Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-03-09

Oar f,isuds Who are circulating and sign
,oo that compromise petition, viii not We
trvss accuse us Of wicked design Of expos
,av them 10 d Of the sgue in Publishing
the following outburst Of border-state pa
trlolIsm, for such Is not the fact. We only
place in jox,a position sit Were,the fearless
and manly temper here portrayed win 'ne
auaking timidity Of some Of our mortimer"
friends who seem to be at their wits enuS'
20 make some offering which shall appeaSe'
and hold IN check those who are steepeo 70
tks Inns m treason. While the one appeals
A a constitutional use Of hemp, the other
!. Al meakness and solicitude to learn what
offering wonId be acceptable to put us on
terms Of favor Ognio
From the Nashville Democrat
rIsaa rsIE--JsiR Davis ~t Stevenson
This inflated bigot made speech at Ste
venson, on Thursday night, overlooking
with blood aud thunder.
lie saws that the border states viii come
into the Cottonocracy in sixty days. We
viii simply say, that Tennessee has declar-
ed for the Stars and Stripes, and that vile
traitors such as he is. had better be looking
ont for safe retreat in which to hide theiI
heads from an indignant aud outraged peV
pie.
He bosSted Of bis preparations for war
This same blusterer, in g speech few year
ago, ventured 10 SANDER the Tennessee vol
unteers. We know what we say, when VI
assert that, with all bis buster, TENNESSEE
could, If so disposed, subdue the whol'
Cottonocracy in a short time. He calcu
lates now on soldiers Of Tennessee to aid
him in bis wicked and 6endish purpose oi
breaking up this glorious government.
He thinks he holds the kingdoms OF Tue
world, and the powers thereof, 10 tne nor
low Of his hand. He is looking for the Eng
Iish Government TO bow to him. lie says
fbe English Government will acknowledge
the Cottonocrscy.
This is an nonsense. The English Gov
eminent. as well rs all others, knows bow
20 treat the flag of the United States so
viii JEFF Davis. Let him attempt to SUBJ
due the Federal Government, let him firc
at Fort Sumter, or at any other fort in the
United States, where our Gag nov floats,
aud he is as sure to be hung as that the
sun will rise, unless be runs, like coward,
10 country beyond reach. We know hun
dreds of men in bis seeding Cottonocracy,
who are ready to tie the rope for the hang.
man.
Jeff Davis has been producing discomfort,
and teaching treason, ss long as we can
stand it. He has been vile conspirator
against his government for years.
There is no use in soothing our people
any longer. Traitors must suffer, miles:
they stop their treason. We may be asked tC
be patient. How in the name OF Higt
Heaven, can a man be patient when trai
torous Gag is hauDted in our face when
traitor comes TO our very border, aud talk
treason openly 2
BE talks Of sacking cities. Vile rebel
Inflated bigot Let him try the Tenne
rceans, whom be so bascly slandered. LIZ
him try Nashville. We have borne wit
treason as long as 1t is possible to do So
Talk of tearing down our fair fabric {
Government ! Never JEFF Davis is o
the road 10 the gallows, and his follow eT
bad better be careful. An indgnan: pub
lie will not forever endure insult and tres
son plotting. We have lived prosperousl
and happily for three-qusrters of ceE
tury, and we know that Tennessee vii
nsTer give up this free and happy country
Let this vile traitor and bis foul minion
come. Tennessee never has forsaken th
glorious flag of free and happy America
and she never will ! She has always cor
auered the enemies of the country, and wi
sgain, if required to do so. This is ou
country, and all the powers Of earth car
not f0ree Us to give it up
Rlss fellow -eountrymsn country yet remAinsl
BY the dread We the sword on high,
And swear fer her to live, with her to die
This is not the spirit of COmpr0miss.