Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-02-14
For the State Sentinel.
The Democratic Party North and South.

No 2.
To THE EDIToRs-GEsrLENks: IL obliged you
for your personal compliment in introducing into your
columns the article the signature of lSDIAsA,
the 5tI ult. also grat6ed that lis senIiienis"
met your, unqualified appreciation Permit me another
small space explain particularly ,Chy the Democ-
racy of the free States and the Democracy Of the South
States closely united upon all the great
tonal questions that in the beginning Of legislative
action, and lohy they have continued be closely
united up to The present time, with single exception,
viz.-the extension Of Slarery into free Territory
II is known every we'll read The origin
and division of parties the FedrnlisIs under the lead of
Alexander Hamilton, and the Republicans as they were
generally called then, Ihe Democrats in fact
under lead Of Thomas Jefferson differed in regard
the best form Of government be adopted by the then
UsITED STATES. Ii is several years looked into
earlier history in reference this question, but il
memory be nj fault Hamilton and his associates favor
ed strong central government, with president and
senate for ife while Jefferson and the Democracy took
decided stand in favor Of federal government OF much
limited powers, and against the life of the
president and senate. In the several States too the De-
mocracy endeavored carry effect Mr. Jefersons
doctrines Of entire and full religious liberty and equality
while the Federalisis conented themselves with
grudgng federation Of dissenrrs from the creed of The
legally recognised Denomination, Tor whose support the
believer and the unbelever, the orthodox and the heero
dox taxed. Hence, the earlier party divisions of
the Middle and Northeastern Sares wlers the Conere-
gaiionasis, or " Standing Order,' they then
called, recognised aud supported by legal
ments, they among the saunchcst supporters of
federal and FEDERAL measures, while the Mehodsls
Bapiss, Unversass, aud IN fact the dssenIers almost
in body, took Jealous political stand with the De-
mocracy. Ii is within my earliest recoeclions that my
grandfather, my fathers side, who Universalisi
aud my father, who a Jealous Methodist, and whose
house the home Of the circuit preacher, both farm
ers, jealous democrats The circuit preacher
preached and exhorted aud talked and prayed for the
re- election of Thomas Jefferson And though bitterly
denounced as Jacobin and Infdel, he voted for
nearly unanimously, by the jealous honest and
Christians of whole body OF dssen,ers, opponents
of Lao-region, they termed the orthodox platform
And, by the cay both curious and instructive OBJ
the afiues and connexions of religious
their bearing upon the party politics Of the Union and
the States and upon The revolutionary contest Had
the Pilgrim fathers been jealous Churchmen instead of
jealous dssentes the Declaration of Independence might
have been of much later date, aud when made the dem
ocraic tendencies Of the governments of the States and
the Union of much slower development Whatever may
be said thought Of The peculiar d"gmas of John Cal
vin the Congregations form of church government
democratic, while Epscnpacy is arbitrary Still in poll
tics Congrrg rtIonnst may be mnnarchst, and Epi
copalian democrat. We know that there bet
ter patriots during the Revolution han the Catholics of
Maryland who united most heartily with the COngrega-
tionalists of New England against the British Crown.
But IL must be remembered that both had been sorely
prosecuted by the Church of England and both hated
her for IT, and naturally carried their hatred 10 The
government. 1t is well known Tact too, that all the
early Mehodss of the United Suites democrats in
politics, and that large maturity of them this
day, having attached themselves the democratic
because il aimed establish absolute religious liberty
Of conscience and worship, and equal legal rights and
irnnunites for all secs, and to abolish all religious
and all legal support of sect withheld from another
Tire equal religious rights advocated by Thomas Jrfsr-
having gained him the good will and support of the
multitude ni disseners from the Calvnisic Congrega-
onalists and OF the friends of entire eqnal freedom
religious matters generally, reelected him. notwhsnnd
ing the bilIingsgae of the federal press, and its foolish
cry of jacobnism and n6drliiy. While The orthodox
Clergy denounced him from their puIpis and preached
he Nell an
ministers preached and eectioneered, and prayed most
fervently for it's The general afnes Of the
different sects formed in the formation Of The great
parties of the cosny, for the other, remain to
this day. During the last war with great Britain which
democratic measure and with the sio-
lent opposition from The federal party, The orthodox cler
gy, with fe| honorable EXCEPTIONS disgtaced them
selves by their and prayers especially Massa
chusetis while the Methodist and Baptist preachers sup
ported from their pupts, the just cause of The country
and the government.
nents have received the support Of the professional classes
generally, and of great majority of the bankers and Of
the mercantile community, they have given their
verng and hrm support TO the democratic party While
the federal leaders sowing tho seeds OF sedon,
and meeting in secret convention Hartford the De-
mocracy fighting the battles Of the nation Alter
the close Of the war, oder raise pay off
the public debt, they cheerfuy submitted be largely
taxed. Heavy duties were laid upon imports, which
served bring into the treasury large beyond the
ordinary expenditures of the government which were
erest Of the debt. The tariff of 1916, while il fur
nshed to reduce the debt, served also foster
and encourage our infant manufactures. But taxes
then levied for protection for protection sake The
democratic willing be taxed pay the
debt and were glad that the high tariff made
for such purpose contributed toencourags
farures of every description. In the meantime most of the
manufacturing establishments that had been forced into
stence by the having small capital and smaller skill
had failed aud been bought in by capitalists merely
nominal price, compared with their COST and put into
beg he ,itai of
New England, and even of Boston ITSELF became
about equally divided between and manufac-
tures-and lew years the latter became the prevail
ing and ruling ineresl-even Daniel Webster, par excel
Ience, the advocate Of capital aud representing il in all
his political efforts, became The feed attorney of the
uacturers and their representative in the halls OF Con-
gress lie who had publicly denounced the tariff,
and sarcascaly pronounced its ,cai cotton and its 'coo
cotton and all of 1t, COTTON, while il levied 20 pay
off public debt, when that debt about 10 'e
tngushed changed ground and became the advocate OF
the mscaed American system of high protective tariffs,
for benefit Of the wealthy manufacturers o the East.
But the purposes TOR which the Democracy had cheerful
iy submitted be heavily taxed, having been
p.h ia the exlinguishmen of the debt, and the
establishment Of a sufficient number of powerful manu.
featuring establishments upon so firm and solid footing
as TO enable them make large dividends, and
nete with the rest of mankind in the markets Of the
world refused to be taxed to raise large To be annu
ally squandered upon wild schemes of internal improve
mens by host of federal Offices, to make these rich
anufacturs still richer, at the expense OF labor.
= Thus, when a Just war rendered heavy and burden
some necessary pfect the starspsngled banner
from the insults of British fressgang, the federssls
srenuousy denounced aud opposed them while the de-
mociacy levied and collected them. But when these
heavy burdens ceased be necessary for patriotic
poses and the Democracy sought TO reduce them so as
Ia the ordinary expenses of economical admin
of the these federslists advo-
Gated only their continuance but their increase, to
protest. WHAT Not the national flag and the national
honor, but the upper ten tbousand,a few rich capi-
tass Who satisfied with ten per cent. dividends,
LaA for five M rot
mocracy persevered, and made the tariff question and
the bank question The party questions. The Bank,