The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-05
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Who is Responsible for the
isessIi f'Hs 81 War? Eta ttti

Who is Responsible for the (
isssssA War; 20 tt
W canswer, the Republican party. TIL.
Republican party might have prevented
the present devastating civil war. Il
might have saved helives ofthousands O.
the best men of the nation, and thousand,
Is + millions Of the peoples money. ,Fol
proof6 of what we say, read the following
from the speech of STEHHEN A. DOUG.
Las, delivered in the United States Sen.
ate, January 8 1861, upon the, compro-
mise measures then pending before. the
! Senate .aysa7I sas fe3 b
f 81 tpelieve this to be- a fair basis Of
amicable adjustment. If you of the Re-
publican side are not willing to accept
this, nor the proposition of the Senator
from Ken'ucky, {NIr.l Crittenden,) prqyi
tell as tsitat yo~ are eoiil'ny to cag2 e1
~ address The iiaqairy to RepuJzfcans
| only, .for the redsoss that In the conlmi'tee
| Of Thirteem, a .teio days dgo eUery n,ens-
Der from the South, including tt0sc from
The Cotton States, (lHeSsrs. TIooas5s and
Davts,) } expressed their readihess to accept
the proposition Of my Uenerable friend
from Kentucky, (lMr. Critfeaaen,) as a
Ji,,af settlement Of The controversy, II ten
Gsred and sustained By The. Republican
members - e.75'z 'H"
Hence the sole responsibility
/ of our disagreement. and the
only difficulty in tie way of
an amicable adjustment, is with
the Republican party
Here it is proved that the Republican
party is responsible for tie war-that it
is responsible for every dollar of national
aud state Indebtedness. incurred on ac=
count Of the war5-that it is responsible
for the. high taxes that have. been imposed
upon the people, on account Of the war
that it is responsible for the distress and
financial rniu, which now.exists in every
part ofssAe- -cnuatry- 1t responsible
for every life lost IN the war-that it is
responsible for, and sho uld receive the
curses of:everys wife made widow, and
Of every child made an orphan, by the
war; .In.short, that it will be responsible
for the dissolution of the Union, tand all
the misfortunes which afilict the Repub-
.ic.
, Shall such party be continued in
power, or viii the people change their
rulers? Let the ballo.-boxes at the next
election proclaim the answer.
Stick this in your Hat and keep |
-. &c sllere. !
The following con fession was made by |
.he HonaMr. Hawes,a Republican mem
per of Congress from Massachusetts,, on |
.be 25ih of April, in which he exposed |
he corruptness of Iincoln's administra-
ion:
.The gentlemen must remem-
Der that in the first year of
Republican Administration, that
,ame into power upon profess
lions of Reform and Retrench-
nent, there is indubitable, evi-
Ience abroad in the land that
omebody has plundered the
Public Treasury well nigh in that
ingle year as much as the en-
ire current yearly expenses of
he Government during the Adj {
ninistration which the people i
lurled from power because of +
is corruption"
g If these. infermol .faaattcs and A6olt-
,ontsts eue- get the poaoer into their hands :
tey aoiU ouerrtde. the Constitution, set the
,apreme Curt at defiance, change and :
lase Idacs to s'as themsseloes, lay hands o
a those .soho differ ,oith them IN opinion, q
= dare question their fidelity. and finally v
the country and olela9e at aoilh "
4 cd. DANIEL WEBSTER. 5ss II
LOOK ON THIS PICTURE. i
G. I have no purpose di- 0
sctly or. Indirectly to interfere +
,ith the Institution of Slavery (
/ the States where it exists. b
EelieYe ] have no lawful p
ghta to do SO, and | have no &c
clination to do so. e :,
President Lincoln an has Inaugural W W
ddress. q