Lower coast gazette., 1913-04-26
SATURDAY, APRIL &c. 1912.
The Definition of Democracy.

The Definition OIL D~SAaioSia"y
truoMAs Jefferson was the founder OF the
0ouooraf;c marty and he organized it IN oppo~
eition to the Federalist party, createa ny iiaa,
i1+on and with which George washington a,o
,Tohn Adams were affiliated. Revolving as the
Stotas Of The federal union did at that time
ooa;nst 3 monarchial form OF government
offerson and Franklin with their experience
attained during the revolutionary war, ehueaS-
orod 10 discard all elements OF government 1Hat
,,oro distinctly monarchial in their character.
They wanted a government OF the people, ~
the people and for the people and with the coh-
sent Of the governed. This led them 10 feJees
4ba rioht of primogeniture and the entalllng OF
oc+o+oe so that they could not be sold OUT OF the
fo,o;lv which preserved in q feudai way the
identity Of the Weather families, although ,he
individual members might cease TO be worthy
If s,,ch maintenance. Further than that, they
l;soardad all orders Of nobility and would per-
init no special class legislation. IN othef Wotus
fhey organized a country and a government III
which every man should enjoy full rights as an
individnalin the pursuit Of wealth ard happlnes'
AS we all know, this arrangement excluded ps
General consent the American lndlan ana the
onslayed Africans who were brought lnto TIE
to,mtrv. There were to be no privileged cisss-
es and every white man was to have q lalf ana
equal show as a citizen Of the proposed fepuD-
lie. .,:
with both parties, FedeIalists and RepuDh-
cans. recognizing these broad, general prlnelp-
les, both parties at once became esseh1aiis'
h1t the Federalists were distlnctlVely consefVa.
five and even what we noW sometlmes can
ttreactionary," while the Republicans, with
their doctrines as formulated BY Je1fefsoa gave
TO The individual man and to the individual COM
mi,nity the largest possible amount OF personal
freedom consistent with organized government.
These have been the characteristics OF TINS
government and When any minor lsouo comes
into the field the parties go over and occupy the
Grounds formerly occupied by opposing forces,
but The broad principles Of individual freedom
ard Ct conservatism in government by the one
and the encouragement Of aggressive indlVlc-
a,ality by the other have been the cornerstone
of the two great parties.
Jefferson believed in protection and IN ms
correspondence urgedit to whatever extent Wa
necessary for the protection OF the government
- fine Of war. He was therefore disposed tt
encourage home production OF all military ne
c~essities, and The reach OF these was SO VICE q
to cover almost every branch OF manufacturing
Industry. The free traders we're the NeV
Tnolard people, who until after they develops
their great manufacturing resources were es
s~entiallv q maritime people and they had IRE
Trade and Sailors Rights. IS their slogan an
with that they opposed the embargo acts whlc
led to the war against the British in 1917. In
gradual growth Of their manufacturing INDUS
tries led to the diminution Of their maritime az
tisity ard now New England caters to its mar
ufactu1ing industries 10 al extent that IN
indiyidualistic ordemccratic section OF cur grei
republic believes to be excessive and to Lead
unnecessary taxation Of the people.
As General Hancock said in 1880, the tari
question is essentially 4 local issue and our Pc
pie are very apt to tie grieed by thelr person
interests ard to affiliate with such party as,
their opinion most nearly protects their perso
al interests. OF course all Of this means tn
these affiliations should he alcng the lines
c~rrarizcd government and by 10 means ana
rIiet:e n their cha1 acter, or inclined to abs
lutjsm and centralized control as exefnpihed
some of President Rooseyelt's manifestation
AS an abstract principle it seems as prop
for a nation to protect it's people with adeaua
education, with an adequate police ard militia
force and in general to protect and develop t
nation in any manner consistent with organlz