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WHY I AM n DEMOCRAT"
Ger. Martin T. Mcmahon Explains thu
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Ger. Martin 7. NOM ahon Explains this
Reasons in Donahoe's Magazine.
Gen Martin r. Mcmahon. of New
York in the current number Of pJnahoe's
Magazine, has written an article entitled
| why l Am Democrat Among other
reasons he says.
Il am a democrat because believe de.
mocracy IS the party of the people. 1t is
the party of the equal many instead OF
the favored few The foundation prin eli
pie Of this government is trust and conf
dence, deep and sincere in the people
This is demOcracy. Let any one read the
letters of John Adams and he will under
stand how jefferson, the great founder of
the Democratic party, was regarded at
that time. jefferson aud his followers
were viliiied by their opponents. They
were branded as the enemies OF society.
the possible destrOyers Of newborn ma
tion. &c: all good democrats revere their
names now. aud no patriot questions
their wisdom.
$50 was the Democratic party born to
oppose the douhters of the people. or
gained In the tederalist party. In our
own times the legitimate heir of the old
federalists is the Republican party. which,
for reasons l have stated, is, / say. by
nature, by instinct, and by inheritance
the party Of the few and the favored
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party has been loudly claiming that it.
and it alone, saved the country. ] have
no desire to diminish the credit due to
that party but remember. at the outset
IN the republican as well as in the demo
cratic ranks, the sole purpose Of the war
was the preservation of the union, with
out reference to or the effect upon slavery
OF the men who died to save this union
the majority were democrats. In saying
this ] ra4fia4f %
Republican party. The simple fact is
that more of the fighting mon Of the ma
ton were TO be found in the democratic
ranks
No party saved thiss union. All
parties contributed their best blood. and
would again, to preserve our unity and
independence, Why, from the great dem
ocratic city of New York as from the
other great centers of democratic people,
whole regiments were sent out. in which
there was not man who ever voted the
republican ticket, either before or after
or during the war.
The Republican party was able to
hold itself together by the glalaOr Of its
assumed patriotism, by It's misrepresenta-
tlon OF It's opponents. and by means of the
great and constantly increasing patron
age of the government that they were able
TO control True 10 their nature and his
tory, they became the party of protec-
ton, the party Of class, the party OF the
manufacturer, the party Of the protected,
and the protected party.
Now, the only purpOsc OF government
is TO preserve order. Nothing more or
less. This is the Interpretation which
the Democratic party places upon the
constitution. When q government de
parts from. or goes further than, this
purpose, it is simply prostituting its high
uses and hurrying itself to destruction
1t also departs, of course, from the rules
of democracy
1T is Il fact that no party in the United
States has ever undergone three success
i've defeats without ceasing to exist with
the single exception OF the Democratic
party. The reason for this is that the
Democratic party is founded on the same
rock where rests our national liberty,
and that rock is the constitution.