The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-01-24

ion, Of whatever creed or sect, tn
fullest and frcest exercise of his natu
raj right to worship God according t,
the dictates of his own conscience, an,
that all attempts, by combinations o.
men or otherwise, to abridge this ina
lienable right is at war with the tru,
principles Of the Constitution, ano
ought to be resisted with the sam,
spirit which swept the Alien and Sc
ditiOn laws from the statute book.
Rfsoired, That we congratulate tn.
Democracy and the country upon tn,
number Of faithful and patriotic men
who were formerly members of tn,
Wing party, who are now co-opera
ting with the Democratic party fol
the preservation Of the Constitution
and the Union; and We do hereby ten
der to them the right hand of fellow.
ship and cordial support in their pa
triOtic efforts to save the country
Resolved, That we are in favor o
the acquisition Of Cuba, whenever the
same can be done by honorable
means, not inconsistent with interna.
tiOnal law.
Resolved, That we cordially mp.
prove the principles and policy of the
present Administration, AZ being in
conformity with tho Constitution and
policy shadowed forth in the inaugu-
raj address ofthc President.
Resolved, That the doctrine ofState
Rights is the cornerstone Of our polit-
ical fabric, aud that we hereby en-
dorse and approve, as a part Of our
creed, the great truths of the Rcsolu-
tons ofl70s and 80, as expounded in
Mr.. Madison's report.
Resolved, That it is, in our opinion
the duty Of the people of the South to
stand by and uphold those generous
conservative Northern democrats who,
in the face Of the most fierce and un-
scrupulous opposition on the part OF
the knownothings and Black Repub-
licans, have, with unfaltering and pa
triotic devotion to the Constitution,
steadily and firmly maintained the
rights Of the Slaveho.ding States, and
that We utterly denounce all attempts
to sectionalize the Democratic party
of the Union, by the insinuation that
they are unworthy of our confidence
As being well calculated to result in a
total alienation Of the Northern and
Southern people, and consequent
destruction of the Union.
On motion of Mr.. Whitfield, the re.
port, after an interesting debate, was
adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Labauve, of De-
Soto,
Resolved, That a Central Commit
tee, consisting Of two from each Con-
grcssional District, be appointed by
the chairman, whose duty it shall be to
ill all vacancies which may occur in
the Electoral Ticket, and to appoint
two sub Electors in each County.
The chairman thereupon appointed
the following
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Thomas J. Wharton, of Kinds;
Felix Labauve, of DeSoto;
J. B. Covington, of Winston;
S. Il. Adams, Of Jasper;
X. B. Webb, of POntOtOs;
Franklin Love, OfAmite;
Joel II. Berry, Of Tippah;
T. l.. Sumrall, ofJackson;
James Drane, Of Choctaw;
S. Parks, of Tallahatchic.
On motion Of Mr.. Webb, of Ponto-
toe, all the Democratic papers in the
State were requested to publish the
proceedings Of this Convention.
On motion of Mr.. Mitchell, of War.
rem, the thanks of the Convention
were unanimously rendered to the
President, Vice Presidents and Sccre-
tarics for the efficient and able man
ner in which they have discharged
their duties.
On motion, the thanks Of the Con-
vention were voted to Mr.. Z. Barks-
dale, Of the Missi'sippian, for his gra-
tuitous services to the Convention in
printing the documents required for its
use.
On motion Of Mr.. Johnson ofSimp-
son, the Convention adjourned sine die.
WIN. Il. CANNON, President.
G.. s. MCMILLAN, \
FRaNcIs G. BALDWIN,
q. c. GRAsrY, Secretaries.
]. J. HUDsoS,
s. II. ADAMS,