The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-25

rules-namely, absolute acquiesCenCe in
 the will of the majority and frequent elections-the second aides the first by
 giving hope of remedy from present ills, however grevious. If he were liv-
 ing to-day his observation would prob ably suggest a third rule, namely, the
 entertainment of the will of the major ity by methods so direct, so far and so
 honest that the minority cannot doubt
 that will has been actually expressed. Jefferson also laid down the rules by which, and by which alone. real har- mony can be secured a party. I say
 real harmony. for that harmony cannot be considered worthy of the name which, like the harmony temporarily existing between the confidence man
 and his victim, is purposely employed for deception and injury.
 ! The great founder of the Democratic
 party whose, profound philosophy
 sounded all the depths of human nature and measured the height and breadth of
 human government, not long before the end of his eventful life said in a letter to MT. Lee that there were but two per
 manent parties, the aristocratic and the democratic; that those two parties existed in every country, and that
 where there was freedom to think l speak and write, these parties would
 become apparent. With the aristo"ratic party he classed those who fear and
 distrust the people and wish to draw all
 power from them into the hands of the
 higher classes" With the democratic | f,y themselves with the people, have con- l fidence in them, cherish and consider | them as the most honest and safe, though not the most wise, depository of
 the public interests" Every we'll in | formed student of history will recog- l nize this distinction. In every com-
 munity you can draw line separating 1 the aristocrat from the democrat. It will not be perpendicular line, nor
 will it be a horizontal one, it will not
 separate those of illustrious lineage | from those of humble birth; it will not separate the rich from the poor; it will
 not be long line of vocation or occu- patton; but it will separate those with 1 the tastes, spirit, assumption and tra- l ditions of the aristocracy" from those who believe in a government controll
 ed by the people and favor political
 and legal equality"
 | Jefferson was born of refined and
 well-to-do 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 connec- 1 tions were favorable to aristocratic ideas, but he was a democrat. He be- | lieved in the brotherhood of man; he | asked for no privileges that could not l be granted to all; he claimed no rights 1 that all did not enjoy, and he sought for himself no government care that he did | not demand for others. He believed in l the rule of the people, in their capacity | for self-government, and in their right l to the control of their own affairs. He l did not doubt that they would make mistakes, but he knew that they would | bear punishment for their own mis- takes with even more complacency than they would endure punishment 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 COll SIl lIlClll oilI "Nulu pAOAAL bS Sh~ perience He was friend of everything that helped the people. and the unre-
 lenting foe of everything that injured them. He was identified with the
 masses, and considered that insofar as by inheritance or by his own efforts he possessed any advantage over others he held that advantage as trustee for those less fortunate. The people loved him because he first loved them" He organized party that has lived for
 more than a century, and he so inn pressed his ideas upon the party that
 no defeat, however overwhelming, has
 been able to crush its spirit or disin- ! tegrate it.
 There can always be harmony among democrats who have the purpose that
 Jefferson had and are willing to employ the methods that Jefferson employed. l 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 I shall be operated by the people and for
 the benefit of the people. Differences of the mind can be reconciled; differences
 
 at heart an aristocrat and one who is l in reality a democrat there is a great gulf fixed. And, it may be added, among | the aristocrats there will be found the same division that exists among the | beasts of prey-some have the courage of the lion and others the cunning and treachery of the fox, but they can hunt l together if their object is spoil, whether l it be avowed or concealed. Between those really democratic in purpose there can be no personal or permanent alienation. because having no ulterior motives they are open to arguments and amenable to reason; being honest I in purpose, they have confidence in the | triumph of their cause, and are content to employ honest methods. They will ! neither conspire against others nor
 against each other. If they make mis- takes in judgment as all are liable to l do they are not only willing, but anxious to correct their mistakes In l politics, as in religion, there is an es- l sential difference between a doubt of | the head and doubt of the heart.
 ! It is impossible to secure harmony be- l tween people of opposite sympathies
 and it is a difficult thing to change a ! mans sympathies; it requires poIiti- | cal regeneration to make a democrat
 out of an aristocrat. It is a much | easier task to show a man that the principles he has been advocating and