M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-03-27

the New England States. Among
the resolutions passed by the Hartford
!, Convention was one that none but
American born citizens ought to be
eligible to Office, and also that nc
more slave States should be admitted
into the Union. Here was pEomulga
ted the germs of those principles that
distinguished the opposition in 0ul
day. i-b 10 9J iai6ar
@ During the war the leading oppo
nents of the Democratic party tool
tho side Of great Britain, and deemed
1t unbecoming a moral and Christian
people to rejoice over the victories oi
! the American arms.
In 1920 they headed by Rufus
King, were at the bottom OF the Mis-.
souri, agitation about slavery, which
threatened the overthrow ofthe Gov.
ernment. 1t was through their act,
according to the testimony of Thomas
Jefferson, that the North was first ar
rayed against the South in the halls
of Congress, upon the negro question,
(which, it was supposed had been set
tied by the Constitution .r1r
In 1928 they opposed the election
of Andrew Jackson as President, be-
cause he was a military chieftain,
and declared that rather than have
such a President, it would be prefera-
bic to have war, pestilence and fam
ine.' l'gsf 5#l yfs Ie.t.Ete.
d In 1882 the opposition to the Dem
ocracy allied itself with the rotten,
corrupt United States Bank, which
had become dangerous, by its vast
money power, to the liberties of the
people. They said the country could
never get along. without q United
States Bank and would be ruined if
the monster, under the control Of
Nicholas Biddle, was crushed. When
the Bank insulted and bade defiance
to the President and the representa-
tiyes of the people in Congresse the
leading opponents Of the Democracy
stanchly justified it. They were in IA
vor ola vast system Of internal i'm
provements being undertaken by the
government, which would have in
creased the expenditures hundreds of
millions of dollars made the admin
istration at Washington all powerful
sapped the foundation of public NOR
atty and virtue--rolled up q great ma
tional debt and entirely destroyed the
republic &..simplicity .ofonr institutions
In 1887 they were against the poll
cy OF the Government keeping its
money in national coin under its own
control, and declared that it never
could succeed. 'aJ 70. ...aI
In 1928, in several of the States,
they got up crusade against the
treemasons, and professed a holy
horror of all secret societies, even
those who were not connected with
politics, and tried to put them down
by law.
In 1889, forgetting their assertion
that military Presidents were so dan
gerous, they nominated one--an ex-
pertinent which they repeated in 1910,
1S4S and 1852; in the two later in.
stances going to the regular army af-
ter them and CLOSING men who had
no experience as civilians.
.g In 1910 they elected a President by
the hard cider excitement, and, in SO
doing opened the foodgates of intem-
perance and drunkenness throughout
the land. 4 - n n
In 1S42, under pretense of protec.
ting American in dustry, they passed
a high tariff, the effect Of which was
to make the whole country pay tribute
to ant. be taxed for the benefit ola few
hundred manufactures in New Eng
land and Pennsylvania. "a 5fY qa-
In 1S43, they opposed the annexation
OF Texas to the Union. -.g,i aos
In 1916 they opposed the Mexican
war and took the side Of the enemy
during the whole contest, with a few
honorable exceptions. q When peace
was made they declared that our ter,
ritorial acquisitions, including Cali
fornia, New Mexico and Utah, 'were
not worth a dollar'-an evidence of
short .sightedness. almost unparalleled
IN history ,a!ois.) np3e agfl
i In 1850 they very generally refused
to follow their great leaders Clay and
Webster, who fayoreda a peaceful and
fair adjustment to the slavery question
to keep open which menaced the in
tegrity Of the Union, t.tgr6a S y, |
!. In 1854 they opposed the Nebraska
bill, which carried out the principle
Of the adjustment Of. 1850, and repeal
ed the odious and unconstitutional Mis-
souri, restriction upon popular soyer-
eighty. stesa a5o''g o.if b f1a4 yl9
I'm 1S54they also organized them
selves into a secret political society,
and made war upon the fnndamental
principles OF civil and religion liber.
.y.p The ends Of that organization
were narrow, afistocratical and bigota