The daily union., 1856-11-07
TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF TIE UNITED
STATES
NATi0SAL DEMocRAric CONAnFTEE RoOAs,

NAtl0NAL bAAoOAiiO AOAMliAhE hooMal
November 9, 1856.
The trust of conducting the national eon6ded
to the Democratic National Resident COMMITTEES has been
discharged with the fidelity which the honor and the sx
geney of that alike demanded and the committee
has to unite its congratulations with your in an
nouneing the of the democratic ticket by decided
and gratifying majority. -..a.-r,aaaanaaa
The struggle is over, and the Union is safe Ours is
indeed and signal triumph Heretofore our vcto-
rss have been achieved those Who like ourselves
friends Of the Union. This has been conquest lis
enemies Heretofore antagonists have cOntended with
faernA eagerness for the honor of promoting the pro-
gress of insurng the duration Of the republic Those
whom have just yanquished sought under treacher
adherence the forms OF the constitution to rob Of
all of its essence and vitality The principles Of the demo
cratic party having become the established policy of tho
federal government became necessary for its enemies
organize and desperate combination to over
throw it An unnatural alliance between fanatcism and
venality has engendeed monster which the democratic
party has with great peril sought out and destroyed
That monster sectionalism.
The circumstances under which the evil originated
peculiar. The land has been clouded by miasma Of
The belief that part of tho Union had been in
vaded by the institutions of another and that the federal
government had lent its power to promote this injustice
had spread with epdemieal rapdiy 1t had been infected
into the circulation popular thought with all the fres
of an unscrugulous press and spread broadcast
the land by the whole power Of representative influence
1t seemed at time almost in vain to pursue with the
tdote of truth and this it sped
through the channels of public opinion. y. US.
Our enemies had chosen their ground with skill they
had recruited their ranks with all the influences which
could combine army. They proclaimed the ultimate
aboiti on of slavery the incentive to the anatiche
division of the spos the reward of the mercenay The
pretended invasion of sacred right constituted their ap
peal to those with patriotic impulses, whilst egned
gard for the Union to the support the
rality of all whose material interests involved in its
duration These devices had organized formidable array
Masses Of honest and earnest deluded by the
teachers whom they had trusted into the belief that their
government had betrayed and their eowctizens had OPP
pressed them Dvne grded with the sword and clothed
with the authority othe Gospel bloody resistance
to the laws the acceptable rice to God Woman
quilted her peaceful station to animate with her apprehen
sons those to whom her wishes command; and
the youth ndoctrinated by willy responded with
enthusiasm to false appeals addressed to their innate and
generous hatred of oppression Politicians specuated
philosophcaly upon the capar'' the constitution,
caring only to know whether il strength OF strue-
ture would bear the agitation necessary to the
of their nearous schemes and still leave enough of
stability TO insure their enjoyment .a-
the purpose of these consprators to pos
session of the government if it perishedas must have
perished-n their grasp 1t their purpose to naugu
rate the North the dominant section The rule of eg
by TO be obedience to the sway and conformity to
the opinions Of the dominant section The subugaton of
Ireland by force division, and bribery to be repro
duced upon this continent and the southern States
to be reduced to provincial sppendage Of the federal
government Such the PLAN and disunion must have
followed its accomplishment Southern would have
only differed to the hour and mode of separation. The
which binds the fabric of the Union would have
los cohesion in the fires of the conflict and the majestic
fabric would have crumbled and fallen in ruins never
again to be reconstructed. %
Never was the republic in such peril Never the
friends OF the Union from any sufficient existing grievance
less prepared to have apprehended conspiracy afro
cious But those to whom you had committed the safety
Of the republic faithful their The democratic
party was by consent acknowledged to be the
sole party of the Union andwas charged with its defence
Sound and truthful documents adequate to the emergency
prepared and circulated extent scarcely inferior
to that the errors which they intended
Able and eloquent impressed into the
service Of the Union. They responded with aacrty
worthy that with which their ancestry had repaired 10 the
battlefield in the same holy cause Never there
harmony in the democratic Never did the patriots
of every party true glory than when they
rolled themselves in the recent under the banner OF
democracy and marched fight for the salvation OF the
Union.
My feow-cizens the contest is for the present
The democratic party is again in control of the govern
II will have ample opportunity TO convince those
who have been msed that its only object is the establish
ment of equal rights not tie propagation Of sectional
policy 1t will show the world that it desires only pro-
mote the political and nercs progress Of this great
republic-to advance the Of human civilization and
liberty not acquire the property Of other nations by
force or fraud will demonstrate that democratic prn-
cples are alone adequate the ectual administration Of
the and that they they have BEEN fully
competent to the Of that republican empire
which our fathers have founded and committed to our
care
In closing the performance of the arduous and response
BILE duties conded to hands by the confidence of the
democratic party we have thanks TO Provi-
deuce for having permitted in any sense howsoever
humble to have been instrumental in preserving be-
loved country from conspiracy dangerous TO It's peace
and tranquility and In having contributed to result
conclusive of the established ascendency OF democratic
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