La Junta tribune., 1911-12-02

propria,e answer is. why
- should ! not be a repcbll-
cam" Had you asked me why am
no, democrat. the recurring answer
would have been. why should be a
Democrat"
The republican party is composed
OF a great. conservative fighting
force OF optimists, led by consuuc-
tive statesmen who believe In doing
things" The democratic party eS'
lists because Of the pesslmistic ten
dencies OF men. The former is pro
gressiye. the latter is ulua-eonser-
vaiiye and prone 20 criticise and hnd
fault The on. is a positive. the
other a negative force. The one was
born Of the splendid hope OF bet,erins
the conditions OF men. the other Vas
organized ou, OF the remnant OF the
old Tory element which survived the
Revolution together with the critics.
the grumblcrs. tn. faultfinders who
opposed the administration OF George
Washington, and who had previously
opposed the adoption Of the federal
constitution. The democratic party
lives on hate. The republican party
lives on hope. The former eIaSger-
ates and maxnifies the mistakes.
real and imaginary. OF It's opponents.
and appeals to the passions and pre-
judicea Of men. the latter grappies
with the great questions which con
front IL. solves them as II would
mathematical problem and on the rec.
ord thus made. appeals to the good
Judgment. the tolerant spiri, and
the Intelligence OF the people for
their support
The democratic party has espoused
every fallacy. pand.red to every
ism" and has taken TO Its bosom
every organized force which promised
II aid at the polls. While the repub-
iican party has always stood on the
basic rock OF RICH, principle and
baitls, lDf tuf b'r' luifi'1's va NV
people. never sWcrying TO the right
nor TO the lef, for the sake OF politi-
cal eSp.diency Democracy opposed
the adoption Of the federal oonstitu-
ton and afterwards insisted upon a
construction Of i, so marrow and
circumscribed that I, would have
been impossible for this government
under such construction 10 have
reached It's present state OF p"rfcc-
ton. 1t claimed that the individual
state had the right TO cons,ruc that
great document. and the federal laws
passed by congress. II opposed the
cxcis. laws and In part Of Pcnnsyi'
vania resisted their enforcement by
armed rebellion. and afterwards, In
South Carolina. II advocated the
doctrin. OF Notification until Prcsi
dent Jackson threatened TO hang the
leaders Of the movement II abused
tn. great chief Justice John Marshal
and his associates. for their construc.
tion OF the tonsti'ution anu ih'
laws passed Hereunder, and In later
years IL has b.li,tled the judiciary
Of tn. country by referring 10 judi
ciai acts as government by ir.a.c-
ton 1, taught tn. doctrine OF Sc
ression and maintained that a state
had such right until the question VAS
finally settled by the arbitration OF
the sword, l, opposed the efforts Ant
criticised tn" actions Of Henry Clay
and Daniel Webster. whose lives ~.r'
dedicated to the upbullding OF rrca
and powerful nation. II opposed In
tcrnai improvements. claiming that
money used for such purposes was In
violation OF the constitution. II op-
posed the public free school system
and advocated the retention and eS'
tension Of slavery I, agreed To the
Missouri Compromise until Missouri
vas admitted into the union AS a
slave state and then abrogatod the
agreement and violated Its terms. II
opposed the principle Of protection.
claiming that this country could