New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-04

credit: the old Continental money had been
printed in such immense quantities that II was
utterly worthless and had fallen into such con-
tempt as to be called "shinplasters"; they maze
the public money good as gold. They promoted
internal improvements in the form OF roaos
canals etc They dedicated the unsettled terri
tory in the Northwest to freedom. Ihey re.
stricted the slave trade. And they estaoiished
the policy of non-ntervention in the AFFAIRS VI
other nations.
The 'Federalists" next took the name Oh va
tional Republicans" and became known as the
onnonents Of the free-trade slave-holdins De-
mocracy They followed John Quincy ADAMS
and Henry Clay in supporting internal improve
ments. popular education and the American sys-
tenn Of protection to farming Industry and SHIPS
THE WING ERA
The party was reorganized in lo'4' uhuer '.'e
title of wings" Its members were at the
start the former National Republicans anu
number Of Democrats who were opposed 10
President Jackson. The Wings were a'ue.'
advocates of internal improvements, canals
macadamized roads, etc; OF protection u A''e''
can FREQ labor. tariff laws which taxed foreign
goods heavily enough to equaliZe the o''ie'e".
hetween the low wages abroad and the hgh
vpS q a
from one end of the country to the other and OF
uniform soundness and value Oh co''''''o
schools: of keeping human slavery out OF the
States in which II did not then exist vi VIC
tr;butine to the States the proceeds OF the sale
of public lands to be used for educa'io" al"
local internal improvements. and Of every other
measure which would elevate the masses Oh lie
people and promote their welfare. The wings
nal a
their ablest and purest men were. like Henry
C,,,, Southern men and slave-Owners. They
elected. in 1870 General William Henry Har-
;so,, tho hero of TippecanOe and in 1913 Gen.
eral Zachary Taylor. to be Presidents OF the
United States. In 1S41 they elected majority
of the members of Congress. and they promptly
aracted tho famous protective tariff Of lS42
which brought remarkable degree OF prosperity
IN the whole country lasting until the repea! OF
the law in 1916. which was effected mainly pv
Democratic votes.
Soon after 1913. in consequence OF new ques-
lions which came up with reference To the ex-
tending of slavery into new States. the southern
members of the Wing party left that o-ganiza-
ton and cast in their lot with the Democrats
leaving the Wings in the minority in National
elections II is a part Of the history OF those
early times that the Democratic party. con-
trolled by Southern slave-Owners became more
aggressive the moment it had been strengthened
by the accession Of the Southern Wings. and 1t
then demanded the right to have slavery estaD-
lshed in every one of the Territories This
created a strong opposition to slavery In the
free North and finally led to the formation OF
the Republican party of the United States
THE ELECTORAL RECORD.
During the first sixty-fOur years of the Re-
public the Federalists elected President three
times. the National Republicans once. and the
Wings twice The Wings. however. met the
singular fate Of seeing the Presidency snatched
from their grasp in each case by the death OF
the man they he'd elected. 1t Is remarkable
fact that the Wing Vice-President who in eacn
case then became President promptly fell under
the influence of the Southern Democrats and
changed the policy of the Administration. The
Democrats thus virtually controlled the Govern
ment forty EIGHT years out Of the sixty-four
The Presidents were as follows:
l7Ss-l793-George Washington. .(Fed)
I793-l797-George Washington. .(Fed.)