The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-03-25


tereign, that it is the powers which. they have
delegated that make up what is called the gen.
erai government, they are the, pillars which
support grand dome, and that the moment
their support is Withdrawn, that part of the
.edifice imnst fall to the ground. 0ec* =
A. @We know there are men in our midst. for
4 we have lately had disgraceful evidence of the
/ fact, who would aid the newly constituted tyr
amy at Washington in riyeting its fetfers upon
4 the people Such men assume to be the
mouth pieces of the conservative Masses, but
4 they will fad, when too late that the trickery
4 of the demagogue to which they have, ,resorted
Il will not save then, from the Judgment of an
incensed and outraged people. Such men
may i'm agine ttat the liberty of a nation is q
thing of trifing value but as long as the great
heart of the people is right, their intrigues in
the Interests of America autocracy will prove
a wretch ed failure These are the enemie
sgafnst W hch the great statesmen of the Re
I public have warned us again and again it is
they who are ready to assist in undoing the
work Of the patriots of the Revolution by ig-
1 Eoring the Constitution, aud handing over the
rights of the people to military dictator to
put under bolt and bar. Such men can see
! no harm in the susp nsion of the habeds cor
Pus, in the suppression of the liberty of the
| press, in the overthrow of State sovereignty,
in the arbitrary arrest and incarceration in gov
ernment dungeons of loyal citizens, in proeia.
nations placing loyal /. and sove reign States
under martial law, aud in investing the So
called President of the United States with SUI
preme power above. the Constitution, above
1 State rights, above all law, over the personal
lliberty Of the citizen. Such things in, their
| estimation are mere bagatelle The liberty
for which the infant Republic waged seven
| years war against Great Britain is to be bar
| tered away, and for what? "A, military. des-
| potism-not even such despotism as they
! haye,in some parts of ,Eurepe-buti a, despot-
/ ism directed by men who have proved them-
selves weak in everything else but the willtoi
destroy They are ready to carry on. the con-
scription5; but so long as they are the owners
of three hundred dollars not one of them, We
venture to say, will take the 6eld."a RS -
EThis is certainly very bold language, and
we shall look with, no small interest to see
what his late political friends on the war meas.
ures will say in answer to these charges on the
Republican party, Congress and the President.
We. have seen nothing equal to this yet in
I print, and the Republican leaders should be
invited to speak yea or nay to the indictment:
1t is fearful thing for men whc, through the
elective franchise, hare been entrusted with
high and responsible Offices, pledged and sworn
to preserve the liberties ofthose electipgthem,
to be found sacrificing country, Constltdtion
and liberty. -. : /
But yesterday we boasted ofa Constitution
and country OF: sovereign freedom-to-day we
find all transferred to amonstrous sUsURPATIoN
with Dictator at the head, and the whole
country transformed into military despotisn.
We find but one consolation left in this, and
that is, it will bring to light those amongst us
who prefer monarchy to a Republic IF we
have such men in our midst, the SO ner it is
known the better, One great trouble there
fore has been, that every man professed to be a
friend of f,freedom and constitutional govern
ment, and is was only through their acts,
therefore, that their true sentiments could be
discoYsgedra These acts we now have created
by ttosses entrusted with Office, 1t is left us
then, to see how many, and who, will defend
them on principle. s- -75f IS e.;5ee i
No one will pretend to say seriously that
these acts were necessary to put down re
bellion, for they cannot have that effect. I'll
the rebellion could not be put down without
destroying States and people who were loyal
to the Government, and had furnished two
large armies already, larger than the armiessof
Despotisms, it will not pay to put it down by
sacr fees greater than sncces 'ful rebellion
itself 9s-5,-.>e.s..-3 ,ss4a .4sfstss--
If this military despotism is created to sus-
tain the monstrous debt of two or three thou
sand millions of dollars, and enforced by des-
potic power, the taxes of an unwilling people
for all time to come, then we can understand
the ,'aoneyed necessity of military despotsm.
We can see no other excuse or use to which, a
military despotism can be put. .s 4sr ~
We are well aware that the Republican par
ty has resolved on freeing four millions of ne
groes, but-surely they will not tell us that
twenty millions of white people are to be made
slaves to secure that object. -.as hee
The article in the Record concludes thus
"We believe that our right as q journalist
to utter aud print, and cireulately freely and
without danger of arbitrary arrest and incar-
ceraton, whateyer We find to criticise in the
pets of tho Adminstration-Ee believe that
our right to do this will be maintained by the
Chief Executive of the Empire State, and it
is in this belief that we now exercise that
Constitutional RIGHT, despite the threats of
military dcs2otism and its base ard yenal a ;.
herents. 8 .-T - i.
: i"If the people are not fully aroused to the
dangers by which their liberties, not to speak
sof their sovereignty, are beset, they may soon
lose both the opportunity and the power to pre-
serve those priceless boons for which such
great sacrifices were made"
This call upon the Executive of tho EN-
pirc State to1protect the citizens and the dig
nifty of the State is a seyeres rebnke to- some
of the Executives of other States las Ohio
not an Executive also? Has be deserted the
people over whom he presides, and who holds
his power under Constitution made by the
people themselyes-less worthy his position
than the Executive oi New-York 2 aas Ohios
Executive abandoned State and people aud
prepared to transfer all oyer to q despotism
unknown to law or the institutions of our
country? Have the people of Ohio no rights,
no protection Is Ohio to be reduced to a
mere municipal corporation and her Executive
to the mere Mayor of city? Is our Logisia-
turc mere Git5 Council, passing ordinances
to regulate the police, and lay out streets and
alleys? To spend money and levy taxes.?-
These things are worth thinking a-pHt.
80 Sweet Dreams.
I We had sweet dreams the other night,
/ When all around was still, gsea
/ We dreamed we saw host of folks,
Pa.r M, THAR tars hill