Democratic banner., 1845-05-17
"UNITED WE STAND, III.
ylDED WE FALL"

Il depends entirely upon lie DEM
ncfaiic party itse!., whether the
measures and reforms SO long has
, commended Tor, shall be adopted, CT
whether the signal victory We have
gained shall resul; to no prac,ical
beneft--aEd, though victorious Z,
the polls we shalt he defeated IN 'eg.
'siatlve en4cimeGts that ~r! give the
government a true republican GIyec-
tion. For almost half 4 century we
have been victorious, nni carried the
elections In ouI favor; yet, under all
he democratic Administrations, ex-
cep, that 0; Jefferson, jackson, and
Van Bu'en, haVc We lost ground, and
:sve either acqu'esceG-ar, by ii
v'sions IN ouC Ia.Hs. assisted n las
!enne Federal Enclosures upon tie
country, wLicH have shaken lie L.
Mon 10 its centre, and Fl Tires e..
dangcred rs very existence 50 To-
tonOds Is The fact, tina, enc CT the
high Tory organs H. LAaGor, when
the nsws Of the eiec.i n q. Col. Pn,k
reached that Country, remarked Tia
Ihe election n America had ;esm;ra.
tod ~ u51-i "a fn-yi ii ti+ G:sm.cT,
cy-that for asnos. hal: q rentp4v.
except IN two instances. this had
been tie case. and, therefore. II need
not tie !eaTed that TIE doctrines Of
ire DenocIatic party would he the
policy pursued by the sove:a:nent-
Ihoi tha defeated party, ~ acclun,
oil the" superior Intelligence and
Heaiin were more than q match 10.
the party OF nun bcfs-,hat though
the latter were nearly aiwavs sure
TO carry the elections, vet The for
mer always could &c, the gcvern-
inent to adopt such policies az favor
I'd themselves. 1t behooves eyer.
democrat 10 require, whether TIE
LoHdon editor be rish, or n, an4 i
1e even should determine h,r
wrong, YET he reads 20 Us u lesson o.
warning, exhorting to unity Of action
and feeling. Already do we fnI
the seeds Of discord Snvn broadcast
over the iund in the Democratic par.
", producing discord and disafec-
ton. Has no; an enemy done ,h,s
Certainly # he has not he profits BY
II, and the result viii be what the
London tory prophesied--Eaerelv a
victory a, the polls. We have an
enemy that never sleeps; he has a
purpose he pursues with unfsI,erinp
steps and unwavering fortilude. re-
CARELESS OF means, undismayed bv re
verses; though routed and driven in
disgrace from the battlefield, he new.
er desponds; we next find he has
been a spy in our camp, and hired
the Arnolds and Judases to deliver
up and betray rs. We shy this no,
that We would bring a railing accu.
saf'on against any, but from a con
v%iction that there will be. If there
have not already been, efforts made
10 produce distraction and division
IN our ranks: and thereby rendering
US Powerless 10 effect the objects
Tor which We have been coatendinp.
aad which the people have demand.
ed. Already we find Democratic
papers quarre'Ing--some abou, men.
and others about minor issues, with
such p%ertlnacity tina, if they canno,
elevate their men nor force their is.
sues upon the body of the Democrat.
&c party, some openly and others
covertiy, will aid in eleva,ing Whigs
TO office. We ask every sane Dem.
ocrat, # this be- persisted in, what
VII! be the result? What preo,
measure Of reform will we be ale 70
carryf Undoubtedly we will lose
al!-the fruits Of the Pre- sidentiaI viz.
tory, The position we now occupy.
and the confidence Of the American
people. We. therefore, call unon
all who glory in the name Of Demo.
Graf, who wish to hand down 10 ro..
the blessings Of q fraa o,d,.,