The history of the ill-named Democrat Party comes from 1828 with the election of Andrew Jackson. What could have been a party of proud traditions and Liberty rather chose the repulsive path of slavery, carrying that proud banner in the name of “States rights” in the Civil War. When man picks up weapons against another in the attempt to maintain ownership – as a person owns a car – of another man, that violates one of the three central Rights granted (those being the rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness).