The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-20
Wilson'S Policy
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weii from the standpoint of this
broader vision.
The South, which today controls our
government must forget that It is
the South. It must forget its preju-
dices q locality ana remember that
] IS only Q very small part OF ire.
mendous whole.
There can be but{two great parties
in any nation. All others are spor-
ad4c, ephemera1, tangential-o any
other highfaIn tin word you are pleased
10 call them-comets, zigzagging
through space bound for God knows
s'1iere-alI tail and no head--an gas
aud no substance. For just as in
ehemistry antagonistlc substances
fai1 apart at the first shock to their
enforced union, so In politics the allt-
ance Of opposing interests can never
last. Stephen AZ. Douglas said as
much In his debatek with Lincoln; and
Lincoln did not deny the statement.
Mo thinking man has ever denied It..
And the reason of it inheres in the
very nature Of things. Science tells
us that every molecule of the universe
IS IN motion, including perhaps the
very atoms that make up the sub
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us that this mot ion is rotary and that
rotary motion evolves forces; centri-
fugai, away from the center; centri-
petai. towards center; and that each
force acts as al check and balance up
on the other. Every one of US is con-
6cious of these opposing tendencies in
his own mentality, and lis attracted to
the school Of Hamilton or to the
school Of JEFFERSON according to his
dominant proeliyity. For Hamilton
and Jefferson were and continue to be
symbols Of opposing Tendencies. JEFF
fersor, born an aristocrat, proud OF
his antecedantss was nevertheless in
his theories Of government centrtfu-
raj, Jealous Of Centralized power, be-
Hevlng that its exercise should be
diffused through a. democracy; Hamtl-
ton, noble waif5 without pride Of
family or aptecede tents, type of the
anonymous that was destined to give
name to the anonymous-Hamtlton,
say, was in his theories of govern
ment eentrfpeta1, fearful Of the Inn
becfitty or naturalization of divided
power. believing that for the good OF
all IS e1ercise should have the en-
ergy that comes centrali authority.
For our government to- tend beyond
the tendeneies Of Jefferson would
tend TO anarchy. TO tend beyond the
tendencies OF Hamilton would tend to
impefdaI1sn. Yet Jefferson was not
an Anarchist, nor was Hamilton an
imperfaiIat. MOI these towering flg.
ures are our Pillars Of Hercules,
marking the dangerouss channel which
our ship OF state must navigate II II
would escape the rocks OF Gibraltar
on the one hand or those of Abyla
on the otherf And $50 we have, not
q pure democracy which is all dis.
cusslon ana no action, nor yet any.
thing approaching an autocracy, but
this wonderful Republic Of ours--and
this wonderful Republ ican party Of
ours-g uardihn OF the Republic-the
party that made it and saved # and
Is yet TO bring & forth the most glor.
ious product otman.sS effort and Code
providence Tie only party that com
prehends the Insuperab distinction
between ordered liberty and utter an;
archy--the hope OF America, as
America q the hopa and beac cni Of the
Worldl q 4 4
Can any man who ever called him:
self o Republican, who ever cherlshed
the principles Of the Republican
party OF fought under Ito conquering
banner MtlIinElz eee thu party perish