The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-25

not be considered worthy of the name
which, like the harmony temporarily ex-
listing between one confidence man and his
victim, Is purposely employed for decep-
ton and injury.
The great founder of the Democratic
party whose profound philosophy sound
ed all the depths of human nature and
measured the height and breadth OF hu-
man government, not long before the end
of his eventful life. said in letter to
Mr.. Lee. that there were but two per
manent parties. the aristocratic and the
democratic; that these two parties exist
ed in every country. and that where there
was freedom to think, speak and write,
these parties would become apparent.
With the aristocratic party he classed
those who fear and distrust the people
to the hands of the higher classes With
the Democratic party he classed those
who identify themselves with the people,
have confidence in them, cherish and con-
slider them as the most honest and safe.
though not the most wise, depository of
the public interests Every well inform
ed student of history will recognize this
distinction. In every community you can
draw a line separating the aristocrat
from the democrat. 1t will not be a per-
pcndicular line, nor will II be horizon
tai one: it will not separate those or IL
lustrious lineage from those or humole
birth; it will not separate the rlcn from
the poor; it will not separate the educat-
ed from the uneducated; 1t will not be
along lines of vocation or occupation; but
1t will separate those with the tastes,
spirit. assumption and traditions of the
aristocracy from those who believe in
government controlled by the people and
favor political and legal equality
Jefferson a Democrat.
Jefferson was born of refined and we'll
TODD parents; he was even rich for one
of that period and he was educated far
above the most of his associates; he was
a lawyer and his social connections were
favorable to aristocratic ideas. but he
was a democrat. He believed in the
brotherhood of man: he asked for no priv
ileges that could not be granted to an
he claimed no rights that all did not en-
Joy, and he sought for. himself no gov
erQmental care that he did not demand
for others. He believed in the rule of
the people in their capacity for self-gov-
eminent and In their right to the control
of their. own affairs. He did not doubt
that they would make mistakes, but he
knew that they would bear punishment
for their own mistakes with more COM
nlacency than they would endure pun
ishment for the mistakes OF others. and
he was certain that their errors would
be unintentional ones. He knew that: as
they found no profit In bad laws they
would strive to correct them and would
profit by experience. He was friend OF
everything that helped the people. and
the unrelenting foe of everything that in
jured them. He was tdentined with the
tAN
by inheritance or by his own efforts he
possessed any advantage over others ne
held that advantage as trustee foL
those less fortunate. The people loved
| ganized a party that has lived for more
| than a century. and he so impressed his
| ideas upon the party that no defeat, now
ever overwhelming. has been able tc
| crush its spirit or disintegrate 1t.
There can always be harmony among
| Democrats who have the purpose that
Jefferson had and are willing to employ
| the methods that Jefferson employed
| There can always be harmony among
Democrats who believe in a government
| of the people and are willing that all the
| departments of the government shall bt
| operated by the people and for the bene
ht Of the peopla. Differences OF the mine
| can be reconaled; differences OF purpos'
You cannot find two men who thinl
| earnestly who agree on every point.
| is natural that there should be differ
ences. A great majority of the Repuhli
] cans of today are Democrats at heart
They believe with Lincoln. in Govern
ment of the people, by the people and fol
| that they have not noticed the change
| that has taken place in the purpose anc
| character ard methods of the Republican
| organization.
black and white, I'VE appeal to the PEG
pie who want to carry the Government
back to the principles of Washington anc
Jefferson" They were building thell
party upon the Democratic doctrine lalC
down by Jefferson.
| The way to make additions to our par
| ty Is to show the people what the he
publican party stands for today. The
| way to make our party strong is to eX
pose the hyprocisy of the Republican
| party There can be only one aristicratiC
party in the country. There will be room
enough for all the aristocrats in tha'
| he knnW what the marty
| stands for.
| Between one who is at heart an
aristocrat and one who is in reality q
democrat there is a great gulf fixed AND
| IL may be added among the artstocrats
| there will be found the same division that
| exists among the beats of prey-some
| have the courage of the lion. ana others
| the cunning and treachery of the fox. but
| thew can hunt together II their object Is
| spoil. whether it be avowed or concealed
| Between those really democratic in pur-
| pose there can be no personal or perma-
| nent alienation, because, having no ute
| rior motives they are open to arguments
| and amenable to reason; being honest In
| purpose, they have confidence in the trl'
| umph Of their cause, and are content 70
| employ honest methods. They VIII neith-
| er conspire against others nor against
each other. II they make mistakes In
| Judgment, as all are liable to do, they
| are not only willing, but anxious to cor
rect their mistakes. In politics, as in re-
ug1On, tnere IS an essential ullLcl OhSC D0,
| tween a doubt of the head and doubt
| of the heart
Harmony Not Possible.
1t is impossible to secure harmony be.
! tween people of opposite sympathies anc
| it is a difficult thing to change man
| sympathies; 1t requires a polltlcal re,
| generation to make Democrat out OF
| an arfstocrat. 1t is a much easier task u
| show a man that the principles he ha:
been advocating and the policies whlcf
| he has been supporting are aristocratlc II
| their present effect or in their tendencies
| The Republican party OF today Is arlsto
| cratic in it's policies and tendencies fol
| it is controlled by a few in the 1ntereS
| of a few. but there are many Repuoll
cans who remain with their party only DC
cause they do not understand the change
| which has taken place in that party
! within the last few years. When TN
| policy Of a party is controlled by IT.
voters, then the party stands for the will
/ of the majority, but when the party Il
| dominated by a small minority then thu
| organization stands not for the Will o.
/ the majority, but for the will of those
who dominate it. There can De ne
1 doubt Of the Democratic instincts OF {
| large majority of the members of the Re
| publican party, but that party today Is 81
| controlled by organized wealth that th'
| rank and file of the party are not con
| suited about the policies nor are the in
| terests of the rank and file considered by
| the leaders With the exception of tht
| tariff question the Republican party mai
| not in recent years honestly submitted {
| single important issue to the arDltraHlen
| of the ballot. or even TO the judgment o
| tha members of It's own party. 1t maj
| written ambiguous platforms and forced
its Dolicies through Congress after elec
| tions In 1896 1t used promise OF inter
| national bimetallism to conceal us rea
nurnose TO fasten the gold standard OF
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