The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-21

disgrace upon them others who bore you
and whose veins are filed with the blood
of '76l You will not thus bastardize
your descent from the men of the rev.
olution No, leave that to the aboli.
tionists, who, with philanthrophy upon
their tongues, have treason and murder
tors who prayed that the MexicanE
would welcome your fellow-citizens
with bloody hands to hospitable
graves. y
It is supposed that this language is
too strong, and that these are unwarraa-
table charges Depend upon it, the
half is not yet told. No faction in the
history of our country has ever struggled
through its voicions life that has been
one-half SO dangerous as this secret or
ganization. It unites in itself all the
worst qualities of the various factions
that have aimed to wound their country
through the democratic party. Its only
auoaoed bond of union is a shame and
disgrace. It is standing lible upon all
that has made America the refuge OF
tho oppressed. By it every man is pro-
scribed who is either Catholic himself
or whose wife is Catbolict This in
cludes the patriotic CASTOR, Of North
Carolina; the venerable Charls Carroll
of Carrollton, and other signers of the
fimpfortal Declaration of Independence,
as well as the present admirable and
learned Chief Justice of the United
States, and many others as pure and pa
triotic men as can be found In the coun-
try. And every man is to be proscri-
bed, no matter how honest and inteIli-
gent, who came to this country at the
age of twenty, until he is forty-one
years old What shall we say, then, oI
the devoted Lafayette, the gallant Ster-
ling, the chivalrous Montgumery-of
Pulaski, the brave and generous-of the
statesman Gallatin 2-of the thousands
of noble souls who shed their blood for
US, and counselled with our fathers in
the stormy days of the republic But
mol "America " for the Americans, %
and "the Americans for the ow-noth-
ings!" This is the secret spur-this is
the exceeding great reward" that
they shall lay, ,the=r =redzon- the sbaels- OF q
the people, and the people shall kiss it
and smile and beg them, if it is not too
much trouble, to lay it on a little har-
der This they anticipate, and this
they are determined to accomplish,
though all the. rights of humanity, the
constitution, the laws, every public
right, every private right, shall stand
in their way. The paltriest petifogger
the shabbiest political hack-is of more
va1uo fbop ouarv man ouoon0 We ,ybo
ever breathed the air of Europe, in the
eyes of this ruthless and intolerant
Council Of Ten.
Hereafter, when this wretched faction
fills dishonerable grave, and its carcass
reeks with political corruption, how can
any ran stand up before the world
without hiding his face when it is cast
up to him that he has labored to intro
duee that worse than Egyptian slavery,
when free citizen dare not vote as he
desires, but obeys the insolent orders
of this tyranical Council of Ten
What will become of American honor,
at home and abroad, when mob of des-
potic adventures shall make the laws ?
The follies and absurdities Of Jacobin-
ism in France were SO extreme that it
was said of it that " it would have been
q farce if it had not been for murder" |"
And so with tais faction; its silly pass
words, its ridiculous ceremonies, its con-
temptible baldefdash, would make it
only laughing-stock if allethis non-
sence did not conspiracy against free
dom. Compared with their intolerant
prescription, Austrian tyranny is endu-
rable, and police spies become respecsa-
BILE. But, thank God, there is life and
Vitality Ia American freedom yet
Altered. indeed, radically changed,
must we be from the principles of our
glorious ancestors, if our political lib
critics are to be delivered, bound and
unresisting, into the custody of such
set of political jailers. There are des-
potisms maintained by such genius and
adorned by such brilliancy that the inn
agination is led astray and the mind
bows to superior intellect. But what
honor can there be, wheat redeeming con-
siderations can there be, In subjection
to a political mob which shamelessly
disavows all political, principals, whose
only rallying cry is prescription, whose
candidates for Office are selected not be-
cause they are men of education, or tai
ent, or sagacity, or integrity, but be-
cause they are destitute of all these p
Among the rabble of the Boston dele
cation to the Massachusetts legislature
we look in vain for one man of charac-
ter, one man of intelligence, one man
anything like the proper fit
ness. for a representative ofa great city.
Did the city of Boston, did the Com
of Massachusetts,, ever, of
their own free will, elect such legisla-
ture as that about to assemble there, or
can VIC conceive of their doing so, ex-
cept at the irresponsible dictation of
this modern Council Of Ten
People of New Hampshire Demo
Gratis of New Hampshire! To each
and all of you we say, touch not this
accursed thingln 1t will one day,
should you do SO, cause you to cover
your heads with shame. Like bubble
of deletcrious gas, it will explode, IeaY-
ing behind it nothing but pestilential
,dor. The finger of Providence has
pointed out this country as the place
where Catholicism may be purged of its
abuses, and absorbed without harm in
% the system: Millions of poor and
lumble men in Europe are looking hith-
srward as the place where they and their
children may enjoy those privileges of
freedom denied to them at home. But
f you are content to kiss the rod that
,mites you, to place your republican
freedom at the feet of a tyranical oliear-
'hy-If you can forget that there is
scarce hill or valley in New Eng