The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-05-13
zaH. From the Seneca Advertiser.
TWO RECORDS 8s5
The Record Of the Democratic Part,

The record of the Democratic Party is one
of which its members may be justly proud.
The Democratic Party gained the ascendency
in the ADMINISTRATORS Of this Government at
the opening Of The present century, and main
tained1that ascendeacy, without material inter
ruption, for nearly sixty years.. Z
During that long period the country was
conducted through two foreign wars, and on
several occasions when disnnion seemed inayi
table the crisis was passed by. wise counsel,
and Just measures of compromise. The Re-
public grew fren sixteen feeble States to a
great and powerful confederacy, numbering
thirty-four States, and thirty-pne millions of
people, and the enjoyment of the wealth, cai-
t~ivation, power, and liberty, necessary tosa
great and prosperous people. The Constitu-
tion of the Republic was maintained, and the
chartered rights ofspeech, of press, oftrialby
jury, and the privilege Of the writ of ha6eas
corpus, were preserved as bequeathed to US by
our fathers. Such a thing as a political pris-
oner", was not heard of in all that time. No
man was arrested on a telegraph dispatch, or
a letare de eaehet, and the idea of usurping
powers expressly withheld from the General
Government, and dangerous to the liberties of
the people, was never dreamed of. The Dem
ocratic, party tried, when these troubles came
upon us, TO avert civil war, and save the
Union, as they had repeatedly done before,
by peaceable adjustment, alike honorable to
both sections. Buttheir conhsels we're not list
ened toIsuch s.blood letters" as CHANDLER,
of Michigan, had their way and the country is
at war. Reader shavey you lately perused that
letter of CHANDLER. IF not, read it now.
On the a11th of February, 1861, Senator
Chandler tel~egraphed to Gpv Blair, of Michi-
gan as follows:
My DEAR GOVERNOR: Governor Bingham
and myself telegraphed you on Saturday, at
the request of Massachusetts, and New York,
to send delegates to the Peace or Compromise
Congress. They admit that We sre right and
they arc wrong,athat up Republican State
should have sent delegates; but they are here
and can't get away Ohie, Indiana; and Rhode
Island are caUing in, and there is danger of
Illinois, and now they beg of us for Gods
sake to come to their rescue, and save the
Repu6ican party from ,rypfu-e. I hope you
will send sfif.6dcked men or none. The
whole thing was got up against my judgment
and advice, and will end in thick smoke, still
I hope, as a matter of courtesy to some of our
erring brethren, that you will send the dele
gates. Truly your friend,
q. CHANDLER.
His Excellency, Austin Blair.
2. S-Some of the manufacturing States
think that a fight would be awful, without a
Title blood letting, ibis Union could not, in
my estimation, be north a rush. ssa4H
"They beg of us for Gods sake to come to
Their rescue, and save the REPUBLICAN PAR
TY FROM RUPTURE" Possible! Don't want
them to come to the rescue of the Unionl
o, no. The Governor iced not send men to
save the eountry-it is the "Republican par
which is in danger. That must be saved.
The Union may go The. Constitution may be
All this is of no account, Come,
Governor of Michigan, to the erescue" CT the
Republican party.ns ''For Gods sake comcl'
Hurry up your delegates 70 a pEAcE conyen-
ion SO as to prevent q settlement of our diff
,ulties in q PEAcEFUL MANNER "Ohio, In
lima and Rhode. Island are eaving i'm and
here is danger ofHlinois." These States are
imposed, to ebIood-letting," and their infu-
must be resisted by Michigan delegates
dake5ohaste; II Goyernor1efor Gods sake,H