Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-11-11
o THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE UNI
TED STATES
NATIONAL DEMocRarIc COMMITTEE Rooms, }
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NOVEMBER &, 1856.
| The trust Of conducting the national canvass con.
fded to the Democratic National Resident Committee
has been discharged with the fidelity which the bonor
and the exgeucy of that trust alike demanded, and
the committee has to unite it's congratulations with
| your own in announcing the success Of the Demo.
cratic ticket by decided and gratifying majority
| The struggled is over, and the Union is safe, Ours
is indeed, new and signal triumph. Heretofore our
| victories have been achieved over those who, like
ourselves were friends of the Uuon. This has been
a conquest over s enemies. Heretofore our antsgU-
nsts have contendei with fraterna eagerness for the
honor Of promoting the progress or OF insurlng the
duration Of the republic. Those whom We have just
vanquished sought, under Il treachrrous adherence
10 the furnls Of the constitution, To rob il OF all OF its
essence and vitality. The principles OF the Demo
cratic party having become the established policy OF
the federal government, II became necessary Tor lis
| enemes TO organize some new and desperate comb-
nation to overthrow it. An unnatural alliance be
| tween :anstcism and venaty has eDgendered mon
ster which the Democratic party has With great peril
sought out and destroyed.
That monster sectionasm.
The circumstances under which the evil originated
were peculiar. The land has been clouded by a mi
asms Of error The belief that part OF the Union
had been invaded by the institutions Of another and
that the federal government had lent its power to
promote this injustice, had spread with epidemica ra
pidty 1t had been infected into the circulation OF
popular thought with all the force of an unscrupu
lous press, and was spread broadcast the land
seemed at one time almost in vain 10 pursue with the
antdote of truth aud reason this veuomous error az
it sped through the channels of public opinion.
Our enemies had chosen their ground with skill;
they had recruited their ranks with all t~ influences
which could combine army. They proclaimed
the ultimate abolition of slavery the incentive to
the auatlc-the division Of the spoIIs as the reward
of the incrcenary. The pretended invasion OF sa.
cred right constituted their appeal to those with pa
riotic impulses, whilst fegned regard for The Cnlon
tg a. IN fhl p,ur Df
whose material interests were involved IN its dura-
ton. These devices had organized formidable ar.
ray. Masses Of honest and earnest deluded
by the teachers whom they had trusted into the be-
lief that their government had betrayed aud their eI-
lOw-citizeus had oppressed them. Divlnes girded
with the sword and clothed with the authority Of the
Gospel preached bloody resistance 10 the laws as the
must acceptable service 10 God. Woman quilted
her peaceful station to animate with her apprehen.
sl0ns those to whom her wishes are ever Il command;
and the youth, iCdoctrinated by willy managers,
sponded with enthusiasm TO false appeals addressed
to their innate and generous hatred Of opposon.-
Politicians speculated philosophicuy upon the capa.
city Of the Constituliun caring only TO know whether
its native strength O structure would bear the hglta.
ton necessary to secure the success of their neia.
rious schemes, and still leave enough Of stability to
insure their enjoyment
1t WAS the purpose OF these conspirators to secure
possession OF the government if il pershed-as IL
must have perished-in their grasp. 1t was their
purpose TO uaugurste the North the dominant
ton. The rule Of eligibility TO be obedience TO
the sway and conformity to the opinions OF the doni
nant section. The subiugaton OF Ireland by force
division, and bribery was TO be reproduced upon this
continent aud the Southern States were to he re-
duced to mere provincial appendage Of the federal
government. Such was the plan, and disunion must
have followed its accomplishment Southern ln-n
would have only differed ~ the hour and mode OF
separation. The cement which binds the fabric Of
The Union would have lost it's cohesion in the fires oil
the conflict, aud the majestic fabric would have crum
bled and fallen i'll ruins, never again to be recon-
structed.
the friends OF the Union from any sufficient existing
grievance, less prepared to have apprehended con-
| epiracy so atrocious. But those to whom you had
committed the safety Of the republic were faithful to
| their trust. The Democratic party was, by common
| consent, acknowledged 10 be the sole party Of the
Union, and was charged with its defence Sound and
! truthful documents adequate TO the emergency were
prepared and circulated TO an extent scarcely inferior
TO that of the errors which they were intended TO
couneract. Able aud eloquent orators were impress
ed into the service of the Union. They responded
with an aacrity worthy that with which their ances-
try had repaired U the battlefield III the holy
cause. Never was there more harmony in the Dem
Ocraiic cause Never did the patriots Of every party
earn more true glory than when they enrolled them.
selves in the recent under the banner of De-
mocracy, and marched 10 fight for the salvation Of
| the Union.
Fellow citizens. the conte., is, for the present.
the government. 1t will have ample opportunity to
convince those who have been msled, that it's 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
commercial progress of this great republic-to nd
vance the cause of human civilization aud liberty
not to acquire the property Of other nations by force
or fraud. 1t will demonstrate that Democratic prn
cpis are alone adequate to the etfectual administra
ton Of the government and that they are, rs they
pt,ut N
that Republican empire which our fathers have found
ed and committed to
Iu closing the performance Of the arduous and re.
spousibe duties confided to our hands by the conf
dence Of the Democratic party we have to return our
thanks to Providence for having permitted in any
sense, howsoever humble, to have been Instrumental
in preserving beloved country from q conspiracy
so dangerous to its peace aud tranquility, and in hav.
ing contributed to result 80 conclusive OF the esab
lshed ascendancy of Democratic principles, and 30
au.picious to the permanency OF the Cnos.
CHAS. JAS. FAULKNER, Chairman.