Holly Springs gazette., 1843-09-01
From tae PhiladelpAia Forum.
DEMOCRACY TWENTY YEARS
THE PAST POSITION OF
OUR PRESIDE NTIAL CANDI-
DATES

AGO-1 HE PAS L PO3II1ON Ot
OUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDI-
DATES.
1t is truly laughable 10 hear some of the
rerdant s2rigs OF latter day democracy"
claiming Gen. Jackson as The great Apostle
Of Democracy. scarcely less so than the
founder of the party, Thomas Jefferson him
self Many of these bright youths and
learned pundits will insist and maintaIn
that General Jackson was the regularly
nominated democratic candidate for the Pres
idency in 1924, aud was defeated by "coali-
tion'' of few democrats, headed by Mr. Clay,
and the fsder0tiSts headed by MIR. Adams
When we come across such men, we
have a rich treat. We scarcely know
which affords US most amusement, their self
conceit and confidence in their own opinions,
or their gross ignorance and egfegious
blunders in political history They have
SO long played lhe part OF Pythia in pot
house politics, that they really believe their
own falsehoods, aud remind US OF the keep
ers of sacred relics in Spain and Italy, such
as piece of the true cross pairing of ST
Peters toe nail, &c who relate and believe
the most marvellous miracles that have been
performed thereby.
1t will probably be of no avail for US to
attempt to set these wiseacres right; but we
cannot refrain from telling them that so far
from Gen Jackson beng the democratic
candidate in 1924, he was brought forward
to defeat t8at candidate who was VIM. II
Crawford Gen Jackson's strongest oppo-
sition came from leaders and leading Jour
nails of the then democratic party Mir
Richie and the Richmond Enquirer, speak
ing of the Richmond Junto. denounced Gen.
Jackson 10 the strongest terms and declared
thar his election would be a COURSE TO
THE COU NTRY,n as ii proved to be.
Mr. Croswell and the Albany Arg s, speak
ing for MIR Van Buren and the A ibanY Re
gency. emulated Ritchie's denunciations, aud
declared that Mister Jackson had mot sin
ole feeling in common with the Republican
party" aud that he stood 'at an immeasura-
ble distance from The Presidential chair"
The New York Advocate, then the organ
of the party in that city, followed suit in this
general denunciation, as did that immortal
democl attic paper, the New Hampshire Pat
riot. Gen. Jackson was By all these papers
pronounced unfit for the Presidency, and
presum ptuous IN permitting his name to be
brought forward. Ritchle grew eloquent
in expressing his indignation at his presump-
ton, and his contempt for the qualifications
of the nan.
La PENNSYLVANIA and New England,
Gen. Jackson was brought forward and sus-
tanned by the FE DERALiS IS. wIh the
view of breaking down, by means of tae
personal popularity which his military eclat
gave him. the democratic patty, and the
democratic candidate Finding nm popu-
lar with the people, and fafing he would
prove trump card in the hands OF the Jed.
erutists. the democrats of LIS State reIuc
family took him up: but having taken him
up, they endeavored 10 Out hurra the fedeF-
allsts, aud thereby Claim him as their OWL
Hence the people of Pennsylvania gave him
such an overwhelming. almost unanimous
vote. Some of The democrats. however, re-
fused to swallow the bitter pill, were lmme-
dia.ely denounced as "lederaiists' by those
who now followed the lead of such excellent
old democrats as James Buchanan. William
Wilkins, Thomas Haltly Crawford, Ross
Wilkins. Sc Tnis d. nnuciatIon has de-
scended from father tc son, aud Is kept up
at the present day by The noble sons Of
fsderat sires
Tue trsth is, tnat Mr.. Crawford. Mr. Ad-
ans. MIR Clay and MIR Calhoun. Were all
members of the democratic party. 10 Mr..
Adams the federails's were Pecuilarly hos