The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-07-11
The Union as the Egach Republic

Ihe Dollar Newspaper, a neutral paper
gives the Democracy of P~ennsylvania som,
wholesome and sensible advice, which advice
would as well apply to the Democracy Of Ohir
in, some respects as that of Pennsylvania. L
says:
"The fear of losing their gubernatorial tick
ct may induce the leaders to try yet to effec
some compromise, by which the whole Demo
cratic vote will be secured for a single candi
date. Unless the purpose is to kill the Demo
cratic party outright, the fair plan would be t.
let the majority rule. If it were possible, the
way to test practically which is the majority
would be to run the same electoral ticket by
both wings, so arranged as to know which Of
the nominees the voter prefers, the entire
electoral vote being given to the nominee who
has the majority of votes. Such an arrange,
ment as this, if acceGed to in good faith, would
doubtless bring out the greatest Democratic
vote the State has ever cast. We make this
suggestion gratis, not expecting that the wis
dom of the leaders of the Pennsylvania Demo
cracy will adopt it. Faction has, taken such
complete possession of them and their judg-
ments that we doubt whether there is good
sense enough among them to try any practica-
ole plan of reoonciling their party differences.
The voters of that party want to go into the
contest with some faint hope, at least, of sue
cess. They have no resentments to crafty
because of disappointed political aspirations,
and care very little for the impracticable alb
stractions upon which the Democratic party
has ostensibly split. They had all better
come to the conclusion to have a harmonious
and happy time of it, assemble on the Fourth
of July, bury the Ratchet, grid on their an
cient political armor, and like brothers in arms
and in spirit, have a free fight with "honest
old Abe" who, from present appearances, is
likely to walk into the White House without
the necessity Of raising the latch.
Now we may say that we are to some extent
in favor of the proposition made by the Dollar.
IF there is a difference among the Democracy
the candidates for the Presidency, what is the
use of giving up our State, our county, and
all our local influences to the Abolitionists for
this matter alone. We believe that the diff
culties now existing in the Democratic ranks
are merely temporary, and that the time will
soon come, as the Dollar advises, when we
will grid on our ancient political armor, and
like brothers in arms and in spirit, as we al
ways have been, and go to work, shoulder
to shoulder, to defeat and annihilate the enc
mics of our common country, the Constitution
and the Union of these States, let them come
from what quarter of our confederacy they
may.
We do not believe that the battle now be-
fore us is one to decide, alone, the future poll
cy of our government in regard to Slavery in
the territories or any other question of as It'll
Importance to the American people as that is,
- loo.4 - Al a,oco,+ +,ooo Tho rof,co1 of
the United States Senate, when this matter
was lately brought directly and practically be-
fore them, to interfere with the laws of the
territory of Kansas prohibiting Slavery there,
and with the laws of New Mexico protecting
Slavery there, has postponed this subject in
definitely, and further proves, that the very
men who in private caucus, acting in a capa-
city and assuming dictation that was never
delegated to them by their constituents, were
to get up a fine spun theory about
events which might happen in a certain con-
tingency, when certain bodies might not have
the power in the course of human events to do
certain things, &C., &C., that then, in their
such and such things might be done,
when it became their duty to place themselves
iairly upon the record, were obliged to forget
IL their nice and profound theories, meet the
question as it was presented practically, and
~ their votes did then and there endorse the
rery doctrine that their "theory" was intend
d to kill. We believe that this matter is set
led, not only by the action of the Democratic
Convention, but by the highest legis-
alive authority of the land.
But whether this be settled or not, as some
Tho have heretofore acted with the Democra-
y claim it is not, we think it is a matter of so
Importance, that it would be the most
xtreme folly for the Democracy to get up a
ght with each other about it.
As we said at the commencement of this ar
there are higher, greater, more impor
ant interests at stake in this campaign, inter-
SITS which imperatively DEMAND that the De.
locracy should present a united front to the
rray of the Abolitionists and disunionists, in.
srests which when collected in one are invol-
ed in the single question-Shall the Union
e preserved? es
The elimination of the bitter war that has
cen made for years upon the South, in the
lection of a Black Republican President, we
elieve, would result in consequences most dis
strous to the Republic. It would be. final
roof to the South that a large number of the
eople were determined to deny them the t
,ghts that are guaranteed them by the Con-
and that let what would come, they
determined to carry cut their programme.
heir property, their happiness, their AUes
know would not be safe under Republi- f
IN rule, and they feel thai they would be G
lstifed in almost any measure to prevent
lch rule. i
There are, moreover, in the South, men whe t
ould be glad of such an excuse for raising the t
ag of disunion as it might meet their ambi- l
oas purposes better. Many good, union +
wing men in the South, would be compelled t