The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-11-23

views of the public sentiment OF the difficulties we hay,
to encounter and of the best of subdung them
The contests for the succession destined to give US
trouble but il is to be hoped that the asprant,
and their immediate friends will quietly bide their time
and prevent the party being distracted by their rivalry and
collision In this course indeed, their interest Co.
incides with the duty which they their country
No candidate succeed who, being pressed mmedi.
aely upon the party is thrown collision with his rivals
incurs their resentment and alienates portion OF the
democracy Norman will be nominated who is not kelyD
secure the vote of the whole party But they should Meth
obey the voice of duty nor see their own true Interests
they will not consult either what is due to their country
or to themselves-hen il will become the people, who are
the source of all power to whom the government be.
longs, to nerpose their authority and assert their rights
They must say the too eager and importunae aspans
"This Office belongs to us and not to you. Serve u.
faithfully Show that you have abilities and priuci
Piles to promote interests, and will weigh these
qualifications when we come to make our selection
But beg you to refrain from all impatient exerons
Bde your time, and wait for us call you into the pub
lie service"
The same wisdom and moderation will be necessary
in adjusting the contests which may arise among the l.
erent sections OF country The constitution emanas
from confederacy OF States. 1t was founded on CON-
promise. 1t must be administered in the same concl.
aiory and compromising spirit. AS General Washing
ton said in the letter which he, president OF the con-
venon addressed to the President of Congress- when he
submitted the constitution, at is at all times diicu,o
draw with precision the line between those rights which
must be surrendered and those which may be reserved;
and the present occasion this difficulty was increased
by difference among the several States TO their STU
alton, extent, habits, and particular interests
" In all our deliberations this subject, we kept
steadily in view that which appears the great
est interest of every true Americanthe consolidation
Union-n which is involved our prosperity, felicity,
safety, perhaps national existence This mportan,
consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our
minds led each State in the convention to be less rigid
points OF inferior magnitude than might have been
otherwise expected and thus the constitution which we
present is the result of spirit OF amy, and of that
mutual Difference and concession which the peculiarly
our political situation renders Indispensable.
That it will meet the full and entire appreciation Of
every State, not perhaps to be expcced but each will
doubtless consider that had her interest been alone con-
suited, the consequences might have been particularly
disagreeable or injurious to others"
the democratic party, before they assemble in the national
convention, and after its formations to recoec the dsBo
forbearance, Cancellation, and compromise; without which
common party cannot bring their efforts to bear
upon the nomination and election of the President
conederacy is great compact partnership of soye
eign States which is not intended for the benefit OF one
OF one section, the exclusion OF the rest ItisD
be hoped that this great truth will preside the pres
ent movements OF our party:
From the Pennsylvania
THE DEMOCRATIC PARrY-TnE FuruRE.--The democratic
administration during the late war, although repelnra
war Of invasion that singulany calculated
the patriotic fees of the nation, pretty successfully
assaled by the cohorts of Federalism and this day.
opponents assert that Mr. Madison rendered nnpopu
lar during its prosecution. We thought last year. when
owing combination of accidents, several Of the States
gave their congressional delegations the opposition that
similar fate would attend upon Mr.. Polk. Subsequent
events, however, have changed this opinion We now
witness the national administration, while conducting
with distant and foreign country, goriously sustained
by the people the baotboxes Every State that has
Gently voted, with the exception Of New Yokwhere We
are temporarily overcome only because those who have
heretofore led the party have chosen to make their per
sona feelings superior their political duteshas voted
in favor of Mr.. Polk and his administrations Michigan
adds her voice to swell the general acclaim What with
Pennsylvania in the middle, sustained by Maryland New
Jersey, Virginia, New Hampshire, and Maine with the
popuous western commonwealth OIL llnOiS and MISSOURI
and the noble tier of southern States all democracwha
with these encouraging aspects, may not anticipate as
the future position of the republican party
There can, indeed, be doubt that the Union tao
roughly and radically democratic The glorious measure
of the present administration and the complete and ab
dant success which have attended upon them, have gone
far keep it in the midst of desperate antagonist
Every day approves and more the wisdom OF thes
measures-every day adds to their brilliant and sgnfcan
results We havc indeed laid the foundations of
tiona ascendency deep and wide, and it will be own
fault we destroy the glorious opportunities that pre-
scented 10
This being positiep with reference people, and
principles, shall leopard the of cars
by any merely personal quarres Shall the strife between
men and about men prove powerful enough to make
weak in sustaining the creed should uphold Our doc
trines powerful and mpershabe. Shat the parisam
those who aspire be made their repre- and
gans be made strong enough overs ,adow or fatally
postpone them Let answer to ourselves these grave
questions according to our honest understanding OBJ
legations, and need not fear the result
But with this cheering Prospect before u.s. there is yet
announcer non IN he PSh" easily avoided or else easT
overcome we OUT ret upon the system which sacnfce
everything Tor the cruse. New sought be liner
polated into our creed and the old Gorgon of dsunou
once more soC Int to be introduced alarm the timd M
us meet all -uch questions cooly and calmly. Let as
pose Oh '.aem in spirit Of concession and conciao'
Let rs try them by the experience of the past and
top chsone of the constitution. Above ALL let us not assem-
Die in national convention adversaries resolved to yen
nothing for the common welfare We must remember h"
is compact of compromises and that each sechon
the Union should administer the preservation oil inc
whole by spirit of forbearance and sefdenial
These plain duties; but they be s,ey observed
and consistently cared for, lost beyond edemP
ton.