The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-04
Democratic Party
Has New Historian


serson, in It's dogsed adherence 70
the belief that human rights are
more important than property
rights. II has outllved ana seen
dlsintegrnte two major rival par,
ties, the federaltets and the Wings,
before the republican party existed,
day that the republicans may fol.
low In the footsteps OF their pred
euessors, and become as extinct
as the dodo. In fac, the nucleus
Of that party ut present may be
said TO be composed Of old wo-
men---of both sexeBi Fer they Ger.
tainly remind me Of q bunch "
old ladies' sitting In q captured
clty.waitlnw COR the atrocities 70
beginl
It's History Rich
Now let us rapidly run through
the history OF the democratic
party ana view It's accomplish.
ments. First OF oil there IL its
founder, Thomas Jefferson, author
OF the Declaration OF Independence,
secretary Of state under Washing.
ton, and president for two terms,
and the purchaser Of the Loulsl-
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ranks with those OF washington
and Lincoln upon the roll of our
great men. Then we have James
Madison In whose administration
the War OF 1912 was fought. Then
Monroe, who added Florida to the
union and proclaimed the famous
Monroe Doctrine, the eternal key.
stone OF our Foreign. policy. Then
John Quincy Adams whose father
had been q fedorallst president,
but who was himself democrat.
Then Andrew Jackson, the hot.
hlooded victor OF the battle of New
orleans and II Ia interesting to 70.
call his policy towards France,
when that country defaulted on q
debt due 10 the United states gov.
eminent during his term OF office.
Jackson wrote TO the French gov
eminent saying II the money due
was not paid within specified
time that he would sever all Dip
lomatic relations and seize ell
French property within the United
States. land don't forget that
France was q much more power.
full country than we In those
days). The result was that the
money was paid on the dot. I often
wish we could rosurroct OLD Kick.
DRY for ono OF our current debt con.
farenees with our European debt.
ors. After Jackson cane Martin Van
Buren, ana James Polk; the latter
q man who has been unjustiy neg
lected by history for during his
administration the republic OF
Texas, an empire In itself, was an
nexed, and our limits were OK.
tended TO the Pacific ocean BY the
Anal settlement OF the difiicult
Oregon boundary dispute with
Great Britain, and by the addition
Of the tremendous territcry ceded
to US by Mexico at the close OF the
included California and some ten
OF our great western states.
Conducted All Wars
This Mexican war which was
conducted by the democrats, az
have been all our foreign wars
with the exception of the war with
Spain, was In many ways the most
remarkable conflict we have ever
engaged In. The extraordinary
valor and dash Of the American
troops against greatly superior odds
in strange country which re-
suited In their winning every en-
gagement has never been surpass-
ed In the history OF the world. For
example, General Scott with only
some 5000 men, most Of whom
were unframed volunteers, took
about four months OF actual hos
tiiities to fight his way up from
the coast to Mexico City. Some
twenty years later $4,000 we'll.
trained French regulars took over
q year and q half to make the
same invasion to place Maximilia;,
upon the throne OF Mexico; and
the Mexicans were no better