The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-11-16
From the Portland Easters Argus, Nov. H.

Democratic Victories
The democratic party OF the nation has seldom had
greater reason 10 be proud OF its As IN many
previous crises during the late which has aglaied
The people, 1t has proved the safeguard OF the county
II was said OF old that federalism rises as me county
sinks In times oil prosperity. vixen me ciuAeps Judge
dspassionstely and vote freely, the wings seldom mp
proach They need for their purposes DAY oil
DARKNESS time OF Storms period OF suffering. Du-
ring The war OF 1914 they rallied with great vgor, be-
there public disasters 10 give hem couf
age They went then INTO the very gull OF secession
Thew preached openly crusade against the general
eminent They plotted dlsunon at Hartford. They
pointed out the pathway which nullihca,on has since
followed They preached the Calhoun herekies before
Calhoun taught them himself But the war rolled on
uiumphanty signal victories relieved it's disasters the
democracy continued ~ power, and whiggery tor time
seemed wholly annihated. During the bank panic
when they sought 10 make the issue question OF bread
bread" they made another desperate struggle for
place But happily for the nation. Andrew Jackson was
then Pesieent he saw the impending struggle before
IT came; but instead OF quang before it, he defed the
power OF its authors, and proclaimed TO them in ad
around him. and led the way TO victory. Another
panic disturbed the country in 1897 and, seizing
upon the occasion as favorable 10 their views. the
wings shouted earnestly for "a angs" and conceang
carefully their principles from the public eye they
ceeded in 1S4O after of the most disgracetul cam
p.En. which our republic ever Witnessed n n eec ing
United States. The scenes OF that administration like
those of the campaign which led to it, familiar TO
portuny, and placed the helm OF
in democratic hands Then came the Mexican war, and
in the hope Of gathering strength By opposing il The whg
gle for power The war, however, proved more popular
than they expected and more successful than they hoped
They then ventured upon one of the audacous at
tempts which political campaigning has ever ventured.
They proclaimed loudly and boldly crusade against
slavery in order 10 win the North and nominated slave
holder with the design OF securing the South They
fierce and unspariDg in their invecyes against the
and then selected Of the active leaders of the
for the North and another for the Souhone for the war
and another for the peace men. To this side they
gave their principles and to that side their candidates
Added to all this they assumed the party
mask, and professed TO hold many doctrines in common
with the democracy. Under such circumstances, and
aided BY the very bodaess and suddennsss Of their po
lical manGuvres, they elected General Taylor and Mr..
Fillmore.
We touch upon events fresh in the memory of the
piundering while The Union was rocked and almost
broken by sectional agitation 1t knows, too. how the
democracy came 10 the rescue and how the spirit of
promise has moved like an angel of peace, the land
arresting violence and restoring harmony The very doc
nes for maintaining which. heretofore, the republicans
OF the North were denounced as doughfaces and pro-
slavery men, have been now seized upon by wing adj
mlnistTaton the very anchor OF safety to the public
Nay at this moment the existing administration scarcely
lar favor than that which derives from its support of
the Compromise 1t has been obliged, by the very fury
of the storm which its own friends had been active in
raising to fly for shelter 10 the ark of democratic princi
pies The democracy, on the contrary have had doc
trnes to change. Their old and lime -honored creed
proved equal 10 the emergency They rallied of yoe,
claimed at the same time the rights OF the States and the
rights OF the general government They denounced at
once the spirit Ut and the spirit of fanacism
They preserved the harmony of the Union by proving
themselves faithful to the principles upon which the
Union was formed. There is no among them who
may not look with pride at the elevated position which
his party now enjoys
No wonder ,ha, the people have sustained them No
wonder that in every dreciioa-Noh and South, East
and West-we behold the vangushed columns of the
wing army, and "nl high advanced" the victorious
banners OF The democracy. All New England except
Vermont joins with all the South and West with hardly
an exception North Carolina, in swelling the grand
aggregate OF democratic rumphs. Even New York is
waking up once more to her national duties, and gives
promise OF glorious position in 1852 Whiggery in the
nation is completely dsance and the cause OF sound
principles far beyond competition just now a.
the yacht America was IN The great race abroud. We
need only to be vigian now, and shall keep the po
sition we have noby Maine this year has had
no State election but she had ardent contest last
year and will have results of great importance
plsh next year. Let her democracy relax energies
until the great battle OF 1852 has been fought and
Proptous events now see they mus, be prepared Tor
the most reckless issues the part of their opponents
They safe except being ready for every
gency. They know from the past how readily the wings
can change their tactics and dssemble their designs
They know with what surprising hypocrisy they can
preach opposite sets Of doctrines for opposite inter-
ests in the country. They know with what alacrity
they can seize upon petty divisions IN our ranks,
and exa.pera,e Them until they become dangerous
Foewarned, forearmed let us look 10 position; let
us close our ranks; lei us avoid discod let US cultivate
harmony; let us beware of dessues; let remember
the duties owe TO common country and cherish
the firm assurance, which all experience jusIfes that
evil rather than good must follow democratic defeat no
matter under what specious mask such result may be
accomplished. However this may appear doubtful under
some peculiar circumstances of excitement in The end it
never fails TO become fully manifest; and the democrat
who ieopards his pays success to hastily
local personal end seldom fails afterwards to regret
his course only for lis general result but with refer
ence the very end for which he pursued it, Let u.s.
then keep ourselves united, in order keep ourse
victorious victory for the democracy victory for
the nation.
From the soutl-side Democrat, Nov. II.
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