The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-02-08
hali political associations. Without il
there can certainly tsno transuiiw, nt

there can certainly tsno Tranquility, no
safety, re,i.,l1.7 ,,f3 al ys,sb
Charles the First lost his crown and
his head, because when his Royal word
was salepnly giveo, it could nopbs be-
liaved, james the Second lAst his throne
because the honor, inismrts, ,apdIl Ilibsr'
ties OF England reiuiysd gew guaranties,,
hhj 50 we Withdrew from the Union be.
cause, ny the bad fai,hof those who
now ssekpur llestruciios, md the gu4f.
tuties on which We rallied for our security
became uDavailing and worthless. Be-
fore the world, and calling heaven 10
witpess. we have solemnly declared and
impartial history will bear witness to the
truth Of Tho affirmation, that tbe bad
faith OF our late political associates de.
stroysd our assoca ion with them.
We could no longer trust them, and
hence we're compelled TO dissolve our 20.
liticsl relations with them. Has any
thing since occurred to give us a greater
confidence in their fidelity toany engage
ments they might enter intol This con.
fidence is not to be found in violated car
tells, and various perfdies to special en-.
gavement, and to internetion"l law, vhit h
have marked their conduct Of war Lesi
than ever we could trust them COW. We
have nothing that we can do but main
tain our separate existence at all hazards
and shrink from an association With then
as VIC wopld shrink from ruin worse thar
death. t....r. -..
Let rs pledge ourselves, il need be
afresh to this resolve: lot US swear by III,
memory Of our immortal dead, by tn
sufferibgs Of the past aud the hopes o
, the future, BY our ravaged fields and des
olate homes, by the tears aud sorrows o
widowhood, and the cries Of hel ,less or
phauage, by the blood Of The slain. tha
calls to Us from the ground, that we vii
never. never have part nor lot in any Gov
ernment which in its every department
, executive, legislative and Judicial. is vi
, der the sole and exclusive control {
those who can offer to Us no guaranty fc
the future but the broken filth Of th
past This 10 what manhood and libert
= require. st,a t..l..,, ,..t.ts .er
|. This was the spiri. that fred the hear
i Of those who fell SO uobly at Thcrmopyl
q and those who conquered so gioriously
!. Maranthon, and such, too, tho spir
+. which dictated the ever memorable r
d ply Of the heroic William of 0rang
r when posing himself upon the center
}. his own great soul C?solc), he solemn
II declared, b,fore God, that he "vou
Ie never abandon his country, however de-
i. perate her cause, but would defend h
E. to the last extremity and die in the Ia
70 ditch" r".> ''f q.
We have but TO catch this spirit
OF reconsecrate ourselves to our liberty, a,
I'd pass from heart to heart the sacred
N Of devotion to our country's cause, o
: we will, we must be free. Let it be ]
N membered that the boon of liberty
n never denied to those who arc worthy
lh it, and they alone are worthy of it W
e. in their sacred cause are determined
r. do or die. It is SO written in the be
rs of fate; it is so recorded in the history
70. nations; it is SO revealed in the pro
,ir dence of God, and proclaimed in
a. moral agencies which sway tho tend
re cies Of the world. mf