, 1881-06-11
,.-.s - 80
CONKLING'H HOXT.

., GoNKL1NGs HOLT.
The occasional divisions Of parties and tho
moro frequent secessions of factlous nlid
leaders lire common III NIL countries, artl
fully MS frequent IN thiycountry rs elsewhere.
Even rs far back rs tile days Of Washington
und John Attanis these rovolts or separations
down to tho presei,t uny.. Tllo close of the
tern Of good feeling" when NIL the country
WINS Of ono party. saw d gelieral disruption Of
pol[ttcat fraternity. All the candidates for
the Presidency In 1874 wore members OF tho
National ilebubllean party, aIia all, except
Con. dickson, 1lau been ,,ioniGers of Nfr.
Mnntoe's Cabinet. When Gcr. Jackson was
i,tnugurnted III 1soa tic Democratic, party be.
chine distinct orgatlzhtioi' mid during tie
eight years Of TINT Presidency thorc were
many serious defetttons, alnohR tho leaders
rs we'll It's nlnong tho rink MID iie. Mr.. Cal-
lioun, t1le vIce-tresidetit resigned his Office
to placc himself at the head OF an opposi.
ttoi, to tho Administration. Otllots did tic
SHINE, ibid tiie, Democracy Of Pennsylvania
was SUPPOSED to Gc so seriously reht beca,,so
Of ale Prcsldelit's bank policy sliat tic party
Iii t1iat Stats was destined to ,dcfont forever
nfter. III 1910 tlloi,sa1ltts left tile Democratic
marty on tic tariff nut bnnk issues ,l1 ioinel
tho Wings, olccttpR J1a,rison aud Tyior, but
In a comparatively briGf time the WhDg party
went TO pieces, and Tyler, huying 10 party,
SGT ,ip ono of his owli. AT h later tlay there
were large defectiollY from the Democratic
party because oil thS annexation Of TEXTS aid
tho Mexican war; md. Mr.. ,Clay anu Mr..
Webster differed. .wltfely from tllo other
wing Of tho Whlg parsy led by a1r,
Seward on tho question OF slayory fl
tho Territories, this dIErcrcncb ncarly
dividing tic party into two, The Democratic
party In tStl-,5 suffered Immense objections
lccaiiso OF the REPEAL Of tho Missouri COM
p,irouIsc, ealltns Into existence tho 1,cnub-
lcail pGrty Which WIS lhrecy of1lcored III ill
thol Suites by Democrats. Even Gen. Fro
,no,it. Tho tlrst neb,i1hItcni, cnrultttnte fnr
IIorac., tireeipy. dtifterinr fran, tin 1,onub.
Iican party, bcean,o tho leader Of the Dc,a-
ocratlc purity. Tl,o cases OF Individual do
feetton ffoni. parties nr6 numerous and COLI
spIcuous. Dautss, Sumner, Boutwell,, a1ll
RaMtoll In Massachusetts, Palmer and
'Trti1nbull In Illinois; noolyttlo, :. and
Carpenter lii Wisconsin; Morton in lii
diam; Dix and Vaii Buren, In New
York; WiI.iiot md Hickman iii penii-
sylyania; DINlr III Maryland, alid Dlair III
Missouri; IlamlIn in .blalnc, and others
eqi,nlly well known In all the states, loft tile
Democratic party to become leutlors in the
opposition, thereto, or these. Palmer, I'rum-
bill, the Dlatrs, Doollttle, aid others, live
nt d Inter day returned to their old statc-
soycfGiEnty faith, All tjlesu iiefectrff,s In
tlie history Of Aniotj can politics. whether Of
individuals or factions, were tic result OF
! differences Of obEnlon iis to groat political
questions. THUS Horace Greeley I'M, Ills
Liberal associates lii 1s7a ioft tie i,opub-
liean party on 4 question Of a,lministratlyo
reform, aud because tiilo Reconstruction pol
Icy was coillisdcrel too oxtromc. Ilad Mr.
Gre.ley lived to the present day lie, us most
OF his ,alheyents III 1879 have. done, would
l,ayo returned TO tho Republican organiza-
tton.
Tho point 10 which we Wlsh to ;ca)l anilontloih
Is, thai there has never. been On Individual
or even factlonal separation from either OF tlle
great parties from, Washington down tn i;nr.
tiell HAT was mt eousc,l nv .iitrnro,,ca ~
o6inIon lnon aomo noltiIcal nriiicinlcs ii. A.
reatly nffectin1 tho Sntional weifnrc. some
o,ieaifon of finn;,cn. iha tnfitr. or oiinr ccG.
,,oufcal uolicv: an slnv1ry. sulrrarc. eiv,,
rIri,ts. freeiioni of tic baliot. nrGtpciinn IL
life mn, mronartv or tl;e ,u,.,,,or ~ rxo:nttng
| the lava II hos hscn Yosprvrd a. ri, MI
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