The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-06-24
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NJ CIV seek. no revolution except throughathe
ballot box. The conflict to which we challenge
lyou is not of arms, but of argument. Do you
lhlieYe in the virtue and intelligence of : the
people e.? Do you admit their capacity for self
government z Have they not intelligence
enough to. understand the right, and~sirtue
enough to pursue it? Como, then, meet us
through the press and with fr3e speech, and
before the assenlblages of the people, an and NE
will argue the question, and our Tiers
haze done from the beginning eide Gorernnle4t
fare We right or you right, are We wrong or
you wrong 2 And by the Judgment of the peo-
pie we will one aud all abide. have spoken
aslthough the Constitution survived, and was
still the supreme Jaw Of the land. But, if in
deed, there be no Constitution any longer, lin
riting the men in power, then there is none
binding upcR thejStates or the people. God
forbid. q We have a Constitution yet, and laws
yet, To them 4 appeal. Give us our rights !;
give US known and fixed laws give us the
Judiciary arrest us only upon due process of
law; give us presentmeDt or indictment by
grand juries ;speedy and public trial}hy jury
and at home; tell US the nature and cause. of
the accusation confront US with witnesses /;
allow us witness in our behalf, and counsel for
defeneey seeure us in nnr persons our homes
our papers and our'e effects leave US arms. not
authority, but. to defend ourselves from outrage
and violence; give us free speech and q free
;;ress the right peaceably to assemble; and,
above all, free and undisturbed election and
the-ballot /; take our sons, take our money, our
property, all else, and we will wait q little,
tn, at the time and IN the manner appointed
bg the Constellation and ld,cs, aoc shall eject you
from the trusts you hare abused, and the seats
of power you have dishonored, and other and
better men shall reign in your stead. -
o1a q ii THEN ON THIS. 80
10 sNo act of ours do we regard with moro con-
lscentious approval or higher satisfaction, none
do we submit more confidently to the tribunal
of Heaven and the moral verdict Of mankind,
than when, several years ago., on the 4th of
July, In the presence of a great assembly, we
cotimitted to the flames tt~ Constitution cfthe
United States And shouldthe present bloody
struggle end many compromise with the South
or 10 .recognizingany constitutional obligations
to Shareholders or slavehunters in the border
States, we shall again give that instrument to
the consuming fire, ard renew our nprotest
against it as s.d c6renant Nth death and az
dgree1nepk isith hell ssi "a ,sids
Reader Z WHICH of the above sounds Ike the
words eff a patriot, and which like the lang age
of d traitor will you, can you, believe it,
that the man who uttered the first was tried
bya Drum Head Court Martial for giving
aid and comfort to the enemies OF the Constl-
tution," convicted and banished therefor, while
the latter recently addressed meeting In New
York, and was feted and honored by the pres
ent. "A administration party laiiIt is needless to
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