The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-23

platform promises Wse demand that
the party III power give rs honest
and Economical R9FEsFpPssnttsj rSt ssoro.
Democracy is but Az expression q
the Of the upeople- Hundreds Of
tissues arise and are settled in various
Ways They aTeidsm9cgratJiS OF anti.
democratic While they are before the
people but whenl settled they may be
foEgqttsps The greenbackta question
and the siBs5qAsstsipnigs samples Of
thssseissass Though settleadpqwr
either af these questions may arise
again and becegpssFa living vital ilsSsHauefr
or they may pass into phliyion,d The,
essentials ahoYsqm are princiii
plesIwhlGb will liYe al lepgas alsgmnoocc,
rsegiapa Eeeg9Eegnmepn yess4dt d.
bsIssinDloy b4s-T 9dt b4asd1oy,
wod ,gnB8B. Gi1hefa1MSs1Isbn1 o.
osf6eeotAe dddpuddIorsthe UOAstitas
tfBnn there. have ,exIstea4 1anisocpuus
try dhdgr9 safl6ass names at different
times, two and only two great political
paftfesIg based 4poh #iaelyidNetesnt
tfieorisss of gdyefhae6Gr OneInadIips
HofESfRYin revolt from stheIeyilsnBf
gS2efhfnent nbhdefa tie GGe5rgesIdt
En&iabd ANA the BeufBoasbfFFancs
and vas more l6f less n unub1eed by
THE philosophical ideas sof Rousseau:
The other had its origin in the
defects Of our own government under
the Articles Of Confederation and
was more or less a recoil against the
excuses OF the French Revolution.
In the constitutional convention Of
1888 a clear line OF demarkation may
be traced, on each side OF which have
c~rystalized two widely different
theories Of government. Speaking
broadly and calling these parties by
their present day names, the demo-
cratic party may be said to have had
its origin in certain theories Of the
rights Of man; and tile republican
nartv IN rnrtatn tha0rieS an the
province Of government. The demo
cratic party is founded on the general
announcements Of tie preface Of tile
D~eclaration OF independence and on
tie fnffoth and tenth amendments;
tie republican party, on the last
ciSdse Of the eighth section and on
the preamble Of the constitution; the
des@R99cqa2cs 1pafty, on the preserved
rlSbtts, 9 ara We republican partycoh
ire 9.geeHngsraFT o88sltare" clause. Dem
ocrr53fnicg 'bfS6lfcY1ees, tihte chiefly to the
tights I9Es6i1Hgs,v and republican
IpSSlitfiesssl ctRRiieGhhys 4t5qfqti59 rights q prop
ETY. fBSe5mffSSefIa1t is1 bofifcleg2i specially
at. political la1SSd pearssofBeai' liberty, and
30 4 ,las59tM ,9l0B1Spiaq2A III
JIS4aI Wal AMI X 9nIazow 5Ht b5slss
Vic credit s7sdw !soTts a 20
ebM While admitting that the ,fYfPnfse
taosNelalh organization has its origin
lalhe a94aataaIFes RQf ppqnrbdt Is digtgStly.
Is p9YipA t theldeqm9aqc4rattic pa party that
tes 2gsgeF 9jo goNENernnlmnaa9t are deFjiYSsd.
faF9m the consent qf the governed
StaTttgg with this MAXIM the demo
GRAFT believes that liberty is hut
preserved Pysal%EttttleaHEor nd qpstitntlon.
defiRpgriss9sp BaSi mag obe
sghat rights are SURRENDERED s7for
the sake oErergapizeds society. He
admjbs amendments but insists upon
sbrict scQnstrectionbaoH He starts with
Etbeibdiyidual and TRACES a constantly
~besSenlngi andjapere GlmumscEibed
Hsoyereigptg uRithrQnghi thAlocal apd
municipal governments to%theaeentral
Estate. uiHisuconstaDt aim is tOrpre-
SERVE niexerY natural s5lght of the
indikidnala consistent with social
Eoedegiand he oonceiYes that this is to
be ddne5oby giving up to society as
few d0f these natural rights as pos
sible gs He elaims bis charter reserva-
1ioni9iof7 "all rights not herein
granted" and he repeats that 1.-THE
enumeration in the constitution of
lcertain rights shall nut be construed
to deny or disparageluthers retained
by the people, lie utterly denies
the opposite doctrine that the central
government is the fountain Of author
ity and that bis individual rights are
granted to him and preserved for him
by IL He holds as a maxim that
Hall men are created equal, aud are
endowed by their creator with certain
iualienable rights" etc, and that
sqe ms end governments are organ
lied among man, deriving their just
powers from tue consent OF the