The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-10-23

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"a
INgEHNAy
march of events. ana the corning ~.
Of the Money Desil. and Plutoc.a.e.
and Legislative Robbery. and pgpg-e-
sion, and Grinding Monopoly ami
Manufacturing AriStocrars ana Grab
Ais. Even that carly UuUer the IN
spiration and infatuated leadership Of
Hamilton. aided by jay. Adams. 81 IL
0fuue genus. he had already set upon
lis legs the Ccutralizine theory. At last
the People began 10 awake. 10 move.
TO take united action. Adams. ia.
freSident. was y molarchl~t. buU per
haps not 50 extreme as Hamilton. til
Arch-euamE of the people. Jefferson
became President at last. and then tho
hearty. earnest, direct auta2onI-u or
Hamilton and his dangerous system
set in, and then "a gradual change was
wrought. In 1906. there are more
pressing, more important demands ior
4 thorough. resolute Tnion Of the
people than even in JefferSon's dal.
There have been wrought most prog
nant and weighty changes in our Gov
eminent since 1865. The u~surpatioHs
and nutrages hay been steadily in
creasing, and threatening Nh" vcls-
peace Of the country. ana the vel
fare and safety of the People. The
80 - N@ 'k AAN II ~ ~ -
and power and intimidation. and he
must be met as resolutely ana brave
~ by the People. To save the cOun
try there must be wise. united action.
Roosevelt. the President now. is the
most dangerous and daShing usurper
and tyrant ever in owe in our
Try. lie has been already guilty OF
acts that would have broken him Of
his office if they had been perpetratei
prior TO the great war. He deserves
{ p1a J. l.. 80 ln -4nSLI -av@l TO 80 - cd
He is utterly unreliable in all preten-
tiOns to moderation and high states
manShip. He is 4 sly. in~sinuating.
supple, bold politician of the u%sufping
and corruptinG type. He palaEers and
PROMISES, but he hates really The
them in 'oDn Juan The Bible rep
resents the Devil, as 4 roaring lion,
Walketh about seeking whom he may
deVour.' Men have long heard of q
man who stole the livery of Heaven
to serve the Devil in" We have also
read of the man who put 4 penny
IN the hand of poverty. and with the
other took a shilling out" Let the
people watch ana be on their guard
always. That great Irish orator ana
patriot, John Philpot Curran. in the
year 1890. declared that the condi-
ton upon which God hath given
liberty To man is eternal vigilance"
He said also that lit is the commor
! ldle OF the llluolcllt 10 see Jntll liSflLE
become Il prey to the active" b
fore concluding this article | take
cave TO cite q passage in Prof. Dodd'S
Life Of Macon. ON page 104. you
viii find this concerning Hamilton,
who was anything else than a model
statesman and citizen: "Hamilton.
the Federalists' beau ideal, had been
forced into q confession Of an adulter-
Gus connection With the wife of Il
worthless Wretch employed AT me
time in the Treasury Department. in
order to prove himself innocent %
VIVA he regarded as a worse crime.
that of Disappointing public
funds
That the Judges have become the
worst enemies Of the people by Their
usurpations and decisions is apparent.
The Federal Judges are Il menace u
liberty. Capitalization has become
the chief source Of comfort to the ne
mics Of the Constitution in their eager
ness to grasp w and oppleSS the
victims of a lost law. Even SO able .
lawyer and author as Hon. Hannis
Taylor. a very gifted son OF North
Carolina, has yielded TO the !lcan-
tation of Capitalization, it appears
from an article in the Northern
"NOrth American Review for after
showing that nine-tenthS of all the law
IS made by the judges, conGratulates
the country that the "judge-maGe laws
promulgated by the Supreme Court OF
the United States released govern
mental power from the age Of the
Constitution" I quote from an able
discussion of The Federal Courts by
Edgar Lee Masters III the September
issue of "Watson's Magazine" He
cites q very dangerous opinion from
an able Northern lawyer. 1t IS too
imnortant. too significant, to be omit
ted:
Nj. Charles \. Gardiner, the con-
stitutionaI lawyer Of New York, has al
lowed in~fatuation for the 'constltu-
Iional march to commit him 10 the
doctrine that the President. AS the
ed with their reserved powers. and
specified il the Tenth Amendments
How much is al this-in this year
of Grace. 1906-in accord With HAM
iItonianiSm as expressed by Hamilton
in the Convention that framed the
Constitution in 1871, Goth June. he
lsaid, ana please mari it. and see the
harmony between the views Just given
Iron Taylor, Southern, II Gardner,
Northern. Hamilton said: ITO AVOID
the evils deducible from these oDsef-
vations. we mus establish 4 General
and National Government, COM
PLETELT SOVEREIGN, ANN
IHfI.ATE THE STATE DlSTlNC-
TIONS AND STATE OPERATIONS,
and unless we do this. no good purpose
can be assured" Such is Halnilton-
ianis1n in essence. See Gfady'S new
yolume-'The Southern Burden" pag2
fOi;r.