, 1874-12-10
3ueet Sound dispatch,
1ERMH BRoNN:. EDI7O1


BoURBoNs COMING TO THE FRoNT.-
DR.. Gwin, announced by the Examiner
ss s.that sound Democrat and true pa
sriot, ex- Senator Hon. VIM. M. Gwin,
wrote a letter to the late Democratic
jubilation Getting in Sen Francisco,
which is being extensively copied and
endorsed By the Bourbon Democratic
press. The ex-senator says: "In an
swer 10 that portion of your letter ask
ing M opinion of the Governor elect oi
New York, l reply that 1 estimate him
as the coming man, and destined to
higher honors. The recent elections
have indicated SO plainly that he who
runs may read that Tilaen and Thur.
man should be the Democratic standard
bearers in the great contest for the
Presidency in 1876. They have wor
their spurs and received the belt Of
Knighthood. from the greatest of earth
ly monarchs, the sovereign people.
The ex-senator further says: "Marl
my words. if TIE policy l have indicated
is adopted, and Tilden's and Thurman's
name hoisted. at once, at the head oi
every Democratic paper, their election
is as certain as the sun rises and sets.
They are new men. each in great po-'
sition always properly before the public
of splendid record and belong to two
mighty States. point can be made ir
favor of Tilden with telling effect. In
the one hundred years of our national
existence but one citizen of New Yorb
has been President and he only for foul
years. We ought to have no controver
~ about candidates. Take these men
and make them our Chiefs. The peo-
pie have brought them to the fore and
they are the very men we want. My
reference to Gen. Jackson is historical.
But one thing not even you have
thought of is, that jackson is the real
founder of the Democratic party. Al
though with the same principles im>
proved it was the old party in opposition
to the Federalists, the actual name Of
Democratic party dates from Jackson's
triu mphs, as his opponents created the
Whig party. The era Of good feeling
during Monroe's time was the Republi-
can party, more generally called the
Democratic Republican party"
The Doctor is slightly at fault in his
historical record Of party names. The
party of Jefferson was only designated
and known as the Republican Farty un-
til after the expiration of the Monroe
Administration in 1925 All the candi-
dates for President in 1924 were called
Republicans and had been supporters of
the Administration of both Madison
and Monroe. Crawford was the regu-
lar Republican candidate, having re-
eeived the Congressional Republican
nomination, and the other candidates
were nominated by States. The Feder-
al party had then ceased to exist as q
party organization. From that time
until 1882 parties were only known by
the names of their party leaders. In
the election of 1882 the jackson party
organized for the first time under the
name of Democratic Republican" and
the opposition under the name Of "Na-
tional Republican. Many of the lead
ing Federalists of the country. includ-
ing Buchanan, Woodbury., Rive' and
others, became prominent members of
the jackson party under the new name;
and Henry Clay, an old Jefferson Re-
publican, led the opposition.
The Whig party was not formed until
after the election of 1882. The nan e
was first adopted in New York under q
coalition between the Anti Masonic and
National Republican parties of that
State. and first appeared in national poll
itics in opposition to Mr.. Van Buren In
1886; snd at that election and -thereaf-
ter, the party which supported Mr.. Van
Buren. dropped the term " Republican"
from their party designation and were
thereafter called and known as the Dem
ocratic party. The historical truth is,
that Van Buren, not jackson, is the real
founder of the Democratic party; and
not of the Democratic party only, but
of the present Republican party; which
is the successor of the Free Soil Dem
ocracy," which supported Mr.. Van Bu-
rem for President in 1S4S, and claimed
to be the only legitimate Jeffersonian
Republicans.
As the war of 1872 disrupted and scat
tered old party associations and issues,
SO the war of 1861 has brought about a
similar state of affairs. The Republi-
can party OF to- day does not resemble
the Republican party of 1860 in single
particular. The issues upon which it
was based have all been disposed of
fina ly and forever, and its leader are
almost exclusively recruits from the
Democratic party since that time. The
Democratic party has no political status
or uniform platform. Tllden was u
leader in the Free Soil movement of
1S4S, and was strong supporter of the
war. Thurman is an advocate of specie
currency. while majority of his party
in Ohio, led by Pendleton and the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, go for greenbacks and
imitation. Many of the old Bourbon
Federalists came into power by allying
themselves with the victorious party.
but the war of 1912 killed the Federal
party beyond the hope of resurrection.
The Bourbon Democrats may occasion
ally find themselves with the victorious
party under new alliances, but they can
never revive the anti-war party of 1861.
and will defeat the opposition as often
as they attempt it. Haight. moderate
conservative. was elected Governor of
u A.