The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-08-31

great mass of ruin which has been tumb
ling down on Jour heads for three years
past 1t took our fathers many long
years to rear up our rational te mple, and
how long it will take to restore its beau
tiful proportions the wisest of US cannot
tell. But the work must be begun
This war must come TO an end. 1t has
been tfrualcss. L might appeal to any
supporter of the ADMINISTRATION; and ask
what is there to show for the So, 600, ,000,-
00O,i ard the 2,000,00e, of men 8 Mt in
TO the army ~ Where sare5 they? Only
when the archangel shall sound the last
trumpet will their bones be found
when from one section of this blood
stained land to the otAer shall come fly
ing back throua b the air all the dis
jointed and scattered fragments of what
was once Gods living temples, to answer
in the presence ofthe great white throne
of jehovah will these 1000 900 of men
be able to respond. And who slew them
By whose hands were they murdered !?
Through whose instrumentality ? For
what? To restore the Union
HOW THE UNION MIGHT HAVE BEEN RE
STORED.
Great God (! We could have preserved
the Union with ink and paper, without
either guns or swords. l saw the day
when a single sheet of, paper, written up
pom with fitting words, words of wisdom
and conciliation towards the South, would
have averted this war, with allits wrongs
and devastation. But those words were
not spoken. The, mcu put in power four
years ago were resolved not to speak those
words. They were resolved to try the is
sue of war. Every man IN the Demo
cratic party, every man Of sense in the
old; Wing party, every man in the Amer
lean T arty voted for compromise. They
insisted that instead CT armies we should
have Peace Conf;rence,' instead of gun
powder we should use ink. Animated by
cvmmon patriotic impulses, they, said We
will settle th Sc questions poaceably -
You shall have your rights in the, South,
and VIC will have our rights, and will set
down and dwell together in peace and
unity Who refused z, 1t was the sup
portcrs of Lincoln who refused. The
day has gore by when the truth carnot
be spoken The time is past when the
mcn who voted for lincoln dispute that it
was through his instI umentality that, the
Criitenden resolu ioLs were voted down,
and the artitramcnt of the sword rcsert-
&C to ......-.--s--, = -
Our fathers tried the experiment OF
settling questions of differences between
The several States for seventy-thrce years,
and they su u~ccedcd well. They had
none OF the evils Of disuaion. They al
lowe each other to rule ther own house
holds as they saw proper, and our nation
Eas the strongest on earth. 1t was in
this condition when We handed il over TO
I.pcoln. What is it to day? A ruined
tenement, filed with all manner of evil
spirits, ana turn where you will, almost,
l scene CT slaughter meets your eyes.
.lRoPHECY FULFILLED.
/ stood here three years ago, when this
war began, and said Go on; take all
he men you want, AID all the money
You have power to do it-And if at the
md Of four years you have restored the
Union, preserved the liberties of the peo-
,le, and this a prosperous and happy na-
ion. [ will arise here under these trees.
lhd make public ack acknowledgement that
vas wrong and you right.p L should
lave done it, and retired to private life
aging that Lincoln was right and / was
wrong. o-day the four years have
larsed, and l am, thanks to God, but no
hanks to Lincoln, able to vindieate nv
Prediction. And what shalt say, as an
loncst mann. Ought to make public
that | was wrong and Lincoln |
nd his party right? [Voiccs, "No,"
'Never."] | want you Republicans to
20 home, and tonight close the door al
er you, wait till ten or eleven O'clock,
shen your wives and children are asleep
n bed, sit down calmly and ask your
elves whether Vallandigham should have
isen here and said he was wrong and
lincoln was right. Your own hearts will
ell ysu no.
''MY TINE HAS NOT COME"
Now, call upon you to carry out your
ohvictions. You have prejudices against
he Democratic party, and you have
ironger prejudices against me. This D
lnnot help. l know that my time has
OF come. 1t does not need that Repub-
cans should tell me this. "When We
se the fgtree put forth its leaves, then
e may know the summer is nigh. y
Great cheering. r-- ...l.. /
am not going to quarrel with you.-
inc will do its work. You are begin
ing to say in your hearts, "The doctrines
re right, whether the man who proclaims
lem is or not" That is all 1 care for.
do not look for personal aggrandize-
ent. IF 1 did L should have been a
Lajor General, long ago, and had millions
oney laid by as the spoils of my part in
lie war. Having lost the commission,
lall not turn around now and sacrifice
rinciple for any personal considerations.
say, therefore, indulge in your preju-
ces, abuse me, 1 do not care only vote ;
II the right doctrine. am not can.
date for any office. shall not be
You need not be alarmed
'out being obliged to vote for me. iAll
ask is, that you listen to the words of