The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-10-04
THE CLosINa sTRuaaLE.

ooO0s uO uPon part III uy the
important election which has been held in the repub
lie BY their unbought suages they win have to decide
between freedom and fansticism patriots and traitors
whether they desire to preserve and perpetuas the epub
lie is with its glorious conederacy Of free equal and
sovereign St>es and its model constitution the matches.
workings Of which have secured entire civil and re-
giOus freedom and larger of national happiness
prosperity and greatness than before youchsaed
to any people The issue before the people not as 10
choice Of menwhether Mr. Buchanan or Mr. Fremont Is TO
be elected President of the United States but whether thu
only true national, conservative partywhose history
history of faithful fearless and unremitting strug
giles in defence Of the Union the constitution, tina
equal rights of the States and the sovereign power
of the peoples to be defeated and the country len
to the tender merees of fanatics demagogues and trail
The time for argument and appeal has passed by
and II gratifying to know that It matters how the
election may result the action of the people be g
norant or unadvsed action In the present Canvass the
measures and principles of the democratic party have been
discussed to extent heretofore unknown in this coun
ry-not before thin audiences in obscure places but
throughout the length and breadth of the land and before
assembages OF the people that numbered by tens Of
thousands The democratic press has discharged its whole
duty Documents and papers by hundreds Of thousands
have been scattered broadcast the land until the
truth has finally found its way alike into the dwellings Of
the rich and the poorthe abode Of wealth and case, the
workshop, the farm house, and the log,cabin
In recurring the past of the exciting campaign now
rapidly drawing to close, fact may be mentioned TO
show the deep and alabsorbing interest which Is felt In
every section Of the Union in regard the earfy inn
portant struggle in which the democratic party is now
engaged Every true patriot and every eminent states
man, it matters not what their political afines may
have been heretofore found fighting on the side of
the democracy and the country. The most prominent
distinguished and trusted of the old political organ.a-
tons, wing and democratic, many Of whom, from age
physical nfrmties, inclination, have long retired
from public life, enrolled under the Buchanan
Gag and doing active and efficient service to rescue
the Union from the dangers from the foe within. Side
by side with the veteran Glass; the ndomitable Douglas
tho statesman Hunter, the cool and sagacious Cobb,
the eloquent Allen, and the unfaltering Toucey, we
End Toombs, and Stephens, and Benjamin, and Jones'
and Choate, and others who, in the zenith of Claws
and Websters strength and popularity regarded as
the brightest jewels in the odline wing party And the
Van Burenssire and son-their must not be for
getten although there may be spots and bemhes in their
political record. True to patriotic instincts and with
heart yearnng for the of the old party which has
for than half century resisted and successfully re-
sisted the schemes plots and machnatons of the enemies
of the republic they giving their names their in
auence and their best exerons the common dam
ger If all that is eminent in Craftsmanship pure and ar
dent in patriotism and elsacrifcng in spirit can beat
back the gathering tide of anaticsm then indeed ia
the Union safe beyond all peradventure.
For our own part we have misgivngs the result
Of the November issue To entertain them would be to
doubt the intelligence integrity and patriotism Of the
masses The stake may be deep one but the people
certain to win in spite of the political ckstes and gam
blers We regard the hundred and twenty electoral
votes Of the southern States certain for Mr. Buchanan
The struggle not exciting at the South as II
is at the North where the enemy has to be face face
and hand to hand and for that many might be
induced to believe that this comparative tranquility
would prove injurious if not fatal to the democratic cause
but TO the language of contemporary, if the South
is quiet it is because the judgment Of her people Is
made up, and the opposition TO that Judgment Is
small and powerless that it is scarcely regarded At
ALL In what regarded the doubtful States"
of Kentucky, Tennessee North Carolina, Georgia and
Louisiana, the democrats quite of carrying
their electoral ticket they possibly be in Virginia
Alabama As for Maryland, advices within the last
few days have been Of such character would remove
doubt from the minds of the most skephca
Turning to the northern States, see nothing 10
quarter shake confidence In the belief that the
democracy will come of the fierce and obstinate srug
gle which they engaged with shouts OF eruaton
and of victory but everything to strengthen that belief
The democracy Of New Hampshire have lered at
presidential election. They viii alter now Unless
our friends are greatly deceived have than
equal chance with the opposition in Connecticut and Rhode
Island In New York prospects Frightening every
day. New Jersey and California win give ovrwhelm-
ing maorities for the democratic electors. As for Penn
sylvania, che will prove herself TO be in reality, in
name the Keystone Of the democratic arch Who can.
who will doubt the invincbiliy Of the noble democracy
Of this noble State with her fsvorite in the field
as the bearer Of the democratic pary1 To quote
from the Harrisburg Patriot:
"To doubt that Pennsylvania win give her vote for tho
OF choice 10 doubt the existence OF the
clear MONDAY. To quote in part the remarks OF staunch
democratic champion the democracy OF Pennsyl
vana so thoroughly aroused and enthusiastic and did
they present such mpregnabe front to the foe
the present moment Every county in the interior Of
the organized with perectnes and unsnimiy be-
yond all former example; and all the hill-tops and
through all the valleys from the shores Of the Delaware
Erie and to the Allegheny, the bugle blasts Of the In
flexible democracy heard, calling 70 the Of
threatened Union and an imperilled constitution.
Nothing like the enthusiasm that pervades their ranks
has been felt since the glorious days OF Jackson. The
the looking the of