El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-02-10
EDIT ORAL VIEWS
: In his Spirit of the Laos,
says Montesquieu 1--WE quote
from memory " "Aristocra-
tic government requires no
DEMOCRACY
AND ARISTOCRACY

q AND ARISTOCRACY from memory "Aristoera-
;x;---- tic government requires no
81. t.s ''Ror in the few who rule, III
"he directing class democratic government requires
"ri,tac in all the self-governing citizens
1t would seem easier to create special ruling class,
possessed of honor than entire community possessing
virtue but the ruling class will never be satisfied with
honor in the singular but must have it in the plural num-
ber and honors priyilege and corruption are in the
last analysis, synonym words, it follows that, mighty
difficult is to make every citizen in the State vlru-
GUS, is safer to attempt to do it than to enst in per-
petuty the direction of the public affairs TO few per-
sons, no matter how honorable they may be or seeE
In the democratic republic the people supposed to
have the opportunity to elect to office the better citizens,
thus being ruled by rotating arstocracy instead of by
permanent one in other words the whole community,
at time another entitled to be part the alstocra
But it will be that under present social const
tuition only few really enjoy the privilege and is not
difficult matter to perceive why.
1t is only education that really makes man different
from another BY education we understand the develop
ment Of the human faculties by of inheritance
and environment And since not all of the citizens Of
the State have equal educational opportunities the gov
ernment will be always in the hands of few not exactly
because they will be the official power the government
ITSELF but because the directing heads will be either
roed by or under the influence Of the arisocac class
The whole scheme would not be bad if this socalled
new arstOcracy were really the educated the best peoples
but social constitution also recognizes the Darwin
ian theory of the suyuioed of the ftcs applied to human
beings exactly it is applied to lower species, and as
result OF Inat, we nave upper
classes considerable number of people whose only
title to be there is their ability to adapt themselves to
conditions. Of these, the most undesirable those
with predatory instincts which had opportunity for de
veopment only because of the imperfect constitution OF
society
The social fabric is finally complicated and made
defective by the presence in the upper classes OF the aris
tocratc by inheritance No objection would be made to
the moneyed elements when they appear there, basing
their claims on their own legitimate right; for since
money may be the prize of honest intelligence and honor
able industry it's representative elements fully
titled to the honor but with the merely rich by inherit
ance the idle rich, the proposition is entirely different
and in perfect society their presence in the direct
ing classes will not be tolerated, and the Inheritance in
stitution itself condemned and abolished immoral.
We may be very far away from the day when
whelming majority Of the citizens Of the State by being
abe to perceive these defects in the social structure, will
force legislation to correct the evils but is certain
nevertheless that If society going to eac higher
state of development, it must be unshacked freed
rey of these weights that prevent from going along
the road of Progress at the rate demanded by the spirit
of the time.