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Show DEMOCRACY VS. REPUBLICANISM. TJ ere never was a time wheu men, young and old, were so anxious to lean- of the principles adyocated by any jolitical party, as is the case at the present time in Utah, with respect to the tenets of both the Republican and Democratic parties. This is a god sign, and The Dispatch is most heartily glad to see it, for it betokens the dawning of an era of peace and prosperity for our fair Territory. One f. the many who is aroused to the necessity of becoming informed in this particular, writes as foliows: For the enlightenmest of myself and other young men, please answer the following question: "What is the difference between Democracy and Republicanism?'' and oblige. To state all the differences between the two great political parties would require a degree of elaboration that may not he devoted to it in a ews-! ews-! paper, for the difference is wide and attaches to every branch of govern- ' mental policy as well as to the public j .service itself. We would advise our correspondent to study the platforms of the two parties, especially those that have been adopted since 1S56, when the Republican party came into ; existence. By a comparison of these declarations that have been framed i and promulgated every four years, he will be able to discover the marked difference between the two, both as to aspirations and operations; and for a political illustration of the difference he will have to read the history of his country under Democratic and Republican Re-publican administrations. "We ma, however, aid him by briefly stating some of the principal points of difference differ-ence in theory, as well s in practice r.:: policy. The Democrats believe in the largest liberty to the individual, consistent wi;h the safe government; and therefore, there-fore, that the natural rights of the -itien vlinnbl lui i:,t.-f 1 .sK I,., the laws or the authority as little as possible, in all matters of domestic economy, of personal habits, customs, of manner of living, or labor, and, in fact, of everything that relates to the life and conduct of the person. The Republicans believe that large liberty to the individual is not conducive- to strong government, the theory being that with too much freedom, free-dom, the tendency of the man is towards recklessness and the disregard disre-gard of the rules of good order, the liability to disorder, rioting, and in-stab in-stab lity of institutions being increased in-creased as the citizen is allowed wider freedom of personal action. Thf Democracy strives for absolute equa.iiv before the law of all citizens, recognizing no class distinctions, but hold ng that one man is as good as an-1 othe whatever his station in life, so far as the application of laws aud rules ! are concerned. The Republicans are the lineal descendants de-scendants of the Federalists, and cannot can-not rid themselyes of the idea that ihere should be classes in government and society, though there are none in nature; they are aristocratic and imperialistic im-perialistic in thought aud sentiment, 'd naturally the tendency of their .;-'gis!::tioii is in the direction of creat ing social barriers in the community. The Democrats bold tkat the Constitution Con-stitution to which all the States have assented, confers upon the Federal government all the power to which the latter is entitled, and that the assumption assump-tion of more is unauthorized, unjusti-liable. unjusti-liable. unlawful aud dangerously presumptive. pre-sumptive. The States are supreme within themselves as to their internal affairs, and the Federal government cannot rightly interfere with them so long as they maintain a Republican form of government. In other words, the Democrats hold that all civil rights not granted and set forth in the Con-t Con-t tilutiou are retained by the States, the id. i being that Um Statee are the power, and the Federal government siinplv the machinery unitedly agreed upon for mutual convenience. The Republicans take the directly opposite view, assuming that the power pow-er and authority are centred in the general government, the States being subordinate and restricted in their functions to the narrowest limits. Acting Act-ing upon this theory, the Republican paity has from the first been grasping and presumptive in its legislation aud administration, reaching out all the time for more power and steadily dwarfing and subordinating the authority au-thority of the States. The tendency of Republican thought and policy would eventually result in the obliteration obliter-ation of State lines, and the admin is- tration of affairs directly by the ceu-tral ceu-tral government, while the tendency of the Democratic thought and policy would restrict the exercise of the Federal Fed-eral power to its legitimate sphere as defined in the Constitution. The difference between the two in this respect is aptly expressed ' thus: Tha Republicans say this is a Nation with a big X, and the Democrats declare de-clare these are States with a big S. In harmony "With the ideas above elaborated elabor-ated is the Democratic principle of local self-government, as opposed to government by the Federal power. There are many and wide differences between the two parties and their political po-litical beliefs, and necessarily so with reference to their practices. Indeed, while in some matters they are practically practi-cally in harmony, there are differences as to all important questions; the widest of these differences are in reference re-ference to the individual citizen, in regard to his connection with the State. Our young correspondent and all others would do well to" make themselves them-selves familiar with the doctrines, principles, policy, and practices of the political organizations, for in doing so they obtain the most thorough knowledge knowl-edge of the Republic, the object and purpose of cur governmental institutions, institu-tions, and why the policies and actions of the nation became necessary, or were adopted or performed. In a republic re-public it is the high duty of the citizen to familiarize himself with the theory and operations of the government, and a study of the parties is absolutely essential to the acquirement of the knowledge that is 'necessary to the faithful, honest and iatelligeut performance per-formance of his duty to the State by the citizen. Our unrepublicau, almost infamous system of Territorial government has given little occasion for the application applica-tion of national politics to our governmental govern-mental affairs. The principle of local ' self-government is practically unknown, un-known, and the only incentive to learn of national politics is the fact that the day approaches when the Territory will escape from its thralldom and its people become citizens in the full meaning of the term. |