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

to the free States the whole of the public
domain, though acquired by the joint ef-
forts, blood and treasure of all the States.
All We wanted, says he, was to let us
alone. That is very charitable indeed J
No right hand or left thought of-no de-
claratop about the whole land before thee,
and let there be DO strife between North
and South. Oh, no! the honorable gen
tlemen kindly appropriates every foot to
his section, and then Fith the greatest
magnanimity, asks only to be let alone
Why does he make such an unjust dis
crimipation among eo-equal States p
And then he affects to think the Southern
people should have taken no offense at it.
Why exclude them from the territories ?
ItTwas to punish and dishonor them be-
cause they held slaves. 1t was not to
promote their general welfare BY any
means. Now let us see how liberal these
Republicans are with the millions of
acres Of public land. They have enacted
a Homestead Law, actually giving it all
away to those who will settle upon it
What does this proye2 That the land is
SO abandoned that in the judgment Of
Congress it possesses no value. 1t is of
fered as free gift. At the same time
these men will drive out a STAKEHOLDER, if
he dares to put his foot into territory.
What inconsistency are the Republi-
cans guilty of. With one hand they are
giving the real estate of the nation away,
whilst with the e'other they are trying to
grasp what belongs to the South-not
that it would be any benefit to them, but
simply that they might donate it to the
negroes. And thus thus the means to
pay the public debt would be wasted. :.
Jam to understand this is the policy
determined by the election of Mr.. Lincoln
TO the presidency? Why quarrel about
land when it is SO superabundant that it
is bestowed as gratuity? How many
years hence ere our country will be as
densely populated as Europe ? We have
men among us, Darby, for instance, who
can tell the ratio of increase of our pop
ulation with considerable accuracy.
have not access to his table, but am un-
der the impression he does not fix the
rate as high as three and one half per
cent. According 20 his calculations it
will be two hundred years to- come before
we shall suffer. for room; and do not
know but what God has provided ample
provisions for all the living creatures that
will move upon this earth for thousands
of years to come.
The great domain of ours ought to be
hold in reserve for generations unborn
The people to inhabit it are yet to be ueh-
cred into being Whatever else we may
do, we cannot alter the laws established
by God in relation to the increase of the
human species. Near six thousand years
have elapsed since man was created, and
yet he has not multiplied and replenished
the earth too overfowing, neither can he
do t, perhaps, for all future time.
1t is reasonable to suppose that God in
tended this earth. and all that is upon it,
for the use and enjoyment of his creature,
man. Why should one people destroy
another, when their Heavenly Fathcrlhas
furnished food and raiment for all I? Why
sh ould the North, even if she could, try
to exterminate the South ? God never
gave men or nations strength to be thus
II 1 could easily crush a weekly'fellow-
man, is that any reason I should do it p
What would the world think of me, if L
should fail upon and beat him, whenever
1 met him, simply because Twas possess
ed of greater strength !? I would be de-
nounced as monster of cruelty. By
the same parity of reasoning the strong
nations of the earth should not 'oppsess
and destroy the weak. 7s}ifEog
E... A FARMER.