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In the wake of the [[Great Depression]], the failures of President [[Herbert Hoover]] dragged the Republican Party into the minority party in Congress, and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was elected in the [[United States presidential election, 1932|1932 presidential election]] by a landslide. | In the wake of the [[Great Depression]], the failures of President [[Herbert Hoover]] dragged the Republican Party into the minority party in Congress, and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was elected in the [[United States presidential election, 1932|1932 presidential election]] by a landslide. | ||
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| + | When Roosevelt took office, he quickly began establishing a series of federal programs known as the New Deal. The First New Deal programs received support from some congressional [[Republicans]] who emphasized relief for struggling Americans. This included House GOP leader [[Bertrand H. Snell]], who stated in his support of the 1933 [[Emergency Banking Act]]:<ref>Woods, Jr., Thomas E. (August 13, 2008). [https://mises.org/library/great-gold-robbery-1933 The Great Gold Robbery of 1933]. ''Mises Institute''. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 16:36, October 16, 2021
In the United States, the Old Right, also pejoratively called the paleoconservatives, refers to a faction of American conservatives who both opposed Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal leftist programs and were also non-interventionists (isolationists) opposing entry into World War II. The Old Right was mostly active during 1930s–1960s. Many were associated with the Republicans led by Robert Taft, but some were Democrats. It was the ideological rival of the Old Left.
Notable people include President Calvin Coolidge, President Herbert Hoover, William Randolph Hearst, Nebraska politicians Howard Buffett, Kenneth Wherry, and Hugh Butler, Charles A. Halleck (R–IN). Writers among the faction included John T. Flynn, Albert Jay Nock, Rose Wilder Lane, Garet Garrett, and Walter Lippmann.[1]
Ideology
The Old Right was marked by the following characteristics:
- Opposition towards big government, bureaucracy, and the New Deal
- Fiscal conservatism
- Non-Interventionism and opposition towards globalism/internationalism
- Anti-communism
History and timeline
1920s: rejecting internationalism, progressivism and fiscal recklessness
Staunchly opposed to the internationalist agenda promoted by Woodrow Wilson, prominent Old Right figures in the Republican Party helped kill the Treaty of Versailles from passing the U.S. Senate.[2] Massachusetts senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr., a prominent conservative and nationalist, had said of the Wilson Administration's agenda:[3]
| “ | The United States is the world’s best hope, but…if you tangle her in the intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her powerful good, and endanger her very existence… Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance — this great land of ordered liberty. For if we stumble and fall, freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin. | ” |
During the 1920s, President Calvin Coolidge spearheaded the causes promoted by the Old Right, rejecting progressivism and advocating fiscal restraint.[4] His reduction of tax rates promoted economic growth, and a particular achievement during his presidency was slashing the national debt.[5]
1930s: opposition towards New Deal
In the wake of the Great Depression, the failures of President Herbert Hoover dragged the Republican Party into the minority party in Congress, and Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected in the 1932 presidential election by a landslide.
When Roosevelt took office, he quickly began establishing a series of federal programs known as the New Deal. The First New Deal programs received support from some congressional Republicans who emphasized relief for struggling Americans. This included House GOP leader Bertrand H. Snell, who stated in his support of the 1933 Emergency Banking Act:[6]
| “ | The house is burning down, and the President of the United States says this is the way to put out the fire. And to me at this time there is only one answer to this question, and that is to give the President what he demands and says is necessary to meet the situation. | ” |
See also
References
- ↑ Richman, Sheldon L. (January 1, 1990). The Old Right Was Right. Mises Institute. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
- ↑ Fascinating Politics (March 3, 2020). Versailles Treaty, in Six Key Votes. Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
- ↑ Fascinating Politics (September 22, 2019). Henry Cabot Lodge: American Nationalist. Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
- ↑ Postell, Joseph (February 20, 2013). Calvin Coolidge: Forefather of Our Conservatism. Heritage Foundation. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
- ↑ Shlaes, Amity; Thomas, Rushad (January 30, 2015). Coolidge’s Fiscal Triumph. Coolidge Foundation. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
- ↑ Woods, Jr., Thomas E. (August 13, 2008). The Great Gold Robbery of 1933. Mises Institute. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
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