The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-03-25

mercies we have yerylittle faith in, and the
cup OF bis inquiry not being full, he proposes
toadtaft 500, 900 more Democrats (the abol-
%tionists being all disabled either physically OF
meptaliy9 to- fill up the. places of those al
ready butcherd for the purpose of freeing
the negro: = Therefor e. 2 II trg8ssa
Rcsoised, That NE are opposed to the fur
ther prosecution of this war for the nurpose
It Is now. waged, namely the abolition of sla-
very and the destruction of our free govern
ment. G'ats ,,s'aesa A.ss>J 70 iaHea> eI-
Resofred, That we will give neither. men
nor money for the prosecution of this :unholy,
unnatural and unealled for war by which al.
ready a large portion of our once fertile and
highly cultivated landsshave been made a bar.
rem waste, and Thousands of happy homes
made desolatc, and by which, "a wall of woe
has been raisGd from nearly every household
over the entire North-ever a father, husband.
brother or lover, slain In this fratricidal strife.
ResoiOed, That the Emancipation Procla-
nation, the CoDfscaticn act, the CONSUMPTION
act, the suspensions efthes writ ef ha6eas COR
Pus are unconstitutional, illegalsand d~espotic.
showing the ;mbecility and weakness of the
administration and are 50. manystops towards
the desiruetioa6f our Liberties rs American
~citizens. -saf -gF ~ - -
Reso'0ed, That the present Administrations !
is incompetent to run the old ship Constitu-
have run her on the brakers known |
6y seaman as the 'nigger,t and the waves of
Emancipation, Con6scation, CONSUMPTION and
corruption are washing away one after anotI Dr.
the guards that surrounded that good old
ship; already the main mast, called hal
0eas corpus has been washed overheard, and
unless she is manned by a Democratic CREW
must soon sink to rise no more.
Resoteed, That We deeply sympathizo with
our sister States where the Administrator
have set up. a military despotism, depriyine
the inhabitants. of free speech, a free press. and
the privilege of the elective franchise unless
they vote the negro ticket, but we -hepe the
day is not very far distant when they will
again enjoy the privilege of free American
and when their Abolition prosecutors
reposing in Abraham's bosom will be awav
Gown ln-not IN Dixie, but in a warmer eli
mate, where they viii never disturb you again.
lfesotced. That as, the. Abolition tories are /
secret societies and arming themselves
FOR the purpose OF crushing out the Demo-
cratic party IT they refuse to fall down and
worship the negro, 1t is a duy we owe to
ourselves, to our fathers, and to our couu try
to provide ourselves with such arms and NM
milton as we may think necessary to defend
our homes and persons from an attack bv
these midni b alsasinsi
ResotOed, That if the Aboll. ion thieves and
raItors, with Abraham Lincoln at their head
mall attempt the destruction .af tbs, property
IT the: injury of the person of any democrat,
VIII regard the lar of retaliation as our
and vii! only stop when; it has been exc
'uted ID the ratio of seventy times seven. Ii
Resoloea, That the, preamble and ;resolu- 5
ions 3e published in the Ashland Union. !,
,-BaaJOBN WOODBuRN, Chm j
GEO. J.-B. SLOAN, See'y.