Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-30
Santa Fe Oct. q. 1872.
To the Editor of the 'Jurnal,
Albuquerque, N. NJ.

SHAb" a Z. CNN' 49, A"1@s
To the Editor of the Jurnal,
Albuquerque, N. M.
Dear Sir:-As the political cam
paign is drawing to close, it may
not be injudicious, as briefly as
practicable; to call the attention of
voters to the essential differences
between the two great political
parties as they appear BY refer
ence to the history of our country.
There are many of us who are not
prepared to sta.e accurately our
reasons for adhering to one or the
other of these parties and retro
spective view may be of some
value.
The beginning of the political
party now known as republican is
to be found among those who were
called federalists at the time OF
the adoption of our constitution
in 1887, among the most promi-
nent of whom were Washington,
Hamilton. John Adams and Madi-
son, although it is true that Madi-
son later went over to the other
side. These men were inspired
with the idea of the creation of a
nation, with a strong government.
which would be respected abroad
and maintain peace and order at
home and they were the active
makers OF our constitution under
which we have lived and prospered
for 1876 years.
The other school Of political
thought was violently opposed to
any strong government. a natural
feeling growing out of the strug-
gle for centuries among English
speaking people. to free them
selves from the despotic govern
ments of the middle ages, and they
violently opposed the ratification
of the constitution, especially in
Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia
and Massachusetts,, so that it was
not until nearly three years after
the constitution was submitted to
the colonies that the last of the
thirteen original states ratified 1t.
Starting thus, that political party,
at first known by the name of re-
publican. has always and consist
emily been a party of negatlon and
opposition. Fortunately for the
country the first years of our gov
eminent were controlled by the
federalists. and. especia ly fortu-
nate was it that before they lost
that control, John Marshall. one of
the greatest OF the federalists, be-
came chief justice of the United
States. Marshall's discharge of
his judicial duties with regard to
national and constitutional ques-
tons, preserved and continue the
strong national government which
had been framed by the makers of
the constitution TO such an extent
that when the other political party
became dominant in the supreme
court, 1t was not possible for that
court to undo the work which had
been so efficiently performed by
our national chief Justice. The
federalist party was succeeded by
the wings and the whig party prac-
ticallv went out of existence with
the formation of the present re-
publican party in 1856. From 1901
to 1851 the democratic party had
almost continuous control OF the
national government and what was
the record which 1t made?
In the early years of the repub-
lie we had national hank. the
creation of Alexander Hamilton.
but the ruthless Jackson destroyed
that bank, about 1882, and this
action, together with other per-
formances of democratic misman-
agement, brought on the great
business panic Of 1887 which
Jackson found himself unable to