The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-07-18
GONE.

Under the ab, We caption, the Cincin.
natl Gazette, an Intensely loyal journal,
reads President JOHNSON out Of the So
called Union Party. Let the Gazette
and other kindred sheets rage While
Mr.. JOHNSON yields the Attributes Of bis
great Office 10 Proisctthe Liberties of The
people and maintain the Government 10
its original purity against It's bitter and
deadly aeaemies5 Stevens. SUMNER et ID
omne genus, be ID entitledto. and should
%recei'e the earnest supported every pat
riotic man, irrespective Of party We en-
dorse President JOHNSON, not as the ex
poneht Of Democratic principles, but be
cause be favors Constitutional liberty, one
of its cardinal principles, and becaure he
can, IN order to save the Government.
rise above party and grapple with the dis
union Radicals, who insisted him to place
aud power, hoping to make him q tool in
the consummation Of their nefarious pur
poses. He is the one above all other to
whom the real Union-loving element Of
the country can look for relief 10 the. pres.
emit hour Of peril. lie has the moral
courage to meet the foes Of the Union,
aud a hearty response from miricus will
meet lin at every point. The time has
come when the people Of the country
must rise above party for the preservation
Of the liberties which a patriotic ancestry
bequeathed TO US. That the President is
right, there is no question. Ills guide is
the great landmark Of WASHINGTON,
MADISON, and others, whose love Of coas.
try rose far above the issue now made by
STEVENS and his co-conspiratorS. The
issue has been made in Congress. Some
are in favor of tbu policy marked out by
the President, others are opposed to him,
because be will not disregard his oath Of
Office, and as STEVENS once said, "throw
conscience to the devil" While the
friends Of law aud order the friends Of
civil and religious liberty are doing their
uimos, to streogtbes the President, the
Radicals are digging a grave, for their
own occupancy, 20 deep that a politic,l
resurrection can never reach them. In
the present emergency, We can see but
one position for the patriot to assume, and
thai \, support the President against the
%ruinous aud fana,ical policy Of the caval
who are now eudeavoring to prevent the
restoration or Ne nUn'on.4 whetBetiw Va
are 70 be guided BY selfish or patriotic
motises, every aspiration should induce
men o. q. political parties to rally around
him, WHO. perhaps pot our own choice
for the Office, ia the chosen guardian Of
our liberties. % Blu. read the following
from tho Gossh1: Jas, ~ 81 V 81,
let every patriot in the land give
thanks that Andrew johnson, the acct.
dental President Of the United States,
has been driven BY the integrity and faith,
fulness OF thosew who elected him, to throw
himself into The arms of those for whose
benefit he sought % destroy the party or.
ganisatiop which suppressed the rebellion
and rescued the Government from Il,
would.be destroyers.s Whi.c We srievt
that the loyal peopls ofithis nation wer,
decslycd BY The professions Of the betray,
er and while We mourn that ooe who
prohised 50 we'll should prove false L
those who cohided 10 him, yet We rejois,
! that be has decided to take bis stand GU,