The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-09-13
FEDERALIsTs.


The Carolina waiehmsn esPies the article
from the Wilmington Commercial ii fcla,ionto
the term Fedsraiis,. whirk was rccrnily pub-
Iished in the Recorder. and adds che following:
This Is every word -true.- The term
Federalist is perfect bug6ear. There
is not one man out Of ten in the coun-
try who knews what il means. We
have met with goodly number Of po-
liticians, who we're pretty we'll inform
ed ON many subjects. but WIN. upon
being questioned. cosldh't tell what
Federalist was. although they were in
the habit Of calling the Wings Fede-
ralistss Wemet with such case fsw.
days ago, and put the usual question,
What is Federalist? lie could not
tell precisely--had an idea the old Fe-
deral party was very wicked party,
and that it became very unpopular;
and that by far the largest portion Of
themwerc now to be foundin-Ile Wing
ranks.
Webster Dictionary was lying BE-
fore Us, and we sai,l-let's see what
Webster says shout IL; and read him
the following defaition I:
FEDERALIsr, Anappclation, IN america, Civ
en- TO the friends Of the constitution Of the Uni
ted States, at lis formation and adoption. and
TO the political party which favored the admins
tration Of President Washington.
Oar friend locked very blank, and
frankly confessed it was not what he
had thought it was. lie soon rallied,
however, and,sai,l---
What does Webster say about the
term .Whigs"
We turned to that and read as fol-
lows:
Wing, [orign unccrtain.l One Of politi-i
cal party which had It's origin in England in the
seventeenth century, in the reign Of Charles I.
or II. Those who supported the king in his
high claims were called tories and the advocates.
Of popular rights were called ,chigs. During
the revolution in the Uiiisd .Sfafes, the friends
and supporters Of the war and the principles Of
the revolution were called ,rhigs, and those who
opposed them were called torres and royaksfs.
Our friend looked littleworse than
before. General Washington and his
party were all wings in the Revolution
ary war, that is certain; and it seems
they composed the very Federal patty
which he had honestly abhorred. It
was enough to make him feel bad.
He beat tune with his finger nails
on the back Of, his.cnair, and seemed,
for moment, in adeep study |; but sud-
denly said,
Let's see what he says about the
name "Democrat."
We TUNED to it and read
DENocRaT, One who adhcres TO government
by the people, or fayors the extension of the right
of suffrage to all classes of men,
Democracy, government by the people; a
form of governmentinwhich the supreme power
is lodged in the hands Of the people collective
ly, or in which the people exercise the powers
Of legislation.
This, in measure, restored the good
looks of our generally good looking.
friend, and he seemed to.think he was
in the right box after ALL He was in
favor Of tie people governing them
selves, and was glad the Dictionary
had done him justice on that score.
But we carried the investigation one
step farther, and cot the Dictionary's
description OLA Republic and a Repub>
lican, which described ourformpot Co.
vernment. We think he could not see
very clearly the fitness of the term de-
moerai, as applied to the democratic
party, unless ittimplied a change of our
present Republican to that ola democra-
tic form of government. And it was
meant to do that, his mind was not full.
~ convinced ofany advantages, to re-
suit from it. He saw and felt, that
there was great deal of humbaggery
in names--much more than he had sup
posed.
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