The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-09-12
The Professions and the Acts Of the
49, Republican Party. "nesiHa

|s4sFhe Republican party is certainly a singu--
lar sc~omponnd. While it professessto be the
peculiar friend of human, freedom, it cannot
point to azsiDgle slave that it has struck the
mapaeles from, or an inch of territory that it
has made free, through its principles. Claim2
ing that it is IN favor of freedom it presents
THE spectacle of voting against the admission
Of free states, hating as a party resisted, (and
its members of Congress voting sgainst) the
admission of free Oregon. and Minnesota.
Advocating a return to the "purity of the
early days of rhe Republic, It does not accept
of or approve Of the doctrines of the States.
man aud men of the early days. Those men
bregarded s~laverySas a1locdt and domestic con-
Germ, Overwhelming Federal Government had
no control. The plan of Union proposed by
BESJAMIN FRANKLIN had no reference to
slavery in i, he Recognizing it as adoniestio
concern: The men who assembled at Phila-
Elefphia to frame a Constitution for this gov
ernment, ignored the subject of slavery as a
subject over which they had no control. They
formed a Constitutions, which leaves with eve
ry State the exclusive control and right to
regulate its own domestic institutions, giving,
no right to Congress to leeislate concerning
slavery in the States or Territories, except for
the interdiction of the slave trade and the re-
turn o fugitiges slaves Non Znterreniion5 was
then both the practice and doctrine of the
"eafly fathers"-of the WAsHINGToN's, the
bJ~EFFERsonis and the Statesmen of the "pu-
rer days" Yet the Republicans of to-day.
asking a return to the "original days." are in.
favor of Congressional Mfetteation with slave
ny in the Territories, and its adjustment in
the States where it exists, as both SEWARD
and ABE; LINCOLN declare that the Union
must either be all slaves or all free.k vFlas q
1.-The HaperIs, Ferry Raid and the Slave in
surrcctionS lately discovered inNTexass is the
resalhof their teachings yet they deny any,
dcire to meddle with slavery where it exists.
This is their profession, yet what are their
acts? Affecting an air of fidelity to the Con-
stitution, they repudiate the laws of our land,
refusing to yield obedience to a hFugitive
kSlave Law, or respect the decision Of the
hia hestftribunal in cur land Here in Ohio
our Republican Governor SWORD to support
the Constitution of the United States and the
State CT Ohio-our. Supreme Court sworn in
the same Way-attempt to invalidate the laws
Of the land; Yet they profess to be law abb
ding citizens. Ias 1sr.sfI.lf -.
When our Republican friends were stump
ing Seneca County last fall they declared they
were OPPOSED to extra sessions of the legisla-
ture, and if they were successful they would
not hold an adjourned session That was the,
lpy9fession, but what was the practice. They
lAbJoURNED eVER UNTIL NEXT WINTER; when
they will hold another session ut the cost of
500, 900. zea feai 81
y They promised to reduce our taxes, but that
was mere premise. Let us see how they re-
tdhced the takes? LIN 1859, the State tax for
all purposes was 353 cents on the 500. In
1866, the State tax is 394 cents on the 500,
Although The Btdte' library Tde sods Repealed
and the School Levy decreased. In 1859, the
aggregate amount Of taxes levied in Ohio was
S2,978,120, while in 1860, with the reduc-
tons above named, the amount levied was So
491 ,s00,-making an increase in one year of
S513 $50. The taxation in Seneca County
for State purposes in 1859 was $4,000. At
ter the promise Of retfenehnent made by the
Republicans, we find that we are now paying
$43,6l2,e0ran increase of $ ,6l6, go. Is
this NOT ps Stones, where they; promised
us bfeadf JAN1fEAE
We might 60 on and enumerate, column af-
ter column; and instance after instance, where
their practice has been entirely different from
their professions q Qanrthe people trust a par
BY with power SO totally Untrue to their pledg-
es, pf6mises ard pliehted faith?
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