Democratic Party

(Amer. Hist.) The political party formerly opposed to the Whigs, and of late years, an dat the present time, to the Republican Party. The distinction between the latter and the D. P. rests upon so many grounds, and is so diverse in its bearings, that, taking also into consideration the exclusion of political questions from the present work, it is felt that any extended article upon the subject would be alike both inappropriate in character, as well as impracticable in the limited space permi ible to these columns. [s. 275]