The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-09-23

first confined to the vicious and degra-
ded, at last obtains throughout the COM
munity.
The repeatedly declared sentiments
of the chiefs and leaders of the Repub.
lican party in this State, the avowed
determination of its candidates for
Governor, lieutenant Governor and
Supreme Judge, and the recorded and
reiterated publications of its leading
journals, in favor of establishing the
equality of the negro with ourselves,
justify the Committee in cautioning you
to interpose against their insidious de-
signs, which, if accomplished, must sure
ly result in striking" Ohio out of the
great brotherhood of white communities.
It is your duty to Illustrate their mon
strous purpose.
The Committee point with pride to
the firm and statesmaulike sittitude OF
the President and the Administration
in reference to the affairs of Kansas
The determination of Mr.. Buchanan to
use all his constitutional power, to Sc
cure to the people of the Territory the
free exercise of their SURFACES upon the
adoption of the State Constitution, meets
the unqualified approval of the whole
National Democracy, North and South.
In the North it could demand no more;
in the South it could claim no less. The
position taken by Virginia at this juno
ture, is sufficient to arouse tho exulta-
ton of her soDs, wherever they may be
found within the limits of the Union,
and should be enough to axcite the emu
lltion of Ohio to take a stand of equal
patriotism. In the eloquent language of
one of her Democratic organs, "Virginia
will pray that the Union, as its affairs
are now administered, may, in. duration
exceed that of the Egyptian Pyramids,
which, after the elapse of forty centuries,
still stand erect and mistaken above the
Nile" The obstacles ~interpose6 to pre-
vent a peaceable settlement of the affairs
of the Territory, by the people at the
ballot box, 10 order to create capital for
the lettering Republican factions in
Ohio and New York, cannot be too
severely re~prehended.
The almost daily failure of banks to
meet their engagements, furnishes a
conclusive argument in favor of the
Democratic measure of an Independent
Treasury. Had such an act been in
existence heretofore, the numerous de-
falcations in that department. could new
er have occurred. "Loeking the door
after the steed is s~tolen,n is all that is
urged against the measure. If Ohio
we're never expected to have money any
more, there would be some force in the
saying; as it is, it oaly serves to exhibit
tn chI11ioh Fal1onIao raoorfaA IN hu the
adversaries of an Independents Treasury,
for want of sound arguments, with which
to resist it. The Democratic party
stands before you, the advocate of a
measure sure to prevent losses by NAL
feasance, or default Of bank repositories
hereafter. If not able to Obtain com
plete indemnity for the past, it is resolv-
ed to enact adequate security for the
future: The Republican party, instige-
ted and governed by bankers aud money
changers, insists upon the continuance
OF the system under which all losses
have occurred. That guilty party, even
iii the hour of its detection, and while
trying to obtain a remission Of the pun
ishment due to its crimes, impenitently
refuses to say, "lead US not into tempta-
toni" If, as the Republicans say there
was no lack of vigilance in guarding the
Treasury, it effeetually disposes of their
case, against the measure we advocate.
Nn>visilance of the kind they exercise
will suffice. 1t il like that of their Gov
ernor, who, according to his oan account,
up the empty vault, after Gibsou's
aud sst Up all night watch
ing the key hole. Their vigilance pre-
vented nothing, and detected nothing;
and the avrrliieut of it ,uts them up
root aud branch, upon the chief State
of thvlr o"n choosing in this cam
paign-
The frequently occurring losses infic-
ted upon the most Industrious aud pro-
of the people; by failures of the
manufactures of paper money, call for
the initiation of a policy, which will in
furnish an abundance of the pre-
cious metals as a circulating medium
The Democratic party looks forward tc;
aud is determined to bring about, the
when the wages of labor shall b.
paid in gold and silver, and the farmer
ride home, after having sold his wheat
and corn, with a bag of specie on the
of his saddle. Inc Republi
cans advocate aa increased emission of
small bank notes, and a corresponding
in the circu. atins medium of
value.
The extraordinary inefdoiency of the
State officers, their want of
diligence in the performance of their
aud their shameless ~profigacy in
The administration of your affairs, have
attracted your attention. The
nsaue and audacious suggestion of Gov
,rnor Chase, to devote an enormous sum
# your money to the stirring up and
on of civil war in one of the
Territories of the United States, and to
'aise and equip a military force, for the
purpose of hostilities against the
States troops, must be uuspar.
ngly denounced. 1t will not be forgot
at the polls. His gross negligence
# the duties imposed upon him, in
egar d to a thorough scrutiny of the
Treasury, has been one of the causes of
loss to the State. His recent
unparalleled attempt to interfere with
ind arrest the due course of justice will
the unqualified condemnation of
very wise and impartial man. The
UP, by him; of his unsupported
declarations in opposition to the findings
the Grand Juryj and the sworn state
of the Attorney General, while
he criminal cases and civil cause are