The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-05-20


here to. day, and pressed sferyardiu iuto a yste
with tho right Of debate. ..indeed-extortc,
from You by the minority- bnt without tn
iAght 10 amend, with no more than the hsr
privilege Of protest. a bin which enables tn
= fPresid cnt TO bring under his power, as Com
dimanderlifi. Chief, every man in the Unite
! States between the ages Of twenty aud forty.
6ve-three millions of men, And, aslif no
satisfed with fkat rlrip bib = rosides, further
i that every seth hera citizen, man, woman an,
child, under, tEentv years of age aud owe
fortyrfve, including those that may be exemp
7 between these ages, shall be also at the, mere;
$50 f1fsas his personal liberty Is concerne,
sol; some miserable g spf6Tosk marshall will
the rank of a captain ofs fsnagalry siwhojs heve
TO see tryiee in the fls1a and every co1grcs
! sfonaf district in the. United States is to b,
governed Ayes, governed--By this petty sa-
| trap-tiis military esihuehAthis Baba -anC
he even may be black hn is to- do the bid
ding Of your Sultan, or, this Grand Nizier.-
Sir, you have bstone step further to ogoAgiyt
him the symbols of his ofhce-the Turkish
| bow string and the sack.
i What IS it, sir, but a bill to abrogate tn,
Constitution repeal all existing DAVIS, to de
stroy all rights, to- strike down tho, Judiciary
and erect upon the ruins of civil and politica
liberty, stupendoua superstructure of despo
tists.S And fer what z? sTo enforce law? No
SIR 1t is admitted now by the legislation oi
Congress, iandIb by the two prociamations .oi
the, President, 1t is admitted BY common con-
sent, that tie war is for the abolition of me-
gro slavery, to secure freedom to the black
man. You tell me, some Of you, 1 krow,
that it is so prosecuted because this is the on;
ly way to, restose the Union !; but others open
ly and ,eandidly, confess that the. purpose Of
the prosecution of the war is to abolish. sla-
very. And thus, sir, il is that the freedom of
the negro is to be purchased, under this bill,
at the sacrifice of every: right of the white
men of the United States assd syad -
,.a SirrI am opposed, earnestly, ,inexorabl5 op-
posed, to this measure. Ifthere were not ans
'other man nan in this House 10 vote against it, if
there were none to raise his voice against it, |,
atsIcast, odare stand here alone insnfy place. as
a Representative, undismaye unsedueed, un
tie rrifed, ard hcedless of the misc erable cry OF
'ttdisloyalty," of sympathy with the rebellion
and with rebels, to denouncc it as the very
consummation of the conspiracy against the
Conttitution and, the liberties of my country.
Sir, I yield to nc, man in devotion to the
Union, I am for maintaining it upon the
principles on which it was first formed and I
would have it, at. every sacrifce,s except of
honor, which is tstthe life of the .nation.9 I
have stood by it in boyhood and in manhood,
to this hour and will not now consent to
yield it ups; nor am to- be edriven1 from an
earnesti and persistent support of the only
means by which it can besrestored, either by
the threats of the party. of the AdGinistra-
ton terc, or because of affected sneersy and
contemptuous refusals. to listen, now, to re-u-
nion,, by the party of the administration at
Riclifnond. never was weak enough tolcGw,
er before the reign Of terror inaugurated by
the men il power here, nor vain enough to
expect favorable RESPONSES now, or terms of
settlement, from the men in. power, or the
presses under their control, in the South
NcitherIwill ever compromise this great quar-
rel, nor agree to peace on the basis of reunion;
but, repeat it-stop fighting, and let time.
and natural causes operate-uncontrollcd by
military infuences@and the ballot there, as
the ballot here, will do its work. 4 am for
the Uuion of these States; and but for my
profound conviction that it can never be re-
stored by force and arms or if SO restored,
could not be maintained, and would not ibe
worth maintaining 7 would have united, at
6rst-- CIV IN now would unite, cordially-in CIV
ing, as I have acqu:esced, silently, in your ta-
King, all the men and all the money, you have
demanded. But did not, belieye, and do not
now believe, that the war could end in any.
hing bur final defeat; : and if it should last
ong enough, then in disunion or, i success
Jul upon the esrrincipleso now proclaimed. that
/ must and would end in the establishments of
IN imperial military ,despotism-not only in |
he South-7but in the North and West. "A nd
% that never will submit il mo, rather, frs:
am ready toeyield upsproperiy, and liberty
,ay, life itselfaaag bas Jaow 5 10 srsbanid "a
Sir, do not propose to discuss now the !
question of the constitutionahty ofathis meas
Ire.g The CANT enfan from Ohio who preceded |
me, Dir. White has spared me the Necessity |
], an argument on that point. He has, shown |
hat between the Army of the United States
# which, blythe Constitution tire President |
f the United States is the Comm andersin- |
chief, and the militia, belonging to the States,
here is aswide and clearly: marked liner of
distinction. The distinction is fully AMI strong
y defined In the Constitution and has, be en-
in the entire legislation and prac- /
ice of the sGoEernment .fren !. the beginning.
rhe States have the right, and have always I
xereised it, of appointing the officers OIL
heir militia, and you have. no power to take T
t away Sir, this bill was originally intro
Iuced in the Senate as Z militia bill, and as
nchi it recog ognized the right Of the States. to
ppoint the officers but finding it impossible, 7
pom that basis, TO- give to the Executive of
he United States the entire coRtrol Of the
Millions thus organized into military. force,
s the conspirators against State; rights and
,opular liberty desire, the original bill was
lbandoned and to-day behold here q stupen-;
ous conscription bill for the standing army Of /
aore than three million men, forced from
heir homes, their families, their, fields and /
heir work shops; an army organized, ofhcered,
nd cornfan anded by the servant President, now
he master dictator of the United States
md for swhat2i Foreign swarsg Homo de-
ense 27uFos sbata for coercion, invasion, and I
he aBoiitien'oi negro slavery by force. Sir,
he seenscriptionoof Russia is mild and merci-
urand just compared with this And yet
hen enenforoement ofsthat conscIiption has just
si rred again the Numbering spirit Hof insnr-
ection in Poland, thoug b the heel Of despot-
c power has tfodden upon the neeks of her
cople for a century, npisU 9a3 f9i Ef| i
Where, now, are your taunts and denuncia.
ions sheaped upon he.ssconfsdeTate govern
aent for Its CONSUMPTION when yon, yourselves,
ecome the humble imitators Of that govern
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