The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-04-29

ing, in my judgement, is more certain than
fulfllment of these predictions Safe in the
states before the rebellion from all federal in
reference, slavery has come out from its Shell
ter under state Constitutions and lws to as
sail the natiahai life. It will surely die, pierced
by its own fahgs and stings
"Hhlt naatter.noso hoau-ft dies? HhctheT
as a consequence or OBJECT of the aedr wkat
matter9 is this q time to split hairs of logic q
To me it scenes that Providence indicates.
clearly enough how the end Of slavery must
come. 1t comes III rebel sldve states by miiita-4
ry order, decree, proclamation, not to be dtsre
qarded or set aside an any aevent as a aalltig,.
bat maintained and aea'ecuted uith perfect good
tzith to all the enffamchised and itr viii come
in loyal slave States by the uneonstrained ac-.
tion of the people and their legislatures aided
freely and genernusl5r- by their brethren OF the
free states. / may be mistaken in this, butIif
L am another better way will be revealed. IS
"Meantime it seems TO me very necessary
to say distinctly what many shrink from say
ing. The American blacks must be called in
to- this conflict not as cattle, not now even as
contrabands, but as men. In the free states,
and by the proclamation in tho rebel states,
they are freemen."
According to the views of the administra
ton as here set forth by Mr.. Chase, the South
would not be permitted to come back and
save its slaves, if it should offer to return to
the Union on that condition tomorrow, The
proclamation is not to be set aside ain any
event" 1t is assumed that the faith of the
government is pledged by it to the negroes,
and the proclamation is to be; "maintaired and
executed in perfect good faith.p Its promises
are to be kept not only to the slaves who; es,
cape, "but to all the enfranchisea.' Slavery,
moreover, is to be abolished not only III the
rebel states, but also in the loyal lave states; /;
by purchase perhaps; if not by purchase Sin
another better way )" but abolish certainly in
some way. Slavery is at all events to he ex-
terminated by the war, and Mr.. Chase is just
as willing to call its extinction the Object Of the
war as it's incident. The necessary conse-
quence of q, persistent attempt to carry out
this policy, will lie the breaking down of local
self Cover nment at the South, and holding
that section in permanent military suhjection
by large standing army. The power neces-,
sary to accomplish this will react upon athe
North and extinguish political freedom in eve
ry part of the country. Mr.. Lincoln's cabinet
perceive and accept this consequence, as will
be apparent from the utterances of the two
gentlemen we have yet on our hands. y ssf
We can briefly dispatch the Postmaster
General, as his speech was mainly devoted to
an invectiye against the English aristocracy, /,
topic into which we do not purpose to follow
him He turns aside, however long enough
to-throM out an zintlmation of the new defni-
tion. which the administration gives to the
word "treason," and on which it proposes to
act in tie punishment of that crime sTheir
creatures in the free states" he says, "Buchan-
an, Toucey, and the subaltern traitors associa-
ted with them spared By the clen,eacy Of the
admin 'stration, call themselves Democrats.
But these men an the North are only mlany
men on gio6ets" Mr. Buchanan, then, is a
traitor, 'sspared by the clemency of the admin
istration,D and the northern Democrats care
only so many men on ngibbets"-with the drop,
we suppose, ready to fall when the admins
tration gives the word. What does Mr.. Blair
mean by the "clemency" which spares ex- Pres
ident Buchanan ? 1t is surely no sclemency'
not to try him for treason. There is not an
intelligent man in the country who suppeses
that such q trial would result in conviction.
The "clemency of tie administration" then,
consists in forbearing to hang Mr.. buchanan
without Judge or jury. And what is the crime
of the other Democrats who, according to Mr..
Blair, stand with him con gibbits n The
worst that can be said against them is,s that
they have boldly censured the unconstitutional
acts of the administration. And this, accor-
ding to our administration new-lights, is sfrea-
son." We are now ready to proceed intelli-
gently to the catastrophe, and see what the
administration proposes to do with these at
right to criticise its measures.
This brings us to the letter Of General Hal
leck--a fitting and logical sequel to the others.
The sting Of this scorpion is in the very tip of
its tail, which we clip off for dissection
ave have already made immense progress
this war-a greater progress than was ever
before made under similar circumstances. Our
armies are still advancing, and, if sustained by
the voices of the patriotic millions at home,
raho = fha
South, AND THEN place their heels upon the
heads of sneaAsiag traitors IA, the North.
'ssYery respectfully, your obedient servant.
oh fW--HAELEcIr Gon0rali In Oh
When the southern rebellion is subducd
what is it that the administration proposes to
do to its northern opponents? Try them for
treason? No; that would be a booiless busi-
ness They are to be crushed beneath the
heels of victorious army According to TINS
most significant ayoaoaln martial tdc and the
terrors of military crecutit aers are 10 preudat
in the AorM AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.
When the army has done its work In the South,
the country had right to expect that the
part of it which returns would be disbanded,
and that all offenscs, of whatever kind, would
be dealt with by the civil authorities. But
| such, we learn thus early, and learn in the
! form of an official threat, is not the purpose
| of the administration. Their new definition
| which the courts cannot recognize, ard they
intend to Keep up an army after the acar to
crush ont opposition to a centrdlized military
| despotisn,.i This, they see, is the oufy gov
eminent strong enough to hold the South in
subiection after the universal confiscation of
its property. Whether the northern people
will submitto their threatened share OF 1t Is a
oucstiou on which some Of us here in New
| York-and very likely mother parts of the
| countrv-will, at the proper time, have word
or two to say saa htns tssf 2 .s.tis
T. a new Crime and a New Danger.
+ The following dispatch to the Associated
Press nassed over the wires the other day. aet
4 Gr15 Ys9af - ad1CAIRo, April 16.
Nine persons were arrested here this evening
for wearing the copperhead badge,l
4 The inference from this announcement is,
that the ssnine persons" spok en- Of were arres