The aegis & intelligencer., 1910-08-12
PEFUBLiCAELSH VERSUS DEMO
CFdCY.
DAELINGTDS Nd Ausu., 1910
The lssis.


DAEIINGTpS M Auyu., 1910
The lfssis.
In tbe 4. Iis Df last week mote IN
the comments on Mr. " u Baker tie
following 81 that our voters NAV
The NOR. clearly show in SDyenbsr that
tbe RtyBbliran principles are not in
harmony with tn. popular mini N thu
district" and again. HE 'af. BAKE.
will fait hfIllV pTDmise neTr- - carr ~;
Dc nOcratic princIphs
Since have b>.n resicIag tn Hart,
County have tired 10 discover ~heie n
IN. principles u The R.publican Ard
Democratic parti,s differed, and thus far
have not been very ,uccessiuL
In the fret place We. or the most II u,
tax, our politics a, Hs take our relisirr
viz. that u our pareuts
Can you In a tes wo.d,. tell 8s Nhg
sons Oi us vote with me party AMI
some IN, other, what aie the principle
invDly,dt
H,'pectfally TDur,.
lIEEs II HAsLD".
Our esteemed friend doubtless
knows that in his communication he
is perpetrating on US a loke oi as
huge dimensions as we would be do
ing were we to ask him TO construct
his proposed dam across the Sas-
quehanna in single night.
We trust that before the close of
the coming campaign, 10 which refer
ence was made in our issue referred
to. we may be able TO show some
Of the vital reasons why Democracy
should best suit American peopI,
but it would be pillng Ossa on PeIion
to more than approach the subject
in a single editorial
Very briefly, governments have
been established among men a to
hold in cheek by an official arm those
acts OF injustice which one man is
prone to commit against another
because OF a certain mate feeIirg
called Original sin" and lbl to
establish certain systems Of business,
for instaRce the public mails, for the
benefit Of all peoples within the same
organized community.
But a government which in its
parental power is so strong asto rc.
llevc the individual Of the duty to
think and act for himself is not the
sine qua non OF lite; on the contrary,
the more each individual feels the
responsibility Of his own existence,
the more he is thereby educated to
enjoy his inalienable rights Of life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness.
For this reason when he has
reached years OF discretion the
natural law permits him to discard
the oversight Of parents and to see,
think, act for himself This is true
living and results in mans best
development.
Democracy embodies this idea in
government, feeling that the people
least controlled by organic law and
most guided by the high ideals of
the moral law and the golden rule
are best governed. RepublIeanism
on the other hand practically says,
Humanity is weak and unsafe and
ior it's protection must be ever over
Swallowed by a strong arm called
the government which by its pro.
visions and its machinery willlargely
relieve man Of his duty TO think and
act for himself, he will merely be re-
quired to slide along in the groove
into which he has dropped while the
government will furnish the brain 5
and motive power"
Or, put this way, Democracy be-
lieves in a government of strict con.
struction of law, Republcanism
stands for liberal construction as
to undelegated power, and often
reads into law for it's enforcement .
much which is not written there, and
was never intended by the legislative
body. Historically. Justices Lamar
and the late Chief Justice Fuller held
that an executive officers duty, and
therefore his right, is limited to the en-
forcement of actual laws enacted
but the Republican members OF the
Supreme Court held that he may
read into the law all that may be
necessary to enforce it. As result
President Roosevelt and his Chi,
Lieutenant, Pinchot, read into the
Conservation law more than Con.
gress specifically enacted.
Further illustrating. in the case oi
the tariff Democracy says The gov.
ernment should exact Of the import,r
so much as may be needet to produce
the necessary revenue for the support
of ofgovernment and to cover the differ
snce in price between our wages and
those of foreign countries. while Re.
publicanism says "We will practical.
ly decide by the import duty imposed
who may and who may not manu-.
facture at n profit. what consumers
may buy from abroad and what
must be bought at home, and how
much the buyer must pay"
democracy says Let man lind
his level in business for himself" Re
publicanism says "Let him lose his
identity and become part OF a great
trust machine and live or die with
the machine" Democracy says "A
mans a man." Republicanism says
"a mans a machine" We estand for
men
THE ASSESSMENT PROBLEM.
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