Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-11-02
From the Baltimore American.
Party Names.

From the Baltimore A1ierican.
-.,.r Party Names.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Our political adversaries, as is web known,
are fond OF applying 10 The Wings fhe Term
OF FEDERAL, as word Of reprodcll, and
they seem 10 think lha, they have answered
all arguments and established all cod H|llAions
when they can reiterale thai word coDs
necIien with toIerable amoani sel at
agement and ldenunciauon.
On the late sad occasion Of Nd Cay =
death, il was usual TO find in his bioalapbis
cal sketches, or remarks concernido him
and his political career inthe journais siyi.
ing themselves Democratic, some illusions
10 his change, as they chose TO designate il,
iom Democracy 10 Federalism during Gen.
Jackson's administration. Ii is perfectly
we'll known thai Mr. Clay did not change
his political principles al all al that peri,d;
il is perfectly we'll known ,hu, the same sys.
lem oi policy which he had sustained be-
fore The accession of Gen. Jackson TO the
Presidency was sustained by him aiierward
with Underwriting consistency. All sihis is
known. Yet there are TO be found journais
claiming the reputation of intelligence and
accuracy thar gravely deplore Mr.. Clay's
conversion or perversion to Federalism al
that time, and speak on The subjec, as sahough
they were actually telling the uu,h; and,
possibly, some of them may believe that
they are. , lie
The only measure of public ppliey re-
specling which Mr.. Clay ever did change his
opinions and his course was that whi6b in.
volved the consli,utonalily and The prdIfiety'
Of the Bank of the United States. Hispo.
silion al first was adverse 10 such antingii-
tuion; and when he alterward changkd his
ground. anj came up 10 the support tf The
financial policy Of a National Bank, was
when thar policy constituted an impbfiarl
parl Of the Democratic administrator Of
Madison. In The inatured and well c6nsid.
cred opinion Of Mr.. Clay, the condisj6fl Of
the country at The close of the wa With
Eng land, imperaliyely required the rssiora.
live agency of a : ational Bank 10 Civ of- =
ganizalion once more 10 the currencN. and
10 restere wholesome circulation ii the
exhausted channels of trade. A Demu1tuiic
President thought SO TOO. N
But the American System iorme i'Ie
prominent and characteristic features of ~ d.
Clay 'ssgeneral system of public measures,
ndto thar he gave his earnest and heany-
support--as the Wings Of The United States
are Prepared 10 do now, or whenever ii may
be in their power 10 do so with any prospect
Of success The American System, nclu.
ding protection 10 domestic labor and the
improvement of rivers and harbors 10 iacil-
ilale commerce between The States and with
foreign countries, was Democratic system
under Madison's administration; for il was
established then and received the sanction OF
that distinguished statesman.
In 1924, when Gen. Jackson was for the
first time candidate for the Presidency,
there was no candidate for the Federal party
in the field. Mr. Adams, Mr.. Crawford and
Mr.. Clay, who were The other competitors,
all belonged 10 The Democratic party. The
Federal party, as such, had ceased 10 exist.
and when The issue was formed between
Gen. Jackson and Mr.. Adams, which re-
suled in The election Of The former TO the
Presidency in 1923, the leaders of the Fed
eral parry, for the most part, went 10 the
support of Gen. Jackson. Those genlIe-
men, many of whom took prominent posi-
lions in the Jackson parry, now deligh. in
being known as Democrats, and some of
them have been remarkable for the zeal and
industry with which they have sought TO dis
tinguish themselves in the service Of mod.
ern Democracy, as though il were their pur-
pose 10 atone for the ferociiy Of their as
sauls upon the Democracy Of Jefferson and
Madison. e. ,... aHg
The school of modern Democracy dates
no farther back than The administration of
Gen. Jackson. He was its founder first and
its expounder afterwards; and SO long as he
lived it could be pretty well ascer,ained what
was Democratic and what was noI--a ques-
lion which in these laler years has become
very much perplexed. II Gen. Jackson had
favored National Bank, as Madison did,
why, then, a National Bank would have
been Democratic; if he had sustained the
American system as Mr.. Madison did, the
policy Of projecting domestic labor would
have been Democratic, and Il would have
also been Democratic to admit the Conslilu.
tionuI power of The government TO improve
rivers and harbors, and TO facilitate both in-
iernal and foreign commerce.
But inasmuch as Henry Clay was the
grea, champion of thai general system, and
had commiued the unpardonable offense Of
preierring Mr.. Adams 10 Gen. Jackson, in
1894, the champion was TO be auacked in
his system, and bolh must be proslraled TO-
gether, il Gen. Jackson and his party were
s,rong enough 10 do ii. Then ii was that
the discovery was suddenly made that Mr.
Clay was Federalist. although his political
course and principles exhibited no shadow
Of change; then il was that the adherenls
Of Gen. Jackson. and none others, were en-
titled 10 the designation Of Democrats, not.
ailhstanding the Federalism Of many Of
their prominent leaders. Ii became at once
Democratic 10 denounce the whole system
Of Democratic policy established in Mud-
sons time-because Mr.. Clay supported ii,
and wished 10 see il developed in accordance
with its true principles, md its adaptution TO
The advancing growth Of the country. de-.
mOcrdcy Then look is negative form, and
4, found lis function in destroying.
The porty in opposition to Gen. Jackson's
administration, and headed by Mr. Clay
took the name OF WhigS--a name connec'
ted with so many palrOlic associations Iha