The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-08-18
FACTS FOR YOUNG VOTERS.

How Parties Have Sprung Up and
Passed Away, While the Democratic
Organization is as Old as the Nation
and Still in its Youth--Its Long List of
Dead and Almost Forgotten Antagot
nists.
Many young men when they ar
rive at the age of twenty one, and
vote for the first time, vote as their
parents vote
Many Others vote as friends or ac-
! quaintances dictate or advise.
This should not be. They should
consider the parties contending for
the supremacy of the country, and
then decide to vote as good judgment,
interest and conscience dictate
In thus forming judgment they
should never forget to take into
consideration the history of the two
great parties, the one or the other of
which has controlled this country
from its infancy to the present day.
First they will find that fierce
struggle for supremacy existed be-
tween the FEEDER alists and the Demo
Gratis. The Fedcralists temporarily
gained the day, but the sober second
thoughts OF the people dismissed
them to oblivion, and the country
was governed by the Democrats for a
long decade Of years. AS there always
will be dissatisfaction and dissentions
in the ruling power, just OR unjust, the
Wing party arose to contend for the
sway Of power with the Democrats
They counted in John Quincy Adams,
President, and came very near elect
ing Henry Clay, (who had. left the
Democratic party because of the dis
appointments in office. and, by di-
vision in the ranks Of the Democrats,
elected Harrison and Taylor, although
a large majority of the American
people were against them. But, even
with its successes, the Wing party
passed away. 1t was not based on
principle, bnt existed only as an OPP
position to the Democratic party, and
was marshaled and composed of those
who, not being able to rule, would
ruin, the Democratic party. Where
is the Wing party now? II it had
been of any benefit to the country it
would not have passed away so easily
and completely that even its name is
unfamiliar to the last generation and
half. The Democratic party con-
tinuea as of old and as Of to day.
Then came the American or "Know
Nothing party. american is
captivating name, but, like a tornado,
it swept everything before it for
season. and then passed into Oblivion.
The Democratic party sustained the
assault, and remained the party of
the country.
Then, after the adoption Of o null
titude of minor reorganizations, with
captivating names, such as the .sPeo=
pies Party the "Republican Demo |
cratic Party" and some even propos-
ing TO steal outright the name of
democrats, they finally consolidate:
rs the Republican" party.
Under tise name they swept every
thing before them for a series OF years.
But of late years it is only an aggre
CATION ofisms, and rapidly following
the way of all opposition parties TO
the Democratic. The Democratic
party again stands today intact and
supreme before the world. 1t cannot
be destroyed by all the combinations
of the opposition-such as Rcpubli-
cans, Independents, Greenbaekers,
Prohihitionists, and what not They
are all retiring to the rear, as the
Federalists, Wings, Americans, Peo-
pies Party and u dozen other minor
attempts at opposition have and in
a short time the whole country will
be again in the hands Of the Demo
Gratis, as the only party fit to govern
it. Last Fall was an evidence of
the present drift of the people, and
1884 will see the grand revolution.
Young men, when they cast their
first votes should think Of this. 1t
is the history of the country. They
should start right, and in doing so
should vote the Democratic ticket,
and be Democrats. The Democratic
party is the party Of the country; it
cannot be destroyed. 1t will last for
all time to come while the others
arise, live for season, and pass away
like the idle occasionally Gre
ating little commotien, then passing
quickly into obliyion.-Lebanon Ad-