Plain Facts and Figures, Equal Rights to All: Special Privileges to None, Some Comparisons (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Plain Facts and Figures, Equal Rights to All: Special Privileges to None, Some ComparisonsIt is true. During this time the Federalists, under the name Whig, succeeded twice in electing a president, Gen eral Harrison in 1840 and General Taylor in 1848. But did not succeed in changing the policy of the Government until thev came into power in 1861 under the name Re publican. So, too. Since 1861 the Democrats have twice elected Grover Cleveland president without effecting any change in the Federalist or Republican policy.But Senator Fairbanks, in his speech at nvhite River Junction. Vt, referring to Cleveland's last administration, said: They were four years of arrested development panic and distress. Without a parallel in American history. But he has only to remember that arrested development, panic. Distress, strikes, lockouts, tramps and scabs are all of Republican origin, there were no such disturbances prior to 1861 under Democratic rule. In the same speech he says: The policies of the Republican party have brought immeasurable prosperity. He should have added, 'to the few.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.