The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-11
TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
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w. k.v. ts.s p.bli.hed the last number OF "Ihe
C.mo.~n~ rzrr. embracing fall returns OF the last
s,~A..,. election various political articles connected
ah n. soasrst .aa the present administration. and
ss>~s.l ...,sx 10 me whole 20 numbers.
p.rhAg. NO other paper ia the country present
,nus~ syscss u.traton Of all the facts and arguments
wsseA sms<s~d INTO the late 'mporan, than is
eo~sAissd ia the "Cs~saga." We believe that nothing
whsA koss trsesiT indirectly the contest has been
cmsssl Asssa and aching inserted which was not cal
easssi V salshsss the public mind the issues in con-
tsovsrsy. AL advertisements and other miscellaneous
matted exeisded order 10 Afford the amPlest room
for The discussion Of political .opies This feature. we think.
akss The Cemsa,K~ peculiarly valuable paper to the
politician. and w,l greatly as-,ss his when he shall find
necessary the facts and circumstances which
traaapred dunns the lsie To afford oppor-
tunisy the people, Ear lies in power. pro.
copy OF the Campaign for future reference, we
viii stale that have limited number on hand which
we shall have bound up, with title and index complete
for sale al this ocs 81 so ger copy Those wishing
the series complete in sheets merely will be furnished
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notwithstanding all the efforts and the mos, Jealous
exerons Of the democratic party. our opponents have
temporarily ,riumphed not. however. any principle
of national policy. OF any all OF the cardinal whig
measures together except the veto powertor these they
entrely repadlaed d,s~vowed but on the plea OF
bringing back the cosn,ry, through the government,
the shines OF the earlier Presidents when prescription
be prescribed and when the hero of the God
abhored war to ''havc friends to reward, and
no enemies to punish" Such halcyon days we foresaw
existed rather in fiction than in ac aud raised our
warning voice agHins, the deception But large por-
ton Of the people spell bound by the brlan, vcio
res achieved in Mexico, and were disposed to invest
with the highest civil functions distinguished who,
j, is true "had doae the State service" but who
the foremost to his utter disqualification for
Office to which the wings desired elevate him. for
their special The curtain has Just risen-the
new political drama is openng-lhe OF each
succeeding day develops and more clearly the ho
owness and heartlessness OF whg professions axe
has begun its monstrous work-he most faithful and
efficient officers of the government find no place among
the friends" OF the Executive those who have
committed the greatest outrsges the rights of the people
of q sovereign State, deprivng them for two whole
years Of representation in the Senate among its "ene-
miles," The object OF the wings has been gained They
have the pocer to display their feelings. and they
their past professions and pledges openly deded
and all clamorous for the spoils, which few
short months since were the objec, OF their adherence
Their have not yet begun to tangible
form but the expiration of few short weeks will mos,
certainly verify the disposition if not the ability. OF those
in power to accomplish all have predicted, in the
event Of their success, throughout the whole of these
pages
But, for the present, have failed We have been de-
feated by an extraordinary combination OF causes which
il was difficult foresec, and easy to arrest, One
of the great of Gen Taylos carry
off portion Of party quietly, insidiously, almost
impercepby, by the fat of his military fame and by
.commtalism OF principles, and by professions and
pledges of noparty candidate These democrats, how
few they in number. felt at the polls in
every State where the election close. Had the de.
mocracy OF New York, too been united her would
have elected candidate Had the democrats been
defeated at the governors election OF Pennsylvania, we
should have carried the Keystone State, and with the
presidential election But whatever be the causes, the
result is temporary defeat-the election OF minority
President, and all the consequences which it may be
pected TO carry with it. But What Of that "a good
citizen should never despair OF the republic" We
defeated in $780, and the republicans rallied at once,
party became reunited and active and we achieved sig
nal victory temporary opposition, and brought
administration in 1S45, of the prosperous
and brilliant which is recorded upon annals What
done in ~, will be repeated in 80 And again the
democratic banner will fly triumphant with it's glorious
principles inscribed upon it. We fought the good fgh,
in 1914. We bared with all energies in ls4s. II
Rome fell then, innocent. The pages of this
Campaign" paper will, in part, attest the zeal that
felt We again ready to stand up in defence Of
principles, and to roll back the ba Of revolution in
1859.
Already the signs of the times declaring in our ia
vor But month has passed, and the moral force
the administration is weakened, if shattered
pieces Prescription is beginning to show its hideous
front, sufficient to disgust the democrats because shows
that the President is unwilling unable 10 adhere his
pledges, and yet not sufficiently vigorous in the fall
of the to satisfy his friends. Many of them
have gone off from Washington discontinued, and loudly
murmurng their dissatisfaction. Some of his most heat
ed parisans have already become cool in the service l
New York we already the factions OF Seward and
Fillmore, in Pennsylvania the struggles between the
friends of Johnston and Cooper, in Virginia the friends OF
Rives dissatisfied at least, and in Georgia the friends
disappointed expectant have been partially aenated by
the selection of another member for the cabinet The old
issues, too coming up The great mi which