The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-09-19

Il make OF my own VOTE 40 not tnlnk
that Wings owe Mr.. Chase debt of
gratitude for the past. The Democrats
are indebted to him and his bargains
for their ascendency in Ohio--but the
Wings owe him nothing; less than moth
ing. The only thing for which they are
under obligati ons to him, is their ruin
In the barbarous ages of Greece, it was
a custom for the conqueror to bear the
heels of his banquished foe, and, binding
him with thongs to his chariot, drag
him in trit.nph over the ttIe-feld as
q trophy Of victory. If there is any
true hearty Wing in Ohio prepared to
deliver up his own heeisto be barred
to tie himself to the chariot wheels of
Mr.. Chase, and be dragged in triumph
over the state of Ohio---it is his own af-
fair. Butso will not l. It is degre-
dation for which my few simple hearted
friends shall never blush, and for which
q troubled conscience shall never rob
me of my sleep.
But it is said that the south acted
badly in the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise that the southern SOU uatters in
Kansas drove the northern squatters
from the polls by mob violence, and
therefore they should be punished by
the election of Mr.. Chase. That the
! legislation. of Congress on this subject
[ was an outrageous breach of good faith,
is every where admitted in the free states
The bad faith of the Ohio delegation
has been rebuked by the defeat of eve
ry one who was concerned in this iniqui-
ty. The restoration of the Compromise
is demanded by every delegate in Con-
gress from Ohio; and what more can we
do? Elect Mr.. Chase to rebuke the
mob violence by which the northen squat
ter was deprived of the right of suffrage,
and the freedom of elections interfered
with? Is that the remedy? Has Mr..
Chase never defeated the right of suf-
frage, or interfercd with the freedom of
elections? Isthe bargain by which the
city district of Hamilton county was de-
frauded of the right of suffrage forgot
ten? Is the immense chain of jobs of
1850, by which the right of suffrage
was degraded to the level of goods and
ehattles forgntten? L deprecate mob
violence everywhere, and join heartily in
the condemnation of that which has ta-
ken place in Kansas. But Mr.. Chase is
not the man to reSuke it. It's terrible
thingin a Republic, that the right of
suffrage aud the freedom of elections
should be interrupted by mob violence;
but it is far worse that they should be
degraded by bargain and sale. Vio-
lence is the vice of savages, aud may be
corrected by the progress of civilizationi
but corruption is the vice of commu-
nifty where civilization has already cul-
minated, and the state is sinking to de-
cay. While we condemn mob violence
as vice of the south-let US not en-
courage worse vice in the forth, The
clustering violence of the south surpas
ses in ridicule; but the corrupt bargain
making of the north surpasses in con-
tempt. The reputation of the north
ought to be kept free from the reputa-
tion of political bargains. It was ma
ny years ago, that john Randolph made,
this terrible thrust at the north: "We
shall always beat you, because whenev-
er We want man to buy, you have man
to SELL" Shall the north now raise the
biting sarcasm of Randolph to the dig
uity of prophecy, by putting forward, as
her champion, man who owes all his
elevation above his fellows to bargains.
There is another view of this matter,
in which know 1 shall come in contact
with the views of friends for whom 1
have the profoundest respect. I mean
the cherished idea of dividing the ma
tion into northern parties at the next
Presidential election. That Chase and
his friends look to the organization of
such parties, is not denied, and that
Mr.. Chase regards himself as now in
the line of promotion to leadership of
the northern party not only breaks out
but stands out. He is yet the full
length of Governor behind Mr.. Sew
ard of New York and those who sup
pose he is candidate for Governor for
other purposes than to qualify him for
the Presidency, do great injustice to his
ambition. Now, if Mr.. Chase was free
from every other fault, except the de-
sign to organize sectional parties, this
alone would be suffcient. No wise man
can be honest nor can any honest man
be wise, who is thus willing to endanger
the peace of the country and the Union
of the States by an issue such asthis.
How completely do those who cherish
the idea of such an organization ignore
all the wisdom and patriotism of the i'm
mortal Washington. Immortal as the
savior of his country Immortal as the
founder of our Constitution. Immortal
as the skillful pilot who held the helm of
state in the years of unexampled peril.
Immortal as the author of his own fare
we'll address to the American people, in
which he so affectionately and earnestly
warns us of the danger of string up local
and sectional dissensions. Let US hear
him for a moments. Si78 q
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