The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-08-11

IepuDllcdu party, uC PioSioiuicu, -
antagonistic to the Hamiltonian doc
trine; is antagonistic to national
banks; is antagonistic-to class legis-
lation; is antagonistic to the standing
army.
He made his fight before the
American people and he went down IN
defeat. What did ~. JEFFERSON do?
Did he take that bait off his hook and
put on a new bait daughter and ap-
plause)? Did he say can not sail
In that direction, but ! will sail along
in Mr.. Hamilton's direction? Did he
say, | will tell the rsOp,e that was
wrong and that Mr.. Adams was tight;
/ take back all / said against Mr..
Adams, every word. | will now tell
the people will do just what Mr..
Adams says he will do. Did he do
that? Did he change because he didn't
win out in the first fight? Why, were
his birds simply put out as expert
mental decoys to catch the people and
drag them in? No, no! Like all men
OF principle from the first Of time to
the present day, he stood by his flag.
He stood by his platform; he stood by
his convictions, and he went up against
the enemy another time (applause)
and the next time the people having
seen that his convictions would bear
the test of adversely; that his con-
victions were not a mere matter OF
sugar or salt, to be dissolved by the
first little shower that came along;
the people having seen rnat he was a
man who would wrap his flag around
him and die and be buried in 1t rather
than be defeated; thus having had
convictions to come In on, ne stayed
in. Having had something to do bust
ness on, he did business. Uaughter.)
Having had something to develop,
why, he developed it, and he stayed
in Office until he carried out as far
as III could be done, the very convic-
tions upon which he had gained the
most. Then what? The Hamiltonian
doctrine came again; class law, ma
tional banks, moncyed aristocracy
bonds, favors to the moneyed classes
1t all came again Under John @.
Adams.
Then what? Then arose Andrew
jackson of Tennessee. (Applause.)
He called himself a democrat. And
what did he fight? First of all
he fought the national bank Ham
iitonianism. First OF az, he fought for
the right OF the common man as
against the right of that special few
who arrogated to themselves all the
wisdom of Almighty God and all the
blessings in this universe. (Applanse.)
And what happened? Jackson got
whipped; he was defeated What did
he DO? Did he take off that bait and
put some other bait on his hook?
Ialighter) Did ID change his sail?
Did he put his boat UPON another tack
Did he>how down and say to the peo-
BILE. national banks are all right. l
have been telling you ronr years that
they were not, but | didn't know what
| was talking about | was in my
sleep A great national sleep walker.
| told you the national banks were
wrong, but | will take it all back. |
am now for national banks. l am
just as good for it as the other fell
low. He is the genuine article, but
| am just as good. Put me in. Did
he do that? No, No! Like a great
true man he stood by his platform; he
stood by his convictions, and he rail-
lied his forces and went up against the
enemy again and put them to flight.
tApplause.) Then what? The ma
tional bank was put down; the bonds
were called in and cancelled, and
that grand democrat attached some
meaning to the wore, ror Uncle Sam
for the first and last time in his exis-
tence found himself out of debt Tap
plause), and so it renamed. The DEM
ocrats remained in on principle, and
every national bond being paid for,
the national bank being destroyed,
the protective principle stricken out
Of the tariff, this country really had
what the democrats~said they ought TO
have, government OF the masses, In
stead of the government of the classes.
And 90 IL remained until the civil
war: until the POLITICIANS, north and
south. sad SO maddened the people
with ag:.aSa)n. with the fires Of class
legislation. hat We could not settle
the slavery question as we ought 10
have done: we could not free the ne
gro as he ought To have been freed by
fair aud peaccable and legal means,
t..mf -. AaI f..oA than. IT,