The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1855-10-18

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JAMES F. TROrTER
To the Editor Of sAs MsrsAay Dss's
crGf:
Sn:-Ihave read with feeling
of much pride, in your pspsr Of tn
Goth ultimo, q call upon me BY th'
Democracy Of Marshall. Pontotoc
Desoto and Lafayette counties Il
consent TO allow my. name to be used
AZ a candidate for Vice Chancellor o
the Northern District Of this State
and take this method Of saying b
them that my name II 1t their ssr.
vice; and to the people Of the de
trict thai. .ahould their choice Of IN IN
cumbsnt for this important station iAll
upon me, shall feel very grateful ios
the honor, and will endeavor to rsquits
their kindness BY . faithful dischargs
of my duty.
You, Sir, can bear witness that
this movement was wholly unexpsct-
ed BY me, and was not Of my seek
ing. I had no desire 10 become .
candidate, and should nothave vulnn!
tarily done 20 ander any eircumstan-
ces-as my repeated declsrah6A 10
many individual fiends during many
months at different times may testitify.
Il is IN Office not however to be de-
clined when called uponin the impo.
sing mode have been. My services
are ever subject to the call ofmy coun-
try, and ! therefore yield . cheerful
obedisncs to the wishes ofmy fellow
citizens.
might content myself with these
remarks, and submit my name to the
country under the testimony Of my
past history, but a. ] have been re-
quested to give my views on the great
and absorbing questions that are be-
fore the people, ! will do 20 most
chcerfally. This lam certain will have
to be done, since these questions will
have to be responded to by every man
who asks the popular suffrage. I
have never sought concealment upon
any question, nor shall ! do 10 now
In my neighborhood, my opinions are
well known. Early last spring !
took occ asioh to proclaim them before
a democratic meeting in this place, by
a series Of resolutions, and by address
delivered in few days afterwards.
! then made known fully the grounds
Of my opposition to the new or.
ganization styled the "Know.Nothing"
or American Party" That was, q
you know amongst the earliest efforts
here against the "order." At that time
the democratic patty was threatened
with total annihilation. The whole
North appeared to be absorbed in the
widening vortex Of ow.Nothing-
ism," and in our State, "shadows,
clouds and darkness" rested upon the
democracy. Then it was that we
had to struggle for our existence, and
the preservation Of those time honor.
ed principles so dear to Republicans,
and so essential to the preservation
Of our free ins:itutions and the pros
pcrity of our country. felt, a. thea
declared, that our country had really
reached a fearful crisis, and that the
danger which it threatened could on
ly be averted by the preservation, in
its entire integrity, Of the good old
democratic party, As it has existed
since the formation Of the constitu-
ton; and that every man who had
the power should raise his voice and
sound the alarm. The convictions ]
expressed have been confirmed by
subsequent developments, and It 70 .
source Of congratulatlon; that the
new order" is fast declining every
where, and especially in the South,
and that the triuinphs Of Democracy
in Virginia, N. Caroline, Florid ..
Alabama, Tennessee and Texas, are
the sure preludes to . still more glori-
ous victory in our own State.
Originating in tho North, thisparty
Is an exotic in our State. II 10 not
suited to the South, and wherever It
has been introduced, except in the
single State of Kentucky, it has with
cred and died. It is . native ofthst
land which has so tecmed with ridic.
ulous "isms" the land Of Fourierism,
Mormonism, Millerism, Spiritual
Rappings and Abohtionism. The
land Of blue lights and federal cock
ades in 1918, and ofthc Hartford Con-
vention in lsl4--whose people rejoic.
ed over the victories Of our enemies in
the war undertaken to vindicate the
rights Of their own scamen, and to
protect their own Commerce. II has
fourished most in the State Of Massa-
chusetts, and its fruits have been, .
notification of the fugitive slave law.
a removal Of a Judge from his Office
for obeying his sworn duty in deliver.
ing a runaway slave to his rightful
owner, and in other acts equally insul-
ting to the South, and in violation Of
the constitution. Wherever the par.
ty has triumphed in the North, the
abolitionists have gone into power.-
ny means Of the "fusion" Of Know
Nothings, they have sent Hale back
to the Senate ftom:New Hampshire,
one Of the bittercst enemies Of the
South. Wilson has triumphed in Mas
saehussetts, and IL now threatening
us with destruction, deriding and in
s,ulting our people. Shields has fal.
len bene nth it, power in Illinois, and
Irumbull, the ffeesoilcr, now tllls the
place Of our gallant friend. Presi-
dent Pierce. the pure democrat, the
lncorruptible patriot, b every whore
denounccd by the new erder. tae the
simple reason that he he's bean true