Show 1 r. I I I I I I I I I I 9 4 I J I 4 k HILL ON HARMONY i 1 M M M M M M M M MY S fferson day y according to a time honored cus- cus k L r jas as c celebrated by the Democratic Club of New Kew NewTe Kewi i Te nd and Senator ex-Senator David D. D Hill constituted the thede i i. i fe de- de resistance ie of of the menu His was for harmony mony and incidentally all was raised j against Ign the Republican party part the Roosevelt administration admin admin- I and the expansion and colonial policies of ofir I j. j our ir government y fi Mr MP Hill was satisfied or said he was that were tLe le great and good Thomas Jefferson alive today r. r Y Jt eo would find remedies for all the evils abuses i r and misconceptions of the time and also alsobr 1 br 01 or f those that may be coming and which at present wot W-Qt not of Mr 11 Jefferson he averred were he heL L riding gh-riding the chair of state instead tead of the tooth tooth- Ian iMan it Man on Horseback would never permit the Constitution went ahead of the flag t ft all H that that implies This proposition is one onet onet t t does not seem to scan well when subjected to J f ry close close- analysis When Jefferson took OH over overe overie r ie e great great- province of I Louisiana from France in inI I and established in that vast territory what TIr pr was a crown colonial government he f r and d admitted dm that he and those thoe who supported h were faction action were directly and absolutely violating ie Constitution of the United States Yet consid- consid of i patriotism and necessity combined to toa ma a the the gran grand old strict constructionist swallow shallow the dos dose and in doing so start his country upon a a career career which has resulted ih it imperial greatness hat nt er Ee-er gever have ben attained but for his Y 1 ss to let the end j justify the means Jefferson nT Jefferson observed e erson Mr r. r Hill would un un- I I r r rf Ct 0 r I J 1 r or J questionably have viewed with abhorrence the establishment establishment es es- es of a perm permanent American colonial system tem tern We e doubt douht the truth truth of the assertion In fl principle both Jefferson and all the tile Democratic leaders since him have approved and helped to de de- a most autocratic and in pra tice generally unjust colonial system for the control of our Indian tribes while hile the the gO of our Territories under under under un un- un- un der Congress has been from the start imperial in every essential particular The difference between expansionists like Jefferson and those of the present pres pres- ent day dar is that the former though believing and indulging indulging in in- ing in it did dill so with a remorseful feeling t that at they were wrecking the institutions of the Union and using its sacred Constitution as a door mat while the latter assert and believe believe believe-at at least f for fr l' l business purposes purposes that that the Constitution is not an obstacle to expansion a colonial system or anything anything anything any any- thing else necessary to the prosperity or glory of the country As a rule we suspect that it would be safest and best for Democratic orators to cut J Jefferson Jeffer Jeffer- son out when they desire to jump with both feet upon these American policies which not only are not modern but are largely and with thanks borrowed borrowed borrowed bor bor- rowed from old T. T J. J himself |