The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-24
political.
The MonarchieaI Party.

The Washington Union, some time ago, avowed
with more candor than is usual with it, that there
existed a monarchical party in this country. The
editor if he had thought proper, might have pro-
dnccd high authority for this declaration; less,
indeed than that Of Thomas Jefferson, who, not
content with making the charge, describes, IN the
cearest and most explicit manner, the very class
of persons whom he considers emitted 10 the olS-
tinction which such title confers. The LynchDufg
Patriot has supplied the omission of the foreign or
gan by copious citations from the letters OF Mr.
Jefferson, and to that paper we are lndeoieu 10, to
annexed extracts. Writing 10 Mr. Dlies, III l'9o'
he classifes the parties as "Monocrats ana hePuo-
cans;r and in vol 4th of his letters page 'oo' nc
speaks as follows: r 10 ,rro;
'sHere, then, was the real GROUND u VI. oPPo1s,-
ton made TO the course of the administration i's
object was 10 preserve the Legislature pure ana ga
I.ysn5pt nj the Erecutips; 20 restrain the admins.
tration into republican forms and principles, ana
not permit the Constitution TO De construed mo a
,nonarchu and be warped IN practce lnto al tiie
principles and pollutons OF their iavorite English
models"
MANY wears before the date of this letter, early
indeed as October, 1892, when the system had not
been in operation three years, speaking OF General
HaInilton's policy, he says:
sIf the equilibrium of the three great bodies,
Legislative Executive, and Judiciary, would be
preserved-fthe Legislature could be kept indepera-
dent should never fear the result OF such govern
ment; but could not but be uneasy when ! saw
that the ErecutiUe had sipalOiced up the Legislative
branch"
In a letter TO John Adams, dated June 9th, 1873
he uses the following language:
.'We broke into two parties, each wlshlng 10
give the Government different directions; the one
10 strengthen the most popular branch the other, the
more permanent branches, and To extend their perna
nency."
In letter to General Lafayette, in 1923, he said;
1.-THE tories (that is, the Monocrats) are tor
.tyenefteni1g the Executive and General Govern
ment; the Uhigs cherish the Representative branch
and rights reserved by the States as the buiwark
against consolidation, which must generate mon
arehy."
Now, we might safely leave it to any intelligent
reader-to any who is acquainted with the
principles upon which the two parties have lnvarl-
ABLY acted TO say which of them comes under MIR.
Jefferson's definition of Monocrats or Monarchists
In order, however, that there may be left no room
for the highest doubt we submit the following ex.
tracts from the Richmond Enquirer, the organ OF
the Democracy in this Mr. Jeffersons native State:
sit has always been the desire of the Democratic
party 10 place, far possible, the appointing
power in the hands of the Executive
The principles of the party are here clearly de-
fined and they correspond not only with all We
have heard from the Democracy that subject for
twenty wears but with Mr.. Jefferson's idea OF
Monocrat or Monarchist. The same paper gave
US, in single paragraph, the character OF the mig
party:
ssfbe partisans of the Wing party" il says, sin
the House Of Delegates have exhibited sort OF In
stinctive adherence of honest and powerful, for
good. Executive"
lhl6 Is certainly Nue, anu tiiio
strong Executive either in State or General Gov
ernment gives them the undoubted right to be
cassed among the disciples of Jefferson, who says
that the object of his party was to keep the Leglsa
ture independent and who expressed the greatest
alarm for the cause of Republicanism when he saw
that "the Executive had swallowed up the Leglsla-
tive branch
So exactly in conformity with the Jefersonian
idea of monocracy Tor monarchy was the CONDUCT
Of the Government during the reign OF JAG ksonsm,
that Mr. Clay declared that the country had been
governed for eight years without the aid OF Con
gross 1t certainly has not been less 30 since that
day.
If, then, as the Union says, there is monarch
cal party in this country, it s that to which this
paper is attached if Mr. jefferson is TO be trusted,
Richmond Wig, l7h.