The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
Jefferson Had a Heart.


Jefferson Had a Heart.
~ ana today throughout this land find
thei- , mlU ore SIMPLY the servants of
nendan ntHney People talk of being indie
ooast that they are independentlv rich
are dependently rich. They have sur
r ~ themselves with so many peo-
cannot live without the help of them.
anu au tney grow more and more depen-
ue eLl- IoIstoi says we put the drudRerv
Oh on 10 other people and then begin
70 hold In contempt the people who do
lne drudgery. repeat that what we
- sympathy. and Jefferson was
nan man VINO had sympathy. He had the
sreatest head for craftsmanship OF any
man man who ever lived, but he had q heart
mat was greater than his head And In
W. was his heart that made Jefferson what
Now i'm the early DAYS there were two
s t1 statesmen-Thomas Jefferson and
alexander Hamilton. And want the
Republicans who grace this fable 10 hear
with me while | point out that the ideas
OF Jefferson have grown and the ideas
OF Hamilton have failed. These two men
represented opposite extremes. They both
thought. but they thouhgt differently
they both felt deeply. but they did not
reel alike. Jefferson trusted THE people
Hamllton distrusted them. jefferson was
willing to let them have their way Ham,
ilton was afraid OF the people.
WY IldHlIibOU Lieu.
Hamilton died because he lacked faith
In the people. If you Will read Lodges
life Of Hamilton YOU will find that when
Hamilton went out to fight his duel he
LETT in writing his opinions on dueling
HE stated before he fought that duel that
ne didn't believe i'm the practice and that
ne accepted the challenge because he felt
mat II was necessary for him TO do so
IN order 10 be useful i'm the crisis which
ne saw approaching, Hamilton believed
mat our government was going 10 fail
lie was not willing 70 trust the people
TO support it, And he thought that in
that crisis a great man would be neces-
sary. strong man. and that he was the
man; And because he had no faith in
our form of government he died upon the
field. But Jefferson lives forever be-
cause he did have faith in the people.
Now these two men tried to impress
were both conscientious. Hamilton con-
scientiously believed that the people could
not be trusted with their government,
but jefferson conscientiously believed
that they could, and each one sought to
impress their ideas upon those about
them. But Hamilton left on record
framework of government which he
prepared and presented to the constitu-
tional convention. Therefore when | go
on to tell you what Hamilton believed in
am not imagining, / am speaking from
the record
HamiEton's Proposals.
Jefferson said let the people elect all
their officers. and let them elect them
often. jefferson believed in frequent cleo
tons. first. because the people will toll
crate evil il they soon have a chance
to remedy il. and. second, because he be-
lieved that by having frequent elections
the people could better keep hold upon
their representatives. Hamilton wanted
the elections far apart and as infrequent
as possible. He proposed government
where the president was to hold office
for life. or during good behavior. And
his plan of government which he drafted
provided for a senate which was TO hold
office for life, or during good behavior,
and his plan provided for the governors
of the various states TO be appointed for
life by the federal government. There
was a government where elections were
only occasionally held, and a government
where everything was concentrated at
Washington.
Now l need not tell you that Hamil-
toms ideas were not adopted. And yet,
go to the banquets of this country to-
day you will find many speak of Ham
ilton as the greatest OF the . early
have of what his statesmanship amounted
to is found in the deliberate plan he pre-
scented to the constitutional convention,
and which they did not adopt. Have
the president elected for life? Why, my
friends. ] don't want that L would not
like to have the presidents elected for
life Our present president IS not mucn
older than 1 am, and he has got good
health. Gsaughter) What chance would
there be for a man of my age II the
president held office for life. laugh
teri.
Elections Desirable.
But if any Republicans here think it
would be good thing TO have president
hold office for life in order to keep the
president in for life. let me suggest this
if We had that form of government In
this country. il that was our fo!N Of
4 Il-x.c4 a s-r-f
Roosevelt at all because President Cleve-
land still lives. daughter and applauseO
So YOU see IL is better to elect occasion
ally even if there is chance of Dem
say that not one Republican in a hun
dred today would indorse the plan Jf
Alexander Hamilton. And yet at Re
publican banquets you hear Hamilton
praised as the greatest statesman, and
Jefferson not mentioned.
How about the election of senators
for life. Why. our objection TO the pres
ent method of electing senator's Is II is
too Hamiltonian. ii Is too far from the
people. The effort today is to make this
part of our government more Jeffer-
sonian and have the senators elected by
the direct vote of the people. FIFTEEN
years ago congress passed this resolution
for the first time i'm the lower house, then
again twelve years ago. Then two con-
crosses passed without action. then con-
gress again passed it, until a Republi-
can congress passed it, then another and
another Republican congress. Five con-
crosses have now passed it, and If il
should be submitted TO the people of the
United States / will venture that nine
tenths of the people of all parties would
vote in favor of. the election of genators
by direct vote of the people. Now 1 men
ton this to show you the tendency to-
ward JeffersOnian ideas.
Rights of States.
Now this other ideat of governors OF
the states to be appointed by the federal
government. That is what we have in
territorial government. and every terri
tory wants to become a state and get
away. from the Hamiltonian idea and get
on Jeffersonan ground. So / say the
ideas of Jefferson are being followed in
this country. jefferson was In favor of
the exercise by the states of all powers
reserved to them. jefferson was largely
responsible for the adoption OF the ten
amendments which were adopted as soon
as the constitution was ADOPTED. Jeffer-
son wasn't satisfied with the constitution
as il was drawn. And IL was the Jeffer-
sonian element in this country that in
sisted that the. country SHOULD adopt the
| ten amendments. They embodied the fun
damental rights OF this country And
one of these amendments provided that
the powers not delegated to the federal