The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-05-20
Democratic, Meeting.

A. NJ. JACKSON, Esq of Bucyrus, address;
SGD :the Madison Tp.sEDemo&cptic fElab on
saturday night last, at Millers Hall. A large
number of ladies as well as gentlemen were
present. The speaker was introduced to the
audience bysthes Ffesident of fhe Club, DR.,
WN. BqsHNsELLs IHHs, c0mmercedi 10 his speech
of some twoahours and a half, at the origin Of
our National fd~ihcuitieeSs : and said that as
early as sos, an iEpgIsh emmizsary was sent
here to stir up strife between the two sections,
but. Het withflittle benccessHsfreda thedathers
ofoodr country who Knew too well what t aost
To- secure our free liberties and the 6tessin 90
of a frecFi @ Government In 1885, however,
the ehnae@mics Of American Indepeadencetimet
at lExetets1Halb, sinooLondon,,i. to send another
emmissarFrto inaagprate an antislaveryi party
in the Northern Stat=sboFrg America, as the
best means of effecting tssir object. They
found a willing Instruments in a man named
lie came,.sartcd the sbafl ID
sBoston,-got a portioasof the ministry eagas1
CD in it; inauguratcd NE abolition party nndqr
The leadership of " ,EeydG harrison, Pailips,
Bginey and others, who soon found they lack.
cd9an anti-slavcry Bible, and mostsof tie
leaders consequently ran into in6del.ty. Ehro'
ansanti slavery ministry. they soon carried 1t
into Sabbath Schools, Seminhries and Colleges;
where the children asl Young men might he,
taught and disciplined-as batcrs = The Son h
cEn section Of our Union,-step by step they
progressed until they had the North sufi-
fciently aboiitionizsd to swallow up the greater
portion ofthel Wing and inaugurate the Re
publican orAbolition party, which nominated
Fremont, and afterward lincoln, upon an. anti
Slavery platform, whox succeeded upoathis
platform IN efecting a President, although by
a minoritysofH votes. The President elect,
started from his homeih Springfield, Ill, ma
khg his fist speechat indianapolis, Ind
where he fidiculed th~idca of Sorthrans with
drawing from the Uaions-said "no body was
hurt" and repeated pretty much the same
where ovlations were given him until he reach
edIIarrisbursb, whereshe adopted the Scotch
plaid to disguise himself and thus 90 into
Washington, lest he h;fnse elf might be shurt ?
Mr.. JACKSON then read from the Constitu-
ton, the oath required to be taken by the Pres
idept, to administer thee Government in accori
dance with the Constitution, and dwelt with
much ~fCrceppoa thes Aconstitutiopal obliga-1
tiens ENTHUSIASTICALLY had been SO grossly
violated blythe President and Congress. he
depicted inaglaring colors the chicanery of the
President fmreaching't the grand object Of the
Repubiican or Abolitiop.party,-the abolition
ofSlavery atsEhatever expense, Compromise
va, scouted at by the Powers at ri a~shington
before a blowshad been struck by the rebels
bfsthe South Senator Chandler, of Michigan,
didn't want Michigan REPRESENTED even in the
Peace Congress /; and would rather see "a lit
tfssblooo-letting," than compromise with
lav e-holdqssuiThus had things been forced
to a crisisFEery co~n.Prsmise offered was del
feated and .3fooeed at blythe Republicans. when
a national Eesssl was sent to Fort Sumter
which was fred upon bys the rebels, and thus
the t'blood 1ettihg began"
Nr. acks9as showed gp the Presidents in
co Ssteucyh a most unenviahle light-that
it was but aips days aftcFshis d smissal of the
Chicago coNasittee with his significant allu1
Heissued lbs Kmancipatton Praelamation,-
And usurpaEon after usarpa.ion 5f1unwarran
tedspowersR safe succseded, until his party
seem to think that old 4fe is himself the Gov.
erpment, ahdEsAould besso accredited. Mr.,
Jackson corrupted a largsz6eld in 1his speech,
and>we are ebtisscd to leave unnoticed many
points he made He was particularly severe
on the edict of Brigadfer General Hascall,
WHICH overrides the Constitution Er9ush shod
as regards the liberty sf@speech Ga1d of the
Press. But so long as the ballot box was
lefs free to the People ne had acorrective in
that; but he had liitleseonfdenee that that
birth right would long Iepsin wishus.
Al the conclusion oHzMr. Jacisop's speech
the~ President annouuce&4hat FRANK HURD,
Esq. of Mt. Vernon, Would address the Club
ON SATURDAY next.-Shsska and Raaner.
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A:Voice from jackson Township.
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