The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-23
THE CANVASS IN PENNSYLVANIA.

THE CANVASS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
The prospects Of the democracy are growing daily
more and more encouraging in this great aud inn
portant State. Out Of Philadelphia, in all the in
terror districts, the issue Of Lecompon and antiLe
compton is sunk out of sight and thought in the
democratic ranks The party united on the great
living issues which they have with the back1repub-
licans on the one hand, and the knownothings on
the other and treat the question OF Lecompton as
dead and buried issue. Those quondam democrats,
who still make the action of the party last winter
that subject grievance and stumblng-block, and
impeach it before the public of fraud and outrage in
that matter are all gone to the opposition and
do not remain in the party, their confreres do in
Illinois, to cripple demoralzc, and betray it. Ev cry
where in the State are friends and Standard
bearers united, hopeful, and active
The opposition, on the contrary, are democrat
lied paralyzed and divided II ey cannot get along
with the record which their congressman made for
them here last winter. Their strength was in the
Wilmot proviso, and in maintaining the full power of
Congress over slavery in the Territories and their
recent surrender to the doctrine of the supremacy
of territorial suffrage and the total abnegaton by
Congress Of its authority in the Territories cannot
be reconced either with the dogmas of the oldline
abotonists or with the more moderate theories Of
the free-soilers, who would have no more slave
States. There is also so deep an antagonism be-
tween the theories of the black-republicans and
know-nothings in regard to the negro that they
patch up no harmony concert of action with each
other Opposing, as the know-nothngs do, the con-
ferring of citizenship the foreign white man. they
find it difficult to unite with party which makes it
cornerstone principle of their creed that the negro
is their equal and is citizen under the constitution
Of the Union. If the white man be not brother
and an equal, how monstrous to embrace the negro
with the faternal hug The leaders, indeed, of the
two parties disregard this antagonism of creed, and
would gladly coalesce; but it is impossible for them
to carry the along with them, who, though less
astute are more honest and more sincere.
The power Of the Press newspaper very con-
siderable for mischief in Pennsylvania until the
cent avowal of its editor at Tarrytown of his hos
tlty to the democratic party; for treason is ever
formidable while it is disguised Forney had in
deed had his cue from Illinois, and adhered to it as
long as his dissolute nature would allow but pas
sion and temper finally got the better of his tutor
age, and he threw off the mask in a paroxysm Of
madness and spleen. He is avowedly aboli-
tionized, and vies with the New England pulpit in
invoking the curses of Heaven upon the democracy
and it's leaders. His Press has lost all the hold it
had upon the sympathy Of the Pennsylvania democ-
racy, and, instead of becoming leading organ of
the democracy, has fallen to be mere echo of the
Tribune. Its power for mischief to the democracy
of Pennsylvania is gone, and with its discredt has
come Generalization and paralysis to the opposition
in that great State. gl&
There was danger that Pennsylvania would back
slide from its faith in the coming election and de.
sert her great leader after eevatng him to the head
of the nation; but that danger believe, is past,
and she will set an example in October which In
diana and Ohio will be prompt to follow If she but
stand firm in the approaching election, the success
Of the democratic will be insured in every de-
batable northern State except Illinois and the SUI
premacy of the democratic party will be as firmly
established for period of years it in the hal
cyon days of Madison and Monroe. We are assured
that the democracy of Pennsylvania alive to the
true Importance of the coming election, and that
they will then strike blow for the democratic cause
which will be to the long series of political contests
have had since 1S4S what Waterloo was to the
struggles Of Europe, which it concluded.
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