Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-03-03
The His,ory OF the Democra,,c par,y.

Ine dlstory OIL the DemOcrat1c Paftys
Saulsbury--tae 'secesh" Senator from little
Oelaware-lately made speech in which he at
tributed all our woes to the Republican party,
and lauding the Democratic party, declared that
the Democratic party vas born with its coun-
sry's birth and died With its country's death -
Senator DOOlittle, in brief, concise, speech
gave the history of the Democratic party as fol-
lows:
Mr.. DoLLITTLE-I wish to say a few words
in reply TO my friend from Delaware l say
that the Democratic party, by name is party
Of very modern origin. / remember before it
was born was present at its christening
And propose now to strip off this veil, which
covers what is claimed sometimes to be the glo-
rious antecedents of the great Democratic party.
What is the fact, Mr.. President? In 1898 the
Republican party was originated jefferson,
Madison, Monroe, and the great statesman of
that period, were its founders In 1900 the Re-
publican party elected jefferson President for
four years. In 1904 the Republican party elect
ed jefferson again for four years more. In 1908
it was the Republican party which elected Mad
ison President of the United States. in 1912
the Republican party elected Madison second
time President Of the United States In 1916
the Republican party elected, Mr.. Monroe as
President of the United States and again in
1920 elected him without any opposition what
ever. The party opposed TO the Republican
party during all that period from 1900 TO 1890
was the Federal party. In 1890 the Federal
party as such yielded up existence, and in 1894
there were four candidates for the Presidency.
every one of them as Republicans not as DEM
ocrats at all. Mr.. Crawford was the nominee
of the regular caucus in 1924, Gen. jackson ran
as an independent Republican candidate from
uv,dM NJ Nlorr J
publican candidate from Kentucky and Mr. Ad-
ans as an independent Republican candidate
from New England, Cor he at that time had Civ
en- IN his adhesion to the Republican patty
In 1924 there was no choice of President by the
people, and it went to the House of Representa-
tives, and Mr.. Adams was chosen President
In 1928 Gen. jackson was nominated by the
people not as a Democratic candidate, but as
the peoples candidate and Republican, and
was elected President And in 1892 for the
first time In the history of this county was the
assumption given to the Republican party, or
that branch Of it which supported Gen. jackson,
of the Democratic Republican party. 1t was
the contrivance of Mr.. Van Buren to secure, not
the nomination of Gen. jackson but his own
nomination as Vice-P President under it. And it
was when the first national convention ever call
ed in the United States, cslledat the iustigation
of Mr.. Van Buren, and his friends for the first
time, that the branch Of the Repu blican party
which supported Gen. jackson assumed the
nameo Democratic Republican. In 1886 it as
sumed the name, in 1910 the same. From that
gradually it began to drop the name of Repub-
icsn and adopt the name Of Democratic.
Mr.. Salisbury, in reply to Mr.. Doolittle, said
he had known him when he was High Priest in
the good old Democratic party. He had no
doubt that Mr. Doolittle would say as others
said, that he did not abandon his Democratic
principles, but that the Democratic party aban-
doned its principles.
Mr.. Doolittle-I did not leave the Democrat
&c party. Neither did the Democratic party
leave me. All that was good in that party came
with me into the Union party, and are there
now.
Mr.. Lane, of Indiana, (Union)-I rise to a
point or order. 1t is not in order to hold an in
quest on the corpse of the Democratic party
when the Coroner is not here.