The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-01-28

one winters campaign of arduous toll and ex
4 pesuEe,, demoralized it and reduced its numbe
so that at the end of fourteen months thel
seemed insufficient to guard our W borders
the rebels were about to invade cur owl
| States at seve raj points. b.
Six hundred thousand mod men we're thel
prescribed as the only, and sufficient remed,
to dri Ve back the daring foe. +.
This mighty army was. aeon brought int
the field, and as it moved soutAward in gigan
tic columns it was thought that nothing coulS
halt or checkpsuoRra ~fefee5bAtr like a hurfi
cane, it would scatter every obstacle that ar
and nature ic6uld produce. But the history
hof the last few months reveals the sad tale
that our enemy have eoted, with u, and me
us vita sash fupd sunted strength and bravery
thasswe'a as 5yet, have been unable to dislodge
lthem from their strong hold.3
WhT isG6 that we have met with SO many
reverses !? Is it because 1wethave not enough
men !, mo Sir, I'VE have double the number Of
our enemy 1t is, because the Northern army
has been farfnR too sumptuousy. andthe rebel
army starving forp theEIast two years p III! SO,
keep back' your bard: crackers and let rs starve
a little Rhilet' 4sea}t q X
Al know there are mapy,leyer readytto apollo
giEe for our, misfortnuss but the soldiers are
not wiling to accept any other apology than
mismanagement on the part of the Admins
tration deception, total ignorance. aud want
of honesty : Had Abraham Lincoln pursued
a straightsforward course, and adhered to- the
spirit and letter of The Constitutions, to-day
the old Union would be in the beighth of
prosperity. Look al bis course in hls lnapg-
ural Message no uses sAe foiewing iaggnagse:
= "Appreheusion seems to-exist amongHthe
people Of the Southern States that, by an ac-
cession of a Repablican administration their
property and their peace and personal society
to be endangered. There-neverfhas been any
reasonable, oause for such apprehensions. In
deed, sthettpbst apiplsl evidence to the contrary
has all the while existed, and been, open to,
their inspection.4 It is found in nearly all the
public speeches of him who now addresses
you. II do.net quote ttoH9s iop9 of those
Speeches when 1 declare that [ have no 'pIfD
pose directly Eor Indirectly to interfere with
slavery in'the States where it now exists. |
have no ineiinstiop t.. do &c. rtd
If Mr.. Lincoln would have adhered to the
words and labored with zeal and, energy
% persuade the rebels from the.beief that he
was gong to interfere wi b Slavery. he might
have eonTerted thousands to the Union cause
and saved hundreds from taking that fatal
step. But instead of convincing the enemy,
he and his colleagues ercscontihnaifg opera
ting on netro Emancipation and thus aggriva-
ting the South aud swelling their forces. On |
22d day Of September, 1862, Mr.. Lincoln
e out in his rue eoforss; 4heissued a Rroc-I
in which he declared if the seeded
wiilreplafa IN rebcilioh aftefthe first Of
January, 1868, their slaves shall be forever
free. What hassMr. lincoln doae T. Why he
has made true the sayings of; Jeff Dayis,
~Yancy4and an the leading tcoRsp5Shsors
If The South, and disregarded his promise in
MS Inaugural. He has committed the same
,fense for which he removed Fremont and re-
'uoiated Gen. Hunter. ovT&A nETgad
But the plea of military necessity" has in
iuced him to resort to immediate emancipa-
ion In the name of dom non sense what do
men thlnk when they urge this plsa-every
citizen that hsssany, claim to i9telli-1
,ence kno VS. that the int rferehea with Isla1
'ery in the District of Columbia and etse-t
shere5 has.done more to swell the rebel army
ban any inducement that tho South could
hold cut i 0Ie.ID HIE. 1ikI04t
Instead of "military necessity, it has been
military cause and a drawback on the part
IF the government. There are but few sol-l
Tiers that endorse the Presidents ProclaDa-
ion, while the great Eqss abbBr .itt taDd de-
lounce it as a document filed with poison,
and perjury Our brave soldiers are
in the field TO maintain that winch a
ebellious crew are tryingR overthrow and
yhile thus excrting their united energies
i~gainsta cunning enemy, our President isl
into their hapda. Have we not Alright
o complain You must know that the Amer
can ARMY is the most intelligent and enlight-
,ned that ever was msrshalei in the field of
.,attle. They have been deceived, met With
he most nigsardly treatment and have been
made tools in, the hands Of wagering dupes.-t
But sir, they have been deceived once too of
en-they have not been sleeping in ignorance
this while. Is
z Let Abraham Lincoln and his horde of sy-
go on with their negro devotion,
aegroi folly and.shegro equality, but lets the
World knoy that the so ldiers desire the Union
IF our. fathers and the Constitution framed by |
hem, and that alone. Amid the reverse and
rails our country meets on all sides, an anx-
people are looking to the Administrator
skiing and praying for some wholesome meas I
ire, thai may prove, effective in Nq%ltuelhng this
'ebclliouu.: ~. 81 GO .
BFt their prayers, arc IN .yaiipJ and as we
urn iourA eyes to-the proud Capitol OF cur
WHICH was reared for the representa-
iRestof the whise-raee, We find il - a,possess-
ON of those who are strivingfo strip the white
ran of his true glory and place it upon the
husky brow of the worthless A African. Only
few months agos Mr8Sumaerss II. S Senator
ipo HLiStiS ~ lit hSpuDiASau OIdtE convention Il
'fTMass, he referred to thefincidsnniD Bank's1
etreat before JACKSON of,t6er iittIs slave sirl
IN her way to freedom 1whol gas lifiad upon
he natioFaEcappon and carried away i, safety
his act of lifting this little girl onla cannon
md carrying, her cut ofsdsnger, is pronounccd1
" Mr. Sumner, ssthe Ebrighte It. most touch
ng an isRsQst Suggestive Of the whole war.1+
horrible what u consnmmate -foolIl Did
yer man talkfaenesense & Nay, worse than]
onsense, 6vas &ii a9sa saaHH +
Soldiers of the Emitted States Army, what
this inhuman wretch think of you who
re exposedbe tie mnst imminent dan ser, with
that is near aqds dearato you on the sdtar6f
our co-untryInWaiting any sacrifce that nay
c necessarily .dnin. u n zat1s4 - oE
You shat have wives and loved ones at
ONE, whatahink yoTai 60 to- the graves. Oft,
wo hundred thousand soldiers who are 3lsleeaep-s
,g in graves crimsepea with the blood 6f1
heir fellow men and there listen to the dying1r