Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-08-22

incl? resolutions, did not come TO the point
OF declaring open resistance to the Govern.
ment Burned they ever SO much to do SO.
they forborc. Having o standard nearer
whose words and dongs were sufficient
guarantee on that score, they could afford
to let the resolutions be silent. In Illinois
however, the anti Unionists were too full to
be discreet. The following clause in their
resolutions comes to the point;
We hereby deliberately and firmly pledge
ourselves one to the other, that We qeM mt
render oRy support 10 the present Admins.
lration IN carrying on his wicked Abolition
crusade against The Suth; that We viii re
std 10 lie de7M ali attempts le draft any of
our citizens into the army; aud that we
will permit no arbitrary arrests 10 be made
among us by Tie miniUus of thh Admins
tratiOn. .... .
Such is the talk Of Ihoe men who sqarm
because they are called traitors: and they
nrc Democrats, forsoojh! and worship
around hickory poles good old Andrew
Jackson Dcmocrnts-so they tell the pto.
pie. Resist the draft? Yes, to the
dcalhp And why? Oh, its 'unconsiitu.
tonal;' and the war on Abolition crusade,
&c.
Gen. Jackson, in his Farewell Address
to the People of the United States, laid
down the American doctrioe with regard
10 testing the constilutionality Of lave, as
follows. raaf.
Bat in order to maintain the Union un.
impaired it is absolutely necessary hat the
laws passed by the constituted authorities
should be faithfully executed in every part
OF the country, aud that every good citizen
should, ut all times, stand ready TO pnt
down, with the combined fo;ce of the na.
tion, every attempt at Unlawful resistance,
under VIII tcyer pretext it may be made,
or whatever shape il may assam. IN
constitutional or oppressive laws may no
doubt be passed by Congress, either from
erroneous views, or the want Of due con
sideration; if they are within reach Of jl
dcal Authority, the remedy is easy and
peaceful; and if, from the characc CT. of the
law, it is an abuse of power not within the
control OF the judiciary, then free discussion
and calm appeals to reason and to the Jus.
tce of the peaple, will not fail to- redress
the wong. Bat until The law shall be de-
clared void 10y the courts, or repealed hy
Congress, no individual or combination of
individuals, can be justified in forclblyrc
sisting its execution. 1t is impossible that
any government continue to exist upon any
other principles. 1t would cease 10 bc u
government, and be unworthy Of the name,
if it had not the power to cnlorce the exc
cution Of its own laws within its own sphere
OF action.
Nov, you good old jackson Democrat
you voted for Old Hickory, and have
sworn by him ever since, and it was nothing
but a good Old Jackson frmuess that made
yen hold on to The name of Democracy so
long after it became mockery--jnst put
this to that, and see who yon are riding
with TO day. In the same old wagon, to
be sure, labeled Democracy but new
drivers, new leaders, and they have spun
the oil vehicle around uuih East is West
20 you, and North is South-you have lost
the poia,s Of the compass in the giddy
whirl. -.a ..r. &. ...U.- .. ..... -..
, We advise cEcry man who honestly.
lthhks he is Democrat, and is acting with
the Vallnndigham-rcSist to-the death party,
to put this to that, and take reckoning
aad get hiala.ituie ana longitude before he
goes fur ther. lo l,.ut 9jl .I neo .