“There is no virtue in Pearl Street, in Wall Street,
in Court Street, in Chestnut Street, in any street of the great commercial cities,
that can save the great democratic government of ours, when you cease to uphold
it with your intelligent votes … You must, therefore, lead us.”—William H.
Seward (1808-1872), U.S. Senator from New York, Republic Presidential
candidate—and future Secretary of State, “Democracy the Chief Element of
Government,” address in Madison, Wisc., Sept. 12, 1860, in The Works of
William H. Seward, Volume 4, edited by George E. Baker (1888)
No matter how the next few weeks will play out, the
convulsions since Election Day—at this point, sure to extend into
January—should refute the notion that voting doesn’t count.
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