The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-06-29
CHICAGO

The Chicago Convention has been post
poned till the 29th of August, and we
a4hink the postponement will be followed
by good results. What we want at pres
. emit, is a little more time to call our
: thoughts together, or rather a little more
time to become united and all of n
mind: : There are a sacred few in the
Democratic ranks who term themselves
Wa Democrats, and are in favor of q Wig
{ iorous prosecution of ABE LINCoLN's sui
-lcfdal war on constitutional grounds as
they term it. The principal part of these
so-called Democrats are nothing more nor
less than political wire-Uorkers and efhce
seekers and should in fact belong to LIN
coins army of sappers and Miners
They will no doubt act a conspicuous part
in the Chicago Convention, and had it
met on the 4th Of July as was anticira-
tied they might have succeeded by some
Kind Of hocus pocus, in selling out the
party and compromising its principles
, with. the iniquities and crimes of the
present administration, by nominating a
war man on q war platform. IF it is a
9 mar man that we want, why meet in Con-
, vention at Chicago to nominate one, when
there are two of them in the field already?
: Whyebring dishonor and shame and con-
: tempt on The party that has always been
She friend of its country, at this late day,
when the nation lies wounded and bleed
. ing from the stabs of Abolition traitors,
srobbers and thieves ? Why become &C
complies 1inz this helish work, and by
Gcontfaes bind ourselves to shoulder a por-
tioa Of the black catalogue of crimes
With which the Abolition party stands
/ charged For this the Democracy are
-enot readYs and we venture to say that if
q war man Is nominated at Chicago, nine
tepths, or at least q large portion of the
tpsrty would prefer voting for LINCOLN o:
Fremont, if they have to support a war
mar ct all. War fer s~ubjugation and an
utilization Of the people of a portion of
our country is inconsistent with the ma
-fture of our government and the princi-
: pies of Democracy. 1t is revolutionary
"a its character and must result in the
overthrow of our government, and the
establishment of a~despotism on its ruins.
. For this change ne are not prepared, and
more especially are We not prepared to be-
come participants in the dreadful consum-
nation of such deeds of wickedDess and
. objectionable crime. War for subjuga-
btien, as we have had it for the last three
years, Is Suicidal. It is a final and eter-
nal separation of the States. There is
: but one course for the Democracy to pur-
: sue in this unholy and unnatural conflict
now going on in q land, and that is to
proclaim itself for PEACE. Nine-tenths
of the party to-day are for peace, and
every day that intervenes between this
and tbe meeting of the Chicago Conven-
ton will add to our strength and reveal
-more explicitly the will of the people
There will be one hundred and eighty
z thousand of us in Ohio alone. who will
= demand of our representatives in that
-uGonventien, that they nominate a peace
imam, and come u boldly for our coun-
Try and against its enemies. The next
sixty days viii be q trying time ON what
is called War Democrats. After that
they will be known no more, except as
: Ehey make their mark with the Abolition
{ party in numbering the country and con.
signing its institutions to everlasting ruin.
There are only two horns to the dilemma
lone is Har and the other is Peace
There sre no other questions before the
people in. this contest. The Abolitionists
70 have chosen the horn of war from the
s-sommencement and still adhere to it
war for subjugation and annihilation.-
It only remains for the Democracy In
= Convention at Chicago to say whether
gthsy viii take the Peace horn Of the di
TENNIS and declare themselves for ths
country, the whole country and nothing
but the country, or whether they viii
compromise the party by nominating 4