The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-25
REpUBLICANIsM AND DEMOCRACY.

Roosev charge that Taft does consider the people Of the
petoggng could be used well against George Washington
Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton and all the founders of the re
public against all who believe the constitution to be what Lord
described it, a the greatest instrument of human liberty ever
struck man. would the charter
government of delegated The people rule not
directly through system of checks and balances They are not
sphere meeting They enjoy protected freedom protected
escape of oughesess and haste and another to
abe human nature will allow for picked men to
fulfill governing the fathers of the system realizing
government for which the comparative few are well
qualified Pure had been tried ancient times and had
uniformly failed great of people left without guild
direction under the urgency OF deragogu a
spur Of the and does hasty and miscevous things 1t
lacks power deliberations which essential to wise political and
Legislative and every student of history knows that all our greater
presidents at times IN their administrations Whe1 PoDes w %
disposal OF them necessarily Slow would have fallen victims
recalled by popular vote the power had been
vested IN It, lhuS when the SPecial WISDOM % was Ti s
the popular camor for alliance with revolutionary france ag
used against demgogue perhaps chosen his PLACE
study of the political journals and pamphlets OF the period snow @
deprived of his high office. Grant would have lost similarly
modern he chose diplomacy instead Of settlement of the
Vrgnus affair Cleveland might have been promptly recalled Me
hard brought by his tariff nkemg caused the eVnSo
Mckinley but such recall would have lett tachona ntere
With one OF the lesser presidents Andrew Johnson recall might
have been deemed excube but event Johnson had been
turned nearly by the Senate and radical Do sI
leader chosen his place cancellation of the South thing vitality
necessary to the solidarity the republic would have been postponed
turned out well the republic nothing by the Johnson episode but
been less stable afterward il radical courses had been 0
It easy to charge that adhesion to the republic IS DIS
trust OF the fitness people for segovernent 1t is PaSaDe
sonhistrv But the truth that loyalty government winch coP
dbeo by the processes by which the sober second thought
choice representative rulers the
wisest and patriotism This especially SO IN our country We
III the
American We know the popular cazes Once by means
referendum should have started the printing
TO emitting geenbas ruined credit before we found out
our mistake might have sought further remedy IN Tree silver
might have into with Japan as an ordinary phase OF P
lar canor drove with Spain There no telling now de
the results pure democracy has always been our hgn fortune
instead to have debaon lodged between the mob and u
government forehought and prevson government
unlike the masses looks leaps. Our republic Will be
the mob does not usrp that government VIII be
shoved as under Robesperre and the red cap ana
later under and the devil himself in brand new SUIT
red if the Constitution the magray and the wisdom OF representa-
tive America give to the caprice OF yS
like al-powerfu prolearat