The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-08-23
Gov. MARSHALL
ACCEPTS CALL
Candidate For Vice President
Favofs Safe Middle Course.
DEMOCRACY IS IN THE HEART.

Would Follow The Ideals OF Jefferson
and the Constitution - Rsfornsrs
should Not Be Born With Sore Toes.
Defines Fundamental Democracy.
Indianapolis. Aug. 20.-In the pres
cnce Of distinguished company today
Governor Thomas II. Marshall accept
ed the Democratic nomination for the
vice presidency. He said:
Judge Parker aud Gentlemen Of the
Notification Committec-Permit me to
say that It Is not my purpose on this
occasion to present details. | wish
merely to present some general obser-
vations clothed In homespun language
In the belief that they may be Of value
in fixing the opinion and determining
the conduct Of the Intelligent voter
this year.
Try MS we may to separate the reii-
gious from the civic. the fact yet re-
mains that good government has In It
nm element Of morality. Neither con-
stitutions nor laws nor ordinances eau
completely divorce civil government
from religious sentiment. There are
periods In the history Of a people
when the conflict between the good
and the bad may involve almost all OF
the commandments. There is rarely
conflict In which at least the one com
mandment against covctousness does
not become an issue. and this cam
paign Is no exception TO the rule.
II will be wen for the voter to clear
up some hazy definitions. We have
for many years been entertaining a
belief, founded upon no fact whatever.
that Democracy aud tepubicanism
represent different ideas OF govern
ment. The Republican has looked
upon the Democrat as a man opposed
to the government The Democrat has
looked upon the Republican AZ man
opposed to the peoples rule aud In ia.
vor of aristocratlc sway. II In time
for as to remember that Democracy IL
not a system Of government. Indeed.
Democracy may nnd It's expression IN
: any one Of numerous systems.
The Rule Of the People.
The rule OF the peob,e is not essen.
sduy tutC W tno vGVpscs ~ sssou
votes. even when Democracy hes un-
folded to full manhood suffrage. the
people may have monarchicai form Of
government. The peoples rule does
not depend upon the number Of votes
nor necessarily upon the system Of
government under which they vote
Good or bad government must 90 back
O., svonI <,r had cttI~aoolin IN inNaili.
gent or ignorant. to honest or dishOn-
est electors venture the assertion
that II the electoral franchise were now
granted 10 all the citizens Of Russia tho
Little Father would again be crowned
I'm Peters city.
American Democracy In its purity
was intended to mean aud I believe
docs mean something more than vot.
ing. something more than selecting Of
ficers. Like the sunlight, we cannot
see Il, yet we cannot see without IT,
And. like the sunlight. It has not only
bathed this republic In n sea OF beauty
and glory. but II has warmed and nur
tured every fruitagc planted In the
garden OF universal brotherhood.
pend upon caste or creed or condition
upon race or color. upon wealth or
poverty. upon success or failure. Hut
unerringly. II does depend upon the
inner life OF the individual citizen. II
Is an inspiration and nn aspiration. II
does not always depend upon the ticket
which "a man votes, II does depend
always upon the motive back Of tho
OailOt
The historic Democratic party OF
America had its inspiration aud IL
aspiration IN the iifc and conduct OF
its great founder. II II time now tt
have perfect concept OF TINT Dcmoc
racy. for IN recent years we have di
vided ourselves lnto three classes, ant
tthe classification has been made nol
Iby the heart throbs OF men, hut by theiI
sociai condition. We have those who ar'
,.mmeasurably rich aud who nrc looking
for more. aud we have those who art
.unutterably poor and who ARE growinl
poorer. Between these extremes W,
have great middle class Twins
well and reasonably contcnt except fol
ser they are TO rise into the nrst class
2r sink into the third.
jefferson and Hamilton.
Many have assumed that only th'
anutterably poor aud those sinking int
that class were Democrats aud tina
the immeasurably rich aud the climb
ers were Republicans hut these dlvi
slons have not been logicai u wa'
not the outward aud visible whlct
marked the Inward and spiritual o.
Thomas Jefferson Born OF the blues
blood In the Old Dopinion aud accUs
toned as gentleman. scholar. diploma
md statesman to all the luxurics o
his generation. he was the man VIII,
declared that all men were create,
equal and that all were endowed witt
certain inaienable rights. such nv life
liberty aud the pursuit Of happiness
Even 10 his dying hour this seeming
aristocrat had not q single heart thru
which was not In unison with III
heart throbs az his felloW men nj