Year: 1866

| The meeting of the Democratic State Central
| Committee and the committee appointed by the
delegates from this State at Philadelphia in
| Albany on Tuesday resulted in the democrats
absorbing the Philadelphia movement in this
| State In other words, the democratic COM
mittee made their call SO broad that it took in
all of the friends of the President and left the
committee appointed at Philadelphia no other
alternative but TO endorse il or leave them
open to the charge of desiring TO divide the
conservative strength. In doing so, however,
they succeeded in adding their own name to
that which has designated the democratic party
The opposition party to the radicals in this
State will hereafter be known rs the national
Union democratic republican party Thus the
great event OF the present time, like all those
which have heretofore taken place in this coun-
try, has changed the names Of the principal
political parties.


The controversies which were connected with
and followed the adoption Of the constitution
were carried on with great deal of spirit.
The division which took place in this discus
sion gave the name of iederalist and anti
federalist TO the parties in the controversy.
But before the close Of Washington's admins
tration the republican party began to have an
existence. II had it's origin in the bitter feel
ing which existed against England and was
strengthened by the federalists leaning toward
that country. 1t gradually gained strength
until 1900, when Its candidate. Thomas JEFF
farson. was elected President. The fedcralists
never fully recovered from this defeat, although
thew continued to be somewhat formidable
until their opposition to the war of 1912
finally destroyed the party, and its candidate
for the Presidency in the contest in 1876 Rufus
King, only received the electoral vote of three
States. The whig party wa. the successor of
the federaliss, and had its birth in the election
of the second Adams by the House of Repre-
sentatives through the vote Of Henry Clay, in
the contest with Jackson. The Adams and
Clay party, however, were not designated by
the name of wings until after the election of
Jackson. The election Of the latter in 1928
was the first success of the democratic party.
II was in the events Of that period that the
democratic party proper had its origin and
received the name which it has adhered to
until the present time. Clay twice ran as the
whig candidate and was defeated. It's only
success in q national contest was by taking up
outside military candidates, like Harrison and
Taylor, and conducting the canvass on side
issues. Their snccess in both instances was
only temporary.


During Polk's administration the whig party
repeated the folly Of its predecessors, the
fcderalists, and opposed the Mexican war; The
party was only saved from disastrous defeat
in the next campaign in 1StS by the division
in. the democratic party over the slavery qucs-
ton, and in the fact that Van Bnren was placed
in the field az the free soil candidate against
the regular democratic nominee. But al the
next Presidential election. or in 1882 the party
received such IN overwhelming defeat that il
was never again able to rally. Several at
tempts were made 10 organize q new party in
its place. but none OF these efforts were sue
cessfnl until 1856, when The republican organi-
zation was formed, and through the extra
ordinary agitation OF the slavery question and
the division OF the democratic party il was
successful in elccting it, candidate in 1850.
The rebellion followed and il then became lhc
party OF the war, and under the name Of The
Union republican party il was again success
full in 1864. II now claims to be the Union
party, but is known by the name of the radical
party, and is by almost universal consent 40
called ut the present time. The usurpstion and
revolutionary course Of its leaders in the last
Congress has inaugurated new party move
ment, started by prominent men in The republi-
can party AZ II was fIst formed. The turn
which this has taken in this State, in It's mcrg-
ing with the democratic party, has given us a
new party name The political parties In this
camgaign are therefore the radical Jacobns on
one side and the national Union democratic
republican party on the other.





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