The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-06-24

lin all alltheirrights, as the most com petent lad;
minlstrations for our domestic con cerns,9 and
| the ,sgrest bulvarks against anti-republican
Tendencies !; the preservation of t!.e General
lGovernment In its whole iconstitutional vig5r,
4fas tho shcet-un cior ofsour peace 'at home5 and
safety abroad5 ajealous cafeyzof the sfight fot
election dby the psopls mud and safe cor.
| rectiye of abuses which are Topped by the
sword Of revoldt on where peaceab.c qreniedi
dre unprosided absolute oacquicscencesiin the
i decisionsof themaj Vital prfnciple soi
republics; ON which isfne appeal but to force.
! the vital principle and; immediate parent Of
despotism a well disciplined militia, our best
ffeliahce ID peacd,9 aiid for the first moments oi
Efrpr, till regulars may relieve them; the asa.
jpromaeys of the civil Ioyer,the military author
ty 9eeoneny iln. the public expense, that Ia
| I Q: may be lightly burdened the honest pay
pnent of cur debts, and sacred preservation Of
tthc7 pubic faiff n!aeenleHt Of hsrie,i,I
tture, and fTuun asaieens ifsk handm aid1 tha
/ diffusion of inferrnation, and arraignnleat Iol
| all abuses at the bar of public reason free
dom Of person, under the protection ef TIC
ha6eds corpus and trial By jhrfes fnpartiafly !
selected These prinlcipiesu from ltf1ei bright
constellation which has gonel before ,auso and
guided 5opr.steps through an age of revolution
and reformation. The wisdom of ous sages
| and blood of our heroes have been devoted to
their attackment They should beithe creed
Eof our political faith, theiotextdof eiviciein.
tsrueti6n, the touch stone by. which to try the
services of those. we trust; and should we
Fander from them in momeDts Of error or Il
alarm, let us hasten to retracc our steps, and
regain the road which alones leads to peace,
Liberty ni1d safety.Dss sG 2Hiroifol SIS s9ia
h. p repair, then, fellow citizens, to the post
you have. assigned ms With experience
enough in subordinate Offices to have seen the
difficulties Of this, the greatest of ALL L have
learntto expect that it will rarely fall tosithe
lot of imperfect man to refine from this station
with the reputation and the favor which
brought him into it. Without pretcntions to
that high confidence you reposed in our first
and greatest revolutionary cbaracter, whose
pressminent services had entitled hith to the
first placeIin his country's love, and destined
for him the fairest page in the volume of faith:
sfui history, / ask SO much confidence only as
may give frmness and effect to the legal adj
sministration of your affairs Ishal often go
wrong, through defect of, judgment When
right shall often be thoughtIwrong by those,
whose positions viii OF command q view or
the whole ground. I ask your inluIg gencc for
my own errors, which will never be intcnti1n-;
al, and your supper. against the errors of 9th
ers, ,Wh0 may condemn whatsthey would not if
seeninsaA its partsy The appreciation implied
by your suffrage is great consolation to me
for the past and my future solicitude will be-.
to retain the good opinion Of those who have
bestowed it in advance, to eoneiliate that of
others by doing thenii all the goodlin my pow
er, and to befinstrumentali to. the happiness
and freedeRa ef all - z-.-.zt
2 Relying, then, on the patronage of your
good viii, advance with Obedience Ito ltha-
work, ready 70 retire from it wKeneFerd YOU
become sensible how much better choices tits