presidentiad

Updated: July 13, 2026

Huge and mighty are our days, our republican lands and most in their rapid shiftings, their changes, all in the interest of the cause. Acrid the temper of the parties, vital the pending questions. Congress convenes; the President sends his message; reconstruction is still in abeyance; the nomination and the contest for the twenty-first Presidentiad draw close, with loudest threat and bustle.

Walt Whitman - Complete Prose Works: Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy