The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-06-08
ASHLAND ASHLAND COUNTY. OHIO. WEDNESDAY MO

ent system. The Government is already
strong enough to hang them Gf its laws
are enforced) if they but dare to add to
or take from. the weight of single ounce
They are sworn to oadminister aud support
the Government as IL as. Whether it i:
too weak or too strong is the business oi
The people of the United States which
made it, and not of the President or oi
Congress. If the people of the States
in convention assembled as provided in
The Constitution, see fit to change this
Government, and the States of which
am a citizen ratifes said changes, then,
whether l like them or not. shall obey
them. because they will be law. But, sir
L do not propose to acquiesce in changes
in the organic structure of this Govern
ment, made by the President or Congress.
The President will find this Government
strong enough when the hours comes for
it to deal with him according to the laws
he has broken. Let US stand by the Gov
ernnent of our fathers stand by it by
our words and our lives if need be. That
will be the mission, and come demoralized
through the cowardice or through treach-
cry to its own principles, will Democracy
itself fail Will the princi pie of liberty
which it represents fail II No, sir The
decentralization of party cannot destroy
the principle. Magma est peritas ct par
valdbH; and Democracy is great truth,
which shaped our institution, and will
prevail at last against the hands of dcs-
potism, which are striking for its over
throw. If the party bitches its fortune
to the bloody car oil coercive despotism, it
will he dashed to pieces, and it ought to
be but Democracy never was in such a
car. 1t can never be. It never can be
dashed to pieces. Like that Titan who
arined fresh strength every time he was
thrown to the earth, it will come out of
this conflict stronger and more invincible
than ever. Liberty may soon be dead,
but it only sleeps. Through Democracy
it will have a resurrection. But to pre-
serve the visible forms of Democracy, and
render it Immediately useful in bringing
our country out Of this sanguinary gulf,
its very name must be left free from all
associations with this pro-negro war. For
the names of all who have had to do with
it it, will stink along the track of time as
long as the memory of man shall last
History wilt strike a Just balance bctwesu
those who have opposed and those who
have supported this war. You, gentle
men of this States Rights Association,
can afford to wait. The blood of your
eountrymen is not on your hands. The
ghosts of the murdered victims of war
will never stalk through your imagina-
tions. The wall of widows and the cry
of orphans will not haunt your slumbels.
The sight of innumerable MANNED and
broken bodies, hobbling through the
streets in remorseless penury, will never
send pang to your hearts, except the
enobling one Of piety and humanity
Tne day that shall come will be a time of
reward to such as ycu, and day of judg e
mept to the protectors and abettors of
of this war. AS liberty and reason rise
again, they will sink into contempt as
deep and abhorrent as hell. And for me,
si,, 1 cannot il; plore Heaven to have mer-
cy on their souls.