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Editorial
September 7, 1838
Burlington Free Press
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
What is this article about?
Editorial in the N.Y. American exhorts Whig party to prepare and organize for elections in two months, confident of victory in state and city if members vote dutifully and prevent fraud, dismissing adversaries' boasts.
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The Elections.
In two months from this time our elections will be upon us. Are we, as a party, prepared? Are we so organized as to ensure success, if honest efforts and sincere devotion to the cause can ensure it?
Our adversaries—it cannot be too often repeated—are sleepless and untiring : and they are as boastful as though they had never been beaten. In this proceeding they calculate upon the moral influence which a confident tone and an assured countenance are so apt to produce upon the wavering and the timid, and we have had occasion, within a few days to perceive that this old artifice has not been without effect upon some of our own friends.
In so far as this may lead them to increased and more resolute activity and efforts, we are glad to find this result produced: but as a matter of fact, which is to dispirit exertion or discourage hope, it must not for a moment be yielded to.
We entertain not a particle of doubt, that the State will be Whig by a large majority. We entertain as little, that the city will be ours—as now it is—if only the Whigs do their duty in voting, and take due care that others, not qualified, do not neutralize legal votes.
The game, then, is in our own hands; we can beat if we will—and if we do not, we shall be justly deemed by our fellow-countrymen, delinquents to our most sacred trust and highest earthly duties.—N. Y. American.
In two months from this time our elections will be upon us. Are we, as a party, prepared? Are we so organized as to ensure success, if honest efforts and sincere devotion to the cause can ensure it?
Our adversaries—it cannot be too often repeated—are sleepless and untiring : and they are as boastful as though they had never been beaten. In this proceeding they calculate upon the moral influence which a confident tone and an assured countenance are so apt to produce upon the wavering and the timid, and we have had occasion, within a few days to perceive that this old artifice has not been without effect upon some of our own friends.
In so far as this may lead them to increased and more resolute activity and efforts, we are glad to find this result produced: but as a matter of fact, which is to dispirit exertion or discourage hope, it must not for a moment be yielded to.
We entertain not a particle of doubt, that the State will be Whig by a large majority. We entertain as little, that the city will be ours—as now it is—if only the Whigs do their duty in voting, and take due care that others, not qualified, do not neutralize legal votes.
The game, then, is in our own hands; we can beat if we will—and if we do not, we shall be justly deemed by our fellow-countrymen, delinquents to our most sacred trust and highest earthly duties.—N. Y. American.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Elections
Whig Party
Political Organization
Voting Duty
Adversaries Boasts
What entities or persons were involved?
Whigs
Adversaries
N. Y. American
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Whig Preparation For Elections
Stance / Tone
Urging Resolute Whig Action For Victory
Key Figures
Whigs
Adversaries
N. Y. American
Key Arguments
Party Must Be Prepared And Organized For Success Through Honest Efforts.
Adversaries Are Untiring And Boastful To Influence The Wavering.
Whig Confidence Should Spur Activity, Not Discouragement.
State Will Be Whig By Large Majority If Duty Is Done.
City Remains Whig If Voting Is Diligent And Fraud Prevented.
Failure To Win Would Be Delinquency To Sacred Duties.