Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-19

seven-year term did not duly consider
the "amazing violence and turbulence
of the democratic spirit" On the
same page he argued that govern
ment could not be good unless it had
good executive, saying: 1.-The English
model was the only good one on this
subject. The heredity interest of the
King was so interviewer with that of
the nation, and his personal emolu-
ment so great, that he was placed
above the danger of being corrupted
from abroad; and at the same time
was both sufficiently independent and
sufficiently controlled, to answer the
purpose of the institution at home"
His preference for life tenure was
also alluded to on the same page as
follows: ''Let one branch of the Legis-
lature hold their places for life, or at
least during good behavior. Let the
executive, also, be for life"
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, in his
Life of Hamilton published by Hough-
ton, Miffin e. Co., BOSTON,, calls atten-
tion to the fact that Hamilton did not
believe our constitution ''equal to the
burden imposed upon it," that he
considered the government too
weak" Again Lodge says, on page
282: "He did not believe in democ-
racy as a system of government. He
strove with all his energy to make the
experim ant of the constitution succeed,
but he doubted its merit at the outset,
and finally came to the conclusion that
in its existing form, it was doomed to
failure. He believed in class influence
and representation, in strong govern
ment, and in what, for want of bet
ter phrase, may be called an aristo'
cratic republic"
Hamilton's very death was due to
his lack of faith in our form of govern.
ment; he was looking for an uprising
and thought that a strong man woulG
be needed, and he was to be tha
strong man. He fought the duel gir
which he died because he feared to re
fuse lest it should be attributed tc
cowardice and make him useless ir
the crises for which he was looking
Here is the paper which Hamilton lef
giving his reasons for accepting The
challenge. 1t is quoted by Lodge or
page 251:
"The ability to be in future useful
whether in resisting mischief or affect
| ing good, in those crises of our public
affairs which seem likely to happen
would probably be inseparable from
a conformity with public prejudice il
this particular"
The Republicans are to-day making
Hamilton their saint and the fact tina
they do so shows that they are turning
from the democratic republic of Jack
son to the "aristocratic republic 0
Hamilton. In 1856 the Republican
national platform appealed to all wh'
wanted "to carry the governmen
back to the principles of Washington
and Jefferson. In 1859 the Republi
cans of Boston celebrated the birthda
of Thomas Jefferson, and Lincoln wrot
his famous letter expressing regre
that he could not attend the meeting
and eulogizing Jefferson. But tina
was in the earlier days of imperialism
Now Republicans denounce Jefferso
as a demagogue, ridicule his idea q
government by the consent of tn
governed, and pay their homage a
the shrine OF the man who would hav
made this government little less tha
a limited monarchy.
No wonder the Republicans wine
when Hamilton's real views ar
brought out. But they might as we
get used to it; if they are going t
favor Imperialism in the Philippine
they must not be squeamish about az
plying the principles of Imperialism a
home. They are admitting to-da
charges that they Indignantly denie
a few years ago, and it will not b
long before they will be praising tn
most undemocratic utterances {
Hamilton as the highest evidence c
craftsmanship. The Conanoner.