The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-10-29
politital.
TOM CoRw1N DOWN ON FREMONT

i Cerwin, the favorite of the old Ohio
/ Wings, addressed the Fillmore men, in
Mass Meeting at Carthage, near Gin
q anati. twill he seon, from the liberal
/ extracts below, that he is down hard on
this Black Republican party of the
North. "'- &
l. HOW HE LOVES THE ABoLITIoNIsTs.
I It is now twelve years ago, about this
time of the year, 1 had the honor of
addressing the people of this very place
on subjects very similar to those which
are now so universally discussed all over
this republic. At that time there was
pending a Presidential election; two
gentlemen, as now, were presented for
sour votes-Mr. Clay, the candidate of
one party, and Mr.. Polk, the candidate
of the other. AS now, gentlemen, there
was another candidate taken by por-
tion of the people of this country as
the chosen representative of those who
| are par excellence, denominated the
| friends of the slave" Then, my fellow
citizens, as now, it was my wish and my
object to satisfy you that our candidate,
the candidate of the Wing party, if
there. was to be preference on behalf
| of either of these men on the score of
his being friendly to the slave, or in ia
vor of the Union, should receive the
votes of those gentlemen calling them
selves Abolitionists be having publicly
declared that should he be honored with
the votes Of his fellow citizens, the an
neration of that slave country, known
| as the Republic of Texas, at that time,
as far as his power could go, should not
take place.
Col. Polk, on the other hand, avowed
that all the powers Conferred on him,
should he prevail in the election, would
be devoted to the annexation of tina:
slave country to the free Republic Of
North America. 1 can not but remem-
Der how then the contest was fought, and
sI,s.iI always rememher.Mith- sorrow
too deep for expression, the fatal result
of that contest. Now mean no dis
Daragement to any candidate proposed
for your suffragcs at all. speak only
of the arguments by which the preten-
tions of these candidates are presented
to the American people. Then, there
was gentleman by the name of Birney,
a respectable American gentleman, so
far as I ever knew, who claimed to have
the votes Of that portion of the Ameri
can people who called themselves Abo-
iitionists, simply Oh the ground that the
Wing candidate was siayeholder.-
These unpleasant memories crowd 50
upon my mind that must repeat them,
though I trust God will forgive those
men the wrong they did themselves at
that time. ~
I can not but remember that if these
parties, thus styling themselves Abo-
litiouists. had cast their votes for that
candidate who had declared against the
annexation of Texas that condition in
which we are now placed never could
have arisen. Now, because singleter-
-ritory known as they say as having been
consecrated to freedom by the passage OF
the Missouri Compromise line-now, be-
cause single State may possibly by
the upturning of events, which none can
with certainty forsee, become a slave
state, every passion of the human heart
is evoked, all the angry principles within
the human bosom are stirred up in the
strife, American citizen is armed against
American citizen, and the North is ask
ed into the field to array itself against
the Southland why? Simply by these
men-ohiefy 1 will say by them-who
in the year 1914 stood by and threw
away their votes, allowing a man to be
elected who declared that four large
slave states should be annexed to the
North American Republic, if he should
succeed to the Presidency.
L impeach the motives of no man.
He only who knows the secrets of hu-
man hearts can judge them but con-
ceding them honesty of intention, sup
posing their enthusiasm a feeling of
liberty burning as iercely as the fires of
Vesuvius, why could they not forego the
srlfling accident of Henry Cay being a
| STAKEHOLDER and vote for him If sla-
| very was the indelible curse stamped on
humanity by the fall of Adam, as they
then and now say, why did they not
J unite with those who could have pre-
vented the augmentation Of that curse?
I hold aim responsible for an event who
having the power to prevent it does not
prevent it hold him accountable for
murder, who standing by does not reach
out his arm to grasp the fatal weapon of
death. IhOld the rery men sOho 'aos1
call on you to march 10, q solid column
agith hostile banners against the fclt0le
southern section Of y0w corfederacy,
because there is likely to be one slave
State added, responsible for four slaue
States being annered to this Uaion.-
i They could haze prevented it-tsey
knes0 they coHla-they did not prevens
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