Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-01-18

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but we beg his permission to say, and with
oil Difference and respect, that be appears
10 Us to have neglected chronology, aud
has not noted With hisiusudl care and saga
city, the changes In the bearing Of great
public questions 'Ubich one or two years
have effected. BE hes suffered himself to
be betrayed into the adoption Of q policy
manifestiy behind the times--a policy which
when there was no rebellion IN arms against
the Government, and no danger Of any Sc
rious disturbance Of the public pesce, might
have been indicious, or 81 least, harmless.
but which we fear now can be regarded nel-
ther as the Que nor the other. n sssns toss
noso fitted only TO gipe iadsrectly, II acf d.
reclls, aid and comfort 70 tie enemies Of fAe
United States. and We have no doubt that
were we to adopt it, we should ind our
selves suddenly arrested for treason, and
sent to keep company With some Of our
old friends ct Fort Warren. Few things
could more eEeciually aid and comfort the
rebels than articles and speeches by men
in the loyal States, exhonerating them, and
throwing the blame Of having caused the
rebellion on the citizens Of the loyal North,
now 10 arms, and pouripg out their blood
and treasure in defence OF the Constitu-
tion, and the integrity Of the nation.
This is q matter which cannot be passed
over lightly, and these are times when it will
not do to study to keep up party feuds and
party animosities. These are times when
all loyal men must sacrifice on the altar OF
their country their party and even their
private loves, and what to most men ls
still more difficult, their party and their
private hatreds, for the Union can be saved
only on condition that the whole North
present an unbroken front, and. to use q
fine Scriptural expression, march on "As
one man against the enemy" to put down
this wicked and unprovoked rebellion.
The South had never dared to bring heF
conspiracy to head, to appeal from bal.
! lots to bullets, and to attempt By force OF
arms to reconstruct or destroy the Union.
had she not counted on divided North,
and support from party which was oppos-
ed to Abolition, and even Republication, and
in elections had always been under her eicts-
ton and sustained her policy. She expected
to find opposed to her only the non fighting
Aboli,ionists and the Republican party,
who, both together, constituted only q bare
: majority Of the population Of the Nom
Slaveholding States and If her expecta
: tions in this respect had been realized, she
: would, In all probability, have been able to
e succeed Whdterer, then tends to keep the
e North dirided, and to prerent ths loyal States
from entering into the contest Uith the hearty
c sympathy and cOoperati0n Of her whole PopE.
2 Lation, Is really and undeaiably aid and com-
n fort giren to the enemy, and is, therefore.
:. under the Constitution Of the q. 8. virtual.
Q ly, IL not formally, treason.
0 Party divisions, and especially party RI
j. vslries and auimosities, are now mistimed
e and mischievous. They weaken the friends
!. of the Union. and strengthen the hands Of
It the rebels We know snd can afford TO
l. know until the rebellion is crushed out, no
d. party divisions, and no divisions bnt that
a between lOyalists snd rebels. Hushed
!. should be all party strife between loyal
men, and even the usual 0diHm theOLogieum
should be suppressed. All loyal med
Protestents or Catholics, Democrats or
Abolitionists, whether black or white, red
: or yellow-who are prepared TO stand BY
u our common country, and defend it, IT need
: be, even to the last gasp. are OF our party.
= are our friends, our brothers, and we give
. them our hand and heart. Il there are
I differences between US to be settled, We will
adjourn them till we have put down the re-
belion, saved the union, and made IL snre
that we have a country, homes aud hre-sides
hat We may enjoy in peace and safety and
when that is done, perhaps. 1t will be found
that most Of those differences win base
: settled themselves, or, at least, so faf 81
: personal or political, not worth fesiving
3 We must be united, and not like the mad.
Il aha skafr ahf ote
eaguered by the Roman eohorts. and Ro
: : man batteringrams were betting down The
walls of their eitidell, d;.nded into factions
, sad wasting ia spnling each Others blood
the strength reeded to save our malone
o existence from destruction. THss IS at
n time for an archbishop or any other mas q
:, rake lDar on Abolitioatsts, aud 10 crack sfat
}; jokes about an Abolition Brigade, and "a
IN valOr or 11aBs of It's suggested Ryigadisr
n. Such things are untlmely and misehieSous
o. The very existence Of the nation i
he threatened, and threatened, not By Abolit
be ionists or their sympaIhizers. but by th'
a. shareholders aFistoeracy Of the South, anC
ii. their dupes, tools, aideFs aud sbettors, II
ID the loyal Statesmen who haze no Aboli.
4 tion sympathies but IS strong antlpathy q
- all AbolilioRists as John Randolph, o
is Roanoke, had to sheep, which made him e
q, say that he would at any time 60 8 mile
IS out Of bis way to give one kick. The
it danger that threltened us is not on she
w side Of the AboIitionists, but on the side ol
Sc the friends and the supporters Of Slavery,
at and very ordinary wisdom would counse
o. US. IL ses are true men, to face the danger
ck where IL is---not where il IS not.
Sc There Is 40 use 10 trying to gain eredil
a with the loyal North By saying the UnleE
be must be sustained. and with the disoya
ID South by vituperating Abolitlonlsts. aus
IL denooncing as AboiItioBists all who wohIs
70 not indeed overstep the ConslIiellon 4
ID abolish Slavery, bnt would abolish SLAYER.
n as q means Of saving the Consultation. ~
le man can now be Suffered 70 sag "Gool
b. Lord and Good Devil" He must choos
lg either the Lords side or abe Devils aIds
he aud take the consequence Of success .
81. failure.