The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-09-17
THE PAST AND THE PREsEHT-THE CANVASS OF
1910 AND THE CANVASS OF 1866.

1910 AND THE CANVASS OF 1856.
Comparisons in regard to the interest felt and the pub
lie demonstrations made now frequently drawn be-
the present and the memorable campaign Of ls40
but why we are unable to state for in particular,
far We able to judge discover such
bances would justify the comparisons In ls4O there
were only two parties in the field. Now, there are
three In 1910 the issue mainly confined to the sub
treasury scheme although in the eastern States the tariff
| question was freely used a hobby by those whose
knowledge of the fundamental principles Of political
omy was quite extensive il might have been.
Now all collateral issues merged into those of loyalty
or revolution. Shall the Union be preserved Shall the
constitution be upheld in all its simplicity strength, and
integrity Shall the sovereign power be lodged with
Congress with the people2
In point Of intensity, the interest felt by the peo-
pie in the canvass of 1910 will compare with that
universally of socitude which is felt by every true
patriot in the land in the vitality important which
rapidly drawing to a denouement Then the pub
lie mind was filed and agitaed with financial excite
mentan excitement growing out of money panic, which
had been produced by overbankng over-trading, and
over-specuating Now it is the deep socitude and i'm
posing excitement of who battling for those in
situations which have bequeathed to US great
has given proud prominence TO ignobe obscury strength
weakness wealth TO poverty and which has led US from
thradom into the full blaze and full enjoyment of
reign powerand battling for constitution under whose
WISE equitable and rseeng provisions eighteen stars have
been added 10 the national constellation. Then it was
the excitement of Frustrated by bankruptcy or
pressed by home necessities, in the querulousness of
distress vociferousy ascribng their pecuniay embar
easements to every but the true Now it is
the excitement of who aroused to of the
public danger by the daring acts of organized band of
fanatics and demagogues who seem bent upon obtaining
place and power for the consummaon of their revolution
AIRY designs if the confederacy should be shattered
into fragments in the struggle.
Great as the gatherings of the people in $780, they
fall much below the popular demonstrations in 1856. Six
teen years ago monster meetings in presidential
novel and, it proved, attractive fea
ure and the accompanying accessories in the shape of
campaign songs and hard cider drew the circus any
other popular show would have drawn thousands of
pie from their rural homes Besides these meetings
few in number compared with the gatherings of this
year, attended with great expense and extraordinary
efforts frequently resorted to in order to crowd
sufficiently large TO give prestige to the and the
canyasses How widely different the general generous
glorious outpourings of the democracy in 1856 from the
song-sngng, cider-drinking demonstrations of 1910
From the which reach through exchanges
North, South East and West it would if the great
national democracy had resolved itself general
meeting which will hear of adjournment until the Blu
chanan flag is up in triumph Union saved and
constitution indicated And here may state, one
of the remarkable and significant features of the
canvass that very large number of the democratic
mass meetings which have caused much alarm to the
opposition have been got up without any concert Of action
and in many instances without the knowledge of the dis
trct State committees They the free pure spon-
taneous gatherings Of the people, meeting in the open
air TO take counsel and encouragement from one an
other in the hour of trial which has upon the
country This has been particularly the in Penn
sylvauia Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The cry from
these States is, "give US speakers. The people are
ready TO assemble in meeting by thousands and tens
of thousands at few hours notice" Nor ia this all.
Heretofore it has been found difficult if not impossible
to the attention of political meeting TO keep II to
gether much beyond eleven o'clock in the evening" mat
ter how distinguished eloquent the speakers may have
BEEN Now the difficulty to obtain adjournment In
Illinois Indiana and Ohio it is unusual for democratic
meetings TO remain in session until one two and even
three o'clock in the morning-the people departing for
their homes at that hour with the greatest reluctance
With this feeling abroad in the country who doubt
Of the full complete and overwhelming triumph Of the
principles and the candidates Of the democratic party in
the canvass Of 1856