Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-01-21
ASHTABULA o. SATURDAY MORNING JANUARY II 1865 % 81 %

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1860, bytbo vote Of every free State, was
the snnounccdieht 10 the world stSst thef
people Of The United States bad finally and
decisively conquered the fcndsl aristocracy
OF the republic after q civil contest Of eighty
years. With no weapons bat those placed
in their hands by the CoostitationAof Of the
United States, the freedman Of the republic
had practically put this gresuslsvs aristoc-
racy uudes their feet forever That lpor.
lion OF the Union which was controlled by
the will Of The whole people had become
so decidedly superior 10 every attribute
of power and civilization, that the
slave aris,octacy despaired OF furtber
peaceful resis, auce TO the march Of liberty
throughout lhe land. Like every other
srist oerscy that has lived. j. ..diew The
sword Oh The people, either to sabdue the
whole country, or carry of d portion Of II,
| 10 be governed in the interests Of al oil.
garchy. - 49,, SII '''aa ,
This great people was not plunged into
civil war by unirieodly taking, or BY the
uufriendy leg,lation Of the Northern peo.
pie, or by The accidentsi election of Abra.
ham Lincoln as President Nstious DO
not 90 to war for hard words or trihing
acts OF uDfriendiness or accidental politicsl
changes slthsngh these msyote the sos' en-
sible causes OF war-Athe sparks that finally
explode the magazine There was steBI
cause for this rebellion--tAs bsdoef tOaffis
tutisnaI triamph of the people oreso tie aris'
toerdey of the republic, after a struggle Of
eighty years II ever q great oligsrchy
1 l. A t<xG G,<bf q .ra baI 7. :.
Power in 1860 II found itself defeated
aud condemned 10 secondary position in
the repsblic, with the assurance that IT'S
death was only question OF time. saIuis
always gosd cause OF war to an ari.toc.
l,racy that its power is abridged; for an afis
toc.scy cares ouly for i,seh, rfd honestly re-
gsfds itssown supremacy as the chief in
l,ierest on EARTH Thise Slave Power has
oDly done what every such power hes Gone
since the foundation Of the world II hi 9
drawn the sword against the inevitable
lprogress Of mankiad. and will be conquered
by mankind. 1t is wsging this terrible
war, not against Nor,hern A Aboltionis's, OF
the present AdministrafioD, but tcgainstths
United States xnsEs tables of 1850; ugsius,
The mighty realities Of the progress o.sfree
society in the republic, which hsve startled
US all /; but with which no class OF men
we're SO acquainted ss Mr.. Jefferson Davis
and bis associates in rebellion ols' s9' !
There has always been couaicts in ouI
couutry between this old slave aristoc racy
4. aud the people, The 6rst great victory1o
the people vas 10 the war Of the Revoluuop
That war ives iuaugursted and forced upe (
the country 10y the masses of the people o.
the New England and Middl' States. Ths
sristocrscy Of the South. With their. associ
a,es iu the North, resisted the uoyemeu'
:. TO separate the people from the crown 9
Great Britain, till tesistaucsowasa ippossl
), bIe. and then came In, TO some ex'enf. :,
lead ahs movement and sppropriate,b th
| rewards of success. But the free peopl
, of the North brought on and sustained b
, war; sMassschuseit tsl was thes the sfourt
r province in population but she seas elgil
!, thousand more soldiers 10 the field gdurlDl
: hose bloody eight years thsng aaH 'th
Southern States united 3 Nrgplaa wa
then tho empire Stale of then Upion
. aud Rhode Island the least; but great
r aris;ocratic Virginia Furnished onlysssvs
!. hund ed more soldiers ethan siliitie demo
c ATTIC Rhode Island 81 New Epgla1d fuI
nished more than half The troops raise
during the Revolutions and The great SCI seq
tres Of arlstocraey in the Middle go
Southe;n S. ates were ,gthe5 stronghold, {
. Torsism. during the war. Indeed, q glanc
at i. the map. gof the Eastern an
Middle States reveals the TACT that u
b headquarters of the peace party in Il
Revolutionary, and ,he e,present, yar are
c precisely the same localities The Goppe
,, head districts of New York. New Jerse
!, and Psnusylvsuia are lhs old Tory d
!. tric,s OF ,he Revolution- me me Iories fGaes.
= " that day. With The mass Of 1he sou.he 9
h aristo caey, tried 10 stop the var which "
20 10 lay The foundations of the freedom Of I
II men. The Tories Of to-day are ehgng'
N in the same infamous enterprise, and the
fate will be the same. -,
& A. d. Mayo, in the Cont. Monthly