The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-09-17
THE PROSPECTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
CAUSE.


We call the attention Of the country to the rapid
and most cheering change which has come over the
whole spirit and anticipation Of the democracy with
in the last few weeks. We do not care TO deny that
when Congress rose there was something OF anxiety
and forebodng 10 respect to the entire success Of the
future, visible in the democratic ranks There were
dissatisfaction and something Of apparent disunion
In portion Of QUE party at Washington on the Is
sue OF the Oregon question. There was some aPPa'
rent want Of confidence in the progress and the re-
suits Of the Mexican war. Wing mahGuvrlns had
defeated the two million bill, and so deprived the
administration Of portion Of the power which II
asked TO carry promptly into effect, II opportunity
should Offer its wise and just policy ofPermsnent and
most advantageous peace, The enemies Of democrat
lie principles raised cry so loud and shrll against
the policy Of the constitutional treasury, as to pro-
duee a mOmeutsry pause in the operations Of the
money market, and possibly to shake, in some de-
gree, that confidence which is the vital spirit OF the
business community. And above all, the sudden
and short-lived panic movement in relation to the
new tAriA-laboring to create wo by predicting it
certainly did seem for moment to produce some
impression on the>puble mind. These things, add
ed TO the sectional camor arising from the veto OF
the river and harbor bill, and the personal eamor
growing out Of the veto Of the French spoaton bill,
seemed, even in the view OF some portions Of the
democratic party, to give hold for some sustained
attack upon the policy Of the administration.
A few weeks have passed by, and all this has,
in our judgment wonderfully changed As we read
the signs of the times, in the journals Of the coun-
try and in all the forms Of popular demonstration,
which the approach Of the elections produces, we
do not hesitate to say, with entire confidence,
that for the present, the democratic is wholly
safe and that its prospects for the future such
as to inspire all confidence and hope. The excite.
ment growing out Of the Oregon question is passing
away, and the strong sense Of the country is set.
Ting down in the conviction, that in the adjustment
Of that long standing controversy-in so far IS it
was shaped by the administrations deed Of wise and
vigorous craftsmanship has been done. The war
with Mexico becomes every day more and more
congenial to the whole public sentiment, as a war
Just and necessary in its origin, glorious in its con-
duet thus far, cheering in its prospects, and abound
ing in the hopes of a speedy, brilliant and ganful
ISSUE The constitutional treasury stands strong in
principle which the people fully approve, and Of
fers itself readily to whatever amendments of detail
may, by possibility, be needed to secure to the
country the full advantages of separation of the
moneys Of the government from the dangerous uses
and iucuating operations Of the banking interest
The two vetoes Of the President fast coming to
be considered, even in the quarters at first aggrieved
by them, pure in purpose, fit in the circumstances
ofthe case, and sound in principle. And especially
the great democratic deed Of the last Congress and
Of the present admnistration-the reconstruction Of
our revenue system on revenue basis, and the es.
Enlistment Of our taxation on the basis of pal
u-this capital measure of the democracy,
long meditated, resolu'ely persisted in, and at
last achieved in spirit, not Of violence, but
of wise moderation--a great commercial revo-
luton effected in the true spirit Of the age, and So
=ithout even short-ived convulsion-has already
commended itselfto universal and unexpected favor,
throughout the land. The "panic" is dead. Mr..
Webster's expected speech in October will fail, we
predict, even to galvanze it into mopentary and
morbid activity. The leading wing Journal in New
York comes out for a tariff with rate of duties
"about the same as that Of Mr. Walkers tariff" A
leading wing journal of Massachusetts sums up
frankly the conclusive statistics of wing weakness
everywhere save in Massachusetts. The prospect
of comparatively unrestricted trade with Europe
under the new tariff law, has already contributed to
give such impetus to the grain markets, as to raise
the price of the breadstuffs grown throughout thu
west some fifteen or twenty per cent. Even the
sulkiest protectionists are forced to stop their
panic agitation, and admit these cheering facts
Here is a table, given by the New York Express,
showing the comparative expectation in 1845 and
1886, thus far, Of what may be called, in view of is
great and sudden increase, almost article Of