The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-23

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS.


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that Clay's fear Of Jackson
the fear Of . military dictater
fear Of IN unschooled man n
helm Of the ship Of state, IA
IKE.
The Hero Stua.
Jacks0n's great populsritv :.
war hero gave him the plurslh, :
the vot0e In 1894. Four Year, -.
he was still the hero, and he ~
the added strength Of the po.Ls
belief that he had been chsstsS ~
Of the presidency. Adams hsd n
tle sincere following outside 8
New England. He was a mis.,s
bly, poor politician. and even a..
could mot do anything to rally r..
popular vote to his standard A.
the Adams appeal was made al,a
gether to the conservative elemsss
In the country.
Jackson was declared b n
man Of blood and caruss,.
Against his victory over the BritisA
at New Orleans was set the ~
that he suspended the writ :,
habeas corpus in that same c,tv
Jackson's summary executio. a.
six militiamen was the excuse A.
flooding the country with circular.
and cartoons, showing the murder. \
er Jackson gloating over the Il,
collins OF the innocent victims a
his thirst for blood.
On the other hand, all the om
charges against Adams vers
brought up IN addition to The "cor,
rupt bargain" issue. He was A..
cused OF being an aristocrat and a.
seeking to perpetuate his family
IN the ONCE Of president; his Uni.
tartan religious beliefs were n.
tackled a. being infidelism. ana III
loyalty during the war of 1872 VaS
again Questioned. And all this M
spite Of the fact that Adams was
one OF the best and purest men
who has ever occupied the White
house, the most scholarly Of our
presidents and a true patriot.
Candidates Not Nominated.
The question Of nomination Of
candidates did not enter into this
campaign. Both Jackson and Ad.
ans were nominated by various
state Legislatures, but as a matter
Of fact the two tickets, jackson
and Calhoun. and Adams and Rush.
Nsre nominated by common con.
sent.
Jackson and Calhoun in this cam,
paign. were the first regular Tam
many hall nominations for presi.
dent and vice president. or course
the hall had taken great interest in
national politics from the begin
ming OF Washington's y second i'd
ministration, but this was its first
regular" year. 1t is interesting to
note by what a narrow margin
Tammany hall became Democratic
instead Of Wing and Republican.
In 1894 Tammany supported VIII
liam H. Crawford and had . plu-
rslity in the legislature which Sc
lected electors. A combination be-
tween the Adams and Clay men
.. kept Crawford out of the votes Of
New York and Tammany was
"sore."
Having been organized in the
first place as ! democratic oppoN-
tion to the aristocratic Society o.
the Cincinnati" the Tammany
braves were naturally on the Side
of the ''low-brows." But they had
supported the Virginia aristocratic
clique and had followed Crawford.
1 When Crawford was ended, Martin
! Van Buren, recognized the posi-.
bilities of the political strength Of
Andrew Jackson and took the up
state Crawford following into the
Jackson camp. persuading Tam
many hall to come along.
The Jackson newspapers played
the very limit of hero-worship.
They published what purported to
be General Jackson's address to
his troops before the battle Of New
Orleans, in which Jackson was
quoted a. referring to the British
troops fresh from the field OF Wei
lington's victory over the great
Napoleon" The same error has
been made many times since. De.
spite the fact that the battle OF
New Orleans was fought ok
months before wellington defeated
Napoleon at Waterloo.
This adulation disguised the con-
servatives. One Adams newspaper
spoke of the vulgar and illiterate
Jacksonites, to whom it is imp0ssl-
BILE for civilization to be civil
Jackson's majority. both popular
and electoral, was SO large tn@
people in New York and washing
ton knew he was elected WITHIN
less than two weeks after the hst
elections-A remarkable thing ~
those days before the telegraph
and the railroads were dreamed o.