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Domestic News
September 3, 1879
Butler Citizen
Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A New York newspaper comments on the distracted state of the Democratic party in New York, using P.T. Barnum's 'happy family' of animals as a metaphor for overcoming natural enmities to achieve unity.
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A New York paper commenting on the distracted condition of the Democratic party in that State says: "Mr. Barnum, the celebrated showman, has shown how a happy family may be composed of dogs and rabbits, weasels, rats and doves. Animals naturally enemies to each other may be brought to live together in perfect peace. The instinct which prompts them to destroy one another may be overcome, and love implanted in its place. If this can be done with wild animals, possessed of but very limited intelligence, cannot the same thing be effected with the enlightened Democracy of New York?"
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Democratic Party
New York Politics
Barnum Happy Family
Party Unity
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Barnum
Where did it happen?
New York
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New York
Key Persons
Mr. Barnum
Event Details
A New York paper comments on the distracted condition of the Democratic party in that State, quoting that Mr. Barnum has shown how a happy family of natural enemy animals can live in peace, suggesting the same could be effected with the enlightened Democracy of New York.