The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-06-15
To the Democracy Of the Union.
Organization.


Let US not deceive ourselves 1t is the worst policy in
the world to despse enemy The wings have brought
out the man whom they regard their strongest candi
date They have taken him-not for his political princi
PIES for he confesses OF anynot for his civil
qualifications, for he admits his utter ncapacitybut for
his supposed availability He is military chieftain, who
has fought bavey and done well and therefore they
tend hurah him into the presidency. They will
tempt TO humbug the people more; and in spite OF
the war which they have dsgraceully abusedin spite
of the denunciatons which they aimed at military
aspants " worse than war, peshence, and fam
ine"-hey will not hesitate 10 seize upon the who
owes his fame entirely to this abused war We shall
have to encounter all the slang which they will raise out
OF his military achievements. We must count upon all
these hurrahs We must count, too, upon the despera
ton of reckless opposition. We must count upon all
sorts of humbugs being employed against us. We
must count upon host of presses-upon the
dvy of the towns-upon all sorts of corporations
being enlistedupon documents tracts speeches,
meetings, and secret devices-upon streams of mo-
ney, contributed by the rich merchants and the greedy
manufacturing capitalists, being poured agains. In
word, shall have strong enemy meet, weakened
he may be by partial deectons of dissatisfied Clay and
extent by the suspicious OF intrigue, and even fraud,
which ahoat So far, his nomination has been hailed
with very little enthusiasm. The decided friends OF Mr.
Clay feel deeply wronged will easily forget it, and
talk OF opposition But after all these deductions the
party who rallies around him not to be despised The
struggle will be strong-the battle will be hot Yet,
will most riumphany defeat the military and his whig
aly-he tariff champion OF New York-provded W.
bring our whole force into the field but thea we mus
do THAT. We must stretch every nerve-array all ou
iorce and lose not moment for preparation, nor
in the action
For this purpose we address the democracy of thu
Union We warn them Of what they have TO encounter
We point out the remedy. II consists of one impoian
umd-oRGANIzATIoN. You must arm yourseves--organ
zeyourselves thoroughly you may be defeated. Thu
organization, TO be effective must be complete 1t must
consist of every which is calculated to rouse up
the public mind enlghten the people, and bring every
democrat to the polls
For this purpose, organize yourselves in your cities
organize yourselves in the country, through the whole
length and breadth of the land.
Establish democratic associations everywhere. Lei
those associations be organized to have committee
10 collect MEMBERS committee of invitation to invite
speakers address them public and frequent meetings
committee to collect funds committee to obtain
documents and TO circulate them throughout the whole
Oalhwck within the scope of the association
pondng secretary, obtain for the dissemination
OF documents and for obtaining and circulating infor
nation and committee to collect the of the
es and furnish facilities for bringing them to the polls
These associations of the democracy, covering tn,
country and the cities, constitute of the efecv,
instruments of organization.
CIRCULATE DOCUMENTS, is Indispensable lie
those documents be well selected and adapted to the
Let campaign papers be encouraged by individual
readers, or by clubs, They comprise facts and argu
ments which calculated reute and overthrow thu
wings
ADDRESS THE PEOPLE ORALLY, is another means o
rousng them UP.
And as the day Of election approaches, let all prope
means be provided OF rousing the voters to the polls
With the proper organization-with harmony, union
and energy-we confident of success We must car
ry OHo we must carry PENNSYLVANIA; we must carr
VIRGINIA: and if we lose NEW YORK, shall
carry the day. See the muster-rol of the last cam
palpn