
and tyranny. 1t WAS party to the oyc
throw of the will of the people nS r.
corded in the election Of 1896; in the owe
throw nf the authority of the law in II
I[cnl and SUSSEX county outrage uf 1879
in the destruction of the courts in d.
fence If that outrage 1t is now stnndi
between tn" people Of Delaware aud II
United states Senate. and prey cntiI
the representation of the State in til;
body.
In all these things Anti AddickSis
haS been violating the rule Webster l;,,
down, and which il chose to quote III i
defence. Governments, says Wrbstr
''AIust he subject to rule and regulatio
This is the very essence of free pnlit
cal institutions" To deny this. to 7
fuse to be subject to the rule Of Il