The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-02-08

'hrilk fronn the'policy as putting US up- I
DO unteuable ground, and making US To
assume the character of'aggressors while
We profess to be lighting agaiustand pun
shing ageressiop-we. who ought in this
|errible business, to have no stain upon
our hands. Undoubtsdlygths Rebellion,
is greatwfSugs but it would certainly
be meeting wrong with wrong to deny
them theft original constitutional rights
in the Union when they shall have re-
turned to ii Whoever wishes for their
return should openly condemn all such
policy Whatever moral question may
be in yolvcd in the subject of negro slav-
cry in any State Of the original Confed-
ency is a question for determination and
settlement only by the people Of such
State. To abandon or maintain the in
stitution according to the sense, will, and
policy of the people Of such local sover-
eignty, was an undisputed right before
and at the time Of their entering into the
Federal Union; and the great compact
Of confederation, the Constitution Of the
United States, gave them no new right
in that respect, but only guaranteed to
them the undisturbed enjoyment of
pre-existiug, right, with such full recog,
Dition Of the same throughout the coun.
try ps should enable them safely to assert
their right Of property in the labor Of
slaves, even in the recapture Of fugitives
from their service in any State. BY the
amendment it is proposed to crush out
sovereign right and power which never
was placed within the Jurisdiction Of any
authority except tue local sovereignty BY
whose laws it exists Such reservation
of power and rignis to the States
and tho people is the main principle
Of the Government framed by Washing,
ton and his compeers 1t cannot now
be changed except by revolution.
The success Of this proposition would
dash the cup of hope from the lips Of a
majority Of the people Of all the adher-
ling States. 1t is the desire of q great
/ majority Of our people to reconstruct the
4 Union upon its old basis. o Upon that ba'
sis compromise GUN be mado aud theo wal
honcrably closed but upon no other OF
more restricted plan can It be DONE
SubjueatioD Of the South, and sway ovel
1t, can he accomplished only by standing
armies. We cannot dictate in any othel
way the abandonment of their constitu
tional and reserved rights. Can we Of
ford the blood, The expense, the eeuera
suffering, the lack OF of all substantial
success which must attend upon sucl
policy? , .sals.a 500 .a. .l
The pretense Of humanitarian motiv
toward the negroes amounts TO nothing
, but display Of sympathetic and intens
hypocrisy. All sensible men perceiv
,ha. the negro slaves. whether held urde
+. the new bondage OF the SO called freedom
j, on confscated plantations, or scattered j
!; want and undeserved suffering over tn
i North, are the much abused and unfol
, tunate victims of an unlawful interfel
i ence with the protection and support t
I the benefits which they we're born; au
$ that the best possible disposition Of theI
i is to restore them to their primal eond
Z tion. They have been used as 9 part
/, political instrumontaliiy to their bitlt
: cost, and they have sense enough TO kno
: that politicians cannot reverse the deere
y of Almighty God and make their rat
. equal, socially or politically, with viii
i men. Such may be the opinion Of Il
!, fauatici.l politician; but the more sal
- mind of the negro, weak as it may b
= has too much porspicacity not to percei
= the deceptive bait which is thrown hi
u Many of them are now sighing for t
"a happy homes lrom which they have be-
4 seduced. H ., r..... H.. LID
- Let US take honest counsel togcth
i a and agree to let the Constitution alor
y, with the hope Of restoring the happy
!, epnsiitntioual regime, That tho Uni
:" = may be restored and peace again perva
:, ths distracted land, it needs only that
y =, prevailing voice Of the people should {
!, !, clare for an aoquiesccnt administration
:. tho Government according to tbe Cons
- tuition, which allAmericaus once ackno'
.' u ed sed Gs tho palladium of our natioI
w. honor and glory, Upon such just a
=. jpdicious proffef the States. n d the petI
~ eopld no longer be kept in seyerence
IL They you'd recohcre with the power
~. magnetic attraction. Whoever dis
" lllSssthisisJ Jblisd to tbe teachings
- the most illustrative history and to Z
l.. pboieifslf 81, political cause and etfs
10 ,Union men ,ahould do nothing to lessen
y y EaSfer the probability Of such a result, !
'e 'Iu dhasten to apply the efficient cause
y which it may be achieved, NH
Y . am awaro that On this important
Wv s .casion, which involves nothing less Il
=, " a summing up and exhibit Of all the ]
'yadpublican. victories over tho ballot box I
=" w denouepient Of the original purpose
se " patty, We must expect to hear,
n 4, stead pfsat fair discussion, qSths gs
~ subject, tho usual and familiar stun
uo m speech pooirv of'the drivers lash, |
va N horrors attendant upon The, disfranchi
,s M meut Of "oar brstkrea" by the afores
W ssnmcfall sillhinies;, that the awful
sI ,I pcrtance Of this bold nttehpt to1tdes,
.n' ihs American Constitution, considered
"a "a the effect lie success will be likely b
~ upon our national condition, will not
M cure In this time and place a'loeical,,
~ passionate solution o., The great ques,
y ~ presented .sbat that political partisans
.a' ~. op,the part Of the majority will furu
,,a !. much Of the influence controlling Il