A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . protectivetariff. By 1830 the Democrats were fairly well was Democratic down to the Civil War in 1861. Theopponents of the Democrats organized at the same time. Theywere called Whigs. The Whigs followed Henry Clay andfavored the United States Bank and a protective tariff. Mis-souri was never a Whig state but some of her ablest publicmen were Whigs. Williams H. Ashley, the great fur trader,Edward Bates, the great lawyer, and James S. Rollins, th
A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . protectivetariff. By 1830 the Democrats were fairly well was Democratic down to the Civil War in 1861. Theopponents of the Democrats organized at the same time. Theywere called Whigs. The Whigs followed Henry Clay andfavored the United States Bank and a protective tariff. Mis-souri was never a Whig state but some of her ablest publicmen were Whigs. Williams H. Ashley, the great fur trader,Edward Bates, the great lawyer, and James S. Rollins, theorator and statesman, were Whigs. In Missouri the Whigswere strongest among the merchants and bankers of St. Louisand among the big slave owners in the river slave county was the banner Whig county in Missouri. Theday of personal politics in Missouri passed in 1830. Fromthat time party politics prevailed. The Whigs were never suc-cessful in a general presidential election in Missouri alhoughone of their leaders, Ashley, was elected three times to Con-gress and served five years. Missouri Politics, 1820-1844 115. THOMAS II. RENTON Il6 History of Missouri and Missourians A third feature of this period in Missouri was the absenceof great issues between the state parties except on money andbanking. The Missouri Democrats luider Bentons influencestood for hard or metal money and sound banking. Bentonwas called Old Bullion arid Missouri was called The BullionState. Other states had paper money and wildcat banks, butMissouri did not. However, even some of the Missouri Demo-crats wanted cheap money and banks. The Benton Democratswere called the Hards; the cheap money Democrats, theSofts. The Whigs were also in favor of paper money andbanks. Although on the money question the Democrats dif-fered among themselves, they did not split the party. A StateBank was established along veiy conservative lines and theDemocratic party remained one. No other big issue is foundbetween
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