The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-09-24
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We hear q gEeat.deal said nova days.
.about the originyand identity of parties in
this4couniry. Democrats assert that the
present whigpart Is identical with the Old
Federal party, and had, itsorigia about the.
close Of the administration of President
Washington, and beginning Of thai Of the
eldsr; Adams. This issometimes Indignant,
.ly denied by our opponen.s; and yet We
undertake To say that there isno fact con.
nected with the politics Of, this country
which is more easily demonstrated and tha
he who denies it, is either dishonest, Oh
knows nothing Of the history or philosophy
olAnlerican politics: I .asg--
lThe Statesmen, who framed the Constitu.
tion Of the:United States, and those 10 whom
was entrusted the charge Of putting it in
practical operations. held, as we hold, that
That Instrument crrated a federal rstqtblic.
And why9 Because The government thus
tormediS,a confederation ofrepablics, and
is itself republican in form. Aboutdhis
general doctrine there was no disagreement,
as, indeed, there, was no room, for it,, But
there 1cas disagreement, both as, to the ,pow-
ers which that government might fightfully
exercise, and ssto the distribution Of them
among its sevefal departments. The chief
difference Of opinion, however. was in re-
gard TO the ertent of those powers an
that difference Of opinion caused the FIRST
separation OF The statesmen and people of
this country into parties, and has kept up
that separation, more or less distinctly de-
iinsd at different periods, il is true. but still
atall times clearly traceabie, from that time
to the present. 49,
Some Of those Statesmen, at the head of
whom was General Hamilton, were desirous
OF making Of the fsdcraI governmental strong
governmsnt, I'VE mean now, particularly,
strong in poipers, rather than strong in form
and on. this account, they took the name
OF Fedcrdliata. = On the otler hand, others
of those statesmen, the nost conspicuous of
whom was Mr.. Jefferson, were jealous of the
gepera Government, fearing that it might
prove desIruGtiye,of the Independence OF the
several States or4ftpnblics, whose interests
they espouseds s and therefore assumed the
name Of Republicanss The neansby which
the. Federalists endeavored 10 give strength
tosthe general goyernment, as against, those
of the several States, was resort TO what
they termed a liberal construction Of the
Constitution, giving 10 CsbSress implied
powers, as iheyWsrscalled, rs well as those
expressly granted by that instrument
This policy was resisted, und q contrary one
advocated, by The Republicans, and hence
this rule Of constructions Of the Constitution
ofp!s United States, bccamc tic great, fun
dausataI, separating line bstwetn the tDo
parties. IL a man was i'll favor Of a.free,
construction Of The Constitution. he was.
called a sFsderalist;,if lie was for d strict
construction of that instrument, he was call
.alr I
ed Republican.
Now We ask, how have parties ever since
stopd on this subject How do they stand at
ihisShouf2 Which party has been, which
parity still is,in favor Of a latiludinarian,
which Of a strict construction OF the Con-
stilution2 Need we answer these questions2
lstit not notorious, that the 'Whig patty
hus always favored the former, and that the
Democratic party has always advocatedthe
latter? Is it not demonstrable, then, that
ia the very particular which constituted the
distinguishing characteristic of the Federal
party, The vbig party is identical with It |?
How idle, then, is It, 10 deny that Identity
We shall recnr TO this subjectagaip. a
A. Our County Ticket s(s
Is an excellent one. We present il with
pride. tosthe peoplelof Scioto County. 4 All
tbe persOps, except Mr., Mcdonald, whose
names appeari in Il. are well known through
out the county, and i is not, therefore, nee
essary mat we should say anything In COM
memdaticn Of them. To those who have
not the pleasure Of an Acquaintance with
Mr. Mcdonald. we win say. that 10 ouI
opinion, a better nomination could not have
been made. He Is y gentleman Of iinsus.
pecied iniegtiIy, great energy Of character,
and emineptly well qualified, in a business
point Of view for tho discharge ofthe duties
of'thep6ce for which he has been monica,
ted.
We bespsak forall, a cordial and enthusi