M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-11-25
LlEgas Alwnys Been 60!

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1t is stated, as a fact, says the Phil
adelphia Argus, by those who have
/ paid attention to the subject, that from
the time Of Thomas Jefferson down tC
the present day, the elections to every
second Congress OF i Democratic Ad
ministration have resulted, as the re.
cent one has, in temporary ninmpl
of the Opposition. Not only SO, but
the same thing is true us far as the
other party is concerned. Gen. Jack
son curing the whole eight years o.
his PrcSidency,had one or other branch
Of Congress arrayed against him, and
sometimes both. The same was true
Of Mr.. Van Buren,. In 1910. with
the aid Of hard cider, coon skins and
song singing, Gen. Harrison was clec,
ted By an overwhelming majority; yet
in the second year Of that administra
tion, the elections all went the other
way, and its pet party measures were
all defeated except the Bankrupt Law,
and that only lived q few months
Gen. TAYLOR, was also elected by a
large majority. The second year OF
his administrator witnessed a revo,
luton in politics which would have
left his successor, the Vice President,
without II party, but for his sagacity
in adapting his political principles to
suit the exigcncies Of the times. Mr..
Fillmore, by taking Il conservative
position, and advocating the Constitu-
iional rights Of the South, sustained
himself and saved what was lett OF
his administration from utter annihi,
latjon, Then take the administration
Of Mr.. nolk-one of the most popu.
lar we ever hai-against which les;
could be urged than most others; yet,
in the second year Of his administra
ton, in 1916, he received quite Il;
pointed "a rcbnke," so far as the elcc
tions went as the present Admins
tration has in the estimation Of til,
Opposition. Bullet us look at Il more
recent illustration. No man was ey.
CT elected President, when there wa;
a strong party contest, by such crush
ing, overwhelming majority as Gen
Pierce; yet the elections which tOol
place the second year Of his admins
tration, in 1851, were more diSastrou,
than those which have recently beer
held. lie was "rebukedo upon the
very same question which the Oppo
sition now falsely claim to have tcsteC
for the first time, and which they as
scrt entered into the late can vass--tht
Kansas question.
The truth is, Mr.. Buchanan has not
been "rebuked" Tor his Kansas policy
1t was the universal pressure Of tho
times, more than anything else, which
brought about the recent revuloon in
poIitics, and which was uniustly at,
tributed to tho Administration. II
Mr.. Buchanan has been "ro0uk1d," ="
so was Thomas Jefferson, so was Gen.
jackson, Gen. Harrison, Mr.. Polk,
Gen. Taylor, Mr.. Fillmore, General
Pierce; SO have been nearly all the
Presidents we have had in the last
sixty years. The elections the second
year OF their several administrations
all terminated in precisely the samC
way (unless even more dlsa8trously,
that the late election has done in Penn
syIvania and other States of the Uni
on. This is a matter of history, and
yet the Democratic party lived anC
grew stronger under all those revcrs
cs-and it will do so under the pres
cnt. The corrupt hangers on. will
drop of; the dead weights upon ON
glorious OIL party will be thrown
aside. Like AntGus, our every fail
TO the earth only increases our strength
and rcnovates our vitality.