The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-09
THE RESULT.

The destiny of the American Republic
il to be determined to day, Tuesday
What . thought, to think that our exist
ence a. q nation il 1t issue among our
selves that zoe are to decide by force OF
arms whether we shall live hereafter or
not, without the interference of those who
are foreign to US. There has been = field
for solemn thought in u affairs In the
past, but It Il is now forever too late to think
aud act so as to be effective. To-day de-
cides the issue between free government
and iron-clad, Lincoln despotism. 1t
Mcclellan is successful we have Don to
think that sur Republic will find a Savior
and our liberties will be restored but if
Lincoln is reelected, we may calculate
that a continuation of this wicked aud un-
holy war must follow, as sure as the sun
continues to rise and set, or Abe Lincoln
should continue Il rule with his rod of
iron. Under the rule of the former, we
may expect a unity Of States, peace aud
our former prosperity but under the lat
ter, we may expect, instead of happy. So
cial, political, and commercial intercourse
we once enjoyed,--when the citizen at
home was a citizen everywhere-that we
will have q continuation Of the relentless,
barbarous and uncivilized war which has
been waged by the Administration for the
last four years. Dissolution, already al
most completed, will then be absolutely
csnsnmmated aud confirmed. We will
her be met at every turn by treaties,
tariffs, searches, outposts, blockades and
laws Of en-intercourse instead of our
temples of worship, education and amuse-
ment, we will have frowning fortresses,
moated bastiles aud garrisons for standing
armies !; instead of the busy hum of hap
by peace over Dur land, we will have dis
cord, dissatisfaction and anarchy. IF
Lincoln is successful to-day, we may ex-
pect for the next four years to be startled
and shocked by the roar of cannon, the
rattle of musketry, the dashing tramp of
the war steed, the olangor of arms,
the shock and conflict of men, the scream
of the wounded, and the means Of the dy-
This we may expect over the length
and breadth of our land it will not be con.
to the South alone, but will spread
the North. Then we will realize, in
the North, the huge proportions and the
immense suffering connected with this
Abolition crusade. Where our valleys
once yielded the reward of quiet indus
try, and our hill-sides were odorous with
the blooming vine ind olive, those val
leys will be afoat in crimson gore, and
these hill sides whitened with the bleach
ing bones of kindred and companions. If
it were possible so to bury a magazine as
to blast this continent asunder, it would
hardly produce the horrors that will follow
The result of to-day's proceedings on the
bart of the American people, if, by their
SURFACES, Lincoln is reelected. These hor-
would not be bounded by this CONT
nent;-they would bound and span the
world. The history of the conflicts be-
the Normans and Saxons, the Tu-
and Plantegenets, of York and Lam
easter, yea of all the factions that have
ever contended in England and Europe, |
would contribute but "a title page CON-
pared with the blood-red history of the
consequences that must follow another
our yeats war aad wicked usurpation of
n Abolition dictator. It will be a bitter |
up to all mankind who aspire to freedom
Nay Heaven avert it. We trenble for
he result, but hope for the best.