The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-07-06
Mastery Grafton
By T. K. NebekeI
Continued from PAGE Q.


out which no government can exist"
Then It was that Washington and
Jefferson, Adams and Hamilton. and
the other patriots arose magnificently
to the needs OF the hour. A new form
of government was created. One In
which for the first time in the history |
Of the world, the people were recog'
nized as the source Of sovereign pow
err. A nation was created in which the
Federal government was given speci-
fically, or by implication. all OF the
powers necessary for the administra-
ton Of those affairs Of the people
which from their nature extended be-
yond state lines, but In which all 9TH
err sovereign powers were expressly
reserved to the states or to the peo-
ple; q nation In which the executive,
legislative and judicial departments
were but the agencies through which
the people were to exercise their SOW
reign will; a government which not
only approaches the ideal OF political
philosophy in theory, but which In
practice has stood the test Of time,
and has admirably measured up to
the requirements Of every change in
circumstance.
Our national literature does not
contain any clearer statement OF the
fundamental principles Of our republi-
can form of government than is con-
tanned in the following quotation from
the first inaugural address of presi-
dent Jefferson. Said he: about to
enter, fellow-citizens, upon the exer'
else of duties which comprehend ev-
erything dear and valuable to you, 1t
is proper you should understand what
I deem the essential principles Of our
government, and consequently, those
which ought to shape its administra-
ton. will compress them with the
narrowest compass they will bear,
stating the general principle, but not
all it's limitations. Equal and exact
justice to all men, of whatever state
or persuasion, religious or political;
peace, commerce, and honest friend
ship with all nations. entangling al
liances with none; the support Of the
state governments in all their rights,
as the most competent administra-
tions for our domestic concerns, and
publican tendencies; the preservation
of the general government in its
whole constitutional vigor, as the
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and safety abroad; jealous care of
the right of election by the people, a
mild and safe corrective of abuses
which are Topped by the sword OF
revolution where peaceable remedies
are unprovided; absolut acquiescence
in the decisions of the majority, the
vital principle of republics, from
which there is no appeal but to force,
the vital principle and immediate par.
ent Of despotism; well-disciplined
and for the forst moments of war, till
regulars may relieve them; the su
premacy of the civil over the military
authority; economy in the public ex
pense, that labor. may be lightly bur
dened; the honest payment of our
debts, and sacred preservation of the
public faith; encouragement of agri
culture, and If commerce as its hand
maid; the diffusion OF information
and arraignment of all abuses at the
bar of the public reason; freedom o.
religion, freedom Of the press, ant
freedom of person, under the protec
ton of the habeas corpus, and tria
by juries impartially selected. These
principles form the bright constella
ton, which has gone before us, an,
guided our steps through an age o
revolution and reformation. The wis
dom of onr sages. and blood of on