Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-11-27

an opposition was organized in the dam
cratic ranks against him-tbis oI,nos;t; &C.,
being led by Martin Van Buren,. A ms
Ionty at the Democracy Of the city Of Ne,
ork joined IN this opposition, and the pa,
i y opposed to Clinton became known !
"Bucktails, the symbol of the Tammanv 50
clety, which was the great focus Of the de
mocracy In this part of the State. Tn
name OF "Bucktail' became one of genera
application to the opponents of Glintol
throughout the State, while his friends
whether republicans or federalists. wer
called @Clintonians." The great mass Q
the old Democratic party were opposed t,
nnn6on' while the largest proportion 0
his supporters had been of the federal par
ty.
There were several local names applied
to the bucktail or democratic party in thi
city, such as ''Martling men," from tn,
name OF the keeper Of the democratic head
iqIartersr efe fI'lt7 errrrr- e,o0ufes wa
applied to the few federalists who ioinee
the democrats during the war with Grea
Britain, in 1912. Hugh Maxwell is iv
ing representative Of the Goodies" small
party which were remarkably fortunate il
obtaining office, at various times from tht
people, or by appointment.
AS time rolled on there was NOTHING
remarkable to notice in the history of par
ties and party names, until the year 1923
when, the presidential election approach
ling, Judge Oglen Edwards, of this city. il
order to defeat Martin Van Buren, in bar
gain he was supposed to have made to give
the electoral votes of the State to the late
William H. Crawford for President start
ed the idea Of transferring the choice of e.
lectors from the legislature, who had pre-.
viously chosen them, to the people. Hence
arose "The Peoples Party" SO called, the
leaders Of which, in the Legislature of 1924
were General James Tallmadge and Hen
ry Wheaton. This party succeeded in civ
ing most Of the electoral votes of the State
IN 1924, to Adams, and in electine De
Witt Clinton and James Tallmadge to the
offices of Governor and Lieutenant Cover
nor. The election of Clinton ruined tht
peoples party eventually, as large por
ton of the party had been "Bucktails, and
lopposed to Clinton in former years. II
leap the climax, Clinton came out for Gen
eral Jackson for President and of course
threw the peoples party into confusion
After re-electing him Governor in 1926
with Legislature opposed to him, the PEG
Iple's party was broken up, some going fol
the reelection Of Adams as President, and
lothers for the election of General jackson
The Adams men were subsequently called
"National Republicans" but when Joined
by seceders from the Jackson ranks, in 1888
land 1884, they adopted the name Of
I"Whigs." The "anti-Masonic" party arose
IN the western part Of New York, in 1927.
1t was founded on opposition to free mason
ny, and extended into most of the middle
and eastern States. In 1929, there was
organized in the city of New York, and
afterwards in Philadelphia, a party called
the 'Workingmen's Party" which at one
time threatened to do great mischief to the
jackson democratic party; but the work
ingmen soon became divided, some of them
going with Frances Wright and Robert
Dale Owen for the adoption of the doc
trines Of the English in6dels and radicals
and others cooperating with the national
republicans or wings. The workingmen's
party became the basis of the ''Loco Fo-
cos" or equal Rights Party. which was
organized by the radical democracy at Tam
any Hall, in October, 1885, at meeting
where loco foco matches were used to SUP
ply She place of the lights in the hall, which
had been extinguished.
When General Jackson was elected Pre-
sident, his supporters claimed the name OF
Democrats" which had been term re-
jected by the republicans in Jefferson's and
Madlson's time. In the Southern States
some of the democracy became dissatisfied
with Jackson's administration, and took the
name Of Estate Rights men," some of whom
Joined the wings, and others returned to
the democratic party, during Van Buren's
administration. While Van Buren, was
President, the democrats who disapproved
of the Sub-Treasury scheme were called
conservatives" many of whom Joined the
wing party, and assisted in the election OF
Harrison and Tyler.
About the year 1914, the democratic
party in the State of New York became
divided into two factions, which were sew
orally called ''Hunkers" and ''Barnburners. y
The hunkers were similar to the conserva-
tives Of 1888, and were favorable to banks
and internal improvements. The barnbul-
iners were also called destructives and radi-
Gals, and generally opposed banks and 9th
Ter charters, and the increase of the debt of
the State for internal Improvements
These names have since got out of use, the
terms free sellers and soft shells being ap-
piled to the barnburners and hunkers who
have joined them, and the hunkers oppo-
sed to abolition and free soil movements,
being called hard shells
We have not space to follow up the his
tory Of parties in the various States. They
have generally been unimportant in their
effects on the politics of the nation. In
Pennsylvania, the democrats, for some
years after the year 1915, were divided in
to old school and new school democrats
the former being similar to the Clintonians
of New York, and the latter nearly like
the bucktails Of this State. These distino-
lions existed for some years, until parties
became formed for and AGAINST Jacl-soD