The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-10-16

IaaIlE reypive IN the mass Of tine p-o-
ple, De supposed steadily rs pursue
ne public God Nothing but 4 per
1nanent body can check tile imrru-
d@nce ~ democracy. Their tu.0u
lent amt uncontrolling disposition re-
'IuIres checks. 1t ~ admit
ted that YOU can not have 4 good
x cutIve on the democratic plan.
See the excellency Of the British axe
cutiye.'
And that Is the fellow a certain part
# the country followed hIindIv. ana
the Wings afterwards well nigh wor-
hlpped as the ideal reader ana states
man. Re aid i vas less dangerous
10 the liberties Of the people to have
q President for life than for seven
years, a. some desired. H was 80
much Of a MOnarchist that he urged
that the President should have the
power Of n~egativing all laws: to make
val or peace with the advice Of the
senate, to make ~treaties with their
advice. but To nave the sole direction
Of all military operations. and TO send
ambassadors n appoint all military
officers and to pardon an offenders.
treason excepted. unless by advice Of
the Senate. on his death or removal.
the President Of the Senate 70 Officiate.
with the same power. until another Is
elected. supreme judicial officers to
be appointed by the President and the
Senate. The Legislature 10 appoint the
courts in each State SO as to make the
state governments Unnecessary u it
All State laws to BE absolutely
void which contraVene the general
laws. An officer to be appointed i'll
each state to have a negative on all
state laws. All the militia and the
appointment Of officers TO be under
the national government"
There You have a clear statement
Of the namiltonian plan Of coercins
the people, and putting all power in
the hands Of the rich aristocrats. When
he gave his mOnarchical views to the
Convention, showing how he disposed
OF the People. he gave the body a great
shock. The Convention remained per-
fectly silent. While he set forth his
plan, and most members must have
felt Il hearty contempt for the dis
guised monarcfIist and open enemy OF
the People. There was no Bill OF
Rights adopted in the original Consti-
tuition, which was q great defect ana
neglect. SO the Monarchists took
courage. and Hamilton became hope
ful OF a triumph at last. He was VerN
cunning. able. resourceful and proba-
bly, corrupt People differed as to the
, meaning Of the Constitution Hamil-
ten caught hope and began to ma
neuVre. The trainers were surprised
and ON We're alarmed. | quote from
Mr.. Black:
There had crept into the preamble
through mere l~nattentiOn. aS MadiSo:
put it, to he plraSeOlog-, 4 few Words
copied from the articles Of c~onfedera
ton. and these WOrds-.to provide fol
! the common defense and promote tn,
general welfare'-taken alone an,
without reference to the enumeration
of specific powers in the body of the
instrument. seemed comprehensive
enough to warrant the assumption O
any conceivable authority. Hamilton
therefore favored the adoption Of tht
Constitution. He saw in it but tn
germ of the government of the future
it would oW it would expand; a fix
ed constitution was to him an absurd
ity; power would ~'graVitate' to tn,
center; the rich ana Well born WoulC
gradually assert themselves over tn
sWinish many and. with this elimina
ton of what he was pleased to cal
pork from the working charter, TIL
few would ultimately assume tn
distinct and permanent share Of au
thority which properly beloned t
them
But Jefferson lived. asd was tn
great friend Of the People, and tn
fixed. reSOlute enemy of all forms an,
plans of monarchy.
The Declaration of Rights came t
the rescue. The States We're in dGubl
many of them hesitating to ratify tn
first formation, but assurances cam
that errors would be remedied, an
Hamilton's revolutionary, subversiv
plans Would be destroyed. The State!
or most Of them. only ratified with tn
understanding that the errors Woul
be corrected and the weak places mad
; strong wherever the rights of the Pee
pie We're endangered or threatened
Then came tle Ten Amendments. an
: particularly the most important Of al
that-"The powers not delegated I
the United States, nor prohibited b
. it to the States, are reserved to tn
States respectively" Hamilton's oW
State, New York, placed this in he
declaration of rights. Further re
marks Will be presented at anothe
time. 1t is important to understan
), history and particularly parties. /
the meantime let every voter be SUI
to study Chief Justice Walter Clark
most able, luminous address delivere
, in Philadelphia last spring. 1t is Yer
important.
\ NON-PARTISAN BOARD O
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS.