Conservapedia

Old Right

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by LT (talk | contribs) at 16:40, October 16, 2021. It may differ significantly from current revision.

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]

Indiana conservative Republican Charles A. Halleck once stated that Americans should live:[2]

“ ...as God meant us to live and not as some bureaucrat in Washington … would like us to live. ”

Ideology

The Old Right was marked by the following characteristics:

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.[3] Massachusetts senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr., a prominent conservative and nationalist, had said of the Wilson Administration's agenda:[4]

“ 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.[5] His reduction of tax rates promoted economic growth, and a particular achievement during his presidency was slashing the national debt.[6]

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:[7]

“ 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. ”

Other early New Deal programs which received some support from conservative Republicans included the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933.[8] However, many quickly came to reject the increasing liberalism, bureaucracy, and totalitarianism of the programs, and the opposition solidified during the era of the Second New Deal.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Richman, Sheldon L. (January 1, 1990). The Old Right Was Right. Mises Institute. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  2. ↑ Crass, Scott (July 10, 2013). Ford Unseated Halleck As Republican Whip In 1965. The Moderate Voice. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Postell, Joseph (February 20, 2013). Calvin Coolidge: Forefather of Our Conservatism. Heritage Foundation. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  6. ↑ Shlaes, Amity; Thomas, Rushad (January 30, 2015). Coolidge’s Fiscal Triumph. Coolidge Foundation. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  7. ↑ Woods, Jr., Thomas E. (August 13, 2008). The Great Gold Robbery of 1933. Mises Institute. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  8. ↑ TO PASS H.R. 3835 (P.L. 10) TO RELIEVE THE EXISTING NATIONAL ECONOMIC EMERGENCY BY INCREASING AGRICULTURAL PURCHASING POWER, TO RAISE REVENUE FOR EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES INCURRED BY REASON OF SUCH EMERGENCY, TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF WITH RESPECT TO AGRICULTURAL INDEBTEDNESS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORDERLY LIQUIDATION OF JOINT-STOCK LAND, BANKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
Retrieved from "https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Old_Right&oldid=1805433"