Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-07-20
WHOLE NUMBER 6O4.

selection for Clerk Entering the House
in December, 1858, he signalized bis nrst
session by the most determined and unspar4
ing resistance to the passage Of the Ne
braska bill He did not, like John Bell
and some other southern wings, try to
stand on both sides of the main question:
he fought the good fight without equivoca,
ton and without compromise. He was
fully aware Of the undying malignity OF the
fend lie thus braved, but he did not seek
to deprecate bis wrath. That vote, we'll
improved by his political adVersaries,
transformed bis district from ole strongly
Wing to one decidedly Democratic in
spite of Bhich, Mr.. Eiberdee held IL 81
the elections of 1855 aud 1869, losing iti
in the intervening contest Of 1857. l. Is.
saying very little to remark that no rfan
but Mr.. e. could have carried it against
the democracy in either OF these struggles,
aud that nothing less than an invincible'
| popular traSt in his integrity could have
sustained so we'll a man Of even his ability
as canvasser through three such contests,
with the current SO strongly aguinst him.
Aud even now, II freedom Of speech were
at oil permitted in West Tennessee, hs
expose the conspiratofs who have pushed
the state into the abyss Of treason, even at
the risk of his life. But no champion Of
Buiou shd the laws could now even begin
speech n his district without being torn
from the stand by mob of brutal as$assins,
deaf to argument aud eagerly thirsting for
blood Mr.. Etheridge can therefore best
serve his country for the present where the
revolver and the bowie knife are not in reb.
el hands the exclusive guardians of public
liberty aud private right.
In the organization of the House. Mr..
Grow represents Republicanism; Mr.. Ethe-
! ridge nncaiculating devotion to the main,e.
NANCE of the Union. May their union be
pei feet and their triumph overwhelming |
The Presidents Message is too plain,
too honest, too earnest, to require comment
The country has read it, aud laid its sug.
gestions to heart SO Of Gen. Cameron's.
straightforward, busineSSlike report from
the War Department. But the report Of
Gov. Chase as Secretary Of the Treasury
cannot be so easily passed over II is
noble document but it is not enough that
we approve aud praise it we must bring
its truths home to every freside, and in
duce every one to act upon them as though
they were specially addressed 20 him.
Reader Mr.. Chase proposes great
popular loan of not less than 500, ,000, 600
bearing an interest of 3l0ths per cents
issued in notes Of $50 each or some multi
pie o. fifty, the interest on every $50 wilt
| be just one cent per day on every 5 600
twenty cents on every $4,000 one dollar
per day. This is the best investment ever
offered, and each of as must take stock in
! it if we can if not, we must explain and
commend it 10 our friends who have means
1t were absurd TO let even $50 rest in an
old stocking or a cracked teapot, when here
is way offered for making it earn So 65
per annum, while contributing to carry the
nation proudly through this crisis in this
destiny The country will not be drained
of specie by this loan for every dollar re-.
ceved from it by the government will di-
rectly be paid out again for Food, Shoes,
Clothing, etc. and as soldiers wages, and
so return forthwith into the ordinary chan
nels of circulation. The certificates OF
this loan will show on their face the amoHnt
which has already accrued, aud win circu-
late freely as currency If not retained as an
investment Let us all resolve that, to the
extent of our ability, this Loan shall be
taken up so fast as offered, aud every dol
lar that now turks in hiding place be made
at once profitable to its owner and auxll-
iary to the defense of the Nation.