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Show until tluty have an opportunity to administer the government Iodk enough to frame pitrty policy, and thus have their party membership grow up under Its inllueucos long euougb to understand under-stand it and have a natural allegiauce to it. In another article wo will set out the mural; industrial and dometiio hillm-nees of the policies pursued by the republican regime which has continued con-tinued in force from the administration of AurtuiAJf Lincoln to tb present tlmo. BErritMCAS AM rui'.IoUt lTroi'Ot.I-(Hi., lTroi'Ot.I-(Hi., As the pi!0j!o of l'th nrs now intent on learnin:' the relative merits of tho two reat national pnrtiei. Tub Timki d'sli'cs to present the policies of each party a related to the labor inteiests, home life and economic welfare of t'.iit American people. We assert mot cm-pha'ieally cm-pha'ieally that thn policin which the democratic party has succeeded in in-aujjuratintf in-aujjuratintf have always been ileroua-tory ileroua-tory to the highest and best interests of the nation. In thu hlrtory of American parti h we flud no distinctive party policy of I great importance inaugurated until wo 'come to the administration of Amu;ev J.U'Ksoy. Prior to that time the democratic demo-cratic party was quite pronounced in its advocacy of tariff protection, John C. Camiovx beinj; at first a decided de-cided tariff champion. All tha early presidents, including Washington, Jefferson and Jackson were in favor of the protection of American industries. indus-tries. General Jack-ion was the lirst to triil -ice the doctrine of rotation in rIVe. His theory ws that "to the -'-'.or ! clonal the ff'!l."and s;n"j his t'.iai wa have seen tiutoid political cor-rnption cor-rnption H.twiag fr m the "spoils of ollice" and the uublushiug effrontery of (iBlco-sftckers. The only question of great raaguitude that has come down to us from the proceding century is that of a strict or free construction of the provisions of the constitution relative to the extant of power granted to the several departments depart-ments ot tha govcrnmotit, legislative, executive and judicial. JefTersou and his followers wero strict construction-sts, construction-sts, diminishing as much as possible tho powers of the central government, while augmenting those of the states and individuals. The opposite party held that the general welfare of the I people renuirjd the exorcise of all thoce powers expressly granted, and thoso also that are necessarily and fairly implied, in the several provisions of the constitutiou. These questions enter into tbu cast of existing parties under the form of centralization and decentralization. Republicans ho'.i to the doctrine of a strong, well-balanced, cetitral government. The democracy tonds in the opposite direction, detracting detract-ing as much as possible from tho central cen-tral power. The doctrine of free trade did not become be-come distinctWe party measure until Caliiotn and his a&dociatet planned the free traue, pro slavery, cotton propaganda pro-paganda which began to tuko form during dur-ing the first term of President Jackson who was a mortal enemy to the person and schemes of Joiix C. Cai.iiock. In this schetuo ftvu trudo purj und siuiple becaina a vital factor. The theory was that free trade would prevent the introduction intro-duction of mauufacturiug t-nterprises throughout tho northern states. As a conseiueni!o tho people would be more largely devoted to agricultural pur-suit?. pur-suit?. Thoro being no buino markot for farm products very low prices would necessarily prevail. Thus tho food products necessary for a large slave population could be obtained ob-tained abundantly aud cheaply. Labor cost would thus be reduced to a minimum, min-imum, and tho price of cotton, the great southern staple, would more and toons represent net prolits. Manufactures Manufac-tures must bo discouraged, for they would beget a consuming population, and this would create a home market nud good prices for tho farmer, a thing which the slave ohgarciiy took every means in their power to prevout. The great body of the democratic, party, from te time of Calhoun dowu to the iuaueuration of the warof the rebellion was in favor of free trade, slava labor, cheap farm products, cheap foreign manufactured goods, low pr.ced whilo labor and h'.gli priced cotton. Not on!y was slavery to be perpetuated, but it was to be extended in ielinituly. To this end MesioaJ territory was acquired and tho Dred Scott decision was promulgated. pro-mulgated. This free trado, pro-slavery policy, with all its tendencies toward the degradation of labor, the depravation deprav-ation of homo J:f, the discourage- ' ment of home manufactures and J homo market looks like a most dastardly policy. Y'et this is the ouly policy that the democratic party ever succeeded in inaugurating, excepting the spoils system of President Presi-dent Jackson, and the secession dogma that CaliiuI N aud his associates promulgated pro-mulgated as a means of carrying out their progrnmtno in c.te the northern states would refuse to participate iu their measures. Ji'.kkfksox was the great apostle of human liberty, though some unfortunate tenets enunciated by him in regard to stato and national sovereignty wero tho smouldering em-jleis em-jleis i, itit weto Tanned into a flame in la. VLittd ditriti,; the in riodoxtouding iioiti Cauioln to .It. if taw ov Da via. During this entire democratic regime the whig pirty uuiler the leadership of such men a-Clay and Wkiistkk, with a brief gliut of supremacy in the persons ! of IIauwson and Taylok, was enlisted In tho advocacy of o ppojition policies, an ample protective tariff, home manufactures, manu-factures, homit market, high priced white labor, diversilied iudustrios, gradual grad-ual emancipation and colonizing of the slaves. Sinco the tragic defeat ar.d destruction des-truction rf the democratic programme by means o' a gigantic war, what a hideous hide-ous monster that policy was. Hut we must remember that at that period slavery-was slavery-was generally considered a divine institution, in-stitution, and that it was held to be right to regulate and perpetuate it. What the real democratic policy is today to-day nobody knows; nobody will know |