The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-23
,ggcu on THE GREAT PARTIES IsPRAUfloALLi
PATRIOTIC AND UsEFULY

..r.a and historical characteristics Of the demo
.ic marty arc that its issues ALI PRACTICAL anu s'
-, fuits Of all It's great measures are BlEssiNsS' ny
marked and historical characteristics OF It's opponents az"
bat ther issues are all PREJUDlcE and that the u@ u
hsr Dolicy are plssESsoNs AND DANGERS ALONE Common
a this contrast and will see in i the bestiias-
.on ~ both The great parties of the day We need not
eeapitulatc the achievements Of the democratic party ihe
are scattered over the continent and honrish IN 'uo
of the prosperity which they stimulate ana surioupeN
those who profit by that which they first opposed fe
eence to the record OF the opponents to the aeoer"
party win be now useful
These opponents advocated the alien and sediuon law"
and the consequences were the speedy repeal aud popular
repudiation OF those measures
They opposed the late war with England and the conse
opepee was the encouragement of the public enemy
They resisted the acquisition OF louisiana ana the result
was tbat the administration of Mr. Jefferson as ms pup
lsbed works viii show greatly interrupted IN ohs
inc that great result TO a fortunate close,
They advocated great bank aud the consequence was
general ruin and disaster
They advocated bankrupt law, and the consequence
was m repeal by the same Congress that enacted IT. and
this too in the midst of popular uprising rarely witnessed
in our history,
They advocated high tariff and the consequence was
the taxation labor hawealthy capitalists and overgrown
monopolists might prosper
They denounced the annexation Of Texas and the con-
sequence was to stimulate the nrigues and the opposition
of the British and Mexican agents.
They opposed the Mexican war, and thus protacted it
amid a great loss of life and treasure
They assaed the acquisition of California and the
sequence was that Mexico resisted till her necessities forced
her to yield
They rebeled against the vital portions of the compro
mise measures latter opposing their passage and exciting
alarm in all circles social POLITICAL and commercial and
the result public and bloody resistance to the laws
Is it not record of wrong and of disasters2 Take the
position Of what is left of the wing party the present day
and you find Them usual bent upon nothing that is not
either ridiculous theory practical eril
The Nebraska and Kansas bills are laws of the land.
Almost every prominent whg that has opposed them in the
Congress of the United States says that slavery will not go
into either Territory This is the admission of the New
York Courier and Enquirer of Colonel Thomas II. Ben
tom of the United States Gazette of the Albany Journal
Stewards organ and other ant-southern authorities and
yet in the face of these admissions complete and candid
the North is called upon to rise against the South the
South were garrison Of public enemies, and to expel
from Congress oil who voted for the Nebraska bill Again
while these influences cry out for free emigrans
the Territories they at the time eamor for the
repeal of this bill thus in word asking the people of the
North go to the far West and into new Territory,
without being protected by law!
The consequence discord in all parts of the country
boodshed in Boston and appeals force in certain of the
wing papers AHd all for no practical goodi
Democrats who feel disposed follow after such in
duences will not be long realizing the lesson that history
always teaches those who confde in wing ehcs-namely
that if the opposition 10 The democracy useful in single
thing, is in Snoring its Hcapaeiy benefit the people and 10
administer The government