Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-15

Of General Scott iii is6s, sts wbis
tartv, o. major part of it, disbandea'
1858 the opposition TO the demo-
In 's~ty, appeared untef two dis
cra,ict tlne as the 'republicsri
tinct forn.. feHh G. Fremont for
party" and ra" Ia other as tho
president, and :. 'ak:ran Millard
"Amerlcan party" WI. - abolition
Fillmore for president. 1. bcdit d
element in this election was Ell. @.t!
in the party that supported Fren
But the democratic party clecieu
James Buchanan. Ii 1860 all the
elements of the opposition TO the
dem ocraiic party combined under the
organization which they called "the
republican party" uniting the ahol,-
tionists, ,free-soilers, Americans. wing.
and national republicans, nnd Elected
Abraham Lincoln over a divided
democratic party, one part of il run
ming Stephen A. Douglas, aud the
other part John &. Breckenridge.
This brought into power what re-
NAMED of the elements of the old
federal party, together with the fay
ends of the numerous other exploded
and brOken-down political factions.
hii CotHulleu Win itsc cdOOIltIOulsts III
the worst form of northern seciion-
alistn, and all hungry and ravcnous
for the Offices, honors and emolu-
ments of the government.
This modern republican party hat
arisen out OF The anti-slavery agiia-
tion III the northern states, and made
its first national organic alton Ill 1856.
And in its resolutions in convention
at the city of Philadelphia, it de.
clared, beside being in favor of the
Declaration OF Independence aud the
Constitution OF the United States,
and oppnscd 10 the ou'raycs c"mmit-
ted in Kansas territory 7! luur things
as the plamks in the platform, to. vii:
l. Opposition TO the extension OF
slavery into the territories, and for n
congressional prohibition 10 this eff
fert.
2. The immediate admission OF
Kansas as { ee state into the Union.
8. The completion Of u, railroad To
the Pacific coast.
4. For river and harbor improve.
meuts of II national character.
This is all there was Of that row
party at that time. But, in 1860, it
| formed aliialiccs with many other
political factions. and engaged gem
! orally in the northern anti. slavery
ayitatinn excitement and proceedings.
Inc return Of fugitlves from labor, as
required by the constitution, was
publicly opposed, and even resisted
BY mobbing United States marsiials
in executing the laws Of the United
States. Stimulated by these political
movements, John Brown actually or
| CYo Sss~r oS~., ~
negro insurrectiOn, seized the United
States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, aud
fired the first gun in the war with the
/ southern states.
1t was in this state oil affsirs, and
under such circumstances of intense
excitement from the sectional anti.
slavery agitation and interference.
that this modern and sectional repub.
!lcah party came luto power In 1860.
From the time of the adoption OF the
constitution until that time no such
political movement could have taken
place without producing rupture in
the union of the states.
we have now briefly traced the his
tory OF politicsl parties until this
modern republican party came into
power. And 1t is most remarkable
ana even amusing to observe how
frequently the opposition to tho
democratic party, based on the origi-
nal ideas or political doctrines OF the
old federal party, made its appearance
in the political field under various
disguises aud sundry different nance:
first, the national replb blicam party,
then the American party, then tho
whig party; once the know-nothing
party, then the free-soil party, AMI
finally. Wien completely scctionalizcd
Uy the alliance with the abolition
party, the republican party. And In
this political c0mbinatlOt, which in.
cluded u concentration of the fax.ei,ds
of oil the brokem-down political fac
ions of the country. the doctrime Of
the old federal party was the leaven
which leavened The whole lump.
And here let it be remarked. that
the democratic party has with great
consistency aud integrity adhered.
through good and through evil re-.
port, in prosperity aud in adversity,
to lts.ariginsl doctrine as to the con-
stituiion and the true policy OF the
federal governtRcnt, and has never
faltered in the maintenance OF. the
public faith and the honur aud the
rights OF the states and tho people. in
the administration Of the puT.i; af-