Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-04
Republican Nomination
National Party VS.. Sectional Parties

day morning, published the written
sentiments of Hon. Albert ]. Bever-
idge Their complaint is that it was
not written since this Third district
campaign opened. Which is all very
ltrue--but let us ask which has chang
: ed the most in recent months, Hon.
Albert j. Beveridge or the millions of
voters standing together for the prin-
ciples that have dominated the Re-
publican party?
That question need not. necessarily,
be answered to convince the inteli-
gent voters of the Third district Mr..
Beyeridge has made emphatic state
ments since he became an ardent Pro-
gressive, that make not only interest
comparison with the position of the
Lewiston Journal and one or two Pro-
eressive leaders in this campaign.
However. We have something fur
Their from his writings in the Satur-
day Evening Post to Offer:
THAT the Republican party is the
party of conservatism as well as con-
strucfion is, we see, due to its politi-
cal antecedents. These -antecedents
also afford another reason why young
men should be members of the Re
publican party. That reason Is that
the Republican party is the party of
Nationality.
ssrt. ID Of
Nation had their beginnings in the
. Federal party of Hamilton, Washing
ton and MARSHALL just as the cores
pending Democratic views had their
origin in the old Republican party of
jefferson and his associates.
.a,Erem the viewpoint of those funda-
mental conceptions OF national power
and destiny, Washington, Hamilton
ana Marshall were the founders of the
Republican party just as Jefferson and
those {of his thinking We're founders
or tile Democratic party. From this
point OF view also Jackson was Re-
ptsbiiean Just as Calhoun was a Demo-
crat.
yF1om the beginning one set of men
considered this an indivisable, indie
etructable Nation of people, and that
the Constitution is the peoples 'ordi-
nance of nationality as Marshall
calls IT. These were the ancestors of
the Republican party.
Another set of men regarded the
Republic as an aggregation of sepa-
rate and sovereign communities cali
edssStates, and that the Constitution
is nothing more than contract
among them. These were the ancestors
of the Democratic party.
THE first of these maintained that
the Constitution gives the Govern
meat of the United States all powers
necessary to ii as a Nation-powers
expressed and also powers implied.
For example, they thought that the
National Government had the power
TO charter bank. :"
1.-THE other set of men believed that
the Government of the Republic had
no power at all except such as is set
out in the Constitutions definite writ
= ten words. For example, these men
said that the National Government
had no power to charter national
bank ga
j The National view prevailed
against the non National view.
Another example: the Nationalist
thought that the Government of the
Republic had the power to build roads
across the various States and to APP
propriate money from the Nationa
Treasury TO make improvements on
the rivers and harbors located in OF
running through the various States
The States sovereignty men insisted
that this was a violation of the Con-
stitution because the Constitution did
not expressly give such powers. They
said that each State ought to attend
10 its own harbors build its own
roads, and dredge that portion of any
river which passed through it.
The Nationalist said that this was
the Nations business, because this is
"a Nation and not mere combination
of States; that, for example. a harbor
Of California is also harbor of Penn
syfyania, etc, etc.
Again the Nationalists won, al
though these questions were living po-
li5ical issues dividing the National and
the State sovereignty parties almost
down TO the Civil War.
1.-The Nationalists said that we
ought to have protective tariff be
cause 1t lis well for Nation as a
whole TO have diversified industries
The theory of the protective tariff /.
that all American industries depend
upon the other for their prosperity
The fundamental reason for the pro
fectiye tariff is that this is nation
Of people, a vast Industrial family, ane
not group OF antagonistie communi
ties.
the State sovereignty men maintain
ed that the protective tariff was, first
a violation of the Constitution; and
second, discrimination between in
dustries. The theory of the anti-Pro
tectionists is that every industry il
this country ought to take care o
itself, just as II was maintained tina
every locality ought to take care O
:. itself
7ss9s.'fheee instances show us how tn,
National and unconditional forces havl
divided from the foundation Of the Re