The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-04-20
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| roe, Crawford, Ratledge,- Jackson, Calhoun,
-Chy, Benton-blot out these names, and o
countless host Of others, from the Slave States,
! and what a blank is left in our history And
do YOU, not find men from these States now In
Congress, fully the peer of any that you can
name from the North in statesmanship, honor,
integrity, patriotism, and high r.oral and re-
lgious character2 Do you not see some bright
and shining lights around you from the South?
have read no speeches that give more entire
satisfaction than those of the sclearrbeaded :,
broad-minded, candid, fair, pstsiotie Stephens,
of Georgia, or his associate, jackson. Ia their
speeches they seem to me noodles for smaller
statesmen tolook up Etoand stixe to eqlalgodS
A few werdsa ascto the motto bsatkthe head of
your speech: ssThe fanatieism of the Democrat
ic party" Iftherc could be found in the Dena<
ocratic party or in its history, any Of that ele
ment, certainly no one ought to be better quail
ifed to deal with it than gentleman from
the Republican, ranks. They were born it
and nurtured by it: it is their meat and drink,
their nervine and anodyne: their yea. in con.
fict and their consolation in defeat. The Dem
oeratie party needs no defence; simple recital
of its biography is its highest c,ilogy W hen
the measure of British insult was all--when
for twenty years they had insulted our nag,
embarrassed and put under tributeour commerce;
when they had seized our sailors and fred into
our ships, and hung innocent men for being
found on board an American vessel, then Hen
ry Clay, Felix Grandy, and John G. Calhoun,
and their associates, performed illustration;
then the Democracy of America vindieated
the national honor, and established a new name
and new flag over the ocean; and from
that day to this all the, progress and expansion
at home and honor abroad have been won by
the measures of the Democratic party. : 80
The glory viii remain, in spite Of all that
enmity or mistakes zeal can do to mar or de-
stroy it. You may possibly succeed (but may
heaven prevent you) in the attempt you are
making to trample under your feet the cove
nant of our fathers, and exalt sectional party
with sectional aims to places ofpower and truati
but the day of your success would be the hour
of. your dissolution. Like the last day of the
arctic summer, your sun would only rise to go
down. Opposition is your eohesionLthe only
cement of your party. Your party can con
s:ruct nothing; they lay down no principles;ad-
here to no name. b1r. Banks goes for the alb
sorption of the colored races, while Mr. Blair
goes for their expulsion. Which shall be the
policy Of the party? % 2 sses'saa9
The Democratic party has carried the coun-
try up from small begipnings to its present pros
perity and happy condition; and, eply occae on
ally being. taken out to be aired and purified. is
destined under this name, and with essential.
ly its original and present principles, to govern
this nation while we remaina republic. Equal
ity among all the States-each State to manage
theirown affairs--slaveholder not be to tainted
nor insulted for that fact-equal rights in the
new Territories, and new lands annexed and
new States welcomed, IS fast as tAey wishito
como. 90 = .s41-l 49, - ~ -z=s.sss
Thcss arerthe principles, mettoes, and ban
ners Of success which wave around the Demo
cratic party.
Afectionately, your brother, aasaeA 3sy
Joss JOSEPH G. LOyEJOY!
To Hon. OWEN LoyEJoY, NJ. c. .G0S