The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-19
For the Ashland Union.
A Call to the Democracy.

Within our Nations Capitol, upon
whose dome the colossal image of the
| Goddess Of Liberty stands in mockery,
sits an illustrious "Joker." clothed with
despotic power. The chair of State that
once held the sacred forms of JEFFER-
SON and JACKSON is made the throne of
a tyrant, and Shoddy, in gorgeous array,
treads the princely halls that once echoed
to the footsteps of freemen, while Sambo
is entertained In the reception rooms
where white men dare not place their
'sdirty feet" In the Halls of Congress,
where onee the representatives of a free
people met to discuss the interests of their
nation, Abolitionism now reigns supreme,
and those marble walls which once re-
sounded with the eloquence of WEBSTER,
CLAY and DOUGLAS, those great cham
pions of liberty, now re-echo the cry of
blood, draf, and taxation.
Oh my country, that thou shouldst
sink SO low. What to day remains of thy
Republican Institutions? The great
charter ofaour liberties, tho result of sew
en- long years of war, is trampled upon
by the powers that be. The ho6eds cor
pus is suspended, trial by Jury done away
with, the press assailed, and freedom Of
speech denied the citizen. Each hour
the stbastile door''-a name unknown be-
fore thy Administration, Oh, ABRAHAM /!
save in the days Of the reign of terror
that made France run red with blood
creaks upon its iron hinges and bars some
patriot from the light of day. An odious
CONSUMPTION drags the citizen from his
peaceful pursuits and hurries him to the
battlefield, there to sacrifice his life in an
unhnly war. And all in the name of lib
erty.
Democrats, shall these things continue?
Will you blindly sacrifice your liberties
m the altar Of Abolitionism Shall the
Preside still be invaded by these vandal
hordes, aud the father dragged from home
and family, simply for denouncing the
present corrupt administration, and advo
eating the great principles that made you
a mighty party? Shall the press be as
sailed by abolition mobs. and excited SOL
diery. urged on by shoddy, disperse your
meetings? Shall this cruel, devasting
war for the negro continue, and the rivers
that once danced gaily along your borders,
obtain a deeper dye by the blood of more
gallant men gone forth to breast the storm
of battle? Shall fields where cane and
cotton once smilingly spoke of peace and
prosperity, still proclaim, by the belch-
ing cannon and the shrieks of the dying,
war and desolation
Democrats, one ard all, be at your
posts What vast motives press upon
you for lofty efforts, and what solemn
warnings demand your vigilance. The
eyes of the world are turned to you, as
the pilgrim turns toward some venerated
shrine, for in the success of your princi
Piles lies the last hope of your bleeding
and distracted country.
At the State elections you spoke in
tones louder than ten thousand thunders,
and already the LINCOLN dynasty totters.
But the work is not yet done. The foes
of freedom Fare vigilant, and nothing,
however base, would. they hesitate to per-
form, by which to continue for four years
longer the "reign of terror"
Then, Democrats, ONE more grand rally
day to your country and the
present corr upt Administration will be
hurled fiom power. One more effort and
as you yalns Liberty, Union, Peace, and
prosperity, 1 charge you to be faith
full in this, perhaps. the last struggle for
freedom and the life of the Nation.
HAYESVILLE.