The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-27
every true soldier Is at heard q gentleman.

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the march, cheerful and orderly in camp,
heroic in battle, and generous after vic-
tory; such was the character Of the men
with whom I had the honor to be associ-
ated, such is the real type Of the Ameri-
can soldier. Was it strange, then, that
Ilearned to love them as my brothers p
And I say to you, citizens, cherish these
brave young men, for they areyour bright
est jewels; they are your sons and broth
ers. But all are, not here. How shall
We speak Of the absent ones--those dead
heroes whose graves marks SO many bat
tie fields, but whose names and deeds
shall forever live in our hearts and mem
ories-alive in their immortal deeds /;
alive in the hearts Of their countrymen
and ever shall their example live to nerve
the arms and stir the souls Of freedom
when danger threatens our liberties--our
fag3 Then let their names be cherished
as was the memory of La Tour d Auyer-
gne, by the grenadiers Of France. A
score Of times he had won, and score of
times had refused promotion but his
proud title was, "The First Grenadier Of
France" AT length, on desperate day,
n fatal bullet pierced his breast, and he
died, as be had lived, soldier. But by
an order Of the Emperor, his name was
retained upon the rolls, and at every in
speotion and review the name Of La Tour
d Auvergne was called by the Adjutant
in the presence of the army, and it was
the privilege of the Oldest grenadier to
step to the front and answer to the name,
aDied upon the field of honor" And
let US ever remember that eur absent he
roes.-they who sleep the long sleep Of
death-that they, too, died upon the field
of honor. Applause ]
TIE CITIZENS ALSO HAS HIS DUTIES AND
HIS pERILs.
In time Of political convulsion, there
| is nothing which SO intoxicates the mind
and unsettles reason as the exercise Of ar
bitrary power; it develops the worst pas
sions of the heart, and brings into action
elements of personal character not before
known to exist. The late conflict has been
no exception to the rule, and the cause of
the Union was more than once put in
jeopardy by the violent, unconstitutional
ard tyrannical acts Of those in power
Unfortunately for the country, an indl.
vidual was appointed to the War Office
who has proven to be as destitute of patri-
otism as he is devoid Of conscience. Cru
ell by instinct and tyrant by nature, he
trampled the Constitution beneath his
iron heel violated the liberty of speech
and the press insulted the intelligence
Of the army by excluding from circulation
such journals as his caprice might pro
scribe, and thus denied to tho soldiers
the opportunity Of forming an impartial
judgment upon public questions under
discussion before the people.
The country was thus menaced by a
two-fold danger armed secession threat.
ened the integrity of the Union on the
one hand, while bad men obtained dan
gerous influence over tho President, on
the other; the States were reduced to the
dependency Of provinces, and life, liberty
and property were held subject TO arbi-
trary control.
The Democracy desire the overthrow
Of the rebellion, and, from first to last,
contributed fair proportion to keep full
the ranks of the army, and maintain the
integrity of the Union. Applause. :
Acting upon the maxim Of Jefferson, that
'error ofopinion may be tolerated, SO
long as reason is left free to combat it,"
they insisted upon the right Of free speech,
free press, and the invaluable right Of
trial by jury,
Taught from my cradle, that without
free discussion, civil liberty must perish,
while yet boy, at my native home, was
one Of seven persons who protected an
Abolition lecturer from the assaults of an
infuriated crowd, who would have torn
him to pieces; although believed the
doctrine taught by him to be the both
dangerous and unconstitutional. It may
then be well understood that while being,
in heart and soul, opposed to the mad
scheme Of secession, that I was ready to
denounce oppose every attempt to smoth.
er the inestimable right Of free discussion,
'|[Applause,
| So welded is Mr.. Stanton to arbitrary
power, so adverse is he to the establish
ment Of civil liberty, that he continues to
interfere with the bayouet to control cleo
tions, until at length the New York 7ri
bane, the Cincinnati Commercial, and
other distinguished journals Of the Ro
publican party, have denounced these
usurpations with equal courage and abili
ty. But the evil still exists, and the peo
pie alone can apply the remedy, for these
and like abuses have grown into such
common use, that one violation Of the
Constitution is cited as precedent tc
justify another, and many Of our public
men have seemed to believe that their
arbitrary will is paramount TO the Con
stitution. Thus, Gen. Cox. the distin
|guished nominee Of the Republican par
ty, in his speech at Ripley, on the 9th
! Of August, complained that the Demo
cratic party maintains that State right
must be maintained, and the Union O
the States only exists through the Con
stitutiop, aud that the National Govern
ment has no authority over the States, on
ly whit is delegated by the Constitution
[Apphuse.
i, Such is clearly the doctrine ofthe De
mocracy such, too, was the doctrin
taught by Washington and Franklin, b,
! Madison and Jefferson, and by oil III
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