Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-03-07

tiubp w QhNs uhu Oeeu eieCieu EEestuoo'
insGesd Of Mr.. Lincoln, they could have en-
dured this Constitution four years longer;
But they reludiatrdit because the party
poser had d-depastOd.fFOm them. They pre-
eipitated. revolution, making the slavery
anestion tho prelext, because upon il they
could most readily mite the people Of the
South II this principle Of rsyolu lion we're
admitted after each election, TO what end
would il lead 7, To anarchy. worse II pos,
sble than that which reigns in Mexico
This was the issue presented to the people
Of the Uuited States What was our true
policy g. He had declared in the senate Of
the United States bis iptention TO stand by !
the Government which had been constitu-
tionally elected rt5 pos ab v.TI Il
5Hjli DIsuION DKLiRRRAIKLT PLOTTED. 4
He said il was bad euoughsfor South.
ern man to raise bis s'sscrilegious band against
bis country, but II was q great deal worse
for man hsrsfto sympsthize with bin
The historical fact, however, is that there
was among the followers Of Calhoun pre-.
meditated scheme TO break up this Gov
ernment. The Montgomery Advertiser, q
leading Southern paper, Declared that there
had been no precipitate fevo'niiou With
tie GOODNESS Of deiberstioG' tbe subject had
I been thought Of for forty years. He verified
this by reading the original mSOuseripl copy
of letter If Andrew jackson, in which
| that old hero says OF the Calhoun conspira
cy. that the tarffwas only the pretexI, and
disunion and a Southern CoIdedercy we're
the real objects, and then makes that won
! derfBf prediction that the next pretext will
be the negro aud the Slavery question
COMPLAINTS AoA1Ssr rHE ADMINISTRATION.
Where is the great wrong this Admins,
tration has done, that these men of the
Nor, aBd South should assail it II /
complsin of il, il is not because Of what it
has done, but because it has not been more
resolute in trsmpling the coHspirAtors nndeT
foot Who commenced the war The
rebel sympathzers fsrget that JEFF Davis
net ouly violated the Constitution, bat has
torn into pieces and lrsmpled it under foot.
Somehow, they can see all the blunders
10 the party in power, but they have never
discovered that there has been q total de-
structiOn Of ali constitutional rights in the
South. They do not see any wrong among
them--it is oRlY here. r-.ot .... ..a f,.s
TUE REBELS AND THEIR NORTHERN sYNPATHIzERs
But new, what is the song of those dowr
South engaged directly in Secession, auC
their sympathizers up North? II am for th,
,, Consultation as it is, and the Union as il
was, [Iuughterl for the Union as it was apc
upon old party differences and bases w.
wM get mp party quarrel what will you
Do by it 7 Yon give enemies with arms IL
their hands aid aud comfort, and what d.
these enemies say of you I? When they talk
of northwestern Confederscy,of of an armis.
tice, aud peace, they are laughing at you,
and treating you with perfect contempt
Nothing will suit them but recognition.
Let me ask the rebel sympa, hizers Of In
diaus . question: While yeur bowels o
compassion are yearDing towrd JET. Davi
asd his eonfsderates have you forgotten
that there sre some Union men down South hi
1--WE want compromise" What p
compromise with traitors IN arms? Vol
ces, ''never"l have not rome as d beg
! gar, but / come IN the name of the Consti
tStion Of che Uuited Safes, and l demand
that this rebellion shall be put down ander
the Constitution, which declares that the
Unised States shall guarantee TO every
State republican from Of government
call upoa the sympstbizsrs here, l demand
Of you ia he name Of the CONSTRUCTION the
protection and support Of the guarantee
/ say in the hame Of the Goustrtutioififr re-
lief aud redemption is not extended 10 that
portion Of the people Of Tennessee, cast OF
the CumOerlana Mountains, who ore, net
excrpling you bere IN Indiana, the most
loyal peOpe Of the U. States, for they have
been loyal when men hadt 10 dare to be 10y,
al, While you have men here who are 10y al
because they dare BOT be otherwise.
IT. say, redemption does not come soon
10 thai hunted aud outraged people. will
come TO Indiana, To Illinois aud The Great
Northwest, and plead for q chosen baad Of
'wen to redeem IT,. Voices, you shall have
them. Complain Of this wsrl i kaow
il is painful 10 see a father or q son come
home mangled !; bui il is oae Of those Incl.
dents that grow out of q civil war like this.
There is o fearful responsibility resting
somewhere, and those who precipitaled llis
unhOly war, the blood is Dpoa their skirts
You who have brought this war on !; You
who have set brothers against brothers
you who have converted our fertile fields
Y
into barren aud desolate v asres !; .yon vi ho
have caused all these corpse 10 be made
sho have hastened brave boys AID fathers
10 eteruity from The cannoB's mouth you
Sho have done all this, let me ask you to
lht nP your hand aud see if it does not look
red with blood. Bot justice will come
The slower its pace the saler It's bIow.r
TIE IsTEST OF rSs coNsPIRATORa o.
! Then, alludiOg again to the intention oil
the censpirators to establish sl artist oeracy
Governor JohnSon remarked God did moi
create The being to be my master. Let me
Tell you nov in view Of the efforts being
3 made % divide you in the North, the lime
S nas arrlysd when The tyrants rod should
/, Pc broken and the ceptiVe setfree, IThii
endorsement OF The proclamaiich caused TIRE