The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-06-02

portunity 70 shoS that the Demo
crazy once had q decidedly powerful
opponent IN that quarter. The Oldest
Of the political organizations in the
United States. the Federalist party,
had many eminent leaders in The
South. and Il carried several states
mere than once IN that seetioa-
Washington was z Federaiist. and
80 vas Patrick Henry IN his latter
days. after be lost all dread that the
constitution OF 1851 would be the
means Of destroying the liberties II
the individual states Thomas Pfnck-
uey. Charles Cotesworth Pincknsy.
John Marshall and many other pro-
mlnent S0utherneTs.in the days Of the
Federalist party's activity, belonged
10 IL The Federalists had q strong
following in Delaware. Maryland. yir-
GINA and North Carolina As late as
1915. after the opposition by sec
ton OF their party to the war Of 1872
and after the still greater blunder
Of the Hartford convention by small
fragment Of their number, the Fed
eralists carried Delaware In the elec-
ton for President. although they had
only three states in ali throughout
the country. In fact. there were
traces OF Federalism lingering in Del
aware and Maryland after It had dis
appeared even from Massachusetts.
But the party which offered the
most powerful opposition 70 the Dem
ocracy in the Southern states was
the Wing party. ''The Locofoco
candidate for Congress in this dis
trict Mr.. Johnson. hopes to get elect
ed to Congress because he is tailor
BY trade and OF humble pretensions.
Why. I an a house carpenter. and
served a regular apprenticeship az
the business in Western Virginia, and
am entitled to as much credit for
taking the stand | have in this world
as he is True, he can urge that
am a man OF more consequence N
the world than he is, and | am more
extensively known and spoken OF by
all parties. but it is because / am a
more meritorious man and more
worthy OF public consideration And
as a proof Of what il is feared the
people think. Johnson and his pavtf
cular friends are weary and evident
IL fear the result. | will have them
in greater trouble before the LIST II
August" These we're the words OF
William G. Brownlow. better known
later on as "Parson" Browniow.
They were uttered in 1915. at the be-
ginning OF his canvass for Congress
as the Wing candidate. They ap-
peared in his paper the Knoxville
CTenn) Whig. and the Mr.. johnson,
the "Loco-foco candidate mentioned,
was the man who became President
OF the United States just twenty
years later
Brownlow was beaten that time. but
he stuck TO the Wing party to the end
OF its DAYS. and then. after some
balancing in the minor parties. he
became a Republican, and remained
a Republican until his death. holding
several Offices. including those OF
Governor and United States Senator.
He started the N4ng in Knoxville
back IN 1889. when the party to which
it belonged was only about half a
dozen years old. There were several
prominent Wing papers in Tonnes
see. That state was a stronghold OF
the Whig party during the days OF
that organization That state and
its Northern neighbor, KentuckT.
chung TO the Wing party through evil
and good report In the canvass OF
1852. when Gen. Scott. the hero Of
the war OF 1912 and of the war with
Mexico. was the presidential candi-
date OF the whig party, he carried on
ly four states OF the Union. but two
OF these were in the South-Kentucky
and Tennessee The states carried
by Scott In the North were Vermont
and Massachusetts.
One OF the charges brought against
the Whig party was that it was AR
istocratic" Browniow evidently had
that accusation in mind when he
countered on Andrew Johnson. the
Democrat. who said that he was a
tailor. BY declaring that he himself
CBrowniowl had been q house-car-
penter. The Whig party. except a
portion Of its Southern element, was
devoted 10 the policy OF the protec-
ton Of domestic industries. Natural
IL. most OF the manufacturers be
longed to that party. but they, in
those DAYS. we're confined almost
wholly TO the North. In the North,
too. many OF the merchants. the en-
ployers OF various sorts. as we'll IS
a majority OF the professional men.
were Wings These were among the
reasons why the whig party was &C
cused OF being aristocratic." In the
case OF Browniow. and. Of course. IN
that Of many other leading Wings,
there was as much democracy among
them as there was in the Democratic
party, though its spokesman in Con-
gress and on the stump often had to
defend Il against the charge OF be-
ing what would now be called the
party Of the classes. as distingu-
ished from the party Of the masses
or the Democratic party.
Among the South,s contributions to
the Whig party were John ]. Critten-
den. George D. Prentice. Carrot Dr.
Wis. Archibald Dixon. John r. Under
wood and Henry Clay. Of Kentucky.
the latter OF whom was the presiden-
tfal candidate OF the National Re
publican party in 1882. and Of the
WhiE party in 1914: Reverdy John
son. Of Maryland; John Minor Bots.
William B. Preston. Benjamin Wat
kins Leigh. Henry A. Wise. Alexand-
er Il H. Stuart and John Tyler (the
tenth President Of the United Statesl.
Of Virginia; William A. Graham.
Kenneth Rayner. Thomas l. Cling
man. George s. Badger and Willie p
Msngum. Of North Carolina. the last
named OF whorn vas one Of the whig
candidates FOR President IN 1856, two