The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-28
The Next Presidency-Prospect Of n Great
Revolution.

We are on the verge OF a very important contest
tor the next Presidency--a contest, which proml-
SEES 10 be one of the most important IN Its results
which has taken place during the last quarter OF
century. 1t is true that one OF the two great par
ties into which the country is dlvided-the demo-
cratic party, par ercelenee has not yet announced
Its final determinaton--or at least, we have not
yet heard the result of It's deliberations in Balti-
more. But we do not believe that any nomina
lions which that party can make, can alter the
course OF public opinion, or avert the probable re-
suits of the causes which have been working
and fermenting in the public mind for the
last twenty-five years, and from the study of
which we have come to the conclusion that Mr..
Clay, will in all probability, be the successful candi-
date, over all competitors. The democratic party
opposed TO him, may have one, or two, or three
candidates, and little fraction of a party, called
the Abolitloniss in the free States, may have also
a candidate, but with all this opposition we are
ny much inclined to believe that nothing can pre-
vent the election of Mr. Clay, and the triumph OF
all those principles and measures which are ldentl-
fled with him in the present contest.
On looking back for few years, 1t will be
recollected that during the Presidency of James
Monroe, the old landmarks and divisions which
separated parties were removed and broken down
by the number of candidates who entered into
the field in the contest to succeed HIM The
old Jefferson dynasty was broken to pieces, and
for "a brief space of time there was, what was
styled an era of good feeling, until the election
OF Mr. Adams by the House of Representatives,
caused a coalition of the old opposing elements,
and the reorganization OF another party which
may be called the " old hickory dynasty"
After number of nconclusive struggles, during
the period between the years 1920 and 1929 Gene
raj Jackson was elected against all opposition /; the
democratic party, of modern quality, revived
under the genial influence of his popularity, and
new men, new measures, new principles, and new
purposes, began gradually to prevail; introducing
very different from that OF the old Jefferson
dynasty. From the accession of Jackson up
to the present day, the country has been
torn, and distracted and convused year after year,
by struggles, chiefly about internal affairs. The
questions involved in all these struggles werc,-a
national bank-internal improvements by the ge-
neral overnment-distributlo of the land reve-
nues-a protective tarlf1-a single term for the
Presidency-and various minor matters and mea-
sures not Of much account From 1928 till 1884, a
period of sixteen years-al these measures and
principles have agitated the country, and we are
the verge of a new election which we
have every reason to believe will be determined in
favor of Mr.. Clay, and the measures he represents
In order to show at one glance the history Of
these years, and to present the naked statement Of
facts on which we have formed the conclusion just
stated, we annex the following table, which exhi-
bits the results of the elections during the periods
referred to:--