Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-01-25
The Democracy Of New York.

The Poughkeepsie Telegraph speaks of the
hopeful indications OF the union and success of
the Democracy of New York as follows :
For the fleeing organizations Of the day.
the season of disaster is that either OF death or
sudden change into some new shape. Not 50
with the democratic party. Defeated in this
and other states, 1t Is not disheartened il
makes this the occasion of no dishonorable ex-
pedlents or alliances but II seeks only with
the more earnestness 10 purify It's faith, and
purge itself from the consequences of any tenn
porary desertion OF it by any of its members.
We see, then, with the highest degree of
satisfaction, abundant Observation-Disclosures
this state, at least-of returning and gathering
vlgor in the democratic ranks. The wave of
faction and passion, which surged clear over our
heads in the late contest, has already subsidized.
and LETT Its sediment IN the triumphant ranks
OF the coalition. And those Of the true faith
who were carried away by the flood, have also
returned, wiser and clearer-headed than when
they left, contessing the unsubstantiality and
unworthlneSs of mere personal aims or spite,
when compared with the pure and simple pur-
poses which actuate party always true to the
Constitution and the rights of the people.
union OF the democratic party upon
improved state of feeling. This union is the
more earnestly to be looked for, because it
will be the result, not of a bargain consum-
mated between few leaders, but of sponta-
neous though undemonstrative expression of
the democratic masses. The newspapers have
, not been filled with calls for such union: no
I dragooning of action or opinion has been en-
/ ployed in order 10 effect it; and it will come
about as an inevitable consequence of the pre-
vailing wish, without any formal conventions
or paper bonds, reluctantly entered into BY the
mass of the party. 1t is possible that re-
4 luctance may be felt and opposition exhibited
/ towards union, By some whose Importance is
derived from disunion and distraction. We
congratulate ourselves and the party, however,
that no few OF this class retain either power
or active disposition to keep apart the homo
/ genous mass of the democracy. Severe and
I repeated defeats teaches them an efi6ciual les
1 son, which will at least induce present qui-
! essence. And thus the democratic party,
which In the consciousness of Its strength and
\ honest purposes is always generous, will again
come together upon lis time honored platform,
forgiving and forgetting all momentary errors
and mistakes of the head. and at least striving
to forget the more blameful errors of wrong
disposition
The future, then, is as full as ever of hope
for the democracy of New York. Their OPP
ponents, who have gained power BY pandering
10 the most noxious theories, already, in the
very moment of their victory, begin to feel the
effects of that law of nature which DEGREES
their dissolution. They already begin to
quarrel. One by one each deceived and be-
trayed faction will fall off, leaving the Demo-
cratic party the only potent organization in the
state. The very next election must bring
about this state of things, which will reinstaie
the rightful administrators OF the laws in the
Legislative and Executive halls.