The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-06-03
A MOST IMPORTANT ARTICLE
FOR EVERYBODY TO READ.

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A MOST IMPORTANT ARTICLE
FOR EVERYBODY TO READ.
We hope the following article may be read
by every man in the country, Democrat, Re
publican, Abolitionist. Old Line Wing, or un
der whatever name or creed he may sail. Il
comes just in time, and in just that catholic
spirit which should make every man reflect
capable of reflection. We are well aware tina,
a great many people, unfortunately for oui
poor, bleeding country, are past reflection
they are given over to the evil passions of the
hour, and tie world must get along without
them, as the dross of the consuming fire.
The author of this article, the Hon JAMES
brooks, of the New York Express, and laem
Der of Congress from the City of New York,
is not as one speaking from random. His po-
sition, rot a. a partisan, as he fully informs
us, is one which should command respect if
his warnings do not carry with them absolute
conviction. Fools, men of corrupt miads, OF
those of reck- ess fortunes, may cry suppress
his paper and s:n1 him to q bastile, but that
will not meet the question, nor change the
| destiny of our common country. IF reckless
ly blundering from one untric1 experiment to
another would save the country or people, we
would to-day be one of the best saved nations
on earth. But what is the result after two
years experimenting, starting from a point the
most powerful and hopeful, surrounded by all
the clements of success and security of per
al rights and con: forts, we have launched into
an almost universal state of anarchy and de
spondency, hourly and most rapidly approach
ing a procipice which every body is striving
to avoid, and every one protesting innocence
yet On VIC, rush, in tormoil and confusion, dash.
ing aside every safeguard, every beaten path
every line Of demarkation, and striking into
open fields, into wild and unblazed thickets
aud into the timber dense, tall and darkene9
from the light of the sun.
Let or eastern friends not deceive them
selves with the belief that what has occurred
West may not transfer itself beyond the noun
tains. When we warned our friends here 81,
months ago, that what had occurred in Mis-
souri,, Kentucky, Western Virginia. and Mary
land, would be tried upon the whole West, ant
begged of them to have their political organ
~izations in advance, so if possible to avoid thu
excuse or pretext of trouble, many of then
heard US with the utmost incredulity, and CRIED
ont eimpossiblc." 1t is true that som o
these men are found deep in contracts ant
cotton speculatiors, and a few of them hav,
been heard to rejoice at VALLANDIGHAM's ar
rest. But they deceived many, were stron!
enough from positions they held in the part,
to delay, kelay, wait, wait. and now plead tn
most ab?ect submission. Just such men will
be found in the East, betraying their part.
and in actual leagues with the Administratio
encouraging it on to acts which otherwis
might have been avoided, as they are who'll.
useless, unnecessary and most dangerous t
the public peace. They are neither friend
to the country, administration, nor to human
kind. Would to God, as the Express prays
that some Republicans, yet not wholly lost t
all reason and common sense, and who ca
reach the car of authority, would step in an,
put aside those Eho are recklessly %runnin
the government idto all sorts of disorders an,
impossible experiments.-Crisis
From the New York Express.
An Appeal to Republicans.
The Republican party of this city abound
in such eminent men as R.. r. Minturn. A. A
Low, James Galla.in-types, of a thousan
like men, perhaps, who mean right, nothin!
but right, and who have no earthly interet
but in doing right-to whom, if we were sur
of a welcome reception, we would go at night
all night even, and IMPLoRE, CoNJURE then
by the most sacred and solemn appeal, I
Pause /! to PAUSE to PAUSEl They al
successful business mer-but from being SUI
cessful business men, inexperienced in polit
cal affairs, and from not being ever on the r
~litical Lookout, seldom seeing things till the
come. We met some of them in private cor
s~ultation prior to the great outbreak of tt
civil war, and they will bear I itncss that u
then but foretold to them the crash i~mpsndin.
with all the present results, and hence, pc
haps. they may now heed aword more from u
Another CRASH is impending, and such me-
as they arc by their interposition, can alor
avert impending events. The crash may n
reach the Eastern Central States or New Fl
f gland-but a crash is impending that will IN
must react upon us fatally-lf the Gen. Bur
= sides, and the General Hascalls are mach lo
!, ger permitted to bear sway. The Westei
| people, no matter what are the consequence
are too high toned, too brave, long to subm
to military despotisD. Their tcholc souls mn
revoh against III. Submission will exist
7 long as hope exists of relief, or redress-b
whcn hope expires, instruction will certain
come. bl