The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-30


victory has crowned the efforts of our armies
to prevent calamnities in the future. Withir
the last two months the army mas gained sig
nal victories. Heretofore it was felt that any
spoEcy calculated TOWN back the South woulc
appear as the, result of defeat and Disaster
eA1l men felt that while we had failed to as Jer
i1our power, endurance and resources in the eye.
] of the world, such policy might lead to comph
cations aud difficulties in the future, and al
men We're ready to wait until the time shoulc
come, when the government consistently with
pride, magnanimity and generosity, might mark
out policy that would unite the people of the
Northa one man forthe future Now, Iappea
to you. what should be the policy in the lhoul
of victory Wien the government has had
great and signal successes, which vindicate its
power in the eyes of the world, l ask you i
that policy should not be generous and mag
unanimous one? We have reached point where
the future policy of the government must be
marked out Shall it be that of subjuga.ioni
Shall we declare, that by force, and force alone
great States shall be held within the limits oi
this Confcderacy State stripped of the
character of State, and forbidden to return
l-again to the Union, except on terms inconsis
tent with constitutional rights, inconsistent
with the dignity of the States which make up
this great and glorious Union? cloud cheers
What does that policy imply? The shedding
| of blood, the exhausting of treasure, the con.
tinuance for an indefinite time of devastating
war, which, when it, has reached its highest
success, must still go on, and the wealth of the
north wasted to hold the South in military sub.
lection. It can lead to but one result There
is no man that does not know and admit that
the indefinite continuance of war, with all its
vast expenditure, must ultimately end innna-
ha Il r,1ir Sbon
upon line of policy that promises no end to
the struggle, that may sacrifice blood and trea
sure without limit which involves the uncer-
tainties of the future, the dangers Of defeat
the Liabilities of foreign intervention, IA ther
than sacrifice one passion, one prejudice, or
do one act of ofmagnanimity or generosity? That
is the one policy; now, what is the other? /
appeal once aeain, to our Republican friends
that, laying aside all party passions and pref
udlces, they meet with us in the spirit of men
who love their country and are prepared to
make any and every sacrifice to uphold its
cause, that we may superadd to the power of
force the power Of Cancellation. Is there not
more hope for immediate restoration of the
Union, moro hope of stopping this enormous
expenditure of treasure and blood which is
carrying down young men to early graves, if
we show to the world that we are prepared to
enter upon generous and eonciliatory line of
policy! How can any one object to policy
that would unite the people of the North and
wake at the South whatever there is of love
of the Union or lingering attachment to its
flag. which L believe slumbers and sleeps but
is not dead ask if magnanimity, patriotism
true statesmanship-if every large and noble
feeling does not now impel US to say that it is
the duty of the party which has shown itself
most powerful in military affairs to be mapnan-
nd 70 cIa hofo Il,
and say Our brother has not crouched down
before us; we have not trampled upon him !;
we have not gratiGed our passions and malice
and hate Is that position as noble as TO
say in the moment of our triumph: Return
to this Union, return to your allegiance, and
every right you have as states. as communities,
as individuals, shall be preserved to you sa-
cred and inviolate ? cloud cheers We are
brought to that stage of this war when men
must choose between two true lines of policy
Our armies are. triumphant in the field, our
soldiers have yindicateds their courage and
patriotism they have shown themselves
ready to sacrifice home and all that men hold
dear, and life itself, and the question comes
back to us who have not been in the field
Will we make sacrifces of pride and passion
and give power to the armies by declaring
that we enter upon policy that superadds
Cancellation to force His excellency then re-
ferred to the letter of tie President, addressed
to the Republican State Convention He was
willing to leave the emancipation policy where
the President had left it. If valid it must
stand, and if invalid, it will fall, and it must
fall, because it is invalid. (Great cheering
He entirely agreed with the President when
he dclared the emancipation policy to be one
of those things entirely imperative and abs
surd, and only bull against the comet. But
he read the letter with regret, because it does
not apparently contemplate any end to the
war, or propose policy that Will bring it to
an end in any time consistent with the safety
and interest of the American government. On
the other hand, we are ready to mark out the
policy on the subject, and to call upon this
government to declare that its policy shall be
conciliatory, and if the South returns it will
return with all its rights as they are marked
out in the Constitution of the country
Whether the government was ready. to say
that or not, the speaker for one was ready, and
he believed that party greater than the gov
ernmentan more powerful than those in Office
was ready-he meant that great conservative
party-to guarantee to the South its entire
rights upon its return to the Union. He had
never sought to embarrass the government,
but to uphold its armies and send succer to
those battling there, and he denied himself
the ordinary recreations demanded by The in-
frmities of man, toiled until the hours of mid
night, that he might do his duty to that por.
tion Of the army from the State of New. York
He had issued more than five thousand COM
missions, and he did not believe the govean-,
ment could find any just dissatisfaction with
his action in that matter. Referring to his
action in dispatehing troops to Pennsylvania,
he gave all the credit to the soldiers who re-
sponded to the call.
In conclusion, he againlexpressed his hope
fulness of theifuture. He never believed that
the rights of States would be destroyed; they
had seen what hayonets mi ght to displace
ballots at other quarters, but the principles of
civil liberty and constitutional Law, anc the
wisdom of the fathers, will outliye all the folly
Of their successors. One good result of the war
was that we had learned tbs value of the Union.
Lessons had been taught necessary to fit US for
enjoying the Institutions of our country qp4
der those institutions they hpd grown in eighty
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