Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-01-26
From the National Eral
DISCRIMINATION OF THE DEMO.
CRATIC PARTY.

The party which claims the title OF
Democratic has been in existence about
thirty years. We are aware that it
CLAIMS identity with the old Republican
parry founded BY ferson. but with no
good reason The downfall Of the Fed
eralisIs, which occurred during the Ad-
minislration of Mr. Madison. was follow
ed by reorganization o. parties. neither
OF which would own any connection
with the unpopular and defeated FEEDER
ali>ls and each Of which claimed affin
iry with the successful Republicans Il
may be doubted whether m+jari!y Ss, SssI
the F-drralisrs jnined the Wings. or went
mo the new Democratic organ zs'ion
which very soon dropped even the namr
Of Republican. Il is well known that
the present President was F-drralisi.
and that many of the leading spirits in
the original Jackson organ zatinn were OF
similar anrecedents. II is equally well
known that Henry Clay. the ''great EN- |
bodimpnt'' Of the Whig party. as his
friends we've proud to style him. was a
Rrnublican Of the old school. In al
parts of the Union, the Federalists and
Republicans were 10 be found in each of
he new organizations Of Democratic and
Wing parties; and we think that We arr
amply justified by the facts in denying
the identity of the modern sham Drmoc-
racy with that Of the Jeffersonian Rrpub
lrcan party.
Indeed. the Democracy" for many
years past has been so perverted irum
what il was under General Jackson, that
1t would be uni ust to his IuemoIy not to
draw the distinction. Il is true that Gen
: J ,cksun was a slave holder. and that hi
policy was Pro Slavery; but such were
his moderation and fairness, compared
with those Of his successors. that he
would have been voted out of the party
at any time during the last dozen yt ars
e lad he lived, for .unsoundness" or luke
y warmness.
d l. is also true. aud not to be omitted
:, In historicsl retrospect. that bad as
h were the A Administrations uf Van Bdrru
a aud Polk, they we're moderate and lIbe-
n raj in comparison with those of Pierce
!. ami Buchanan. Thousands Of those who
e assisted iu The election of Mr.. Pierce are
e now stanch Republicans; and they main
= tain, with show OF reason, that the
d d, mocratic porIy ceased TO exist after the
D pei fjrous policy OF repeating the Mis~ou
II ii Compromise was adopted by his Ad
ID minisIraIion. They insist that hence
h, forward a new party was formed. com
e posed. in a large measure of Old Line
II Wings, whose central and sole idea is the
e ex ensIon and perprtuaIion Of Slavery.
}, Each of these eras in the histery oi
:, Dem cracy in this country has been
=; marked by gradual Development oi
the Pro Slavery policy. and consequent
Il tendency to decay and dissolution.
5 The Jeffersonian Democracy, which
e beg n with the doctrines of universal
p equality and freedom. insensibly lost its
is attachment to radical principles /; and al
though il never assumed a Pro Slavery
j. attitude, it never esssved 10 reduce its
t. maxims of universal liberty to practice.
. The Jackson Democracy. while pro
i Tossing to be continuation OF the Jetfer-
t sCnian Republican party. was from the
Il be ginning Pro Slavery. if not in profes-
J. sion. at least in practice. Van Burrn
gloried in being "a Northern man with
> Southern principles and it was only
:, after he bad ceased 10 WELD the patron
age of the Federal Government that he
= exhibited any degree Of independence.
= Tyler, renegade Wing, was practically
4 adopted by the Democratic party. and
bis ultra Pro Slavery policy. including
the annexation of Texas, was cordially
=. sustained by that party. Polk precipi-
tated the country into war with Mrxi
co, in order further aggrandizs the South
>, and Slavery. In the interval of four
years of Wing rule. Tayler andFIlmore.
the democracy" waxed in Pro Slave
Is ry intensity. the majority of the
party in the South rejecting even the
> ompromise" measures Of 1850, be-
o cause they failed to eoncede all that was
demanded. The election OF Mr.. Pierce,
another Northern man with Southern
principles" was the signal for renewed
encroachments upon the rights of free la
: Dor, and nothing short OF the repeal OF
c the Missouri Compromise would appease
% the naughty spirit of Slavery proPagan-
C dism. The concession was made, but
was far from satisfying the Shareholders.
u They insisted not only upon the repeal
e of legislative prohibitions against the IN
PRODUCTION OF Slavery into Territories,
n but demanded judicial decision declsr-
= ing The right to hold slaves so long as the
" Territorisi condition lasts and, as a
e practical measure, they insisted that
/ Slavery should be forced into Kansas
:. by the power of the Federal Govern
1t ment. These demands, as the country
e knows, were acceded to; and while
they may be regarded as the climax