The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-09-28
Consider the Fufurc.


Politial parties and state and Presiden-
tial elections have been looked upon by
the American people, as matter OF
course. and little or no attention has been
paid to them by . great number of our
citizens. The tina was when our gov
ernment would wag and the country pros.
per T, gardless Of this dereliction of duty
on che part of many; but that day is past
and every man who has an existence
among US has a duty to perform. 1t is
now the eleventh hour, and delay may be
the cause of our future enslavenent and
de degradation as a people; and it may be
the cause of o bloody revolution in the
future 10 regain the Constitutional rights
which this Administration has so reckless
ly and despotically usurped. Could the
American people see for a moment the
condition they are in at this time, and
see the whirlpool of destruction into which
they are 80 rapidly drifting, they would
immediately grid on their arnor aud assist
in hurting from power the present despot-
ism at Washington City at the November
election. The first step to be taken in
that grand work, is to see that every man,
who despises tyranny and ~despotism and
loves freedom and free government, turns
ont. to the State election on the 18th of
October. We want to save our couHty
aud State ticket first, and if we succeed
in that we parslize the enemy to such
10 extent that the victory in Ohio on the
9th of November will be easily won. As
the State election goes, will our prospects
and hopes brighten or become darker
That will be the index to what is to fol-
low. IF We rally our hosts and are sue
it will inspire us with new zeal
hope that there is yet a chance to save
our shattered republic from ruin; if we
ire not our energies are palsied and we
will quietly submit to defeat without q
rial of our real strength. It is the duty
IF every one then to lend his aid and en-
to first secure the State. Every
Democrat wants to work. All have a du-
to perform. Talk to your Republican
,eighbor and show him that to-day We
ire $4,000, 100000 10 debt from: thd Fl
,ancial misn anagement Of this Abolition
administration. Show him that by the
,encus report of 1860, the fetal value OF
and real property in the United
States, North and South, was only about
;l2, 000, 100000, aud that the debt Of
lis administration is already equal to 33
,er cent, or one-third of our possessions.
Jhow him that by Abolition, Sectioal
legislation the burden of this war debt is
brown on the shoulders of the laboring
lass and CONSUMES Of The West. Show
i'm that one million of our northern sons
rho were wickedly and fraudenlently in.
.uced to go into the war under the pre-
ense that it was for the Union, now lie
in Southern graves, having
cen murdered in a contest which IS now
penly declared by the Administration to
re for the freedom of the niger. Show
lim that white men are too goodfo. such
brutal sacrifice. Prove to all by "To
il may concern" that the only con-
ition on which this administration will
a proposition from the South for
eace, is the emancipation of their slaves
show him that another four years
ule like the last four will ruin us as a
alton beyond redemption, aud that this
the last chance American freemen will
yer have of asserting their rights at the
Let every man perform his
uty.