The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1880-01-09

49, A~~~ s~st ~ Agss asesa~. ,vssNs
v sssar tAr~t t~wsn~eA ss..sB~ns 4.
I thst hAs~ ersnAlIs Aas~~tvd il A~&.ss.
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ass ~ - nT~As svA %~mriaAvA. lstl
ssss ssua.hr4As&. l~~sa< snA rAttses, an
ssiAss - shs>~ es~aa ase~ssees - sh@s
hA~ asArrA lvs1M w N~wssnsne.
ta~t shs nAs~e& " shs r4sts~A have
n~sss iw~n sna~sssv~ ~ W. ssaAa thru
hNsr takes ~ th~~~ gv~Ms enrssinss
Th~ AtsA tNFss Aists4rM wNA lnlr FEEDER.
AltseA AnA NrtuiaseAna. th~ hnsm~s, un.
ars HAnilsunN l~sAes~hin lAkine .
sesrne ste~ ri sh~ nAsicMAl lMnrsirns
undct w constitution, anA IN latter.
mMAef She leAdes~Alp " aef|ts~uM, i
ssfuna view ~ Me reserved riehta ol
Mr. Nsaav~s - that me tes~ sFwlesal.
ist" tAcssv~A lsum tsrfns, 1 stAtel
much better described 3 di~cirt~ ii
lefle<~cm than The Disciple n llAmtltca.
~hc iAvwHted The term and whose fol.
lr~~ss ~ct~ n. while the t~ssA " Rrrnh.
lic~n Also had only 3 conventional
meaning. and waa spplicd 10 tAcee who
w~sr in opposition n sh~ nv~t admins.
tvAtlnna vi Tho Ouvrtnment. uf~slMAllv
the Republicans cAmc b. cali themselves
D~mocsAtA, term which described their
political principles scarcely bctt<t than
the ether cnc did, and under President
Monroe the fcslc~lista disappeared I'll.
tceethcf; and not very long alter The
term -whie.- I name borrowed nom
England. and Ii itself utterly devoid u
meaning, came 10 bc applied 10 the fol.
lowers ot Henry Clay, Who resemblesi
tho feslevnlists In thiA that they
stretched Tho power III The General
Government beyond the point which
their opponents regarded - conatitn.
tionAl or safe: and thua Tho second
party division wAs into Wings and Dem.
ucrAts. Tho Wings disappeared after
thc election of isb2. and a. the slavery
question had then become prominent
(itself In its political aspects an ont.
gsowth of tho deeper one). namc was
required fos Tho political opponents oi
slavery, and, after 4 tentative usc of tho
term Free Soil thu old discarded
name Republican was ilxed upon, nnd
tho third grand party division has been
into Republicans and Democrats.
l'his brief review win show how
looscly names have bccn used ~ thc
dcaienation of parties; and : more
copioua rcview would show, what II
equally the truth, that parties have
been constantly changing moro or lcss.
oven while they bore thc same dcaignA.
tion, Undoubtedly, JtfYcrsoh's views
of tho constitution aud ot Tho Govern.
mcnt nndcr 1, may he traced with mose
or lee. oi continuity .lown through All
tho changes oi the early Republican
and later Democratic parties; tindoubt.
cdly. also, Hamillons views of The con.
Ntitution anil of the Government under
u may hc followed down with consider.
ablc continuity through The greater
changes Of tho Fcderalist. Whig aud
later Republican parties: no fAr ~ this
goes, partiea indeed have hrcn shaped
by tho abiding elements of our politics,
by tho permanent differences of opinion
about tho relative powers ri tho nation
and u the States; slill. On tho other
hand, All parties have NJ shaped them.
selves on transient issues. hare been NO
much modified hy lhe circumstance III
- ai,on .L.n.aA .hai. .si,..,.i. ..~..d
vrcat nnss.inas ~ mi n,ia.i,.ia .as ~ .v,iiss
Hs1 ~, ",aii,n.., .''I ...s '..,,,, u ....i..
views VI his own could consistently VOTE
continuously what bore the party label.
II II little less than pure illusion h
suppose. NJ 10 many 10, that parties are
tho same because bearing thc sAmc
j. EXAMPLES ~ stcm ORANGES.
Illustrations of thcsc changes 81 atlI.
tnde ofIrr themselves on every hand.
For example. tho present Republican
patty - called was rather \ party of
6tAlc rights ii thc ffAt, and continued
No N long N II wMa In oppoaition. Even
its choice oi 4 name seems 10 indicate
that, and Il any ratio Ii conceded fully
that every State had Tho righl 10 e1lab.
lish and maintain slavery II |. pleased
10 do 10; and Ia stronr complslnt was
that tho General (iovrru mont waa cx.
cecding its constituted powers III Try.
Ing 10 make slavery NATIONAL IL ds.
nonncsd the Drod bcolt decision oi tho
Supreme Court - virtually conicrrins
On tho Government powers not granted
10 Ii by tho constitution, hut reserved
10 tho Btalea respectively Or 10 tho pso.
Moi. moreover, deaislons oi HtAle
courts, iikc those of Vermont and Wis.
consin, hostile 10 the National Fugitive
Slave law, met the hearty approval of
IL leaders; and Abraham Lincoln WINS
chosen President 81 tho United States
= IN avowed champion oi The rights of
tho Blatcs IN respect 10 staveYy and In
sni c.,rclsllv lon~ il ,Dv~r, ll,r inns
81 tho nariy hns been ~, another
pltch altogether: they have strained
iho national novsrs IL - rrlcni mnvnr
dresmcI u before !, thrv havc ailnmnt.
"a % aovcyu Hla(es in lime ci i,ssCs by
military force for partisan purposes,