The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-05-06

ss The. Democrats, therefore, made up theil
"a minds to accept the measure, and propose two
e important, though net essentiaE amendments
: The framer of the bill had. in parcntbetica
s, provso, given power to the Provost Marsha
/ to.arrea tdlZ persons suspected of treasonable
Z practicdss In order THAT there might be nc
$ mistake ;Messfs. " Vallandigham,, Voorhees,, Cox
y and other Demeerats, supported the omission
b of the words and the restriction of the powers
y of the Provost Marshal to the conscripts to be
!. enrolled under the act. After a spirited de-
!. bate, in which the galleries for the first time
E during tles session applauded a Democratic
speaker for asserting the liberties of his eoun-
s try against the encroachments of irresponsible
: military power, the amendment was carried -
s Another amendment, to insert the word
a t"wbite" before the words. finale able-bodied
= citizens" vas rejected; SO that under the new
. conscript law the negroes will be liable. to
, serve side By e,with the white race in the
s future armies Of the Republic. Should this
S lead to difficulty the President has the remedy
:. in his own hands, and has simply to order the
g enrolment officers not to call upon the me-
: groes for military duty, to obyiate the danger
!, of mutipy among the whites that might other
, wise result. Thercssneeded but zone other
measure to complete the charmed circle of I'm
!. perialism, and that was. provided by the cur
:. rency and banting acts of Mr.. Secretary
Chase, which, alter a series of amendments
T land reconsideration in both Houses, and a.
committee of Conference of the two, have
been finally passed. In one way or the other,
BY loan, and by the issue. of greenbacks, the
i Government is authorized tc issue about ST.
100 600 900, sum that, before the rise in
gold, would have represented about e220, ,00O,-
II 900 sterling bat that: with gold at ~ per
cent. premium, only, represents about $751;
00O,00o Mr.. Chase has also carried his, ia
vorite project Of taxing the existing Banks
| q -.
A uniform Federal currency of greenbacks that
I are not to be taxed. These are stupendous
measures. The three form a perfect unity,
Il solid, substantial, and artistically doveailed
one into the other. Were Mr.. Lincoln a man
of genieus, a great soldier, an astute and far
seeing diplomafist, or an ambitious and de-
Esgning intriguer, having the will to make
himself King, Emperor, Gar, hereditary Pres
i ident, Lord Protector, or anything else, they
| would afford him the means of putting spec
dy and ignomilious end to the Republic. But
these powers hlye. not been given to him for
such purposes The Republican party know
| their man, and think that they can trust him.
Neither. hare ttey been, CON ferred upon him an
order that he may more efect1ally carry on
the acar for tie sn9ingation of the South.--
He as no more the man for tkat purpose than
he as The man of trlson to aaake2on Emperor.
i In this respect. too, the Republicans know
city TIE restorotioao Of the Union is feb, to
toe impossible, mot only 6y the President Jast dy
crery prominent aaeft7 f,odffc III both the
| Union ank the Constitution upon which it WINS |
founded are defunct The Southern Congress
destroyed the Union; the Ncrthesn Congress
has destroyed the Constitution. The reYolu-
| tion has completed its first cycle: North and
South are two forevermore, and are as iucapa-
bic for. the future of being united under one
Government as England and France or Ire
land and tally. These stringent measures
hare q more log,cdl foundation than any base
less hope .ofhie remuneration Of the South.-I
They are attended for the suljugdtion and the |
consolidation of III. North The danger has
long been appreciated in all its magnitude by
the reason as we'll as by the instinct of the
Northern people, that the process of disin- |
tegration would pot stop with Southern inde-
pendence, butrwould extend to the North and
West, and that if, the principle of Secess on
were once admitted for any part Of the late
Union, it could not be successfully resisted fer
aIy other. Hence the President has been in-l
vested with these extraordinary powers in or
der that lie may nip in the bud any attempt
on the part of the Western or Middle STATE S
either to throw In their fortunes with those of
the South, or to set up for themselves. 1t is
NOT the South that houJles the sleep Of the |
nsagiafcs. at Washington, but the Rest. The
symptoms are in the highest degree alarming.
The Presidents own State of Illinois; is hof-
bed of disa6cction.-f Iqelianz as aeo better
Ohio IS dissatisfied. Missouri is onlqt held /
dolrn By the slcorl. In fact, there is imminent
danger throughout the whole of the more fer
tile regions of the West of an organized OUT
break against the Government at Washington.
To confront that. danger, and not to, meet the
armies of lfr. Jefferson Davis, as the real OBJ
ject IF tie conscriptioa act and ats kindred
INN .fr1fr N this Jpta
the Government is right to defend itself. 1t
has been constantly said that the life of the
nation was at stake in this contest with the |
South. If the North is ever to become a nal
tion-one in purpose, in interest," in sympathy, |
and in destiny-now is the time to prevent
the centrifugal action of the dscordant and
dissentient States, ard dissolution of the |
whole body polite. The North passionately |
desires to live as nation On this point !
there can he no mistake. The people are not
ordinarily very serious or very earnest about
any thing, but the veneration for the flag /
amounts to fanaticisQ, and their ambition to |
be the greatest naval and military Power in5
the world is SO huge as to deprive them, when
under its Influence Of all the reason that
usually governs their actions Under this par |
amount impulse 1T tokerdtes the, e1tren,e foaoers
that are uested an the President, and that 1t
oould not hare vested an adler and more
ambitious man, and binds itseyf to the danger
-palpdI,e to cre-y. calm oLsercer-that the
liberties aehich 1t SO patiently and hopefi.uy1
| resigns may aeOer again be recovered aciihout
a series of. piolcnt conmofions--anarcAies
| petisns-that are ascful TO imagine as the
ezistiny Of a race intelligent and SO sro.Hy
Of freedom. s:a.li aiia a2se sfi
1t may be asked in Europe. in view of the
great events that are. approaching, what has |
become of the Democratic party? Has it a
! nurpnse and noliov p Or ne ~
tinguishea 1y the triumph Of the Republicans
! IN dte three great measures, of this aceek p
The Democratic party erists and that is all
that can be said of 1t. IF it have a purpose
or a Iolicy, which believe it has, it either
lacks the courage or awaits the opportunity to