The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1858-04-21
Volume XVI.

" ii"o, ""a SASitiiiS al tuClI thtF-
gles to crush and PROSTATE their old
and time honored friends, those who
made them what they are and to
whom they are indebted for their high
position. The snake has turned upon
and bitten the hand that warmed it
INTO life. lngratitude has triumphed
over the purer, and better principles
OF nature, and those men are now ex-
ultng in their power and ability to
do evil. They are boasting of that
which in the eyes of all honest men
should most degrade them. They
have been placed by Democrats, in
positions that give them power and
influence, with the expectation that
they would WELD their energies and
abilities to forward and promote ma
tional principles but they betray their
trust and are found linked in bands of
friendship, with the enemies of De-
mocracy. Poor, poor fellows, if they
only knew the dangers that beset
their path, they would, in the Ian
guage Of John Van Buren, 'take the
straightest chute back into the Demo
cratic camp" We are apprehensive
however, that it will be many long
years before they will be able to see
the propriety of his advice, and then
they will be ashamed to come back.
We say let them 60, the party will
possibly be able to do without them
From the Inauguration of Thomas
Jefferson with rare exceptions, Dem
ocratic Republican principles have
ruled and swayed the destinies of the
nation, down to the present period /.
Under Democratic rule, our posses
sions have been extended from the
Mississippi river, to the Pacific ocean,
and the extent of our territorial DO
main has been more than thribbled
| If Democracy had done nothing more
than this they would have been enti-
tied to the lasting gratitude of the A
merican people, and it would have
been monument glorious enough
for any party. 1t has destroyed ma
tional banks and high protective
tariffs. In word it has been the
great invncible party of America, it
has conquered the Federalists, the so
called National Republicans, the
Wings, and the know-Nothings and
now, it is engaged in a mighty con
test, with that monstrous iniquity, the
Black Republican party. Whether
it will succeed in this contest we
know not 1t may be that the good
fortune which has so long followed
its flag, will now desort it and find
resting place and an abode in another
camp; and that misfortune will here
after be its evil companion.
The Democratic party, which has
long swayed the distnies of the ma
ton, is now in critical condition and
it will require all the energies Of the
faithful to keep it in the ascendency.
We believe that in the North a tenn
porary defeat awaits the Democracy,
but that it will be permanent one
we do not believe.
The principles Of the party are too
deeply impressed upon the common
sense of the great mass Of the people,
they are Democratic in heart, and
will not long be led off from the ranks.
The Wilmot Proviso, the Kansas
Bill and Lecompton Constitution,
have made terrible inroads upon our
party in the North, and its strength is
sadly reduced from what it was in the
days of Jackson and Polk. 1t was
once dominant in nearly every Nor
thern State, but to-day it may be said
to be in minority in a nearly all. 1t
seems indeed that the invincible and .
indomitable spirit which actuated
them has departed and that they no
longer engage in the contest with
their old enthusiasm. ,
Dark and gloomy as the prospects ,
of the Democratic party may be, it
yet has seen darker hours and has
lived through them all. In the be-
ginning of the year 1855, the pros
poets fthe party were deemed hope
less by nearly ALL it seemed to be on
the eve of dissolution. From every
quarter came the intelligence of
Democratic defeats, and opposition ,
triumphs. They were beaten in the ,
sixteen Northern States, by over ;
whelming majorities, and in the South
appearances were anything but fiat
teriag. Know Nothingism was then
in the full tide of success and seemed
destined to conquer everything in its
course. Flushed with the great vic
torv in the free States, it was sure |.
and certain of success in the slave |,
States, and it commenced the contest J
with degree ofent5usiasm and ener- |,
pv never before exhibited by any po-
Iitical parry. Sam had neven been :
defeated. he Mas invincible andinvisi' |;
BILE. Virginia was the first State to >
change the tide, that was running so ;,
high and fiercely against US. She, :
the mother of States and statesmen :
and the mother of Democracy, first h
iispelled the dark clouds which hung
over the party, and restored conh- =,
dence and enthusiasm The party y
then entered upon series of tri-
lmphs and its ancient prestige was =
soon restored. q
The party nowi is the only national !,
one in the nation and upon its exis- Ii
tence depends the very life of the 9
Union. Destroy the Democratic par u
ty and the Union of States will disap- 9
pear. We hope for the cause OF the '
Union and the Constitution, that it !. u
will be able to meet and overcome u
the Black Republicans and once y