Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-25

| contention in Congress but no one dreamed
OF attacking the President under cover Of
his 90 peacetu! and harmonious had been
ms nrst term that he was reelected by a
| Prdcucaily unanimous vote, only one ballot
| In the electoral college, being cast against
nInl, ana that was by one of the electors of
view hampshire who was his friend, but
said he did not think after Washington
tnat any man should have a unanimous
Sote, and therefore cast his for John
| Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams, like his father. had
| q stormy time from the very beginning.
ms own Feasibility and dogmatism had
much to do with creating the opposition
he ei n His policy as outlined in
ms inaugural split his own party and
aroused storm of opposition He was
able to secure the passage of some meas
o ofss In support OF his policy, but more
orten met with defeat and the charge of a
bargain and sale between him and MIR.
Siay was reiterated again ard again.
Old Hickory Had Enemies.
jackson. with his strong will, his own
bitterness In his dlslikes. might have looked
for attacks. He undertook to dominecr
Congress and force his party friends TO
support and defend all his measures He
| met with great success in this line, but
| also met with determined opposition One
| OF the most bitter attacks made upon him
during his term was that led by John c.
| Calhoun. Under his political management
| office were rejected by the Senate. So bit
! ter did the feeling become that when an
| insane painter by the name of Lawrence
attempted to assassinate the President his
| friends charged that Lawrence had been in
| stieated by Clay, Calhoun, Poindexter.
White and others. 1t was during his Sec
| ond term that the celebrated resolution of
censure was adopted.
Van Buren, and Tyler both met with op-
| POSITION from their own party friends that
against Tyler assuming the proportions of
| an open revolt. MIR. Polk went into Office
under the most hattering circumstances.
He had defeated Overwhelmingly the idol
| of the whig party, and was supported by
| a very large majority IN both branches Of
| Congress, but had hardly got warmed in
his seat before 4 war against him broke
out. During the campaign he and his
party had assumed the most determined at
titude on the Oregon boundary question.
but the new President, once Installed, coun-
| selled different line of action. His course
| in the matter aroused the most bitter OPP
position among the democrats. This op-
position was voiced by Senator Hannegan
| Of Indiana, who in a most vehement speech
said:
so long as enc human eye remains to
linger the page of history the story OF
! his Polk's) ahasement viii be read, send
| ing him ami his name together to an in
| fanny SO profound, damnation so deep,
| that the hand of resurrection will never
drag him forth. So far as the whole tone,
! spirit and meaning Of the remarks of the
Senator from North Carolina are concerned,
| If they speak the language Of James X.
| Polk, then James X. Polk has spoken
| words Of falsehood with the tongue of
serpent" No democratic Senator has yet
attacked Mr.. Cleveland with any such
vehemence. About the time of the delivery
of the speech from which the above is
taken, Mr.. flanagan was invited to be
present at a dinner given to Vice President
Dallas at Philadelphia. He declined to be
present but sent the following toast:
"Oregon-every foot or not an inch; 81
mi Rrif To
which the committee replied: THE Hon.
Edward A. Hannegan; the true-hearted
American statesman, who truly represents
the people on the Oregon questionable
whole of 1t, or none; oregon or war;
Pierce and Kansas.
Fillmore and Pierce both met with oppo-
sition. especially the latter, the attacks
upon him being mainly caused by his at
titude on the Kansas question, that
Just then beginning to attract the at
tention of the nation. Pierce sided in
with the pro-slavery wing Of his party,
and it during his administration that
the republican party Of today was born.
He removed Gov. Reeder of Kansas, be-
cause he refused TO assist In making Kan
sas a slave state. and thereby alienated
from himself the antl-slavery democrats,
but they did rot attack the President per-
sonally until near the close Of his admin
istration, when a number of those who had
been leading democrats of the anti-slavery
school abandoned their party and cast in
their lot with the republicans. The last
session of the Thirty-fourth Congress wit
messed some very violent scenes. The war
had RACED In Kansas for months. and the
republicans, aided by the free soil demo-
Gratis. were loud In their denunciations of
the President The bombardment of Grey
town. Nicaragua, by some of our naval
vessels, also furnished an occasion for at
ticks upon Mr.. Pierce. but It was left to his
| successor to encounter the full force OF the
political storm that had been gathering
strength.
The rapid advance IT ade by the advocates
of slavery extension under Mr.. Buchanan
had aroused the most determined opposition
in the north. Many democrats, under the
lead of Douglass and B-oderick ATTEMPTED
| to stem the tide. but soon they came TO
open war with the administration Never
before had such angry feelings been arous-
ed. and the administration made every ef-
| fort to crush out the opposition. So bitter
was the war, especially upon Frederick and
Douglass. that repeated efforts were made
| to Draw them into duels, and in the case of
| Frederick. they were successful. Hostile
correspondence took place between Doug
lass and more than one of the adherents of
Buchanan. and q meeting between him and
Senator Fitch of Indiana was only prevent
ed by the interference of friends. Buchanan
| was -lore roundly denounced by members
of his own party than any other President
had ever been, and his whole four years of
service was a continual warfare of the
Even Mr.. Lincoln did not escape the usual
| fate. The scbsm in his party headed by
Ben. Wade. Henry Winter Davis and 9TH
ers, which finally eliminated I'm the abortive
attempt to run John c. Fremont as a third
candidate for the presidency, is still well
-ememhered. His immediate successor WAS
impeached by the party that had put him I'm
power, and so far as Congress could do So
all authority and power We're taken AWAY
from him. San Domingo caused a rupture
between Grant and some of the leaders of
his party. and ne was roUndly denounced
CcnklinS led a fight on Hayes and began
one on Garfield over New York apgoint-
nents. In regard to obnoxious appoint
ments. there was a great difference between
Mir conkling and the late Senator Morton
" lille Grant was President, n vacancy oc-
CURED in the district judgeShip Of Indiana.
Morton was very anxious to have a per
sonal friend appointed. Grant suggested
that he had beer considering the name of
Gresham. To that the Senator vehemeptly
protested, saying that the Senator was his
bite. foe. He urged his objections with a
good deal of viGCr, but when the President
finally said his mind was made up to ap-
point Gresham. the Senator said: We'll
Mr.. President, he is an enemy of mine but
if You have decided on his appointment
there is nothing more to be said. Send I'm
his name, and he will be promptly con-
iirmed." Morton would not quarrel over an
appointment