The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-09-12
THE rRruMpHs OF OUR ENEMIES WILL BE SHORT.


democratic strength and Of its certain triumph the 4th
pubcans in Maine. If we had claimed it of the
States certain for Mr. Buchanan and upon whose vote the
triumph of the party and of sound principles depended
the esa which has occurred might have caused us great
and would have been of real vic
tory to our opponents which they might justly have
reoced But we are surprised at the of their
delight That which exceeds the truth is always proof of
extreme weakness The latter naturally produces the
former the pouring of water from bucket will leave it
empty If Massachusetts had just held election be-
tween the friends of Mr. Buchanan and Of Mr. Fremont
and the latter had succeeded their leaders might we'll
they certainly would have headed it to the country as
noble triu@pA-the vindcaon of their cause.-the assu-
rance of the hope of conquest by which they would at
length be enabled to bind part of their country in
chains and subdue it humble submission of unequal
privileges, to be enjoyed by the conqueror. But none
except the followers of so deluded party, would
consider it a victory. Simply fact occurs which
1t was almost known would happen, and il takes no
one by surprise A State fails to cast vote for men
who did not expect it. Is there any loss in this :?
Does it affect the strength Of their psrty2 What moral
force there til We have before the very example
which illustrates it, and which we find in the cumbrous
which has the unenviabe distinction of being noted
for its size than its ability dscourses in its first short
leading paragraph, substantially in this fashion; "A
sound commenced by Iowa." The democracy never e1-
pected any other sound from there Then it "taken
up by Vermont" That State has lived to vote lmita-
ton against democracy to which the memory of man. al
most runneh not to the contrary and then the black
publican music Of unparalleled triumph sweled into full
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reckoning If Massachusetts, could by any recent election
have been added to the list, the climax of that heroic
paper would have been something like this "The crown
ing honors Of the day have been fairly by the go
rous and unexamplsd victory Of the Old Bay State Her
sturdy marched in serried ranks to the ballobox
they came, they saw, they conquered This is glory
enough for an age nation 1t may be by the moral
standard and ingenious theory of ambitious and profgas
men, whose corrupons have long excluded them from
power but at least it is harmless and Intellectual Is
there single Of the whole band of conspirators
who point the moral posr of victories Of such
Swelling volume ~ That sound from Iowa died away
most ingloriousy. The blacks had a triumph there
by the coming in of several thousand men from Kan
sas who having been disappointed in feshing their
swords in the blood of their kindred, found very
natural consolation by perurng their consciences with
echo from Vermont was heard and noted the time the
true old federal croaki And that Swelling volume" of
Maine was looked for the result which nearly
to follow the moral perjury of traitor whose sole effort
was throughout the contest in order snts him sup
port to his old and deluded friends that he
true democrat and just such democrat he always had
been Vermont has long been joined to her idols; but
Maine has at least to her people the inheritance of the
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this midsummsrs dream before the ides of November.
These the victories that go before lasting H
umph the blacks get all the States give them, how
great their JOY their numbers would fall far short Of
elecng their advsnturer be the upright honest wise
and enlightened Chief Magistrate of great people Such
victories will touch with harm than the
of the child that is aimed at the moon will hit IT,
But these reocings which have found upon the sur
face of the black press will be in November turned into
sardonc gns which viii be less painful than awkward
and ungrsceu when the presidential vote finally footed
up. Then sound s OF old New Hampshire that
viii ring through her granite hills the oftriumph
which have borne her democratic victories for long years
int the Capitodt will be taken up and repeated by the
gallant Of New Jersey who learned from their
udonary sires how turn defeat into victory The voice
Of the Keystone will swell their echoes and the songs of
rejoicing will be heard from the land of Brandy
Delaware though small will have less honor and
her banner win float trumphanuy in the breeze In In
diana enemies will be marching to the music of the
mued drum to their long home OF political death from
"whenoe traveller returns but there friends viii
step in proud triumph to the stirring notes Of the shr
clarion and buge illinois, win be found in this go-
tious processon-ths band of e1ulting brothers She
win lift up her voice with JOY and will say "Bntreat
not to leave thee to return from following after thee
for whittier thou goest will 60 and where thou lodgest
viii lodge thy people shau be my people, and thy God
my God" And their brethren all will that she ,Oa,
seadani minded go with them and they will sing to-
geber song of triumph But yet another sound piH
from the great Pacific that far-of land II will be
that Of many voices gathering strength and the name OF
Buchanan viii be borne In triumph that very highest
peak Of the Rocky mountains which Mr. Fremont climbed
and where he found poor little weary bee resting from
hi, fight and herocslly impaIed t. Alssl poor bee
That rock Of It's suffering II had hear the news or
tongue to tell IT, would speak Of the twenty thousand
votes Of majority which Mr. Buchanan had received over
Mr.. Fremont in California And yet another triumph will
come from broad and expansive land, with one great
banner waving and casting Its undusting folds to the
gale having upon II hry-ons stare not onenof Jingle
on.-dimmed but shining with renewed ustre as II To