Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-11-08

of person under the protection or the
 habeas corpus; and trial by iuries lm-
 partially selected"
 In 1sl7 the Federalist party became
 delunct and new party was formed, of
 which MT. Clay became the &C.,
 knowledged leader. In 1895 this new
 party took the name of National Re
 publican. In 1885 the National Repub-
 licans changed to Wings and the old
 Republican party which Jefferson
 founded having become the Democratic
 party, the national contests from that
 tune forward un.Il 1856 were waged by
 the Wbig and Democratic parties with
 Q brief interval between, 5 and J6
 when the Know-Nuthing or American
 party achieved some temporary local
 triumphs. The Democratic party has
 always claimed a strict adherence to
 the Republican principles of Jefferson,
 and during the two administrations Of
 Andrew Jackson, the Democratic party
 assumed proud position of public con
 fiaence by virtue of its strict adherence
 to Jefiersonian Republican principles.
 President Jackson sustained the public
 credit to the extent of hls ability and
 brought mp his party to an acknowledge
 ment of the necessity of maintaining the
 national faith. He was Tn favor of a strict enforcement of the law, and gave no cOuntenance 10 nullihcatlon or
 sec, ssion hereaies. He was in favor of
 that other time hoBored principle of Jeffersonian Republicanism; equal and
 exact justice r. all men
 In fact. during the JEcksOnlan era the Democratic party reached the zenith of
 its power and the acme of its greatness. This exalted position was due entirely and exclusively to lis devotion to Jeffer- sonian republ-canism. From that time the Democratic party went into decay, and having thrown itself into the arms Of slavery it soon became a spectre of its former self. Every great principle of its original doctrines Was gradually and almost imperceptibly extracted, till
 nothing renamed but the mere name. Having finally renounced in practice all the great principles of JeffersOnian
 republIcanism. ii soon became the foe ] to liberty and progress and the friend 1 of oppression, until at last It stood
 forth boldly and defiantly in open and armed hostility to the very government 1 from winch its principles enslnated, and
 which had made 1t great, glorious and
 prosperous. It had nothing Tn its con- stitution that was Democratic; it had turned its back upon all the great teach
 ings of the immortal Jefferson. Then for the first time the American people
 sSaw and realized the desperate ndI- ton into which false democracy had led
 them. and rnllying to the cry of "The Union forever" they seized the standard
 of freedom and equal rights and planted
 1t upon the ramparts of rebellion.
 Then was organized under the i'm
 mortal Lincoln the new Republican
 party. It began its career inspired by
 the same great principles upon which
 the original Jeffersonian Republican
 party was founded. It has fought many
 gallant fight for those principles. IL
 maintains them to-day, and it owes its
 present proud and impregnable position
 to its firm and rigid preservation of
 those immortal tenets which made the
 original Republicans strong and gave
 life and vigCr 10 the Democratic party
 until 1t deserted that standard.
 Equal and exact justice to all men
 Peace, commerce and honest friendship
 with all nRiiOns-entangling alliances
 with none. 4 jealous care of the right
 of election by the people, the honest
 pay AA pAA NAtbAH hlA EaElNu pres ervatiOn of the public faith; freedom oi religion, freedom of the press, freedom Of the person under the protection of the habeas corpus.
 These were tue doctrines Cf the first Republican party-under Jefferson: these were the doctrines of the second Republican party-unjer Lincoln, and these are the doctrines f the Republican l ~,.- nF f., 1.. Te to these principals It has grown great. | grand, powerful, glorious and inviucible
 The Democratic party has lived for | twenty years upon oppOsluon. Its un- | changing hostility to the Republican | party has made It the refuge and rally | ing polnt for malcUutents and disap- pointed demegogues of every shade and | description. All the elements of dis | cord, all the broken hopes and thxarted | ambitions, all the polIiica. adventurers | and charlatans who live by pubhc plum der and who abandoned the Republican | party and went back to the Democracy | when their motives were exposed and | their influence destE wed. All the min ions of discomfort aud the opponents | free thought and material progress, all the hirellngs of monarchial power. all AAAE OA tAANAAAnu AlA tulLUTbD- ment, all the old fOgles and representa- tlves of eilete and obsolete theories, all the sophistlcal and hypocritical con splrators against free government, all, all have been welcomed and received with open arms to the bosom | of the Democratic party, until that organization has come to be known and recognized as the central focus of hate.
 It has opposed every measure which the Republican party has advocated, and its repeated defeats and the overwhelming endorsement which It's measures have received. 1t still op- poses and abuses, notwithstanding that many of these measures are now recOg- lized as salutary and master strokes of political ethics by all Republicans and many Democrats, II stands fast with rertinacity refusing to admit its errors, correct its judgment or change it's policy. It has slandered every great man who Las led the Republican party To success. It pronounced the war a allure, and s;renuOusly fought every .ct adopted for its successful prosecu- ion. lt opposed the resumption act which elevated the public credit and tle greonDack 10 Its par value n gold. It opposed the pension laws ( md their amendments which were in- ended to assist the maimed veterans uf he war and their families, and 1t op- . ,osed the tariff which was one of the , .randest of all the Republican measures. since the passage of this act the coun- " has grown in wealth and commercial { lower beyond all precedent. c
 In 1850 the valuation of all property [ 7Gs S7,l317S0,22S In 1SG0, when the a republican party first trlumphed, 1t c -as Sl2,0S4. .j60, ,20j. In 1870, ten years V lter, 1t had reached the enormous sum a f S30O6S. .5lS.j07. In 1880. 1t amounted s D St3642,0O0,0O0, and in lSSt. fonr q ears later, 1t is estimated at SJ6.Ouo.- | l1OO0. having increased as much ID the L ast four years as in the ten years pre- v ious. Tins has been done under Re k ublican rule fer g years, notwithstand- |. lg the exhaustion consequent upon the V reatest war on record. In Augu>t. t, Stl, the National debt was S2. .7J6. .43I,- ci n, and the annual interest was nearly II ljLO00,OO1. Since that time and dur II g a period of l9 years. the debt has h cen reduced nearly one half, and the V