Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-04-01
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,sBaflRs the revoIutionafv WAt, bfs sew
le1years, fpom1Ifbfol l7s3J the whole
people were divided into two parties,
k 5gI,s. s1s 3 XksS9 lS-as, Es.st%ii Of
England, the, latter were the reyelu-
| tionists. I They were exeeeiincfy hitter
In their hatred Of each other, even IN
the death rspd many were capeht sand
hpSt "a xStt ssidsa e@ most se the
After the close Of the Revolution very
grave and troublesome questions came
up among the Whigs,e a. tn the kihd Of
new Government 10 be formed. Many
Of effhk Ash hydrta }sprk CEN
ftrar power, m Which the President was
to be vested with kind of half high
I'Kingly Power. The majority iHsifed
on broader and more Demecratie form
| of ,GOyernmentnIT The. frat were called
| lFedeIalsts, the latter Republicans, or
Democrats, though the terms are sYn-
onimeus. The formnof Government
consumated was that Of o. iRepablic.
The term Democratic party IN kherefore
misnOmer. There can be no Demo-
cratic party in the United States, be-
cause the form of Government N Re-
publican, and not Democratics u Every
citizen, therefore, who Is In sympathy
with and SUPPORTS the Government of
| the United States, Is a Republican, and
not Democrat. Z
Phe Fsderel BartEWap.fprqRH1(1ta up
| fsesideht s6f fha UaitsdS States. skcted
ssekx Fam III VII ia snts
were Republican.
| In 1924 there were fOrr candidates for
the Presidency, viz. Andrew Jackson,
John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and
Mr.. Crawford. Their friends were re-
spectively denOminated Jackson men,
Adams men, Clay men and Crawford
men, Adams WIS. eleeted. swhicl capsed
wide spread ussatisfsetio ton among the
friends of Gepefai lack son who wasthe
next leading candidate,, because itswas
2lleged that Mr.. Clay threw his infiu-
eaee over Ia Mr. Adams with the stipu-
tlation that he, Cfay was to be, Adams
Secretary Of States iin the. event Of his
election and this was called 'bargin and
sale," and in the popular mind prostra-
ted both Adams and Clay, so, that in
1928 General Jackson was triumphant
| ly elected President of the United
States. 1yr.sds
In June 1882 the frie1ds, of Mr.. Jack
son, in NatiohaK con yentipn 70 make a
Presidential ticket passed. the Following
resolution. L 'Resolted thatwe' are the
Jeffersonian Demoefatiepartyo In July
following, the Clay and Adams men gin
tconvention " "Resol we'd, that we are the
descendants Of the Wings of 1776," and
this was tbs organ a Of the pem9cEsatic
and WHY par ss'spd IA lA tme
1sSfS nclitit ssT5s psstfsy Esss iss q
Federal party had by this time died out
as strengths Bat tM future stability,
or otherwise, lofsthei iGOvtfnment, II vet
to solve tie pr6blsm, whether in tie Or
iginal CONSTRUCTION pf the Government
and its. .constitutions the Federlists4Re
publicans were in the right.
In 1874 the American, or as Horace
Greely facetiously denominated it, the
Know Nothing party, snrang up and
f@dps had bssa He1sna Ss ysapthSFe Ne would
have Seen u KnowNotbip President,
Cabinet and all. No one can tell now
the prime animus Of the Known 9TH
ing party. 1t sprAng into existence
seeminglyA spontaneeusl ysszapd died
away as suddenly. The sorg4nizati on
seemi ugly started with the Wings,
though large numbers of Democrats
went in with hearty good will. Itlasted
but one year, but the organization was
the end of the Wing party.
The Republican party now, so called
was constituted in National Conven.
ton at Philadelphia in 1856. Into this
new party many even leading Demo,
Gratis went and remained, Write Iha arIy
Wings joined the Democratic party
thus in the aggregate Emaintamme
about The old bai9nce, tnhmeridally,s Of
the original Whig and Democratic par.
ties.
Several of the Southern states origin
ally gave Whig majorities, notably thf
Carolinas, Tennessee and Kentucky
The agitation of the slave question ir
the Nprta changed them into Demo
'faTne There s'Abss; have besR ASnlfins t5-aim,
+ many little side track parties, always
! havingsople speciafEpoint in9 view; but
: beyond detracting strength from one o.
other of the two chief parties, thereby
. controlling final results, they have ac
complishedT nothing, and of necessity
nevergwilL. OF ftheseniay be MENTIONED
the Anti Mason party, the Abolition
party, the Freesoil party, the Prohibi
ton party, the Working Mems party
the Greenback party, and sother@snai
: factions. .. a, s.u- es. a
II is d popular thing with many .
$ the people, that at least two chief par
ties are essential to The honest Admins
tration Of the public affairs, by acting a
mutual checks. ]. 81, . .,s,4of,l az Sssn =
This willldoubtless prove.a, fatal er
: ror of honest Judgment. Abstractly
the idea seems plausible; but inScon
templatfng the existing state Of thing
in the States, one cannot but shudder a
: what may happen; nay, which seem
g even now imihent The offices AMI
3 their emoluments are bought and sold
g Millions are paid gout to- control elec
! tiOns, until itAhas become d belief that
. fair election is hardly to be expected
In the condition of things therefore a
|, which we have arrived, with the aug
+ mentation of corruption which it Is ra
4 tionaI to expect, one may conscientious
|ly predict the ultimate downfall of ou
8 ciyiFstructtIre. Perhaps afterfall histo
Q ry may. show that the Republic of tn
. United States has been too loOsel