The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-11-27
Volume XIV.

BILE service to God. Woman quilted
her peaceful station to animate with
her apprehensions those to whom her
wishes are ever command; and the
youth, indoctrinated by willy mana
gers, responded with enthusiasm to
false appeals addressed to their innate
and. generous hatred Of oppression.
Politicians speculated philosophically
upon the capacity of the Constitution,
caring only to know whether its ma
tive strength Of structure would bear
the agitation necessary to secure the
success of their nefarious schemes,
and still leave enough of stability to
insure their enjoyment
1t was the purpose Of these con-
spirators to secure possession Of the
government if it perished-as it must
have perished-in their grasp. 1t was
their purpose to inaagurate the North
as dominant section. The rule of
eligibility was to be obedience to the
sway and conformity to the opinions
of the dominant section. The subju-
CATION of Ireland by force, division,
and bribery was to be reproduced up
on this continent, and the Southern
States were to be reduced to mere
provincial appendage of the federal
government Such was the plan, and
disunion must have followed its ac-
complshment. Southern men would
have only differed as to the hour and
mode Of separation. The cement
which binds the fabric of the Union
would have lost its cohesion in the
fires of the conflict, and the majestic
fabric would have crumbled and fall
EN- in the ruins, never again to be Ie-
constructed.
Never was the republic in such a
peril. Never were the friends of the
Union from any sufficient existing
grievance, less prepared to have ap-
pretended conspiracy SO atrocious.
But those to whom you had commit
ted the safety of the republic were
faithful to their trust. The Demo
cratic party was, by common consent
ackno wledged to be the sole party OF
the Union, and was charged with its
defense. Sound and truthful docu-
ments adequate to the emergency
were prepared, and circulated to an
extent scarcely inferior to that of the
errors which they were intended to
counteract. Able and eloquent ora
tors were impressed into the service
of the Union. They responded with
an alacrity worthy that with which
their ancestry had repaired to the bat
tie field in the same holy cause. New
- er did the patriots of every party earn
more true glory than when they en-
rolled themselves in the recent can
vass under the banner of Democracy,
and marched to fight for the salvation
Of the Union.
My fellow-citizens, the contest is,
for the present, over. The Demo-
cratic party is again in control of the
government. 1t will have ample op-
portunity to convince those who have
been misled, that its only object is
the establishment of equal rights, not
the propagation Of sectional policy.
1t will show the world that it desires
only to promote the political and COM
mercial progress of this republic-to
advance the cause of human civiliza-
ton and liberty, not to acquire the
property of other nations by force or
fraud. 1t will demonstrate that de-
mocratic principles arc alone adequate
to the efectual administratio ton of the
government, and that they are, as
they have been, fully competent to
insure the success ofthat republican
empire which our fathers have foun-
ded and committed to our care.
In closing the performance of the
arduous and responsible duties conf
|, ded to our hands by the confidence
ofthe Democratic party, we have to
return our thanks to Providence for
having permitted us in any sense, how
ever humble, to have been instrument
tai iE preserving our beloved country
from a conspiracy SO dangerous to its
peace and tranquility, and in having
contributed to result so conclusive
of the established ascendency ofDe-
mocra:ic principles, and so auspicious
to the permancy of the Union.
CHAS. JAS. FAULKNER,
Chairman