Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-04-04
sible contingency until the lst of July, Is.

} Administration in the prosecution of tht
, war for the Union. "Whl not 20 into
tie army unless drafted. and it will take a
strong drdf TO hold him" His declara,io,
sounds very much like another read by th,
Senator from Fayette in the course of hi
emarks, from the Marion County Mirror,
in which The editor of that paper says
For our part we shall oppose The draft
II Old Abe or his miDiens arres; Us for thi
We will submit te The arrest IF the people sal
So and nat tethoHtp These, taken in con
neclion with telegrapbic signals of approx
si passing between Senators upon this floor
us lhe quo alton above referred to was read
irresi'lably force upon my mind the conclu.
sion that there is q determination on the
part OF some to resist the Government in
its attempt to odd to, or Gil up it's army.
| will not ask, is this Loyalty
The Senator after denouncng in the Bit
tercst terms the acts Of the Administ ration
in It's coUduct of the war, says, " but not.
withstanding all this, you ask us 10 ed1rse
IT," ln this he is simply mistaken.
While we would wjoice that every man
should be arrayed on the side of his county,
il is for himself TO chose If by that choice
be takes position with the opposition, he,
with those with whom he uuiles his fo-.
tunes, must take the eorsequenccs. On!y
let him take position decidedly. so that We
may know where TO fnd him. sa
The Senator from Cermont Mr. John.
son comes 10 US and pleads that oil '.strife
aud pickering may he done away with" in
this hour of difficulty and dagger. This
appeal is truely patriotic, and to it every
loyal hear. responds, approval Who was
1t That IN 1861 proposed that all party or.
ganizations should be abandoned and the
whole people unite In the support of the
u oyernmenr, but the friends of the Admin.
lstration And who rejected that pro.
position, but its opponents with whom the
aSeaai or acts? Having in strong lauguage
protrayed lbeconrse and policy Of the Ad.
minlslraiion in carrying on the war, and
dsiopced it with fierce iuvective, he, in
language OF earnest eloqlnences would be
glad it my frail powers would equal, declar-
es "Ihe Rrpn6lic is rushing madly on to
ruin, -.nnaticism rules the hour" and then
Calls upon he people 40 arise in their
might, aud at the Spring elections rebnke
this fauaticism which rules the Adtninistra-
tion in The condact of this war. Aid yet
he wants party strife done away with
\ OF one word as TO ibe rebellion and the
danger 10 the Republic from the combined
attacks of rebels. No, All the danger
in the mind OF the Senator is in assump-
lious OF power aud constitutional encrsacll.
ments by the President.
MIR Johnson-I have denounced and dc
, denuunce the rebellion US au uulueky, un
justifable rebellion, aud the actors u it a
liable to The seveerst condemnation. l8
Mr.. Hilcheoek-Yes, the Senator de
nounces The rebellion, but does be call up
on the people 10 "arise in their might" aud
crush il out? No. he does not do so. He
expressly says he will not. From the time
Of the adoption of the present policy OF the
President in the conduct of the war, his
snpport has been withheld, and shall con-
tIuue TO he So until the President comes
back TO such conduct Of the war as shull
suit him. His support, Ike that of the
Senator from Perry, depends upon the a.
dop:ion of policy such ashe would mark
out. AL rtbe'dom would be loyal, allew.
ing them 10 fix the terms If their loyalty.
He earnestly calls upon the people ITO re
duke fanaliesm at the spring elections" "
aud still asks that party strife may be laid
aside. rus e.s.r
The Senator tells US thas the Crittent en-
resolution is the Shorter Catchism Of the
political church, 10 which he belongs. but
forgot or neglected to say, that the Short.
er Catechism, before being adopted by
them as their creed, bad been very much
abbreviated by leaving out these wol DIS /;
That the present deplorabe war was forced
upon the country by the dsunionis of the
South, &c, being the first clause of that
resolution in which division was demand.
ed when passing Congress- and which is The
basis aid soul OF the whole resolution 3D..
For what purpose was this done? Oa-
| ly to admit of Their charging the RESPONSE.
| bility of the war elsewhere than upon those
who have taken up arms TO overthrow the
Constitution and destroy the Union The
Senator TO this cad quotes from declara
lions of individuals u different parts OF the
country, made previous to the commenc.
nent of this contest. and TO party action,
attempting TO show in these declarations
aud in that action, an excuse for this out
break. What does he meanl aud for what
is this showing made2 1t can be only that
thereby an Influence may be created by
which partisan success may be gained and
ultimate power secured.
No sword has been unsheathed, no gun
fred, no embatllej hosts arrayed against
the Government, until it was done by The
leaders of this aceursed. eaussless rebellion.
And yet it is sought to hx the resp )nsi
| billy elsewhere than on those leaders.
The Senator thinks there is no hope o
preserving the Uuon upon the policy oil
The Administration. & attempts to show, by
declarations of individuals made both be-
fore and since commencement of this con
test, that in the carrying on of this war
ullerior purposes, and not the Constitution
were paramount. deny the charge. aud
pronounce The proof insufficient. o ihe Sen
ator says, these individuals are sustaining
the Administration, and asks for my EN-
! dorsement OF tbeir positions. My apsws
is this !: As, has every Senator 10 The op
\ position, who has taken part in this DIS
cussion declared that he spoke only fol
himself. SC do l for mysslf, nor do l esdorse
the position Of any other man. except SO far
. Il