The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-10-03
THkNcREAFISSuE
LINCOLN AND aes setpeRFsbs e1i'ss
4 BEHOLD YHE RICQRDhi


LINCOLN ANB HIS SBPPdRfERS. ssf'ss :
IT11A4T 2I II
:; BFHoLD The ,RECoRDh.ay v,a-a
/ AaavfuL r-esnensb;litv rest. uueu tbeyo-
ters of This %couptry I "A great. q fearful. a vi.
tai fSsssnneI is 70 be- decided nv them On 81 1fhe eth
Edava6f N0Te6ibef feffI yafhfoupfA the pballor-
Ibof2befdrestBe supxenss Ruler of Che u diverse,
Eve spsak, postsyeverepstya and i poths eyes Of
1.-THE civilized world, the citizens of this great
cbuntry will be called 1pop TO, decide whether
the Constitution and the Union our fathetr
madeishaai Stand or faA-whethef this great
G~oHeZhiaeHfd tie heest andbtheobest thedsan
is high career Of prosperity ard renoNn 2 pr
be torn asuhder by civil war Disguise it as
you may, Union or disuhioh is Che question TO
be. 1decidcdoiinoiNoss No smau witha
thipblsfali of brains siPHh is bead cam fAasto
see that the triumph OF a sectional party whose
ayowed object IS T, YaF upon the institutions
OF the other half OF the Confederacy, leads
inevitably to a diss6ldtfen hofaitAeu Unlon.-
Heneeif Mas1that the Hather1 dis oouutry
wa5ned. rs To- bexaretief sectional parties and
TO lndignantly froYn. upon ne nrsf attempt -
ALLEVIATE one section OF t9s Unten IRON the
other. "a house divided agalnst Itself car;
not s s,as ss,;a;d holds true rasa m sTh;s. F rsr ssa oss w seel
tioaa upon ths other section can have bst one
the dissolution of the Centederaey; II
continued i must lead 70 e1trangemept then
hatred, then open IND violent aitercatIoIs and
then. the dissolution of, the 5onds that bind us
together as one people How hapPhSi' and
how truly did the grentstatesmanlo Kentucky
Henry Clay, expressed tins ldea N a speech
IN the Senate, on the tn OF February, 1883.
. 'SSir, I am not in the habit of speaking
lightly of the possibility of dissolving This
happy Union; 1.-The Senate know that I have
deprecated illusions, on ordinary OCCASIONS, to
that dlreful event The country VIII testify
that If there be anything IN the history OF
my pubic career worthy o. rec9iieet,on, u Is
the truth and sincerity OF my ardent devotion
to IT'S lasting pressrsatlon. But We should be
false IN our allegiance u We dsd not diseEmin-
ate between the. imaginary ana real dangers
Eby which It, may be assailed. Abolltionfsrn
should NJ ldnserb be regarded as IN IN aglnary
danger. The ablitionists, let me suppose, sue
hceed in their present ain OF uniting the in;
against tie 9IinhabitahtsS Of the slave States
Union on one side VIII beget Union on the
Eother, and this process of reciprocal consolida-
ton will be attended with all the violent pref
pdlse, emblttered passions, and lmPlaraPle ani-
MOSQUES W nien ever aegTaoea. " aeIormeo M
man nature edA.,,efs y:a dar.a9 aHif,ssa
/ One section Vii stand IN menaeing ana nos
TIE array against the otneI, Inc coillslop o.
opinion VIII be 9uickiy followed by the Clash
OF arms. l VII not attemPt ~ aescrlpe scenes
when nov naRpiiy ne eonceaieos rom eul
view. a ponIonlstss themselves wouid snrlnS
IN dismay and horror at the contemplation o.
desoiateu neids, conffasrated citiesf murdereo
innaDieants, ana the overthrow o. the fairest
fabric or humap government that ever rose Z
! anfi1iate the uupes OF ciEtfzeo1 man. 7.