The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-10-04
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the President Of the United States dar'
| toadmit that he belongs to the Southern
race, is Of the Southern people, q native
ofa Southern State, when have beer
denounced as a traitor, secessionist
and an enemy to my country, simply be-
cause | desired that, peaceably and thro
compromise, our Southern brethren
should retnrnrto the Union which theil
fathers and our fathers made in the good
old days Of tho Republicl But listsn 4
| this - sn1 hrs ,sassss SsN bes AiEhql
'Islove theml'.ssi 3. gssss ass.s,
What love traitors J love rebels ! love
Southern Copperhcads Laughter
Why, next he will take Northern Copper.
heads to his bosom; and, peradventure, |
may have alittle embrace myself then
[Great laughter] Quiea sabe 2 But,
81 love them, and will do all in my
power"
Well, being President, he has great
deal Of power. Lincoln had; we all know
that. At least do. Laughter.
"Will do all in my power to restore
them to that state Of happiness and pros.
perity which they enjoyed before the
madness Of misguided men, in whom they
had rcposed their confidence, led them
esiray.n
This is precisely what the Democratic
party is after. lie could not have hit
it better sap&a ~ ,t
"lf there is any thing that can be done
on my part, on correct principles Of the
Constitution, to promote these ends, be
assured it shall be- done"
And be assured, Andrew Johnson, that
so far as you do it, on these principles,
the Democratic party, one and undivided,
will stand by you. GApplarse
Again, said the President;
"The institution Of slavery is 6 ne
The former status of the negroes had to
be- changed, and we, as wise men, must
recognize so patent fact, and adapt our.
selves to circumstances as they surround
u.s."
True wisdom, that. And accordingly
the delegation responded, ave are will
ing to do So" The President replied,
Il believe you are" Jacob Dolscn Cox
says, "No They have been tunruly.--'
They mu st be chas,ised. They ale bad
boys, and must be kept behind the school
house door, and not be permitted to enter
for an indefinite period. Don't let them
return again. It's true We baye punish
ed them, but not enough" The Presi
dent says, II believe you. / believe
when your Faith is pledged, it will be
maintained ii good faith" What reb.
els maintain good faith ! What traitors
on whom we spent four thousand millions
Of dollars and million of lives--through
the llundcrings of the Administration
during the first years of the war, because
they made it political war, until Grant
and Sherman took hold and wouldn't car
ry it on for the benefit Of the Republic
can party. [Appiause,] What main
tain it in good faith So says the Pres
idept, and I stand behind him and at his
back, Applause.
Again "All l ask or desire of the
South, North, East or Vest" q am
afraid he is getting into my section agair)
[ Laughter. Isis to be sustained 10 car
rying out the principles of the Ccnstitu.
ton"
Well said, Andrew johnson, stick to
it. Don't listen to Seward. Don't
hearken to Stanton; get rid Of them, and
take back the old supports Of the Cousti,
tution--the men who were educated to
love the Union aud to stand by the prin-
ciples of the Constitution. Take them
into your Cabinet, and then you will be
sustained in carrying out those principles
of the Constitution, and especially one of
the most sacred of the principles of that
Constitution--the writ of habeas corpus,
and the right of trial by jury
HI A.
) "it is not to be denied" adds the
President, that We have been great sui
ierers on both sides; good men have fal
len, and much misery IS being endured as
the necessary result of SO gigantic a con.
test' why, tnen' can we not come 70,
gether, and, around the common alter Of
our country, heal the wounds that have
been MADE 8 g aea( s
Again, that is the purpose, the sole
purpose oi'ihe Democratic party, and for
that they have been denounced, are bsing
denounced, and will again be denounced
as traitors and sympathizers with ssces-
sion. Well, we have. got the President
on our side, and we are the loyal party. |