The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-02
Democracy Forever.

LINCOLN COUNTY, MISS, Sept. 22,lS79.
Editor Brookhoven Ledger, e4,
notice in your last Issue the aExecu-
tive Committee met Monday last, ant
rescinded its ..order calling the primary
election on the 22nd inst.
The crises has come. BY the people Of
this generation by ourselves probably the
amazing question is to be decided whether
the Democratic party Of our fathers shall
be preserved or thrown away whether our
Sabbaths shalt be a delight or loathi ng
whether the taverns on that holy day
shall be crowded with drunkards or the
sanctuary of God with humble Worship
ers; whether riot and profaneness shall
Gil. our q treets, and poverty our dwellings
and convicts our jails, and violence our
land, or whether ind ustry, temperance and
righteousness snail be the stability of oul
times; whether mill laws shall receive
the cheerful submission of our frcemen or
the iron rod of a tyrant compel the treinb'
ling homage of slaves. BE not deceived
human nature in this State is like human
nature every where. The same influence
which has formed it is Indispensable to Is
preservation. The rocks and hills OF
NJ punt Hepsadam will remain ill the last
conflagration, but let the Sabbath be pro
famed with IMMUNITY, the worship of God
be abandoned the government and religi.
GUS instructions Of children n, glected. and
the streams OF intemperance be permitted
to flow and her glor, will depart. The
wall of fire will no longer be her defence
il we neglect our party, and suffer our
laws and institutions to go down we give
them up forever.
1t Is easy to relax. Easy to Setrnct, but
impossible when the denominations Of
de-olation has passed over our land to
IT r again the thrown down alters, and
gather again the fragments and build VI
the ruin. Of a demolished party. We
nor our children shall ever see If this on
be detroyed all is lost irretrlevably, When
the land marks are once removed, and The
bands which now hold us are once broken
Such institutions and such a state of soci'
ety can be established only by such mer
al our fathers were, and in such circum'
stances an they were in. The hand thai
overturns the Democratic party is the
hand of death unbarring the gate.of pan
demonium, and letting loose upon sou
land the crimes and miseries of hell.
In concluron l thank God that Demo-
cracy is our true palladinm..rent down te
us from heaven to preserve our freesom
and we should guard it with holy care
we know that whilst We keep it our coun
try will be safe. Yes, and | cahnot help
| imagining at this moment remembering
whose worls I so oftimes have read with
what 10Y that great and good man whom
we fondlv and truly call THE Father OF
our country" would have hailed the day
of this society. o if he could have seer
its light rising upon IL land in 1873, with
what zeal would he have come forward
from the shade of his retirement to enroll
himself among ITS members and friends.
With what patriotic pride, with whaI
christian ardor he would have embraced
our cause, and like the good old prophet
in the temple, when he held up the young
drsire of nations in his arms, he would
have exclaimed "Lord now lettest thou
thy servant depart in peace according t.
thy word; for mine eyes have seen tn.
salvation" But from heaven where he
lives on this austerity, anniversary of ON
society with the associated spirits Of on
venerable. Lee, johnson. Stonewsll Jack
son and Others. they would look d"wT
upon our institution with no smile of com
placency, because they see in all our toll
no new pledges for the peace and safet.
of their still beloved country.
NJ, J. FERGUSON.