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

Il learn our lessons in Demodracyss Of in any
thing, else, from that, quarter II do,pot know
certainly, to whom he alluded. Perhaps il
! was to- & gentleman who spoke not long since
/ In the city of New York, and advocated on
dthaty yoccasion, wbit,sisa called in stereotype
phrase fthe vigorous prosecutipn of flthe war,
j and who, but two months previously, address
ed asscmblages in the same State aud city, in
which he proposed only to- take Richm6nd
and tiisn let The s'asa5 ward sisters depart. in
4 heacc, 'od Now3I knew Of fno7oneueni this side
/ on theI chambers soecup5ing iisach u fposition
and certainlyb will not go to that aqarter e
learn M lessons s in patriotism or Democracy
1''@ have already said that it is not my pur-
pose to debate the general merits 6f this 1bill
laEge. aad for the reasons that lam satisfied
i that argpnsnt isof 40 aYai 9berc;l 1 appeal,
ttheref' re, to the people. Before them / pro.
| pose to try this great questionable question
ofGconstifutionais Gpowerj fanda OF The unwise
and niadicipus. exercise ofoitoin this dill. We
have, been compelled erepeatedly, since the 4th
of March, 1861, to appeal to the same ,-tribu-
nal. we appealed to it pt the recent election.
And the people did pronounce judgment upon
our appeal The member from Pennsylvania
ought to have heard the sentence, and L VEN
ture TO say that he did hear j, ;on. the night
Of the election. In Ohio they spoke as with
The voice of many waters. The very question
of summary and arbitrary arrests, now sanc-
toned in this bill, swas submitted, as afdiri ct
Issue, to the people of that State as also. of
other States, and their, verdict was rendered
upon it. The Democratic convention-of Ohio
assembled On the 4th Of July, in the City Of
Columbus, the largestoand best .sters,lieldsfin
the State, among. ether resolutions of,the same
temper and spirit, adopted this without a. dis
sseeantlng SCI, voice ;0sfE Iosl -s5H5fa9.4ofssio1
ga nd We utterly condemn and denounce the
repeated and gross violation by the Executive
of the United States,o Of the rights thus Sc
,euredsby the Constitution, and we also utterly
repudiate and condemn the ,monstrous. dogma;
that in time of war. the Constitution is sas,,
pended, ,-or its power in any respect enlarged
.beyondfhe letter Ind true meaning of that in.
.strunent. bas 1901 sat III slid 70 o9biz AZ
"And we view, also, with indignation and
4army tho illegal and Unconstitutional seizure
and i'm prisonmept for alleged political offenses,
of our citizens without judicial process, in
States where such process is unobstructed, but
by executive order By telegraph, or otherwise,
icalh upon all who upholddhe Union, the Con-
stitution and ItheElaws, to rnite with us in de
nouncing and yrepelling such fragrant violation
of the State and Federal Constitutions, and ty-
rannical infraction of the rights and liberties
of American citizens, and that tho people of
sURMIr to haze the freedom; of speech and
freedom of the press, the two, great and essen;
tial bulwarks Of civil liberty, put down by:
uA warranted and despotie exeFtion of power. ;"
20 On that tie ,jjudgmtcnt Of the people was |
given at the October elections, and the party
candidates nominated by the convention which j
adopted that resolution, were riumphantiy |
elected. So, too, with the candidates of the
saroe party in the State Of Wisconsin, Illinois,
Indiana, Peuasylv vania,, New Jersey, and New
York rs And sir, that thcaithy reaction" re-
Gently, of which the,member from Pennsyl Iva
MIA Dir. Camphell,] j affected to boast, has
escaped my keenest sense of vision. l see on
" that handwriting on the walf which the fin
gers of che people wrote against him and his
party1and this whole administration, at the
ballot box i'm October and NoF ember, last--]
Talk to me, indeed, of, the lcniepcy of The /
Executive TOO few arresis too much for
beara6ce by those IN powerl Sir, it is the |
people who have been too. lcnieut. They have
to your oppessons and wrongs as no T
Iree people ought ever to submit. : But the /
lay of patient endurance has gone BY at last,
Mistake them not. IT hey will be lenient no
onger9 Abide by the CONSTITUTIONS, stand by
he laws, restore the Union if you can restore
t--net by force ,you have tried that and +
allied. Try some other method pow-thc, an.d
way in which the o Mon was first made. Sur.
now-not yet-neperh But uni.
y isspot Union 3 and attenpt'not, ,at youfper-
IL warn you-to coerce unity by this ntter
destruction of, the Constitution and of the I
lights Of tie States and the, liberties of the
,eoplea <Bnion is liberty and consent; unity I
$ desputism and biorceS For what was fthed
ynion ordained sswcAs sai splendiduedi6ce, to- }
ttract the gaze and admiration of the world n
As magnificent temple stupendous su-a
,erstructure of marble and iron ike this Cap-aF
TOT, upon whose lofty dome the bronzed imagesl
hollow and inanimate-of freedom is soon
o stand erect in-collossals mockery, while the
rue spirit, the living goddess of liberty, wells.
Ter eyes and turns away her face iu sorrow,
because, upon the altar established here, and
our fathers to her worship, you
false>and most disloya anpriosthood, offer up,
light and morning, athe mingled ssacrifees1 of 4
cry itrde. apd, despotism?s -No,gsi st. was
or the sake Of the altar, the,seryice. the RE- 4
igion, The devotees, thaS tie temple of the
Union was first ere cteds, lsnd when these are
n go1es let he,ediiee itself perishos Never |;
-neger-neyer-wilI the people, CONSENT. to-
ose their own personal and political rights
nd liberties, to the and that you may delude
nd mock them with the splendid suhityi Of !
espotlsm,d si IL ilisI .t1hTgi9ytJ Il
Sir, ,Iwhat areithe billsuwhiehl have passed,
y arc still before the House 1? The bill to E
I've the President entire control of the eur
ency-the- purse-of-the- country. A tax
ill.to clothe him with power over the Swhole11
repertys of the country "a bill sto put sall
6werinathe hands over the personal liberties
the people, A bill to Indemnify him, and
II under him, for every act of Oppression and
utrage already consummateds yAbilLto ena-
ie him to suspend theawritao Aa9ens corpus, I,
n order to- justify or protect him, and every +
liaion of his,J arrests which he or they
nay choose to make-afrests, too, for mere, !
pinion's sake. Sir, same two hundred years +,
GO, men we're burned at the stake, subjected
the horrors of the 5nquisition;y to GiIz the
,rtures sthats the ideviisff ingenuity of man
oild1 inyenta5for for what For opinions SSon
uestions of religion man 5 duty and re, 4
ltiOn to hIs God And now, to-day, for Iopin.