The daily union., 1856-10-29
PLEA FoR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

PLEA FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
We would earnestly invite every friend of our
common country look dispassonSely at this eyentfu
moment the claims Of the democratic party their
hdence and support
About 1899 the democratic party had its first organized
existence From that time to the present with the eHceP
ton Of about eight years the has been admin
istered by this party,
II the merit and cOmmendaton of party depend upon
the benefits that to the country fom It's adminstra
on-and this is the only safe test-then has the demo-
cratic party the strongest ceivabe claims for praise and
support
The fruits Of fifty years Of democratic administration
spread out in all their amplitude and lnequRed blessings
over the entire length and breadth land The his.
tory OF the world affords such evidence Of national
growth in population wealth. expansion, variety and
amount Of resources physical and intellectual improve,
ment domestic comforts and, in fact every element that
enters into and constitutes the great of human hap
piness that which has been vouchsafed TO the thirty
millions Of people in the United States.
We know that the great foundation Of these blessings
is to be traced to the of our
But we claim for the democratic party wise and faithful
administration of the great principles that constitute the
government ...r
They have been faithful TO the constitution They
have always bowed the behes of the people in their
sovereignty They look the unity of the States as the
fesprng Of the republic. They have faith and de-
voton that knows nothing less than our entire nationality
In their of civil poy they travel upon the great
highways that were marked out by the fathers of gov
ernment They have been scduccd from this earliest
allegiance by any of the speculative experimental forms
of parties factions ss that have been the prolific Off
sprnp q diseased minds ,yav
claim no novelty and they promise miracles They are
of the people and with the people, carrying their
sound principles, as the only safe line OF
duty They ask to be judged by the product of their
counses for fifty years. and their value the recipients
this day
With these countless blessings on our land what induce
men is there for the people upon the aop
perous schemes OF know-nothngism and black republ
cansm AS far penetrate their mysteries or
comprehend their Objects they repete with mischief
and danger They strike at the sacredness of the cons-
tuition at the involabity of civil and religious liberty
and the perpetuity of our glorious Union.
What they give for the loss of any one or all OF
these mighty bulwarks of popular sovereignty What
they give that is better than what we now have
If we submit to their experiments and they fail where shall
we be fthey subvert the proud and invaluable mon
of our fathers whom look to to reconstruct
the broken fragments and bring order out of chaos
Would it not be madness would it not be criminal
would it not be suicidal to peril all that God has blessed
us WITH and the mighty heritage of fathers to follow
the revealed reachery of false guides and the promises
bad men in the pursuit. of national ruin2
The wisdom and prudence that have heretofore guided
country through all its trials should forsake
this hour of probation The democratic party is the only
legitimate party in country There factions
and isms claiming to be parties, but they nothing
than fungi with the poison of the toad-stool.
This is the political complexion of things at this time
few days more and the popular voice of the country
win decide between the claims of DID, ng-tred, and
faithful party and the discordant that
der the banner OF faction. ......