The newspaper., 1906-04-27

UEle SYSTEM Vi PuDiiS iihPi " NAiASAAe ~
national expense.
The Wings were formed of the
remnants OF the National Republi-
can party. They adopted their first
national platform in 1882, in a young
mems National Republican conven-
ton, held at Washington. The
name Wing was adopted in 1884, In
order. through the revolutionary
sentiment, to draw public attention
from Jackson. They were never a
party of fixed principles or harmo-
Mouse purposes. Their last cam
paign was in 1852, when they were
destroyed by the slavery question.
They left nothing Of permanent good.
The Liberty Party Abolitionists
thought a new party should be
formed to fight slavery. The anti
slavery men OF the existing parties,
in 1910 to 1874, thought it would not
be expedient to do SO. This party
Joined the Free Soilers in 1S4S.
They made an attempt to turn
each of the old parties to the anti
slavery cause, but did not succeed.
This party was formed OF the anti
slavery element which withdrew
from the old parties. They advo-
Gated free soil, that is, that the gov
ernment should give a portion OF
land to everyone, which they did in
Grants administration by the
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would do away with the Alien and
Sedition laws, free labor, which was
opposed to what we call the Union,
and free men, that is, no slave trade.
They merged with the republicans in
1856.
The early Republican party was
formed of the majority of the north
ern wings. Its object was to de-
stroy slavery, in which it succeeded.
The latter party was formed after
the Reconstruction period. 1t was
controlled by the whig element.
Some democrats that had Joined
the republicans returned to their
own party when they adopted the
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protective tariff, believed in con-
STRUNG the constitution loosely as
did the federalists and after the
Spanish war they favored coloniz-
ing and having the United States
govern the territory gained through
the war.
The democrats, after the recon-
struction, still held the traditional
principles and added certain issues
of late event. They elected Cleveland
in 1884 and again in 1892. He was
the only democrat president since
the Civil war.
The Silverites under Bryan won
control of the party in 1896 and con-
tinued in the campaign of 1900 but
gained nothing. They opposed the
policy OF the republicans in regard
to colonizing the Spanish war terri
tory. The party was under the
gold standard again in 1904. They
upheld the idea Of coming gold and
silver in the ratio of sixteen ounces
of the latter to one ounce OF the
former. During this period several
minor parties have sprung up and
fallen. Some have left good ideas
and others have left nothing OF pub
lie benefit.
The Anti-Mnsonic party, from 1928
to 1885 opposed the Masonic frater-
nity, because a man named VIM.
Morgan who had declared he would
publish their secrets, suddenly dis
appeared and people thought the
masons had killed him.
The American or Know Nothing
party, was so named because OF a
secret society to which its members
belonged, in which they were COM
PEELED to say, 81 don't know" to
any political questions which they
were asked. 1t was organized In
1856. They were strong supporters
of the Monroe doctrine. The same
party appears again under the name
of Constitutional Union party.
The Liberal Republicans organized
in 1872, to obliterate corruption in
politics and to secure u civil service
and tariff reform. They won success
to some degree.