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The York Democratic Press of 1841 was very Democratic, in the political sense of the word. The newspaper was extremely true to the Democratic Party, as you can tell by the way it listed candidates for the upcoming election for governor of Pennsylvania.

Under an image of an eagle with a shield David R. Porter was announced as the DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR. Immediately below, the Democratic Press described Porter's opponent as:

One hundred twenty-five years ago people were a lot more passionate about their politics. A November 1882 Gazette article recounts a "DEMOCRATIC DEMONSTRATION AT RED LION." Imagine the following spectacle today: