The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-07-06

From the very creation Of our gov
eminent we have had two classes.
One class adhered to the principles
advocated by Thomas jefferson, the
other to those principles Of Hamilton.
Jefferson and Hamilton were the
greatest statesmen this country has
produced. So preeminent were they
that their logical stand on govern
mental Questions divided the politi-
cal thought into two separate and dis"
tinct schools.
Jefferson did not believe that this
country would maintain its created
standard with. special favors legis"
lated to few at the expense Of the
many He claimed as his ideal such
a government as would guarantee
equal rights to all and no special
privileges to any That in democ-
cray the people were the rulers and
that the wishes of majority should
be respected and obeyed. That all
public officers were servants Of the
people and amenable to their will.
Alexander Hamilton was the oppo-
site. His ideals were for nation SINH
lar to the mother country. That the
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That the rich should be favored by
the government. That q tariff was
special protection to American indus
tries and that sucil a law would en-
able our manufacturing industries to
live free from foreign competition.
Revenue was only side show to this
big tariff circus. That the people
were not capable of self government
is enc thing any student can learn
by q close study Of Hanliltonian doc
trine. From such q broad difference
in economic questions we see that a
division was forced. The classes were
Hamiltonian and the masses jeff
ersonian to the very core.
The Hamiltonian doctrine is pre-
dominant today. Such a high rate
of special privilege no country has
ever endured save our own.
In former times the people paid
strict attention to their politics. Spec
ial privileges did not reek them as it
does now. Public officers had more
respect and regard for their consti-
tuents. Economic questions were
studied and the voters followed the
dictates Of their own sense OF right.
But in this generation the repTesen-
tative servants can betray cOnstitu-
entS; desert party platforms; refuse
to obey public demands and vote for
the unjust laws that have been OBJ
pressing the people for many years.
The servants OF colossal wealth have
their duties to perform and they full
fill them admirably while other mem
1n,.e 1aI ~ To-
law as the Payne-Aldrich tariff law
can Cypress American citizenship
and rarely do you hear of a Congress-
man Or Senator explaining the cause
Of its passage.
To bring back Democratic govern
ment (for it has seemingly passed
away the people must give their
country's affairs the same attention
they do their private business. They
will be profited by such a course
While the prices of farm products are
SO high, if we consider the high prices
of the necessaries of life the result
is plain enough.
When congressman refuse to obey
tho wishes of constituents they should
be PUT down and cut, and "a new
broom elected. What this country
needs is clean sweeping, and new
brooms generally do the work
Court House rings and political
cliques are. unreliable. They are
stamped and approved by bossism and
class domination. Lawyers and
country politicians have dictated too
long. They favor such laws as their
bosses desire. They follow such cours-
es as are planned for them to walk