Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-27
BY O. C. SMITH

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The doctrna principles of democracy first suggest
ed and written by Thomas Jeeson and first publicly
announced i'll Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 1885,
when they unanimously adopted by convention OF del
egates from the thirteen American colonies of mi-
grants who had from Holland Great Britain and other
European nations escape the tyrannca oppression of the
autocratic sovereigns Of those countries.
These democratic principles embodied in 1esolu-
ton adopted by the cooss declaring: eve hold these
truths be selfevdent, that all created equal
that they endowed by their Creator with certain na1ie-
able rights among which life liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness, and maintain these rights, hereby mutually
pledge lives, fortunes and sacred 1onors.
The essence of the doctrine of these equal rights
bodied the principle that the rights of endowed by his
Creator, sacred the rights of Kings and there
FORE mankind endowed with the right Of selfgover
ment and that all peoples possessed the right determine
for themselves how, and by whom they should be governed
This the whole gospel of democracy and this
the first of it made by the people Of any
ton since the creation therefore, the government of
the people Of the American colonies the first democratic
government established and its prncp prevail today
throughout all American governments and nowhere else i'll
the world, in all their fullness
The equal rights of of the people have been denied
he by the American government for hundred
years until civil 1861, resulted in making the black
man equal with the white man enjoyment of life lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness The ensavement of the
black and denying to him his equal rights account of
his color the first breach of American democracy,
that God created Of one blood all ations and there
distinction III color when He endowed all with equal
rights.
The last question to be settled by the people of
government before Justly say that it is democratic
government is III process of eucdator, to whether
be included in he government of the people,
by the people and for the people"
Unless the be founded upon the full and
meaning of the word Democracy cannot be democrat
c governments for the word literally Demos the peo
ple and kraten, to rule; the people rule govern.
Therefore, peope' their ina1ienabe right
rule is coequal with all other people,
At present there to exist powerful tacit admission
by the people of our government, that fully
titled to participate the rule of the government by which
they must be governed
Onefourh of the have already conferred that right
upon them, and occupies seat the law
making of the government and the highest branch of
the a-aking has under consideration resolution
for the purpose of comforting upon all the of the gov
equal rights participate fully in the government
Should this resolution be ratified by the people, then will the
American people truth and verabe fact have esab
ished democratic government and from henceorth the
labos of President Wilson in his humane and atruistic
efforts to extend this divine democracy throughout the
tons Of the world will be realized in all their benefoet
frution and his go down the mpershabe pages of
history the chosen minister plenpoenary of world of
governments