The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-03-04
Established 1926.

and fraternity" notions Of
the French republic But the great 1
strength and the fatal faIlacy Of /
Jefierson's political system was in
bis State rights and State soye !
reignty dogmas. These dogmas
were admirably adapted 70 tile old |
stage coach epoch, when each State
was 10 greater or less extent so |
separated from the other States as
10 be in fact an independent com. |
munity. Hence these dogmas Of
Jeilerhon,sO fur prevailed as gradu |
ally TO absorb the old federal party !
aud thus in 1924. all opposition 10 |
the republican party having dis
appeared, that party itself, having
nothing else TO fight. was broken |
up in q scrub race for tho Prcsi
dency. III 1923 General jackson
was first elected on his battle Of
New Orleans, ''retrenchmcnt and
reform" and against what John
Randolph called adams and Clayl
"tbe Coalition OF tho Puritan and
the bla.kleg.'
In 1882, However, from and after
Jackson's second election. finally
crystallizing as the Democratic par.
y and the wliig, we had a definite
reconstruction Of parties on the old
U. S. Bank question, and politi.
cal revolution. which abolished the
bank as an aristCcratic monopoly, 4
aud which gave Jackson such pop
ularlty that 1t enabled him. TO name
Martin Van Burcn as his success.
sor. But the State pet bank sys.
tenn substituted BY Jackson; for
"Biddle's monster" ran into sncb
excuses Of imitation under Van
Buren that it brought about the
crushing revulsion Of 1897, which
resulted in the popular whirlwind
which whirlod Van Buren and the
democracy out Of power in 1910
From that day, still representing,
pr erceilence, the State rights tai
lacles of Jefferson, the Jacksonian
democracy lived the precarious ex
istence of a Micawber, watching
tor something 10 turn up" The
Texan annexation cry saved them
by the skin of their teeth"liu
1874. Van Buren turned against
tie regular party nominee and up.
set him in 1913; but poor Pierce.
in 1852, on the false pre,erses Of
Clay s,great compromise measures
Of 1850, carried the country by IA
vote which swept the wEig party
out Of existence.
Thus after the election of 1852,
the democratic party of Jackson
stood in the field somewhat like
the old republican party in Mon.
roes election of 1920, without op
position. But from this very point
began the fermentation OF a new
revolution, which finally assumed
II definite and decisive shape in
Lincoln's election OF 1860. The
new republican party, which came
into active and vigorous life in
1854. on the cry Of no further ex.
tensions Of slavery" began the
conflict as a national party with
JetfersOn 8 dogmas Of human
rights against Jetferson's dog
mas If Stnie rights. The new and
all powerful material agencies over
the moral world, the agencies cfI
steam and the telegraph, had come
into active play, giving the grand
idea OF national sovereignty a
force and pressure never draped
OF by Jefferson, CalhoHn aga the
Southern oligarehy. Here lies the
secret OF the rapid developement Of
The new republican party; which
its wisest leaders failed TO compre.
hend. They thought it WAS their
ideas. human rights, and all that,
but it was the demand OF the new
age ..of steam and The telegraph for
new order of things.
Hence the tremendous revolu
tion inaugurated ia our political
parties and IN our political
system under Lincoln-the great
est revolution Of modern tines
Under Lincoln, however, the con
fllct was for the destruction. by the
last resort OF war, of an old system
no longer to be endured. Under
Grant il will be the finishing, in
peace, of the building of new po
litical system, including new is
sues and new organization Of
parties The State rights fallacies
OF Jefferson are, with the Bourbons
and slavery among the wrecks OF
The deluge. The sovereignty over
South Carroll IA which was in Cal.
noun is in the nation. We are no
longer loose confederation of
State sover@gnlies, depending up
on the will OF clique of reckless
tilibustors here or there, but u ma.
zion, hound together by thousand
bands otir n and steel, in our raj.
roads and telegrapbs Under
Grant we expected this new dis
pensaion 10 be perfected, includ
ing the Sovereignty of the nation
over railroads and telegraphs and |
a release from the burdens of the
now dominant radical faction, to. |
gether with large amount OF the |
burdens of our Treasury robbers. |
our national taxations and nation, |
al debt.
lit is stated that tho white of
an egg, given in sweeiened water, |