The daily union., 1854-11-22
THE FUSION CONFUSED.

1t is very easy thing, all experience has shown
unite upon their hatreds to enemy but it
is mol easy thing maintain union between these
after their victory has been achieved or other words it
may be easy for wings aboonists temperance men, and
knownohings to oly their forces the ballotboxes
and to PROSTATE the democratic party for brief perod but
after that has been accomplished they have before them the
greater work of keeping themselves together We see in proof
of this point that the Ohio State Journal leading whig
and abolition paper, pleads against any present uniting or
conference between the different elements of knownoth
ngism and abolitonism in that State II says with man
est repidation ...r
That portion of friends who incline early action
undoubtedly moved by honest zeal to perfect and per-
peuate the good work auspcousy begun They i'm
patient under restraint But there is large class that have
acted with in the late election who while they firmly
resolved the abuses that have crept into the
aement of affairs not yet used to the asoca
on into which they have been thrown Those inclined to
postpone action moved by desire conciate this class
voters. They do that any power would be
added the principles which have guided the public mind
thus far but fear that those principles might be weakened
by the expression of personal preferences in favor of cand
dates to carry forward the good work."
The large class that hare acted goi u.s. says the Jour
meaning, of course democrats" are not yet used 10
the association into htch Mey hare been Mrow" That
is the anti Nebraska democrats yet used the
know-nothngism are yet used the extremes Of
abolitonism These democrats not yet used to fed
era doctrines They yet used" federal leaders
They yet used the schemes they will
soon be called upon to endorse; and predict they
will "ge used" to them Let see how far this
fusion movement is just rational in its views Who
its leaders? Wings Who apologize for it? Whig leaders
and whg newspapers Who have been, in nine out
Of ten, elected to Office by it? Who but whigs2
But again shrewd keenscented whig leader like John
NJ Clayton is quite ready unite his broken fortunes
the know-nohngs because he feels that il is perfectly safe
for the wings hopeless of all other expedients get
the power they have abused to pledge themselves agans,
Catholics and foreigners and 60 to concilinte sentiment
they feel anxious to They boese that al this op-
position Catholics and foreigners will end in smoke
they feel that in exchange for their ealy to what is
called w-nothngism democrats may be induced to
ach themselves to whg and to help to restore to
power the lepuQjated advocates of principles thousand
times refuted
The Ohio State Journal calculates weii therefore when
it advises careful and cautious action in regard those
new allies who expected to unite their fortunes with
the whig party The elections ove and the test and
trial hand The impulse and impression that pre-
cede az election have been succeeded by the calm that al
ways follows the siorm Men who only yesterday voted
under the strong of prejudice thinking of what
they have done The docratc principle is al work among
and that quiet but resistess agent of truth
seepsnever dies Men may be converted from the demo-
party but he who has felt real faith in the demo-
cratic party has faith always Democrats will soon see
how they have been msed, and who have msed them
for what phantom they have separated themselves from
the truth and what sorry SCI Of emagogues they have
preferred to the democratic champions, And With the
promptitude that they yielded to mistaken enthu-
sasm prejudice will they undo their work and reject
their deceivers