The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-17

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there are occasionally seen IN Demo
Sratic newspapers now q days expressions
10 the effect that the next Democratic cam
fii1ate for the presidency should be taken
I from The West. There Is. however. no
slanger a this being done. II any West
I'm Democrat Is disturbed BY dreams OF
ne presidency. he should endeavor 70
ecmnrse hignaeIf. The next Democratic
esaaidsts viii he taken from New York.
II may not be Cleveland. and Il may not
bs Hill, but Il viii surely be aorne citizen OF
The state 10 which tse Democratic party
axss most Of is defeats and oil Of its VIC
tories.
The Democratic party. reduced 10 It's TO
sential tassofa. i a combination between
me ignorant and vicious elements Of the
population Of New York city and the poe
iitssaI successors Of The shareholders Of the
South. The alliance which made the
Democrats party possible an alliance be.
sxesn The ward boss and the Shareholder
saa eaAsis as long ago as 1895, and it has
fontinued without interruption 60 the pres
sfs day. The alliance was Iaads by Martin
Van Bnrsn, and. curiously enough, he him
sell Il numbered among its iiluStfious VIC
tins.
The sonth ard Kew York eitv thus allied,
have contested for the control Of the nation
against the intellectual and moral force Of
Nss England and tho Middle and Western
ssxies Tor morn than sixty years. The first
saecess OF The alliance was In placing An
drew jackson In the presidential chair.
Martin Van Buren, vas next made presi
dent. but after this one term the allies
encountered a temporary setback la
the easction Of William Henry Harrison.
Eex 1o1k having had thu Democratic can.
~ I32e fwls ssx*rTerson Of Van buren,,
the South eiaiined tho next candidate IA
che person Of James x. Polk. a man whose
only recommendation was that he was q
kontherner aud Shareholder. Next Lewis
Cas-. northern Iaan presented by the
South because OF his southern principles.
became the candidate of the party. and he
van followed by Franklin Pierce and he ia
run BY james Buchanan. both northern
men who were urged BY the south in pref
ersnes to men OF southern birth because al
their dasotion 10 southern principles
Then came the revolt Of the Democracy Of
the West. which presented stephen A.
nenglas ~ q candidate. while the sonth
presented John @. Breekinridge. Then
came Republican triumph and the war.
Up 10 the beginning Of the var the south
had always taken the lead IN the alliance
The politicians os New York submitted TO
ihe domination OF The Shareholders a.
msekls assd - uneomplAlaiasly a. did the
slaves themselves. The inetIAhle folly of
ISL, however, ruined the puiiti.
cal influence 81 the south for
4 generation, Thereafter New York
assumed the leadership and the south fol-
lnwed. f;eorge n Mcclellan. namlnally a
resident Of New Jersey. bet really New
Yorker. was made the candidate Ter tho
presidency In 1851; Horaslo Seymour.
Nsw Yorker, was the candidate in lass.
narace Greeley. New Yorker. In lSss,
samuel ]. Tilden. New Yorker. ia 1873;
WiahelA 4. Hancock. New Yorker. with
3 nominal resldeace in Pennsylvania. ia
1870 snd Grover Cleveland, New Yofker,
IN 1854 ana issS These candidates have
81 received their main support from the
south and from New York cisy. The next
candidate cannot, ia the nature ul things,
Be saashcrnsr. lie sili. therefore, re
New Yorker. uniass The very character os
The Democratic party ohanges before the
nsxt nomination Is made.
The alliance has extended 10 The support
Of principles a. well - of men. the city
q New York hatsiai as taercely for slavery
- ala the South itself. When The saatb.
ern states seeded irem she union. New
York city, under The leadership II Yer.
manic Weed, Ersvely considered whether
y Should not hecome 81 independent naft.
When the nation was battling Tor ase al
3etsysbarg. ths naeb ~ New YORK city
reese IN sympathy with treason. AZ every
slaee u the reussa history 81 the nation
she allies have gonr hand in hand. They
ssaad teeether today ii, their support az
free trace. Their aLllsns alone readers
she ixmocrstse party possibility. II they
shaula diysie q woala disappear.
Draw a circle With = radius Of city msles
txcand the ctr hall es New York Then
draw hire from tAe nsoatA ~ the Dsla-
ware river westward 70 saa uhse, tAenes
down tie Ohio % Cincinnati. ahSnce iii.
ssetly seFoss insiiana aud Illsne4< - tie
MtsssssipTa. thence araaaa she northern
and WESTERN Boundary If MIasonzi ard
sreuna the western boundary 81 Texas e.
Tie Re 6rAnde. ard yoa have arasn isae
around sAe ncaacsAile p&rty. eatsis< II
shsss sinss i l. IN hapxleSs sainagiEY. Il
y sAs fruit 81 the alliance between New
fosk aud the seash. It's candidate Haass
estns from enc o. ths other * iAsss. and
hs wsn nee eome from TIE ssash.
A VASTLY aaroRrASx ~av..