Excerpt from The War in the United States: Report to the Swiss Military Department; Preceded by a Discourse to the Federal Military Society Assembled at Berne, Aug; 18, 1862
Ever since its origin, the struggles of parties there have been incessant and active; but the sentiment of respect for law had always triumphed over the malignity of these con tests. Recently, however, this has not been the case.
Three principal parties had succeeded in establishing themselves. One was that of the Southern population, inhabiting a fertile soil, enriching themselves from the products of this soil, particularly from cot ton, and employing in its culture African laborers, brought by force to this country and reduced to the condition of slaves. This party is styled Democratic, although it would be better named Oligarchic. Its social state resembles a little that of the old feudal lords, or the patriarchs of the East. By its homogeneousness, as opposed to the multiple interests of the North, it has almost always succeeded in carrying the candidates of its choice, in the elections for the Presidency.
In opposition to this party of the South, or Slave party, is found one called the Northern, or Republican party, which I shall define, briefly, by saying that it is almost the contrary of that of the South.
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