The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-06-23
From the Washington Union.
TO the Democracy OF the Union.
Organization.


candidate, They have taken him--no
for his political principles, forhe confess
es his ignorrnce Of any-not for his civ
qualifications, for he admits his utter in
csprci,y--but for his supposed avaitabili'
ty. lie is a military chiefain, who has
fought bravely and done we'll; and there.
fore they intend to bnrrah him into the
Presidency. They will attempt to hum
bug the people once more> and in spite OF
the war which they have disgracefuliy a,
bused- in spite Of the denunciations which
they once aimed at military sspifan's, as
"worse than war, pestIlence, and famine
they will not hesitate to seize upon the
man who owes his fame entirely to this a.
bueed war. We shall have TO encounter
all the slang which they will raise out Of
his military achievements. We must
countupon all these hurrahs. We must
count, too, upon the desperation Of reck-
less opposition. We must count upon all
sorts Of hnmbugs being employed againsi
tie. We must count upon host Of press
es--upon the activity of the t6wns--upon
all sorts Of corporations being enlisted
upon documents, tracts, speeches, mass
meetings, and secret devices; upon streams
Of money, contributed by the rich mer.
chants and greedy manufacturing capt. al
lists, being poured out against US. In a
word, we shall have a strong enemy to
meet, weakened as he may be by partial
defec,ions Of dissatisfied lay and Web
ster men from his rauks--weskened,t 100,
in some extent, by the suspicious of in
trigne, aud even fraud, which are aflot.--
So far, his nomination has been hailed
with very little enthusiasm. The decided
friends Of Mr.. Clay feel deeply wronged |
will not easily forget IT, and talk Of foppo
silion. But. after all these dedntiona, the
party who rallies around him is not to be
-despised. The struggle will be strong
the battle will be hot. Yet, we will most
,riumphahtly efeat the military man and
his whig ally--the tariff champion OF Ne"
York-provided we bring our whole force J
We must stretch every nerve-array all
our forces, and loose not moment for
pre- paration, nor a man in action.
For this purpose we address the democ
racy of the Union. We warn them OF
what they have TO encounter. We point
out the remedy. IL consists IN one impor'
AM soord- You must arm
yourselves--uiganizey yourselves thorough
ly, or you may be defeated. This organ
ization. to be effective. must be complete.
II must coDsist of every means which is
calculated TO rouse up the public mind, I"
enlighten the people, and bring every
democrat to the polls.
For this purpose, organise yourselves IN
your cilies---organize yourselves in the
the country, through the whole length
and bread b of the land.
Establish democratic associations eve
rywhere. Let those associations be 80
organized as TO have committee to col
lect members; committee of imitation.
TO invite speakers to address them IN pub
lie and frequent meetings; committee
TO collect funds; a committee to obtain
d documents, aud TO circulate them through
the whole bailiwick within the scope of
he associa,ion; a corresponding secreta.
ry, to obtain names for the dissemination
Of documents. and for obtaining and cir
,ulating information: and a committee TO
collect tho names Of the voters, aud fur
,sh facilities for bringing them TO the
polls
These associations of the democracy
covering the country and the cities; con
stitute one of the most effective ins,ru-
me ents of organization.
Circulate the documents is indispensa-
Bile. Let those documents be well select. !
ed and adapted to the case.
Let campaign papers be encouraged by 7
individual readers, or by Clubs. They
comprise facts and arguments which are .
,aIculated to refute and overthrow the
shigs.
Address the people orally, is mother
means of rousing them ;,
And as the day Of election approaches. :.
let all proper means be provided Of rous
ing the voters TO the polls. ),
With the proper organizaiion-with
harmony, union, and energy-weare con.
fdent Of success. We must carry Ohio; u
we must carry Pennsy lvsnia; we must car.
~ Virginia; and even il we loose New Z
York, we shall carry the day. See the
muster rool of the last campaign:
States Polk. Clay.
Maine 8 o
New Hampshire o =
Massachusetts IL
Rhode Island o
Connecticut O