The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-22
For the Union.


The late election in Pennsy vania has perhaps result
ed, by very insignificant majority, in favor of Johnston
the wing candidate for governor. The wild enthusiasm
OF some minimizing wings has led them TO suppose thai
this result will be the of throwing the State into
the arms OF Taylor and Fillmore in November ne N
But herpast history warrants such inference On the
contrary proves beyond the possibility of doubt that
sure the 9Th of November arrives lust so sure will
the democracy of that noble old Commonwealth rally with
renewed energy and, putting forth their whole strength
choose Cass and Butler electors by many thousand
majority THIS | say, Mr. Editor, her whole history
proves VIII be the case; for If any will take the
PANS to examine the history of the voting of that State
he VIII ma mat, invariably one defeat partial
one by the democratic party has been the means Of
giving Them success at the succeeding election Thus,
without gong back farther than 1892, look at Rtner
hng within 1904 votes OF George Wolf the democratic
candidate Tor governor This vote alarmed the demo-
Gratis they went TO work, and in little less than three
weeks afterwards, brought their whole force to the polls,
ana secured the State for Andrew Jackson by upwards OF
$4,000 majority. Again, in $780, the State went for
HARRISON electors by upwards of three hundr red major
lty. ihls result had similar effect The democratic
party learned wisdom from adversely, buried all partial
differences about candidates and at the election
amphed at the polls over the wings by heavy majores.
But It is useless to cite any more examples All her vo-
ting, repeat proves that victory once obtained by the
wings or iedealiss the democrats has always re-
suited IN giving the succeeding election to the democratic
party II, them the future is to be Judged by the past
the Pennsylvania democracy are now united working
shoulder to shoulder and only waiting for the It'll OF
November to give the wings a Waterloo defeat.
One word now to my brother democrats of the Union
The presidential contest is fast approaching That con-
test IN my humble judgment, is big with the fate of this
Union The wing party, in their desperation for power
and place, have turned their backs upon consistency and
principle, and boldly arayed themselves under vcto
Gus general, hoping that the glare of his military enown
VIII enable them to overthrow our ran ks in November
TO obtain this victory we now see them al the North
attempting to play upon the preludlces of their fellow
citzens, by appealing to their ealousies and invoking
them not to vote for Cass and Butler who, they say
VIII be the creatures OF southern influence and slave
power. In the South, their leaders, forgetlu of their
character for chivalry and honorable warfare, are
holding up sectional feeling to their fellow citizens to
embrace and invoking their counrymen, by their south
era peJudices, to vote against General Cass (whose
whole political career has been marked with devotion
to the Liberties of his country without regard to geogra-
phca nes Seeing our opponents, then, conducting the
canvass with so much unfarness, will you fold your
arms, and let party triumph, which seeks amidst the de-
sructon of fraema feeIing-the bond of our glorious
tnon-to elect their Presidents No. never, You have
loved country, and Taylor will not receive as many
electoral votes as Henry Clay Work from now until
the election, and that every man of your neigh
borhood votes and Taylor will be distanced in the
IN the general result You will overwhem him in
Maine and New Hampshire. You will beat the wings
IN the great States OF Pennsylvania and Ohio and carry
the larger part of the west and south western States in
favor OF Cass and Butler. With such prospect this
before you, will you any longer remain inactive Shades
OF your veneraed ancestors-shades of Jefferson and
Jackson forbid 1t BY our glorious Union, by her pros
pery, peece, and future renown, let me, humble
lover of my country entreat you to no longer remain
passive in the struggle OF our canvass Remember that
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" Be we then
actye be then dgent until the day of trial comes and
then be prepared with your undivided strength to elect
Cass and Butler President and Vice President of the
United States and, by doing rebuke the spirit of the
wings, whose monopolizng IDEAS of legislation would
make the rich richer, and the poor poorer y and
whose dark fanatcsn would array the South against the
North and bring about that state of feeling and hostility
towards each other which Washington, in his farewell
address, so eoquently deplores