The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-04-19
THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL AND
WOODROW WILSON

/ In reply to an article recently APP
i pearing in this paper the Pensacola
Journal says:
/, IF the advocacy of bringing the
government just as close to the peo-
pie as possible (which was Jeffer-
sons idea) rather than keeping it as
far away from the people as possible
! (Which was Hamilton's idea)-if that
is not good democracy, then what do
you call it,"
AS Mr. William Randolph Hearst
has never been accused of possessing
very "lovable disposition and has
never been denounced as charming
old scoundrel," mayhap the Journal
entertains more respect for him than
any political opinions emanating from
this paper.
In an interview in the Washington
Post of fortnight ago, Mr.. Hearst
said:
Professor Wilson has some claim
to consideration, but he must be con-
sidered from the viewpoint of wheth-
er or not he IS genuine democrat,
and whether or not there is reasona-
bic chance of his election.
What is a genuine democrat?
''He is a man who loves and trusts
the people, follows reverently in the
footsteps of the great leaders of the
people and continually and consist
emily advocates the basic principles
| of popular government.
After reading Professor Wilson's
writings, listening to his speeches
and endeayoring to form an unpreju-
diced estimate OF the man and his
manner of thought, | am compelled to
conclude that the distinguishing char
acteristics of Professor Wilson are
that he habitually distrusts the peo-
pie, has continually deprecated such
great leaders as Washington, Jeffer-
son and Jackson, and has spent nine
tenths of his life in denounclng the
programme and propaganda of popu-
lar government that he now pretends
to support.
Therefore, Mr. Wilson is not
democrat
He is not even a republican He
is a federaIist.
"A democrat, I say, is man who
sincerely believes in the essential
justice and wisdom of popular govern
ment.
"A republican is man who be-
lieves in popular government except
where it interferes with his special
privileges. But a federalist is a man
who distrusts the people and actually
desires to limit and restdict the peo-
pies power in government.
Alexander Hamilton was the lead
er of the federalist movement, the
founder of the federalist idea, and an
exaggerated and exalted estimate of
Hamilton is the natural and inevitable
characteristic of the federalist dis
ciple.
Professor Wilson, in his History
of American People, says of Hamil- |
ton:
Hamilton was above all a states |
man. He believed in a centralized |
government; that the state govern
ments, as Independent bodies, might |
be eXtinguished, or at any rate subor-
dinated; that the new executive of
the nation might hold for life and at
least one of the national legislatures
for like term, or at least during good |
behavior
"Then later Professor Wilson |
writes:
What shall we do to return safe |
ly to Hamilton!
We think of Hamilton rather |
than Washington when we look back /!
to the policy of the first administra-
ton
professor Wilson first defines |
Hamilton's federalistic ideas, then
expresses his own federalistic admir-
alton of Hamilton and these policies.
This was all written when Profess
sor Wilson was not candidate for
the presidency, and when he was
freely and honestly expressing his