The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-29
THE DEMOCRACY IN CONGRESS.

As the day for the meeting of the two houses OF Con-
gres approaches and OF all opinions in politics come
together either TO partieipaen the organization or the
legislation Of those bodies it gratifying to perceive
in the midst of the contests of claiming to belong to
other parties while doubt and uncertainty surround the
ultimate decision of their respective candidates for posi-
tion how little mystery prevails in reference to the action
of the democratic party The calculations of the
pondents writing from the capital to distant papers in every
case include the democratic party unit in favor of
regular nominations and national principles and many Of
the influential journals heretofore in the opposition
do hesitate to contemplate the of the democratic
party in the organization the safest result for the
try large MEANWHILE the democratic members, they
in from various parts Of the Union speak the lam
guage of hope and unite in favor straghout organ
zaon in both branches of the national legislature prefer
ring such stand the unerng index that points to flu
ure harmony and victory to any questionable coalitions
with those who may be attached for the time to other
carnations.
1t is instructive to 60 back to the period when the two
houses of Congress organized the beginning of the
last or Thrty-third Congress- and to find that while at
great party has passed from the stage since that
period and another has completely taken its place. the de-
mocracy is again in the field standing upon the po
cal creed supported, with scarcely exception, by the
same champions and looking forward to common des-
tiny Since period the democratic party has been de-
ated in of the northern States in the congressional
elections and yet we see that defeated party with its
ganization still intact its principles dear to it
ever its confidence in coming
impaired And what of the victorious party in those cleo
ons and of that other section of the party which
claims least in NAME sympathy with northern know
nothngism2 Contrast the defeated democracy Of 1854
with the victorious knownohings of the year. and
observe between and the other In the southern States
there is but opinion among fairminded men, mat
ter of what party and believe the recent abolition de-
monsraons of the knownothings of the North have in
spred the leaders of that party in the South with the
same idea-whch is that the democratic party of the
country is the only party in which men of national senti
ments can conhde. Thus, while Mr. Seward and his
friends maneuvrng for the purpose of securing the
power and the patronage the House of Representatives
security maintaining its stand upon the usages the
nations and the principles under and by which has
vived the attacks of the abolition leader in the Senate and
of his captains and lieutenans in the House and through
the country We rejoice to be able the de-
mocracy of the country that their representatives mee
ing the federal capital under circumstances sgnay
suspicious All truly national men recognise in the
democratic party the only safeguard of the American
Union while the old and weried advocates Of prn-
cpes eager and ready for the emergencies before them
We may further them that the representatives of
the democracy will calmly select such candidates will
stand upon right principles and earlessy abide the ISSUE