The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-11-10
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The Philadelphia Argus says it is Stated as
fact, by those who have paid attention 20 the
subject, that from The time Of Thomas JeFsr-
son down to the present day, the elections 70
every second Congress Of apemoeratic Admin
istrAtion have resulted, as the recent cne has, in
a temporary triumph oftlis opposition. Not
only so, but the same thing IS trts so far as the
other party is concerned. Gen jackson, du-
ring the whole eight years of his Presidency
had one or the other branch of Congress array
ed against him, and sometimes both. The
same vas true or bIr Van Buren, In 1870,
with the aid Of hard cider, coon skins and song
singing. Gen. Harrison, WAS elected by an
overwhelming majority; yet in the second year
Of that administra. ion the election all went the
other way, and its pet party measures were all
defeated except the Bank rupt Law, and that
only livel few months. Gen Taylor was also
elected by Il large majority. The second year
OF his administration witnessed a revolution in
politics which wonll have loft his successor, the
Vice President, without party, but for his sa-
gacity inalapting his political principles to suit
the cxigencies of the times. Mr.. Fillmore, by
taking conservative position, and advocating
the Constitutional rights Of the South, sustained
himselfan slyed what was left his admins
tration from utter anaihilation. Then take the
aim; ;nstration Of Mr.. P0'k-ono OF the most
popular we ever Ia against which less could be
urged than most others; yetin the second year
Of his administration, in 1915, he received quite
as pointc ''r,bQNo," so far as the election
went as the present Administration has in the
estimation Of the Opposition. But let US look
at the moro recent illustration. No man was
ever elected President when there was a strong
party contest, by such crushing, overwhelming
majority as Gen. Pierce; yet the elections which
took place the seconl year ofhis administration
i'll 1854, were much more disastrous than those
winch have recently been held. He was 'rebu.
ked" upon the very same question VIII ch the
Opposition now falsely claim to have tested fol
the first time, and which they assert enter in
20 the same canvdss-the Kansas question.
The truth is, Mr.. Buchanan has not beer
"rebukel" for his Kansas policy. 1t was the
universal pressure Of the times, more than any
thing else, which brought about the recent re-
7ulsion in politics, and was unjustly attributed
to the Administration. IfMr. Buchanan has
been ''rebked," so was Thomas Jefferson, 81
was Gen. jackson, Gen. Harrison, Mr.. Polk
Gen. Taylor, Mr.. Fillmore, and Gen., Pierce
so have been nearly all the Presidents We haVC
had in the last sixty years. The elections o
the second year Of their several administration
all terminated in precisely the same way (un
less even more dsastrously),that the late cleo
ton has done in Pennsylvania and other State
of the Union. This is matter of history, ant
yet the Democratic party lived and grew stron
ger under all those reverses-and it will do s.
under the present, The corrupt hangers Of
will drop off; the dead weights upon our glori
Gus old party will be thrown aside. Like An
tacua, our every fall to the earth only increase
our strength and renovates our vitality.