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1 THE CAROLINA MOUNTAINEER TH I 'US I) AY, APRIL 0. 1923 DSOMOr.CAT OK KKI'l" BLH ' AN '." I Sp. :rh uf Ail.-;m!i.- cnt ivt s M.. o'i:. in- to ili i". 1 1 or in Will he II :m A. OMfiri I uso of Krpie- I .le nt a.ir. n. .1 M. : :1.1:1k: 11 i ilv. ;iiiii. if I : . ol i'h' fundamental MM f'r two (-1. " t " : i 11 .nd;'.t 1.1: T ( :;: ormnrn' . 1 I UTinir.' I ti it lit' I '. o'lli'S . ' nrnrnl : lie 1 r -l'.iul ! 'ie a 1 ; : : 1 1 i for tii" common jjoo.l, the serit-u m--lion of the hour ln'caiiie: Vh:i: soft cf union, shall it be? The line "f demar cation soon became di.Hitwt betw.fn two well-dHined themics; ann the ad vocates of each soon fornie.l separate and d:?tir.ct political parties. Alex ander Hamilton became the chief ex ponent of the one; and Thomas Jef ferson the chief exponent of the other. The Hamiltonian Theory. Hamilton and his followers were in sistent upon a strong central govern ment with order by virtue of strenjejSi and force. The late Senator Lodge in writing of him says: Hamilton's scheme went further seeking to create a strong and in so far as possible and judicious, a per manent class all over the country, without regard to existing political affiliations, but bound to the Govern ment as a Government by the strong est of all ties, immediate and person al pecuniary interest. And, further, Mr. Lodge observed: That the full intent of the policy was to array property on the side of the Government. Again, it seemed to be a part of his plan to impose a property qualification upon the right of suffrage, at least for President and Vice President; but this seems to have been defeated by Wash ington, Jefferson, Madison and others; but substantially the sam idea with respect to State matters was made t obtain in the State of New York, the home State of Hamilton, for a penod of years, but it was eliminate! lon ago. j Mr. Hamilton had :ome to the col-i onies shortly before the Revolution. With respect to h's mental make-up,' his idea of wealth, his idea of class,' his idea of a government of. by, i-nd for class and wealth, his idea of a. strong central government with auto cratic power and grandeur of then European governments. A biographer, of one of his contemporaries records' of him: j In American politics it was impossi.' ble that he ever should have been at( home, because he never could believe the truths nor share the hopes upon which the American system is based. The Jeffersonian Theory. Thomas Jefferson's theory was in direct contrast with that of Hamilton. It primarily opposed a strong central government, but advocated a general government of delegated power only, and only for common good; and, in form, a representative democracy. The advocates and chief exponents of this theory were of American birth; their lives in the colonies, their experiences, and the observations had revealed to them the necessity, the humantarian right, if you please, of a government so aptly described many years later as a "government of the people, by the ,people, and for the people." A general government of delegated power for ihe common good; State governments ftrong and supreme in their own ritjht in all things consistent with the au thority delegated to the General Gov ernment. It would seem that the greatest practical difference between the two theories was with respect to the great tody of the citizenship and its rights and privileges; and I have no doubt that the Hamilton theory served a very useful purpose in operating as a powerful influence upon Jefferson and his associates, not only to bring about the establishment of a representative democracy, but to define and preserve personal rights and personal liberties ; and it must have produced profound thought and consideration on the part of Jefferson and Madison, because we observe them, not only defining inali enable rights, and so forth, but, weav ing them into the fundamental law of the land and to the end 01 lorever preserving them to American citizen ship. When you hear of "inalienable rights," "equal rights and privileges before the law," "freedom of religion,' of "speech." "of the press," "of as sembly," "of petition," "from arrest and search without proper warran:," "due process of law," and so on, the name of one great American 'flits across your mind; and that is the name of Thomas Jefferson; and the pricip'ea of government and of human right delineated and defined by him are the specific ones to the preservation of "which the great Democratic Parity stands forever committed. The men and women of America who believe in a sound liberalism and who subscribe to the doctrine of equal rights to all and special privileges to none should began new to organize Jefferson clubs throughout the country. Jefferson's birthday should be celebrated on the 18th of April and his doctrines in stilled in the minds of the people. Til'.' c wne the two theories 01 gov ri mini :i the Any of H:ui:i!ton a I ji IVe: urn ; anil these are Ihc two theories of covernmcnt in 'his country i.'a : ml tl.e line of demarcation '. i.Sii'ii tli. 111 is u;sl as clear and di-tin-; today as ii was in the day- f Ah sunder Hum. ken and Thomas .1 1' 1. vol. Tli" Republican Tarty s .he 1' sr;ple of the llanri'.onian idea; uliile ; )-.. Ilenni' ilic I'aity j- the iliscipic of the .lelTer.-onian idr;i; and ::i ihrif last ar.aly ds, the (ficat coii'.eis of today lie'.v.ien the Republican ''arty an I the I lemeevaiic Party art predu i at.'d upon cau.-cs not dissimilar in the leai-t ti- those that divided Hamilton and Jefferson. It was the sp r it of democracy- of an aroused democracy that extorted from King John, of England, the Mag na fharta; that led Benjamin Frank lin to present in a written constitution at Albany the principles of which have been carried into every State consti tution as well as the Federal Consti stution; that brought about the fa mous Virginia Bill of Rights and priv ilege of each and every citizen; that was the characterinzing spirit of the Declaration of Independence; that tue issue with England that precipated American Revolution; that was guard ed and protected by Jefferson and Madison and by them woven into our 'Constitution; that waged the fight against the alien and sedition laws and drove them out of our statutes ; that defeated the obnoxious United States bank proposition under the lead ership of Andrew Jackson; that char acterized the very warp and woof of the many enactments brought about under the administration of that great scholar, statesman and patriot, Wood row Wilson; enactments that were bitterly contested by those of today who would establish a government of clas and wealth with autocratic pow er, and who in 1920 openly denounced and condemned virtually every act of that administration, and who, when clothed with the power to do it, we-e too cowardly to attempt the repeal or serious modification of a single one of these many enactments. From the very hour that King John yielded the Magna Charta to this good hour the way of democracy has been a hard one. It was the realization of this truth no doubt, that caused that great Irish statesman, Curran, to ex claim, "Eternal vigilance is the priee of liberty," and that exclamation is just as timely today as it was on the day it was uttered in 1818; and the way of democracy holds no promise of a future easier than the past. It is one eternal Bight, and an eternal fight only, that, will preserve to the great body of the American people the precious heritage that have been gained for them by Franklin, Wash ington, Jefferson and Madison; by Jackson and Lincoln for Lincoln was extremely democratic end by Cleve land and Wilson; heritages now in trusted to our keedng and of which we must make account to the future. From 1903 to 1809 during the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses it did seem that Ameri can government by class and W2alth and autocratic power had reached its zenith and had expended its force; and the results of the general election of 1910 seemed to justify such an as sumption. The general electiorii of 1910, 1912, 1914 and 1916 seemed to give verity to that assumption; but the elections of 1918 disclosed a de sertion from the cause of democracy so groat as to imbue the Republican Party with unusual inspiration to le capture the Government in 1920 for the precise forces from which it had completely freed itself only eiht years before. As its hope grew, just in that proportion its sense of decency diminished; its determination knew no restraint ; the more famous t'-e defamation of democracy the more fa mous became tihe defamer; every slander that envy could invent and every hatred that malice could inspire were hurled against us. Utterly false charges of graft and corruption, of high crimes and misdemeanors were wafted throughout the land on every breeze, and the general elections of 1920 fully and completely restored to power the precise forces against which democracy has fought since the days of King John. With the differences of the two theories of .government clearly in mind, who could not take the roll calls and the title of the bills Voted on in the Congresses for the past 60 years and without further , information iden tify and classify the respective advo cates of these theories as Republicans or Democrats if you please and scarcely make an error? It Is true that some votes are recorded on the great institutional reforms in purely domestic affairs in the early part of the Wilson administration that might confuse, but that results on) from the fact that many Republican realized that if they did not vote for the Dem ocratic program in numerous particu lars they would be granted an unto quested leave of absence from the next Congress by an outraged constituency. And while there is as mucn difference today between the policies of the Dem ocrats and the Republican as there iras between the policies of feffersoD and Hamilton, yet sometimes I fn that we should take ourselves to judj. ment and each determine for hinist w hether or not he is doin r his utnre in the cau e of democracy a ad to tl a;e Democrat.1 administration' e the llartling-Coo'.iilge adminis n, have not da rid to repeal or end that d lion - in:., ie Amei .. secure in ir.ilH ju---t This it nl tuti 1 c.tiz. h iioer . thai ' - the I t. tl: luty ..f ol to 1 .Kin 1 1 at .::! t; e:r " . v iji!" 1 ij;nt - and privi'tn;. - : v.c'.l .ie ai d .!. d '.y -letlV von and safed u. iiy 1 institutional club shall nass to the next and su. g. Delations without impin i.icnt , and we, as Democrats, should be lilU .I with and actuated by the spirit of iho de mocracy that characterized ti:o devo- 11. err. cilin:; 1 tile -' Whi f 'trat '. seiiously modify tile important ;;r. I : 1'iogio- c enactment', of the Wilson adniii:::'.'.' ation which tiny conde'iiiv d c o vii 'ou-!y in 192(1, I hey have reso' t- '.- ed to the unfair and unworthy process if rei.d-: ing tiiem impotent and inef feetaal hy the exi re'ise of aiinnn:s; ra il 1. 111 tive power and administrative inllu ea'. ,1 ence. 'iti-'li- Why does this aiiminis". ration not be fiank with the American people : 1 n : 1 say to them. "We do not want an hunt st and fuir-dealing Interst.ne Commerce Commission; we do not want an honest and fearless Federal Tia.lt Commission; we do not want an tion of Jefferson and Mad f.e 1 10 the honest and conscientious Tariff Coin great cause of humanity. mission, and we do not propose to have Harding-C'oolidge Adnin.atr.ition them; we are going to have these com What happened when the Govern- missions so manned and controlled that ment fell into the hands of the Re- they will function in accordance with publican Party on March 4, 1921? I our dictation, and not otherwise." venture the assertion that every Amer- why make the pretense of favoring: ican citizen entertained a jincerj lnpe the ends if their existence and at the of the new administration'.' worth- same tiint seek to thwart the accom-! lessness; that it would ful'.v measure plMitrent of the purposes for which; up to the hopes and expectations that they were created? Why appropriate1 they so generally and generom'y en- public money for their maintenance tertained of it; that it would meet the when it u determined that they shall then great questions of government not fuction in the public interest. And with comprehension and strict fidelity; yet, my friends, is thi.s not in strict that it would take the great American keeping with the Hamiltonian theory people into its confidence, hear their and Republican principles and policies; pleas, and do them the even-handed and is it not the very antithesis of the justice of a chancellor; that it would Jeffersonian theory and of Democra.ici set right all wrong and never wrong principles and policies? any right. And why should such a Commenting upon tne Hamiltonian hope not have been entertained, when theory, as it was denned by the Kite the country had observed the great Senator Udge, some writer observes reparation that was made for it. when that jt is ..a v-et-iable school for graft, the so-called "best minds" of Ameii- it should not be a matter of .surprise ca were conferring day after day, if 10ilsn-.en gather in high places in when the glowing newspaper accounts a party gui, i,y a policy such as '.Ins. of the meetings of the "best minds" Such a ,, ,ioy a cordial invitation to made the tremendous undertakings M ,ne unprincipled. The direct ap-! ahead of the new administration look ,,,,ai t t1L. vt,y lowest motive tor small, insignificant, and inconseo,uen- snvii,K one's country for profits1 tial in comparison with the superb not patriotism nor principles of jus statesmanship and intellectual power ,:cp aIll, fajr dealing with their coun-1 that was about to seize upon them? trymen." If this observation is well Indeed, there was hope and there was founded, may flfiiot inquire if it does faith, and there was charity in the nt)t .,,)py with eual force to the hap hearts of the world for it; but hope tK.ing.s in our Federal affairs -since' soon fled, and faith soon failed, and March 4, 1921? I charity lingered along on a false .lift Mr s ker i( js not purpose' until after November 4, 1924. The (0 c,itici rath(.,. tht. eventa of the overwhelming majority of the Amen- Hardinr.CoolillKe admini3trations do can people are hopeful, faithful, and nQt prjvoke oriticism so much they thoroughly democratic in their cus- (o t.()mlernnation. but u js my Ee toms; not only that but they are at tQ ou, thg fundamental ..eart JelIe..sula 'uum',...,. difference between two theories ;f to the faith that is in them; and I ap- governnient between the Democratic prehend that time is not remote when and Repub,ican parties of todav .that we may the better understani our own obligations to the cause of iib'.'t "y and justice. The Democratic Party, with renewed courage and fixed determina tion, will rally again to the great caue to which it is committed. CLEAN'-LT WEEK. they will awaken and again assert their right to freedom from a class owned and wealth-maintained govern ment of r.utocratic power that knows not how t resist the avarice of greed nor the lust of blood-sucking privi lege and monopoly; nor punish the felons that orey upon the Government, i But what happened? With the ad-j vent of the Harding-Coolidge adminis-j April 20 to 28th has been set aside tration the Hamiltonian theorus of as clean-up days in Waynesville. government were brought into full ' Householders are asked to place force and efeet; wealth and class ard their refuse in proper containers on the politically potent ruled with a the sidewalks on these days. The ci: high hand: taxes were shifted lccorJ. will have the drivers on the following ingly; plunderers and their represcn- streets on the dates mentioned: On tatives came and virtually constructed Monday the 20th of April the drivers of their own hands a defense of their will be on the East Main street see own against any and all foreign com- tion. On the 21st on South Church mercial competition, and which se urod street ard West Main street. On the therm in their power to continually 22nd on Main street; on the 2.1rd,' pick the pockets of the Anuri?m pee- Walnut Church including Love j pie of billions of dollars annuaily ; not lane; on the 21th between North! only this, but its accomplisnment ir- -Main and Walnut streets Be prcpareJ tually destroyed a foreign market fcr .-n these dates. Please do not ask1 the surplus products of r.ur agricul- drivers to pick up scattered refuse,1 tura! interests, and in truth and ir but have all in uintainers. Tin cans fact the American farmer should be at the back door beget slovenly citi-1 thankful today that he is in no worse zrnship. You arenot a good citizen condition than he is. The mystery is unless you are interested in keeping that he has survived at all. Oil men, your own and other yards clean. potent with the administration, got Clean comely and Jieautiful stir-, theirs the sugar nun got theirs and : windings firing beauty into lives ofj ate still getting it; and so with the all and make cleanliness and good ap-; ateel peop'e and the textile people, nnd pearance a public habit, numerous othtr highly organized and They attract residents and raise politically powcrly industries, and all real estate values, at the expense of the great bo ly , We ask the co-operation of every of our citizenship; boards and commis- citizen of Waynesville in this cam-; sions created and established for the PaifT11- nnlt especially the owners of, orotection of the interest of all the vacant lots. people were clipped and rendered 'ni. U 'u ve neighbor with an im potent and now are being further sightly baik yard please suggest that crippled and rendered impotent for the he take advantage of this opportunity functions for which they were intend an clen up. If you are a business and which they had been perfonn-ng. man with a clean back yard please Many thines were done in high-hand make an effort t0 helP yur ne,Khbor manner. Whatsoever else the Hart- '" ing-Coolidge administrations have been not in the least have they been typical of the sort of irovernment for which Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Linco'n. Cleveland, and Wilson gave the best that was in them. Waynesville Civic League. DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY CALLED. A primary election for Democratic voters in the town of Waynesville, N. C. to select candidates for Mayor Democracy's defeat at the pojls in -j three Aldermen is hereby called 4 general election may or miy not be lfor Saturday, May 2nd, 1926, at the serious. That depends largely upon court house at 2 p. m. to continue what follows within the ranks of de- until gun set r g. A LoVe and Sam mocracy itself and upon the degrss of K Miller are appointed judges for the severity with whjch antidemocratic p.r'imary. policies are applied by the victors. lSatUrday, April 25th, at the same They may be of direct application or hours wiII challenge day. . The reg they may be of indirect application, aT election day De on Tuesday, May and when the direct application is un- 5th jQdicioui and dangerous the indirect q g ATKINSON, are the more likely to be Invoked, ard Chairman, especially so when virtually the same JAlS. ATKINS, Jr. end can be accomplished; and I am j4 gt Secretary. clearly of the opinion (that this is precisely what .s taking place today Mackerel, canned Salmon, Tuna in relation to some of the boards and Fishi oysters, Fish Roe and Fish commissions which were established Flake4i E. p. Martin. ( ltc in the interest of all our people under una rlovmaK Coming To Waynesville - OH SPRING TOUtf A Y 2nd. 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