The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-05-30
A FEW
Let Elaino's Party Swallow Them for
Cold COmiOrt.

Cold Comfort.
Tho election Of 1896 WINS tho first cleo.
ton in which party lines wcro drawn.
The F~ederalists wcro In power and were a
strong and compact party The Rcpub!i.
cans wcro rs yet but an opposition. with
out cohesion and without that organiza
ton which the master mind Of Jefferson
gave to it In tho following four years.
Tho administration Of John Albums. how.
over. proved To DO Immensely unpopular.
Tho odious alien and scditinn laws cs.
trangcd tho people from ii and the Federal
party itself became torn with internal dis
scnsion. Between Hamilton. tho real
leader Of tho party. and Adams. thcro was
mn intense hostility. and the leading Nom
bcrs of Adams cabinet wcro not loyal TO
him. but cndcavorcd in every way 10
Illustrate his plans and defeat his policy.
When tho election Of 1900 camc around
Hamilton actually intrigued 10 defeat
Adams. not in the interests Of Jefferson.
but In tho Interests Of Pinckncy, who was
n candidate with Adams on the Federal
ticket. On tho other hand. the Rrpubli
can party was young. enthusiastic and
thoroughly organized. and WAS led by tho
most consummnto party leader our coun.
try has produced SO effective was his
organization Of his party that 1t never
again suffered q defeat, the Federal party
mover carried another national election,
and In 1920 was utterly ovcrthrown and
disbandcd. In tho election of 1921 all tho
candidates. Jackson. Adams. Crawford and
Clay. wero Republicans. Jackson getting
the largest popular vote and the greatest
number of ciectors. but not n majority
The election WINS consequently thrown into
tho house OF representatives, here the
vote was taken by states. and. by tho inilu
enco OF Mr. Clay. Adams was elected. But
1t was not considered all election that repre-
sented the popular will. and resulted In
an immense outburst Of feeling against
Adams and Clay Tho latter accepted tho
position Of secretary Of state. and this gavo
rise to an imputation of a corrupt bargain
between Adams and Clay. wholly ground
less. rs 1t undoubtedly was. from which
they never recovered 1t rose to strike
down Clay In both his subsequent cnndi
dncios. and ii was strongly urged against
Adams In 1923. when jackson beat him.
Van Buren, was elected In 1896 rs tho
legitimate successor TO tho Jackson dy.
nasty Then followed tho rcvulsion and
monetary panic of 1887, which was looked
upon a9 entirely duo TO Juckson's over.
throw of tho United States bank Van
Buren, had TO boar all this burden before n
people who now thought that any change
would be q change for tho better. Con.
scquently. In 1910. temperance and Tyler
too proved too much for tho Magician of
Undertook and Harrison was elected
MIR. Blaine's adhorents are quite vel.
como to oil tho comfort they can obtuin
from n study Of these prcccdents If they
will compare them with tho situation as
IL Is under President Cleveland. they will
find that no internal discussions rack tho
Democratic party, threatening it with
dissolution They will find TINT there Is
no popular discomfort with the admins
tration. and that no financial distress
Nillicts tho business Of tho country On
tho contrary, they may perceive Il PARTY
behind Mr. Cleveland better organized
and moro unified than IL has been since
1896, and that in addition there Is q con.
6tan,!y increasing confidence among all
tho conservative interests Of tho nation in
tho wisdom. patriotism and purity OF tho
president. Then II they will study tho
history Of tho country more carefully they
viii find that under such circumstances
no president has ever been defeated for a
ro. election
IL his followers desire n precedent, n
much moro striking parallel may bo found
for Mr. Blaine I'm tho career of Henry Clay,
to whom his friends are fond of comparing
him, Mr. Clay was q lifo long aspirunt
for tho presidency. and II Is now como.
thing OF q cloud upon tho fairness OF Ills
fame that ho sought IL 30 long and so per.
sistently But that he would have made
Q wise and judicious president no one now
doubts lie was q great party leader. and
tho Whig party was much more OF a Clay
party than the Republican party Is o
Blaino party And yet thrice lo came DO.
fore the people for election. and thrice ho
was defeated.
While they aro la tho study Of presi.
dontlal presidents Tho Herald would com.
mend these passages OF our common his.