The true Democrat., 1855-04-04
The Democratic Party.

ness and asperity with which the attacks are now made.
 The democratic party has always received at the hands of its opponents the severest castiga- tlons and yet, though its opponents have often achieved power, they have always fallen into the same errols which they so unrelentingly denource, without ever accomplishing anything for the benefit or glory of the country Since the organization of the democratic party, it has been the only party to which the people have looked in times of difficulty and danger, and it is the only party that has ever conferred upon them permanent blessing or added to the glo- " of the republic abroad
 Every democratic administration, since the days of Thomas Jefferson has been made fla nous by the accomplishment of some great measure redoundng permanently to the pros perity and power of the United States. To Thomas Jefferson's administration the country is indebted for the purchase of Louisiana, en- bracing all that vast country west of the Mis- sssppi river, thus securing the great outlet into | that river. The State we live in, Arkansas was acquired by that purchase from France
 President Madson's administration was re- m arkable for the war of 1S12-the second war of dependence-whichw was so bitterly oppo. sed and denounced by the federal party. This war; carried on amidst so much difficulty and opposition at home, was triumphant vndca- tion of the power and resources of the Repub- lic and placed it at once in the foremost rank of nations. MT. Monroes administration ac- complished the acquisition of Florida and thus removed from our midst the last foot-hold for foreign influence and disturbance. It gave us the possession of the entire coasts of the At lantic ocean and the Gulf of Mexico from Ca- nada to Texas. The administration of Gen Jackson will always be remembered for the great change he effected in the financial policy and schemes of the government. His war with and triumph over the national bank an nsti- tntion at that time deemed by the whig party essential to the existence of the country, but since declared by it, an "obsolete idea" will always stand as d monument to the glory, vir- tue and patriotism of Andrew Jackson and the democratic party Martin Van Buren's admi- nistration carried into effect the Independent Treasury System the operation and effect of which has been 50 much approved since. It has now become the settled policy of the go- vernment and though, at the time of it's ori- gin, it was ridcued and denounced by the Whig party, there is now no one so bold or recl less as to dispute its virtue or oppose its conti- nuance
 The administration of Mr. Polk was made famous by the settlement of the Oregon difficult ty, the annexation of Texas and the Mexican war by which the vast possessions we have, be- tween the western limits of the United States and the Pacific ocean, were acquired.
 The present administration will ever be pointed to as the one which established upon a permanent foundation, the doctrine of non-in- terterence by the general government ,.ith the domestic concerns of the States CT territories The passage of the Nebraska act, by which the miscalled Missouri compromise was repeal ed and plotted from our statute book. uas g measure which in ages to come will be locke III on and regarded by the country, as one of the best and brightest that marks and distinguishes any administration.
 While these are some of the leading mea- sures for which the democratic administrations have been justly famous, there are many oth- CTS of scarcely miQor importance which have been accomplished by the democratic party Every great principle which has become the settled practice and policy of the government is the offspring of the democracy, opposed from its origin to its accomplishment by the federal ists, whigs, free-soilers and abolitonsts The tariff question has been settled upon the prnci- pie put forward and advocated by the demo- cratic party. There is TO party now in the land and scarcely faction that advocates high protective tariff-a tariff for revenue alone, such as proposed by the democracy, has become the practice of the government.
 And what have the opposition achieved for the benefit of the people? They have been often in power, what great measure of their ad- vocacy can thcy point to as monument to per petuate the remembrance of their patriotism |? What great reform have they effected? They have charged the democracy with being spoils- men; when were more disgraceful scenes enact ed than at the inauguration of Harrison, of Taylor, or of Fillmore. Harrison, or rather the committee who had him in charge, intend ed to prescribe prescription itself; the whigs did not want office before the election; they on ly wanted change of administration. They triumphed and in the face of their professions, appropriated the spoils. The political guilotine never worked so busily or continualy-ther was never such cry for spojls before heard in the land-every democrat was sacrificed
 The same with the Taylor administration The whigs had "no friends to reward-no ene- mics to punish," yet, at the inauguration of Gen. Taylor, the scene "then and there" epact-