Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-06-13

than they dreaded the enemy abroad
, And who were the enemy at home? Tit
Strict Constructionists. The Confederate
of the war. The southern Democrat o.
to-day.
At last nine states adopted the Consti
!: tuition; and Washington was the frs'
president by the peoples will.
Although there were political differ
ences, these differences were not distinct
enough to form party lines till 1892
Jefferson led the Anti federalists and gave
the party the name Democrat Republican
This party dropped the Republican
about 1928.
| Party feeling ran high till Monroe en-
tered on his duties as president, when
for time the people seem to have lost
sight of their sectional differences
brought about by the famous Embargo
Act, The National Bank question and the
subject of Slavery; the country was enjoy
ing the ERA of good feeling"
In 1922 petitions were sent to Congress
praying that body to abolish the slave
trade in the District of Columbia.
This crystalized sentiment on slavery.
The abolition party sprung up.
The Annexation of Texas was the party
question in 1874 when the two great par
ties were in convention at Baltimore.
The Wings adopted loose construct
ion platform, advocating national cur
rency; protection; and distribution of
the surplus revenue, and nominated Clay
for president.
The Democrats adopted Strict Con-
struction platform with plank demand
ing the annexation of Texas and the oc-
cupation of Oregon.
Right here we have about the first
great historical effect of that diplomatic
(D letter which has so often in later years
played sad havoc with parties and their
leaders.
Clay says confdentially to friend II
would be glad to see the annexation Of
Texas at some future time. etc."
This elected Polk. You know what
followed.
In 1856 Governor Seward suggested the
name Republican for the remnants of the
Wing party which had split on the Kan
sas-Nebraska Bill. This was the forma-
ton, formal of the Republican party.
1t was Loose Construction party, TAX
ing the principles of Fedralists and Wings
in regard to internal Improvements, Nat
ional Banks, protective tariff; with the
plank that Congress had power to con-
troll slavery in the territories.
The Republican party made free
State of Kansas but lost their president.
Buchanan was elected by the schism,
the "Know Nothings." That party
polled the largest vote of any previous
mushroom party.
There we're four parties in the field
when the Republican party went into con
vention at Chicago and nominated Lin
coin for president and Hamlin for vice.
This radical and out spoken body quot
ed the Declaration of Independence on
the inherent rights of man, adopted a,
Loose CONSTRUCTION platform; and declar-
ed that freedom was the normal condition
of the territories; denounced Democratic
threats of Secession; and proclaimed in
favor of the Internal Improvements, Pro-
lection, Pacific Railway and the Home
stead Bill.
Don't you see how we'll that out-spoken
party succeeded? They declared for what
they wanted and got it
Men who voted the Republican ticket
knew what principles they we're expous-
ing. There was nothing left to be guess
ed at.
This party lived through civil war,
carried the nation through reconstruction
and has more heroes in its membership
than any other known organization.
And what has this Republican party
done?
It has made, and saved nation.
It has made these United States ma
ton of inventors.
1t has given us people of genius and
enterprise by fostering and encouraging
home industries.
It has connected the Atlantic and Paci-
fic Oceans; reclaimed the American de-
sert; builded cities around manufactures;
established churches and schools.
We are nation, thanks to the Repub-
lican party, respected and feared with
that wholesome fear that prevents the
British Lion from covering us with one
great paw or the Russian Bear from hug.
ging US into submission.
This party has petted our inventors,
artists and writer's and has not wasted
our substance on defences which we will
never need. We have not to-day an
ocean full of old fashioned war ships as
repository for barnacles-an ornament