The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-31


side only of all public questions, dis.
regarding truth, right and justice, de-
termined only to win" In 1896 an cor.
gan" was started at Washington, and
it, the Telegraph, gave the koy to
all the local party newspapers. 1t
was the duty of these papers to say all
manner of things to effect and preiu.
dice tho voter, ETC.; all as started by
the central "Organ." And this is his
torically and truly tho meaning of a
party" whether Democratic
or Republican. An independent
Democratic paper is ono urging pure
Democratic principles for their own
sakes and tho welfare OF tie country
under such rulo.
Now for the other point: When
Mr., JEFFERSON, the first caucus
nominee, succeeded in his contest for
the Presidency there was a general
apprehension that he would make o
clean sweep of his political opponents
from office. This suspicion was con-
siderably changed by tho mild tenor
of mis- inaugural address on That point.
But whom, in 1901, only three months
after his Inauguration, he removed a
leading Federalist oflice.holder, MIR.
GOODRICH, as collector of the port of
New Haven, and appointed Mr..
Bishop, Democrat, in his place.
those opponents begun TO understand
that their tenure Of Office was about to
end. When criticised for this, the
President responded that can.
did construction of his declare
tions in favor Of political
tolerance, respect for equal
rights Of minorities, etc, would not
warrant tho Federslists' assertions.
He commended that in the WING ad-
minislrations of his predecessors
ADAMS and WAsHINGToN, all tho
Offices of tho United States were mo
nopolized by their partisans, and that
1t was a stretch Of the Imagination to
assume that such monopoly of Office
was to DO continued in the hands of
the minority. Ho also commended
that the supplying Of some
OF the members of the ma.
jority party with public offices
violated no equal rights Of the others,
that it was not political intolerance to
claim q proportionate share in the di.
rection Of the public affairs. He ar
gued thatif due participation of OF
flee was Il matter of right, how woro
vacancies to BIO obtained? Those "bv
death were few, those by resignation
none." e mus be remembered chat
In WAsHINGToN's timo tho real
Democratic party had scarcely
name or existence, but Mr..
JEFFERSON had been elected by par
ty, through hard fought struggle,and
no folt undor necessity of rowardlug
his supporters with offices and in
comes, and in his letter containing the
above views may be found tho origin
of the doctrine, "to the victors belong
the spoils," And yet no removed but
l6 oilicoholders in three years.
Subsequently MADISON, and then
MONROE, were moro sweeping in tho
matter of changes. Indeed, so positive
on this point was Mr.. MONROE that
GENERAL JACKSON advised him to
avoid all considerations of party IN his
selection of heads of departments, 30.
ing so far as even to say: snow is the
time TO exterminate that monster
called party spirit; the chief magis-
trate should never indulge in party
feelings" 10 this the President re.
sponded: "ro give effect to tree gov
ernmont and secure 1t from fu.
ture danger, ought not its decided
friends, who stood firm In the day
of trial, to DO principally relied on {?
Would not the association of any of
their opponents in the administra.
ton, OF itself, wound their feelings
TO the injury Of our (the Republican
party's) causes?" Further, he says:
81 agree with you that moderation
should be shown to the Federal party,
and even u generous policy be pur-
sued toward them the only difference
between us seems to be how far shall
that spirit he indulged In the outsetY'i
But the administration of MONROE, tho
EZRA OF Good Feeling" was so salts.
factory to all parties, and the Federal
party having become extinct in 1915
at the termination of the war with
Great Britain, that matters generally
moved quietly on. Tho parties which
we've subsequently formed for JOHN
QUINCY ADAMS, JACKSON, CRAwFoR d,
aud CLAY, wsre more Of personal
character, political features be.
coming blended, II was only
during JAcKsoN's administration that
his supporters claimed the namo OF
Democrats, and his opponents, tho
National Republicans, with the soced.
ers on the bank, FREQ trade, anti.mo
nopoly, hard money idea, in 1888 "a.
took the namo OF Wings, tho former as
JEFFERsoNIAN strict constructlonlsts
tho latter under CLAY, with moro la,i.
tudinarianism.
When JACKSON stepped into power in