The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-09-30
A DEMOCRATIC hERiTAGE
TcrSc HcvIc,v of SVr,c Things -'e
Part? "Fothcra" Left &C.

AcrNfs NtNteN Ot ~ vac Is
Part? "ITothcra" Left -.
tFrpm ;he Houesdair CraJ citizen.
Mayor Mcclellan 81 New Ioth ,..y
in his speech at the Democrat, we
mony banquet early in the veur s-'j
The people VIII trust the Drmocr.,,
today if it but proves that it has I,,.i
unsU'lied the heritage of the fathcrs.'
Thcre is no difficulty in proving taat
on various important points this hci.
ta-e has BEEN faithfully kept
When the Democratic party rot Z
;ro: power in lS}l after having c...
trol!rd the government for twelve
years under the administrations ot
jackson and Van Buren. it lett the
country cd heritage OF industrial pros
uut.r. Gle 10 the practical fy,c trade
ar'si.; from the sGJiNs scale rrdur.
lions If the tariff of 1888 and ui nr..a
cial wreck, coupled with wildcat bank.
ing. resulting from the panic OF ISL.
Under the Wing tariit of lS42 indus
try revived. hut the Democracy, re-
gaining power in 1Si4. restored the
heritage OF free trade by the Walker
tdrin II 1915. Disaster followed. ana
in isis the party was again shorn "
power.
In 1852 and again in 1886 the Demo
cratic party was successful Follow
ing the latter victory its heritage Of
free trade was enlarged by the tariff
ACT of 1851, with its horizontal rcduc-
tions of 20 per cent. Nine months
later tie result of this was set forth
by the Democratic secretary of the
treasury and president. Said Secretary
Cobb in his first annual report Dec. :.
1851:
simultaneously with this act going
into operation the country is subjected
10 disastrous revulsion"
Said President Buchanan in his first
annual message to congress Dec \.
1857:
Our country in its monetary inter
osts, j. II the present moment in de
plorahle condition. We find our manu-
features suspended, our public works
retarded. our private enterprises of
different kinds abandoned and thou
sands Of useful laborerS thrown out OF
employment and reduced to want"
Thus was the heritage of distress
created by the Democracy in 1887 re-.
stored twenty years later In our large
cities only the charity soup kitchen
stood between the poor man and star
vation
Debt was soon added 10 distress. ANA
the Democratic heritage of the MeNi
can war debt, then standing at moro
than S2h0OOOG0. was rapidly enlarged
Loan followed loan until the public
debt rose from So. 100. l54.5l to $780,
JS0IS13.72 In the meantime the in
duStrial and financial interests OF the
country continued ana suffered from
the depression that began in 1871
In 1893 the Democracy again acquir-
ed control OF the government, and once
more the Democratic heritage of dis
treSs and debt was restored To the peo-
pie. The heritage OF distress opened
with the wreck Of financial interests
throughout the country. followed, un-
der the sugar trust tariff, by general
Industrial prostratiOn. Again the char
ity soup kitchen had its innings among
the workingmeu of our cities. At the
same time the heritage of debt under
went an expansion far beyond that M
der BuChanan's administration. Loan
again followed loan until S2623lJ, 400
was added to the public debt. This was
the heritage left to the country when
the last democratic president retired
from office in 1891
So much. at least OF the hcrita ge OF
the Democratic fathers has been faith
fully kept, and today the people can
trust the Democracy. II il regains
power, - restore ia. heritage OF finnn-
cial collapse, Industrial proStrltion. the
charity soup Kitchen, failing revenues
and Increase Of the public dent for
currcn' expenses in time of peace,
which have been conspicuous products
If Democratic rule.