The Baltimore County union., 1883-12-01
Correspondence BGiiinoyc County raion.
FROM HARTFORD COUNTY.
A Review OF the History OF tho Demo-
cratic Party--An Interesting
Retrospect.
BELAiE, Mn, Nov. s6lh. IsS3.

BELAiE, Nm, Nov. a6Ih. IsS3.
Edif,'s fsioh Ii may not be either uninter-
esting or uninstTuctive TO many Of your readers
10 give u brief review of the history Of the ben.
ocFatic paTiy-so called. think Il may 10 good
for several reasons. First, there arc great mum
Der Of young voters who are lead 20 believe that
the party bearing the maine Of Democrat Is the
one that has made our country what Il IL, and the
one that has aai only manage the govern.
meht TO the best advantage for all its citizens.
They think because our fathers voted that ticket
they must have been right, and that Is the only
reason they can give for supporting the party.
They never inquire any further. They know no
more about its history than they do about the
''man in the moon" Secondly, there are u great
many older men who have never asked or trou.
bled themselves about knowing any thing concern
ing the party, its history. its tene. or It's deal
ings with the government, being satisGeI with
the assertions Of its leaders that its founder was
the great Jedcrson, and Jackson-Oh Hickory,
they style him was it, greatest de.eiple. Now
IL is for ,hc bcntGt o. these two classes more par
ticulariy that propose 10 commence a serie. Of
letters upon this theme.
! believe IL was about the commencement Of the
prcsent century that a great revolution in the
politics Of our country occurred, mainly the out
shoot Of the activity and energy of Aaron BHrr,
rho tras the i,yfisIfs JdiAsr of Des,ocrdey, and
not Mr.. Jefferson. as many suppose. who vas truly
only the beneficiary of Burr's work. as all must
admit who have ever real Parton's life Of Burr.
And sometimes think that the disHHioa sleasnf
TO be found in the Dsaocralie party, more par.
ticularly among its J"ssss and leaders. must have
inherited their reasonable principles from their
distinguished proseEiioT. In the formation Of
our government the party that favored the adop.
tiun of the constitution, headed by the illustfous
Father Of his Country, Washington, were styled
Federaiists, whilst those who opposed the eonsti-
tutOn and were unfrisnily towards Organizing
our form Of government were styled Republican,
and are now called Democrats.
For u years the government party under Wash
ing,0n and the elder Adams held possession Of the
administration, aud TO these two great men above
all others arc We Of to-day indebted for the
strength and stability Of our system Of govern
ment. For period Of forty years, or from the
9Th of March, isol, 20 the ith o! March, 1871, the
Republican or Democrats party held undisputed
control Of the government, with the single exeep-
tion Of the four years FROM ls25 10 1899. when
John Qainey Adams was President. Perhaps
many aho will read this letter can call TO mind
the violent and stormy political passion exhibited
at that day by the Democrats at their loss of
poNer ant patronage, with the fcrso and bitter In.
veetiyes that hurled at the administration of
Mr.. Adams (which has since been truly admitted
20 have been one OF the nosf able, conservative.
prosperous and sesHos,ieoi that the country has
ever cnjoyei since the days sf Washington, and
Of those unfounded and unscrupEious charges Of
"5aTyaia and eorraJfisR" against 0f the purest
and most unselish patriots and greatest states
men that our country has ever produced, together
With the desperation and base means resoFtel 20
for the restoration of power into the hands Of the
Democrats, and they must admit that nothing has
ever occurred analogous 10 u.
On the 18th Of March, 1929. Gen. Jackson took
bis seat as President. Then began n reign of
terror then was inaaguraied for tho frst time
that unveTsal system Of prescription. under which
devotion 10 Democracy and partisan services In
elections we're held 10 be the only passports 20
power and the only tests of fitness for ofice from
the highest 20 the most humble in the gin Of the
government, and which has given rise 10 the hue
and cry. ever since kept sacred by the Democratic
party, "fo fks tieiors belosg re sPoiis." During
this Standardization Joha q. Calhoun, Of South
Carolina. was Vice President, aud shall In my
next letter show mp % the acts. both of pub.
he aud private nature that characterized the eight
year, standardization Of President Jackson.
RANnLER.