The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-02-15
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ieHi.Lf. SLAVERY and fhe Union.
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In these days VIXEN public excitement IS
ronninr high; and much anxiety Is feltby the
,eo1nle m reference to the perpetuity OF our
nation IN: as It is, We think that it is the duty OF
every one, in whose bosom still burns the hres
of.true patriotism, to takesashold and oecieet
stand against political fanatioism, and every
other element that has .. tendency to yit'a'e
our institutions, and epdanger the Union OF
the states.n 1t is certainly the duty OF every
rood citizen Of this country, the government
IF which is the best known, or that has ever
existed, to at all times defend its pstitutions'
and to repel aggression let it come from Where
IL will; and to make determined brittle Win
- enemies. let them be at home, or from
abroad. -
It is a lamentable fact that the worst enc
mics we have, those that are most lkeiy 10
ruin and destroy us as a nation, are In our OWN
land. and bound to us by the ties OF nationai
fraternity. No foreign foe could endanSer our
s,fetv. as the disafeeted and misguided CT our
own land do. These enemies of our liberty
and national integrity, we can most successfully
meet. by taking a proper position politically
and firmly and decidedly resisting whatever
has a tendency to %violate the Constitution ana
disturb the harmonious oP=ration OF our excei-
tlent and Justice dispensing system OF govern
ment: and by iimnpressing upon the minds OF our
neiphbors, and fellow citizens through the press
| fthatscourgc of tyrants,9 and in our daily ln-
ktercouurrse, its utility, beauties and WORTH anu
also the danger there is in disseminating doc
trines that would render any part OF 1t inopera-
tive, and endanger the Union. f1 dI
The agitation, and domestic troubles tnat
are now 9disstraeting our country are a disgrace
to. us, and arc giving cause for JOY to all the
enemies of liberty and national freedom n the
world, Every time an American gives MS
yo;co foradisuuion, he hurls a missile OF de-
ssfhrnctionI against the temple of liberty, and
gives qualification to t%yrants: 1t is to De rear,
ed that we have much sdeSe2erated from ~
: fathers. They lived together as brethren, De
cause they appreciated the blessings they mu'
, tualiy enjoyed. and acted and felt toward eaeh
: other as brethren should act and feel 1he
love and ~fraternal regard which they entertain
cd for each other, and which were deeply I'M
PLANTED in their hearts by their mutual strug
!, giles and p~erils, are fast giving PLACE under tn'
dissemination and influence of bad doctrines
E and sectional jealousy, to hatred and malevo
4 lence. The time was when a voice for dlsun
. ion would have brougbtdishonor and reproacl
r to him who uttered it. His political characte
a,nd influence would have been lost, and eVe'
! 1;s Tfe in neril. Now thousands North ant
+ South are heard to speak Of it as probable an'
y by many as desirable. Such persons nave cer
4 tainly not estimatedsth importance OF suen al
/. event. They have not calculated the lnesfl
. msbIe advantages derived from this Union o
n States. nor the. ages of horror and wretcheo
ness that would probably follow its dissolution
EBesides, neither the advocates nor the opposer
i Of slavery would be likely to gain anything D
II It NAV be considered certain that dlssoiu
ton and civil war, with all its -biightlns an
terrible consequences would come together.
= IA the subject of slavery is the cause OF a
:: our present and apprehended trouble, we vi
lust here make a few common sense inquiries
:, Arc We sure that a dissolution OF the Unlo
:, would result in the ~abrogation OF slavery
, Should the States civilly and peaceably sepf
rate. (which surely would be most desirable
separation must take place., and draw the
lines of national boundary, is it not most prooi
a. HE that the letters of the slave would only
= riyited the tighter, his privileges %curtnile'
:. and his condition made worse i'm every respec
:. instead of better than it now is! Should CIV
war be the consequence, can any one with ce
:. tainty say, that the South would be a conque
~ ed people, and compelled to abolish slavery
And if it were even certain that in a co.
fict the South would be yanquished and force
: to abolish slavery, would not the means be t.
fold a greater evil than slavery itself ISL Vi
any mortal man foresee the day, when al
on compensation would be rendered to either pa
'c' tv. North or South, victorious or conquered, i
ls- the terrible evils that would be inflicted beto
ms a new order of things could be established
ND What would become of four million Of negro
suddenly emancipated +? Would they becon
oy industrious and nreritorious citizens, or YOU
II they go to swell the ranks of paupers, and q
fhriiless and vicious classes getting airea'
=. too numerous over the land?
These are questions that should seriously G