The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-02-25

and patriotism, end in hate and disunion 1t
has already determined not to allow the De-
-mocracy to save the Union or TO attempt it,
till they have made sure of its eternal destrue-
ton. IChoers But by the God CT our faith
ers I though the Union be shattered ; though
Its bleeding fragments may seek temporary
alliance Fast and West, the Democracy will, if
1t take a lustrum 10 do it, fight under tho old
consolidated banner, making-its order of march
an order Of battle from now until 1864 for the
restoration of THE UNION AS 1T WAS. by the SUI
premaay tt CONSTITUTION AS IrIs! Tire
mendous cheering. during which the audience
rose to their feet Three cheers were given for
the speaker and three for 0hio) Let the mid
die, and western, and Border Statcs stand firm.
(Applause.) I thank you for your cheers for
Ohio. She will respond again and again, till
1864 shall restore to power the Democratic
party, which alone can give the people this
great salvation. (Chcers) Already | am glad
to hear that a hundred associations like this
which Was the nucleus of an organization by
which you saved New York last fall-are spring
ing up to your aid (Cheers.) Let us move
on in the work. The Gissonant din of these
biologists ofNcw England will be drowned in
the popular voice the fratricidal hate they
have engendere i will be assuaged, and into
the lacerated bosom of this nation will DO
poured the hallowed and healing. spirit of mu-
tual confidence and Cancellation. Thus will the
nation reform itself! tremendous and con-
tinued applacse.) 5e
MIR. Cox closed by saying, that such conf
conce and Cancellation could never came form
the spirit of Puritanisn but thanks to New
England-aye, to New England better and
more Christian spirit had been enshrined in
the poetry ofOlivcr Wendell Holmes, aIsen of
Massachusetts, whose beautiful lyric upon Car
DINA he had been requested to repeat to the
audience by a New York Democrat now in
Washington, Frederick T. Cozzens, himself an
author known to tho whole country. Mr.
Cox, then ercrited the following :salzs assd7
She has has left Us in passion and pride:
Our stcrmyzbrowed sister. SO long at our side -
She has torn her own star from the ornaments
glow da 71a lea5a -nT5 f35f.5
And turned on her brother the face ola foe ) 4
o, Caroline, Caroline, child of the sun, =
We can never forget that eur hearts h.ye been
cne; f
Our foreheads both sprinkled in Eiberty's name,
From inc fountain of blood with the finger of
5. flame!
You were always too ready TO fire at q touch; =
But We said "She is hasty-she does not mean
much"
We have scowled when you uttered some turbulent
threat;
get"
Has our love all died out ! Have its affairs grown
cold
HIS the curse come at last which the fathers fore
toldf:
Then Nature must teach us the strength of the chain
That her pet"lent children would sever in vain.
They may fight till the buzzarGs are gorged with
their spell,
Till the harvest grows black as it rots in the soil,
Till the wolves and the catamounts troop from their
caves,
And the spark tracks the pirate. the lord of the
In vain is the strife F, When the fury is past,
Their fortunes must flow in one channel at last
(cteers y
As the torrent is III at rush from the mountains OF
snow
Roll mingled in peace through the valley below.
Our Union is river, lake, ocean, and sky;
Man breaks not the medal when God cuts the die
Though darkened with sulphur, though cloven with
steel,
The blue arch will brighten, tho waters will heal.
o Caroline, Caroline, child of the sun,
There are battles with fate that can ne, err be won;
The st~ar-howing banner must never be furled,
For its blossoms of light are the hope of the world
[Applause.
Go, then, our rash sister! afar and aloof,
Run wild in the sunshine away from our roof ).
But whcn your heart aches and your feet have grown
Us sore,
Remember the pathway that leads to our door
s2 lls ,f..-H ODDS [Applause.