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

arms with the e'ection in the borde
States, adhering still to the Union, of j
any of the States be attempted by tbi
Administration, the Democratic party
and rhe men who act with il, willresist
with all the means in their power Seek
ing peaceably, at the end of four years
to thrust out of power an 7Administratio
which has abused it, it demands tha
, by peaceable means and unobstructed,
shall be permitted to work out that goo
deliverance. 1T speaks it with the voic
of nearly two million zvoters,fepresenti
twelve millions of men, women and chill
dren of thecountry. 1t meant, and 10 can
precisely the full significance of the word
in which the declaration is made
: Al! else, the platform deals only will
that which is of immediate concern TO tn,
people. You have heard somewhat o
criticism. of its omissions You are tolt
that it says naught of public debt, taxa
tic n, confscation, emancipation, eenscrip
ton. Eor any OF those things which fol
four years we have been accustomed to
condemn and denounce as among the un
! justifable acts of the Administration =
The reason IS plain. This civil war was
looked upon as the root of all our evil.
II proposes to lay the ak at the root OF
/ all evil 1t proposes to lay the ak at the
root of tie evil. Demanding cessation
of hostilities, in order that through
pencedGie insfrunaentalities the work of
reconstruction may go on. It said naught
of those things which aIe but the conse-
quences Of this war Determined to take
down the tree, or rather to dig it up by
ha bat
time in Topping off a branch here and a
branch there. 1t meant to do its work
radically. A5sailiEg the wal. as the cause
Of all these evils, it meant to enter its
comprehensive anathema against them,
one and all. 1t said nothing about the
minor doctrines. It said nothing about
the means and specific instrum entalities
through which reconstruction should be
brought about. 1t declared as ais grand
purpose, net TO he surrendered. the recon-
structfon -f the Lnion-the Federal Union
of the Stdtes--pointing out The stopping
of the war and Convention of the Sta es
as the constitutional, lawful, necessary
and proper Eeans of accomplishing the
work. and it went not beyond. What
should be necessary hereafter; what our
duty shall be in one, two or three years,
t me will be ohf grand Instructor, and he
teaches wisely and we'll They who are
in public life then, filling the high places
of responsibility and trust, will discharge
their duty, and you will demand of them
that which they shall do Applause] al
ways having in view never to surrender
that one great object the reconstruction
of the Federal Cnion-not territorial Uni
ty-a unity of despotism, but the old Fed
crGL Inton-a union founded on the
principles of federation and compact. be
tween sovereign and Independent states,
deleeat ng certain powers to their com
mon agent, and Withholding from it those
not delegated.
I am not here for an elaborate eulogy
of the Democratic candidate for the Pre-
sidency. [ accept him as presented by. |
and support him to carry out-as | know
he will carry out-the doctrines and |
principles enunciated in that Convention, |
which are row the demand of the people |
Of the United States While we will ad |
here to the last extremity TO the union of
he.e States upon federal basis, he is |
,ommitted-and he is gentleman and
will carry out every pledge-I say he is
committed TO resort to peaceable instru-
nentalities to secure that end. [ need |
Tot argue that question before ttlis peo-
oie-not only not before men of the Re
publican party, who hold no position,
have no contracts, and no selfish motives
o has their Judgment. [Applars'.] i
The T mes demand that they who hold
power should be elected from their high
places. The popular demand is for q
.bange of admihistration-a change for
he purpose of bringing back the Union,
md bringing peace to this divided and
distracted land. Who will falter? What
,atriot will fail nowl, v ho will bring up
lis personal preferences and prejudices,
nd bigotries, and preconceived opinions
n regard to any other question? For
nyself uFon this new policy, these peace
BILE mears, L am ready to uni re with eve.
y man in this broad land, who will con-
ent to sacrifice his former party ties, his
ormer opinions, his views in the past as
o the possibility of accomplishing the
Tork by war. and unite in making this
hange of administration. The induce
lents are all before you--every thing
,g-or5 touch the human heart What '
ave luCy " OHtT vi 'ue oGHeT SlUe! w ny
J it the people of this land should again !
uppnrt Abraham Lincoln, and put him
D the Presidential chair again? What
as he done to merit your confidence, Z
hat, for four years more, you should give t
i'm the power he has SO outrageuusly I
bused? Do you want more debt, more
axation, more depreciation of currency, 7
lore conseription, more blood, more dis
ord, more WARP [Cries of, "No, no u t
hen. why vote for Lincoln, who is the !
preventative of all these?-[Cries of, t
We won't do It," / said, upon this G
md, some two weeks or more ago, that I
a nap, were presented by the Democrat q
party, who represented the idea Of al q
igorous prosecution of the war-thereby LIS
rfeiting his claim to the name Of Demo- Y
-at-I should not support him, because '
very consideration which impels, me, as Y
should impel every lover of his country, c
oppose Abraham Lincoln, in myl;udg- 4,