The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-21

Encouragement or tagging spirit, in view OF the prospect
that the wings may have a lean and embarrassing
iorty in the next House of Representatives. The I'M
toward elections of last autumn in New York and Penn
sylvania have mainly contributed to produce this state Of
things. But in her judicial election OF this spring, the
Empire State has rebounded back to the democratic side
has given clear democratic majority OF ten thou
sand-and stands ready increase that figure whenever
such an increase may be wanted In Pennsylvan ii
will hardly be pretended BY any one that the political
battle of last fall fought upon the real issues between
the parties; and we have doubt that when, in her
next gubenatoria election the question comes be put
to the patriotic old Keystone State, whether she is
for against her country in the present struggle
with foreign enemy, her answer will do full
justice TO her ancient and loyal democratic spirit
Virginia has yet cast her for federal Pres
escutcheon in 1915 In facts like these and the prev
alence of the true spirit in the other sections of the
country, we the assured safety of the democratic
cause, provided only that the democratic party of the
country will be united harmonious and true to itself
The experience of the spring and of 1914 tells
us plainly what value we ought to set upon wing
p9ans OF victory sung in advance of the battle.
In fact in every element of its present position before
the party OF the country in her conflict with the foreign
foe In this fact alone, eventual victory is surely in
volved The people OF this country will never put down
party, Or Ito speak more truly the fact of the CASEY
will never suffer themselves be put down. for vigor
GUS and successful maintenance of the countrys rights
and honor The wing leaders will yet find, that in
cheering the Mexican rulers to reject all proers of
peace from government and to hold to their work
of assassination and robbery under the of war; they
have adopted OF opposition unworthy of the cit
liens of free country, and to encounter the ndg
nan reprobation of intelligent and patriotic people.
No party this land in the end prevail by arrayng
itself against the OF its country in time OF
war.
Again the democratic party is strong in the recent
perience which the country has had of its
The most violent assalans of this administration cannot
and do not charge that has been any degree false
the principles the measures in view of which was
brought into power Not one administration in the whole
history of the country has stood up more boldly or
more erecty the platform Of the old democratic creed
Not article of that creed has been botted out Not
one measure embraced in its policy has been hnched
from by the President his cabinet The democratic
RUM las the wings call i is upon in its entireness
and its power The has come, and the merchants
ledger and the book of the farmer and the ar
join with the price current in declaring that
besgna if not unprecedented prosperity every great
interest of the country.
In reply considerations like these is urged that
the question of the Wilmot Provso is to rend the demo-
cratic party asunaer On this point we have already as
sumed our position, and we see no occasion to
eXpatate further upon it at present We go for
the compromises of the constitution, continued and
carried out in the Missouri compromise We see in the
adjustment of this delicate and momentous question upon
this basis, just regard for the rights, and interests, and
preferences of all sections of our Union. We in it
new bond of union and harmony among the States We
see in it an overwhelming refutaon of the asseron-a
libel at upon the capacity of institutions and
upon the patriotism of peopletha the acquisition
of territorial indemnity from Mexico is to be dreaded
Iof i'll to the permanence OF the federal Union
Towards such compromise all the great elements in
volved in the question tend-the immensely of the OPP
posing powers and interests-he comparative practical in
significance of the whole controversy in its bearing upon
the actual future condition of Calfornathe force Of pre-
cedent successfully tried and the great and fundamental
idea of justice and equality between the several sovereign
States which compose the northern and southern sections
of urcountry To such result we believe, the
sober second thought Of the democracy OF the
try will long come; and already cheering signs begin
to brighten, think, portion of the horizon If
the other hemisphere presents cloud upon its Disc
trust to the good of the people, their love of
the Union the concatoy spirit and the compromising
precedens which mark our hisory-to that generous
and kindred blood which flows in their veins'-to
disspate the appearance of darkness and distrac
ton Meantime, the violence of feeling which at
one time threatened to infuse itself into the agita
ton of this question, cannot be too strongly and
steadily deprecated In such question. there is fit
sphere for the svngs of personal ambition, for the
cabas of cliques. In matter of such mighty moment
there is no for fanatcism-be it the anaticsm of
the north or of the south. Firmness is not fanatcism.
Such is the vantage ground of views and convictions
upon which, suppose, the Democracy is to meet the
Opposition, in the Congress and in the next
vass. They meet antagonist half disabled before.
hand The organization of the wing party has received
a shock during the last few months, from which, for
the purposes of presidential canvass
In its search for supposed availability, it has made its
politics mere personality and has presented the speca
Gle of party banded TO cry up professed opayism"
Having taken up candidate before nquiring into his
opinions, it now learns, under his own hand, that,
however strongly he may be whg in his personal pref
eenees, his opinions great party issues are yet to be
formed So far ii is bad but is behind. IL was
safe wise for the wings, party, to to
prefer new man TO all their old party issues Such