The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-30

great DeaSt"d raging i olS pitiiluo-
blind and p%itiless. To his last day he
on, without siath. without
hope, striving as he says. Ito prop the
frail and worthless fabric" or the
American Union, Two days before his
death he wrote to the New England
politicians a solemn counsel against
.disunion, and gave as his reason that
this remedy would administer no re-
lief TO our real disease, which is
Democracy
The strange delusion that Hamilton
because he strengthened and stiffened
the frame of u governmental the
political dWeiling-hOuSe Of the Ameri-
can nation-endowed also with a share
of his own spirit the life Of that ma
ton must be put aside. Hamilton
survives in the stability and security
Of our federal constitution; Jefferson
survives in the inmosI soul of our
national life. The ideals Of Thomas
Jefferson are the ideals OF the America
of II OWn day-freedOm OF thought
and freedom Of speech; liberty of ac-
ton within the limits of the law: trust
in the people and respect for majority
rule; political development based on
public education; industrial develop
ment based on the national advance
ment of science: the abolition Of Slav-
cry n every form, whether religious
or social or political or commercial
and above all and best of all, peace
rather than war. The creed of .I%effer-
son remains today the creed of Amer
lea:
Peace is indeed the most i'm
OftaRt OF all things for us, except
preserving IN erect and independ-
eft attitude"
Inc wars, against which Washing
ton and jefferson SO solemnly warned
our fOrefatherS, were wars with Euro
pean powers The ~entangling alli-
ances which they deprecated were al
llances with the potentates of Europe.
1T ought to be our rule" said John
Adams, n to meddle,'. In 1898 JEFF
ferson wrote to Gouverneur Morris:
w surely cannot deny to any ma
ton that right upon which our own
government is founded; that every ma
ton may govern itself according to
Whatever form it pleases, and change
those forms at its own will. g = =
The will of the nation is the only
thing essential to be regarded,
1t is upon this principle thai Ameri-
can diplomacy has ever since beer
conducted; it is upon this principle
that President Wilson has acted in re-
fuSing recognition to the Mexican gen
eral, because his government was moi
believed to be the exponent of the
popular Will of Mexico. Here also il
was 'di duly lIOI u IIlCQdIc DIS cong
as we could preserve without med
ding an erect and independent at
ttude. The size and power of the
nation should never be considered
only the decency and decorum Of its
conduct.
Early in the life of our country
however, the day came when meddlins
became a duty. Austria, Russia an6
Prussia entered into the S~o-caIle6
Holy Alliance. A little later France
made common cause with them. These
powers denounced as null and dis.
allowed by the public law of Europe
any pretended reform effected by re.
volt and open force: and bound them
selves to put an end to the system O
representative governments in Europe
ana TO adopt measures to destroy tn
liberty OF the press. Presently plan.
were formulated to reconquer and re
store to their former sovereigns h.
reVolted colonies of Spain and othe,
governments in America, and tn,
United States found itself confronted
by a situation in which it could no
without meddling preserve an cree
and Independent attitude.
Let ii be to the everlasting glory o
another great Nirginian hat he me
the issue like a man. James Monrot
was the President of the Unite;
States, and from the American mini
TEL HI 1LoiluOl ItlcflafQ ltiSn, t1erj
came 10 him this story Of the am
billions Of the Holy Alliance. TIL
British prime minister, George Can
ming, had communicated to Rush in
formation Of the Of the Hoi
Alliance and expressed a WILLINGNESS
to sustain the United States in q pro
test against them. Monroe did no
hesitate; he consulted his cabinet; h
consulted Madison; he consulted Jef
Terson, his old master in law and poll
tics; and promptly sent to Congress
the famous message which has fixeI
the Monroe doctrine among tn
5 axiUmS of American Nationalisn
While \ United States discIaime
: any urpCS Of interference with ex
listing dependencies Of any Europea
power, it asserted three clear n TN
: e%quivoCai prohibitions:
l.. No American. State which ha
achieved recognized independence wa
to be oppressed or controlled By an
S European power.
f 2. No new European colonial estaL
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