The Coolidge examiner., 1932-12-30

Ezekiel Webster confessed, from cold sense Of
duty.
jackson was as no President before him, the
choice of the masses. His popular vote In 1924
revealed not only his personal popularity. but
the growing power of the democratic elements
In the nation. and his defeat in the house of
representatives only strengthened his own and
the peoples determination to be finally victori-
Gus. The unframed self-willed, passionate from
tier soldier came to power in 1923 as the
standard bearer of a mighty democratic upris-
ing which was destined before 1t ran It's course
to break down olgarchical party organizations,
to liberalize state and local governments. and to
turn the stream Of national politics into wholly
new channels. 1t was futile for men of the old
school to protest and to prophesy misfortune
for the country under its new rulers. The peo-
pie had spoken, and this time the peoples will
not to be denied"
In 1893 there viii be another Democratic
President In the White House. Obviously IL
would be futile to attempt TO demonstrate any
similarity between Andrew Jackson and Frank
lin d. Roosevelt for both the heredity and the
environment which produced the two men were
so different as to make any logical correlation
impossible. But since the forces which work to
place men In positions of power and RESPONSE
men themselves, isn't II more important that
there is plausible similarity between the forces
which placed there two Democratic Presidents
In the White House? A century ago there was
political revolution after four decades OF rule
by the Federalists and Democratic Republicans
Unto which the Federalists had gradually
merged). The election of last November had all
the aspects of political revolution after twelve
years of Republican rule and there is some
thing singularly appropriate to that election in
Professor Ogg's words about the election of
Jackson: 1T was futile for men of the old school
to protest and prophesy misfortune for the coun-
try under it's rulers. The people had spoken
and this time the peoples will was not to be
denied"
SO in 1893 the American people face the fu-
ture under a new administration not only In
their National Capital but in many state capi-
tails rs well. They have been promised new
deal" for such the slogan of the winning
Presidential candidate. Whether not he will
be able to carry out that promise with all its
Implications to their satisfaction remains to be
seen. For granting him the utmost in sincerity
and honesty of purpose, the fact remains that
factors over which he will have no control will
shape the destiny of the nation during the next
third of the century and those factors, rather
than the actions of one man or group of men,
will make the "new deal" whatever it turns out
TO be.
There can be no doubt that the principles of
which Andrew Jackson was the exponent pro-
foundly influenced the history of the United
States during the third of the century which
followed 1888. But they were merely political
principles and their influence on our history was
negligible compared to the influence of the so
cial and economic forces which were set in mo-
ton during that time.
II was this decade which saw a new social
consciousness being aroused in the nation. For
the first time men were beginning to question
actively the right of one race to hold in bondage
another race. New Years day, 1881, saw the
publication of the first number of William
Lloyd Garrson's Liberator and within two years
there had been organized the American Anti
Slavery society. More than that, the common
man was beginning to become more conscious of
his rights as a man and citizen. Many of the
states had rid themselves of the old property
and tax qualifications for voters the property
qualifications for officers had been diminished
or had disappeared and nearly all the state Off
GERS including judges, were being elected by
popular vote instead of being chosen by the leg
islature or governor, as had been the case for
merly.
Concidentally with these social movements
were economic movements which were to revolu-
tionize the life of the American people 1t was
an era of industrial progress of internal i'm
provements and of national development in a
number of material ways. Albert Bushnell Hart,
the historian has declared that "In the 20 years