Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-01-16
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\ scrap Of I'olitical History.

''lIh'iIu 'h ' IUk -''i IlaN.
- place th, date If thc nccc--ion
" the Democratic party I" ma
i'"ml power At lN2". Instead If ih,.
""n'up year If the century, when
lh"un- I,tl,r."n. a. President.
n--uurd c"uir,l II the national
administration Il pr,hahl, fell
ini" THE 'rrnr from the fact that
Va" bcm"cn'ic party. the unr,lcnt
ny Antagonist # Federalism and
iu"unrchinl IDEAS. then bore the
nnnc Republicans The Republic
cani.n II jefferson wn- essential,
what Democracy is to-day. and the
Federal party 81 1900 embraced
all the cardinal trnct- # the Re.
publican party which ha- just been
"nrplnn'"d 10y the popular vote.
The prccirc attitude IL the par
ties during the first three decade.
81 ~" present century, may hc de
'cnnincd hy u glance II, some Of
The main questions ut issue. In
1871. the Republican tor Demo.
cm'icl party was quite H. " solid
f"r the admission II Missouri as n
slave STATE, ~ the F~l,rnlists were
"pl"'-'i Ia the measure. which
question was temporarily settled by
We '"''"''" compromise, providing
that thereafter all territory west of
Missouri aud north If ~ deg. 81
min. should l~ free from slavery
The Fcdcralists were. during the
early history II the government.
persistent advocates IT a United
states bank. protective tariff and
internal Improvements. while the
Republicans very generally opposed
'her" measures as being unwarrant
eel 10y the Constitution. The State
right d"c'rinc. as upheld by the
Republicans, was shown by the
party IN its attitude upon the alien
nnd sciiiion laws. which conferred
upon the President power to Danish
from the country persons consid-
cred dangerous To the public peace.
This led To the Virginia and Ken
tucky resolutions. in which the
Legislatures ~ those States de-
cl"rcd the laws arbitrary and un-
constitutional. Further on we find
the principles Of the respective
p"r'ie" portrayed by their po-
''t'on on the proposition to limit
the sale Of public lands. Mr..
IIayne. ~ South Carolina, pro-
posed Ia invest each State with the
control Of all public lands within
IT, limits. Daniel Webster re-
piled, and his speech is still famous
In political annals. In 1925, the
Wing party arose and assumed sub
stan'i"lly the ground occupied by
the tciemlists, and the l,cpubli-
cans now began 10. glory in the
name OF the Democratic party, with
jackson IN the lead. Soon after
wards be- was chosen President.
with Calhoun Tor the second place
IN official station.
Nor IL II true. M asserted by
this new commentator on political
history, that jackson deceived the
so.callcd Democrats. and four years
later they sough, To turn him out
~ office" The Democratic Con
vention which met in March. 1882,
hal only 10 confirm and give effect
Ia popular sentiment which had
many months before nominated
"old Hickory" by common con-
<ni, Tor second term. Ills vote
In ihc Electoral College stood 219
10 20 for Henry Clay. I, is true,
a. stated by the mislcd scribe, that
jackson was elected by the Rcpub-
lean vote. but Il was not the kind
81 Republicans he had in his
minds eye nor who he claims for
party associates.
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