Republic,by way of distinction, or rather of a representative Republic. “Hence the word Democrat has been used as synonymous with the word Jacobin in France; and by an additional idea, which arose from the attempt to control our government by private popular associations, the word has come to signify a person who attempts an undue opposition to or influence over our government by means of private clubs, secret intrigues, or by public popular meetings which are extraneous to the constitution. By Republicans