The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-02-22
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U q 1THrMARRsfoRl TIT 81 !
EDWARD 1NGERSOLL, !
At the Banquet oft Key Stone Cub IN
'ssvcd adiPaaadSphta..E hsa /
The Keystone CLUB, oH Philadelphia,
had aBaSq aeG on the evening Of the 9th
of January, in ,couuemoration Of the
l'spnivsrsary Of Jtthsl, ths Battle p New Orleans
Ap@Ia0ngilhe toasts given was the follow
ling one: ss'asss 7s.g 70 % ~ y /
y The Union of States and The Coastita.
I4i6a of The Union--They can only exist
while the rights of the former and the
letterof the, latter are preserved invio,
tlate.Y,h7oo ,gaa.q 5a r-smtmt1 .,7'.'&
This was responded wby Edward In
gersoll, Esq, in the following able, .elO-
queptspnd truthful speech. We have
read hone from any public man SO exact
ly to the point: II
Tothis noble American sentiment, Mr..
President, L have by the kindness OF
your committee, the honor to reply. The
American Union, the most ardent desire
lin the popular. heart of America. Let it
4 be our political watchword, as it will
surely prove at last the rock Of Ameri.
can refuge, the ark of American safety
So monstrous an outlay of money has
been made during the past four years in
our northern country, for the destruction
I of the American Union, that | know
many Of our friends, ard its most ardent
4 adniireis despair Of its possibility. Tam
not one Of these. The past four years
, have been years Of ruin and destruction,
and the end of that thing is by no means
lyet. fJut destruction does not create gov
ernmeDts though exbaustation may In
one sense be said to do so. -
We have in time to come back tc
= craftsmanship, which out Of the mate
rials which my be then about it, will dc
the work Of construction. When the
eye Of craftsmanship can in our country
discern a nearer way that is possible tt
peace and prosperity, which is govern
D msut than the Union of the States an;
. The Constitut on Of the Union X to-
d will begin to despair. That day has no
q get dawued, God grant thatit never may
4. You dvn't understand me for nomen
as meaning by "Uniou," this bastar
= birth of abolitionism and Plutocracy tha
is now in possession Of the Federal powe1
i is desolatlug our country and destroying
q our property, mean the union sof m
text, the union of your toast, "the unio
OF States and the constitution Of tn
Union" ..o.e
How then, sir, is this Union, SO dear
us all, to be preserved or restored! b
war. Yes sir, BY war |, too, am, in th
'e sense, war Democrat War, in every ag
P and nation, is not the unfrequent prov
dence Of God, aud the institutions OF
country that will not bear that test mu'
be ephemeral and short,lived. Ours d.
Q pend upon it, sir, are not OF that clasi
% they we're given to us by statesmen WI
had been warriors too, and who unde
stood the requirements Of that as we'll
the gentler phases of humanity IT
sword has been appealed to, more tru
d. popular appeal than the ballot box, whit
: it has overwhelmed, and the sword wi
settle it. Not, sir, by this cursed wa
: now waging for disunion and despotisr
q but by war upon the enemies Of the Unit
ra- by war upon its great enemy, abolitionisl
Ill which inaugurated this war and mat
80 ea this appeal to arms. Sir, the blood
" abolitionism will re.cement the Union
these States, and it is the only earth
: remedy for our present ills. The "
upon African slavery is false to I
Ice Union. Slavery stands in the Consti'
cir ton upon the same platform with 70
ln- property and mine, may sir, upon I
o'- same platform with what is, ! trust de
! er to US than our property, free spee'
: free dress, free person, trial by jury, Q
I glorious American institutions. We
sh- gin to see and to feel that the destructi
ing of them all, the enemy Of one is the
! envy Of them all. That enemy, the Am
T icap people If true to themselves, as
= believe they are, will put to death, a
VOC betide It's coadjutors and associat
sB6t, sir, war has been appealed to, .
the il war, popular appeal, "A agree, 9
es. ttrue to humanity, but q stern tyrant,
nd rough master, who works out truth 9
tEn' Justice in the end, but with trough ha
ind BY terrible means. War, sir ?
N don, no false issues, requires stern pr
mo. cipals at our hands, rejects policy
/ a the expedients that thrive in peace, p
yer ishes severely all tamperiug with stl
and truth. Civil war supsrcedes the popr
y appeal of elections, and makes tho !
N lot box a delusion and q deceit. Th
i, are not hours for tri6ing. in America
S u Let us not mislead our people. Y
SpI thing to which abolition has pledged
= Federal power is not government it
? IFsyolution. Let US not sir, close our Q
-! lto the truth, because that truth is q !
- Irible ione,a Iadi ,faogtl dd aiiie,
A Is this revolution or is it our COVE
!. ment? Ask, sir, the suppression o
q free press by the Federal possession