Show or 7 5 I 1 I 1 al 1 I 1 il toay to ay will be celebi celebrated atod in various parta of the nation in honor of the birth of that great criterion of the old democracy andrew jackcon Jac keon the democrats have been ard ardao isly proud of 0 old hickory for lo 10 these many year bat the Jacks jacksonian ism us ia it WAS has suffered BU su it pros brating relapses in lecent recent years the traditional plaudits pl audits to this majestic memory are becoming a somei somewhat nhat thankless tribute we sometimes some timen hear bear of a few trilobite fossils the salt lake herald for instance coming corning out of the woods once a year as near as they cn cin guess to shoot shout the tile name namo of jackcon Jac keon but these unsophisticated ancients are growing beautifully scarce we shall have probably today to day the opportunity of hearing from all that remain of them and those curious may determine with preci precision eion how much of the personality of the sublime hero bero yet lives it if we were disposed to belittle the democracy of today to day no more effective way could be invented than the unearthing of and proclaiming it as democratic doctrine to do the democrats full justice we should say that their present doat trines brines hold about ass close an analogy to the jacksonian Jacks onlan government as orthodox republicanism doci to the rule of julius caesar jackson in tha the first place was almost an absolute autocrat in bis his methods of govern gover fix tent out the houses of congress during luring bis his administration ration were very near akin to the parliament which came together rather to mike make the will of the L o ord od d protector constitutional than to engage in any genuine business of lawmaking jackson w as the genius who to all intents invented the tho spoils doctrine whether the democrats at heart still cherish that theory or not heir their avowals are quite as far from it as so they could very well get the personality of jackson was the most splendid in many respects in all the history of the republic he ile like putty patty the convictions conviction ii of all who came in contact with him ho he likewise the laws and th the e policy of the nation he be was set to 4 govern he ile raved long and vehemently over the greatness cre atness and majesty of the constitution ution but after the wear ond and tear of one more t von on such as his we should have bad had very little constitution left to talk about the american spirit national and industrial was as all but in abeyance during his ble sojourn in power dower these memories are not as wholesome as some but they are true and if the democrats of former years delighted in honoring the name of jackson as a splendid example of americanism the democrats of the present epoch have quite revolutionized that sentiment into a warning equal in force and significance |