| Show POLITICAL VIE on the fiand fall of parties CHANGE correspondent submits 0 query the party not dead editor query do political cartiea and principles like the mass of humanity die or change every generation of thirty two years do not the following facts established by history point in that direction 7 washington was thu undisputed choice of all parties from president from 1788 to 1796 then the federal and re publican parties with principles which were intended to the general government and a united bank ruled under adams jefferson madison monroa ani J Q adaar from 1798 to 1822 thirty two years then came the democratic party whick claimed to be for state rights and strict construction of the constitution with gold and silver as the only meney it destroyed the U 8 bank and while professing great reverence for state rights overrode over rode all state lines oy the passage of the fugitive slave law thereby aiming to secure and perpetuate slavery for all time the election of taylor as ahiga did not really break the democratic rule for thirty two years under jackson van buren harris on tyler polk taylor pierce and buchanan from 1828 to 1860 then came in the republican party on a polica of opposition to the exten lion of slavery and as a necessity of the war immense taxes contracts large expenditures of the public money for the benefit of the lew the result was the gigantic private fortunes that grew out of transactions notwithstanding the election of 1834 republican principles ander lincoln grant hayes garfield cleveland and harrison ruled thirty two years from 1860 to 1892 during the war when greenbacks green backs seemed a necessity the democratic party howled for gold and hilyer as the only legal money in 68 when the republican party was working for specie resumption and degro suffrage the democrats favored betso backs and a white mans in 72 the democrats even supported a can and negro equality in an attempt to get back into power in 76 on a sound platform and with abal man to lead them the democratic parly finally elected the only leader that the parly has had since the war sam stilden JT ilden and then had abot the to abbo him seated between 1870 and 1885 the can cartr de silver and resumed specie payments and stopped the retirement of greenbacks green backs all at the dictation of alie money power and the democratic party filter opposing all those acts comes up or down to their support eup port and now surpasses beet publican subservience to the money power by even issuing fifty millions of bonds without authority of law if parties do die every thirty two years then the democratic party is not only dead but decomposed the republican party just lead ought to be burnt d with the honor due to its achievements during the war and now let us have a new party in right and justice shall rule let us haye gold and silver the only money of the a convertible currency sufficient for the needs of business if the nicaragua canal and a mer chant marine are necessary in order that the united may assume the position that her wealth and power entitle her to among the nations of the earth then let the goyer ment build and own them for the benefit of all not for the advantage of the money power or the favored lew K 1884 |
