The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-08-09
PATERSON ETHERIDeE.

uisturpeu tue 'loyaity VI our PiouS w
temporary down street. In his paper of
the Bird inst he says:
1.-THE ASHLAND UNION, true to its
former principles Of opposition to the
Government, publishes Mr.. ETHERlDaE's
abuse Of President JOHNSON"
We published the letter referred to
without any comment whatever. Mr.
ETHERIDoE being a victim to the Adolf.
ton Despotism in America, it was but
an act Of justice to its author that we pub
lished the letter. II, in doing so, the
Presidents. past record was exposed, it
was no fault Of ours,-he ought not to
have made such q record.
Tho Times says that ETuERIDcE was
arrested for "stirring up anew the revo'
~lu.ionists of Tennessee and Kentucky"
Such are not the facts in the case. He
was q candidate for Congress, and is un
willing to confer upon the black man all
the rights, social and political, enjoyed
by white men in this country. For thus
daring to avow his honest sentiments, he
has incurred the sore displeasure of the
petty tyrants who rule in Tennessee, at
the head Of Understands that s%tupendous
humbuy and BLACKBOARD, the Reverend
W. G. BRowNLow, the bogus "Gover-
nor" Of that State. And for the purpose
Of preventing an exposure of their "
crimes and illegal acts, BRowNLow q
Co., have conspired to procure the arrest
Of MIR. ErHERIDaE, and have him locked
up, in some military prison, during the
election campaign in Tennessee
We again quote from the same article !;
"But a few weeks ago that paper spoke
in the highest terms Of Mr.. Johnson,
and claimed that he was splendid speci-
men Of a man, and q snhbJer Of such
men like SUMNER"
We never claimed that Mr.. JOHNSON
"was q splendid specimen of a man" mol
sanctioned his Administration. We cor
= daily endorse the plan he has adopted
for the Reorganization Of the Southern
- o. .
States hut in doing this, it does not fol
low that we are 10 sanction all his acts. W.
are always ready to sanction anything We
believe to be right. We do cOrdemn his
unwarranted usurpation of power, in sus'
pending the writ of haJeas corpus, il thu
case Of Mrs. SURRATT, contrary to thu
provisions Of the Constitution, and NOR
especially of the law of Congress which
. authorized the suspension O. the wri
' "during the existence of the rebellion
only" His suspension Of the writ oil
that occasion has neither tle sanction o
the Constitution nor the law, and no
even the tyrant's plea Of necessity TO
|, its excuse. If we would ackIowledg,
, that the President has the power to sus
pend the writ Of habcas corpus, and tina
once acknowledged by both parties, tina
great bulwark Of our liberties would b
, OF no more account. It would afford n
protection to our people. We woul
- soon become os France was two hundre
!. years ago. Men would be cast into ba.
At tiles without a cause, and kept Their
r. without a trial, and it would be discard
ing that great principle, which has bee
, taught by our forefathers and the found
" ers of English liberty, to sanction the viz
y lation of the most sacred right eve
achieved by man, Aside from this, on
several other acts Of tho President, W
n have nc particular objections to his At
is ministration. He does not please III
c. party that elected him, and it is to b
D. hoped that he will please the people b
hereafter obeyius the Constitution Of ,h
&C. United States!
Will the editor of the Times inform u
. whether he endorses President JONI
" SONS Administration and his Rc.organ
st cation policy?
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