The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-08-01
speccl, or Montgomery blair.

montgomery blair, on belng lnhQ;
d iced tc the crewd as the man In whose
father Andrew Jackson placed cotf.
dence, ns Andrew johnson consdes iu
the son, was received with eheeriDg.-r-
He spoke as folIows; ..5.i,t n
FELLOW CITIZENS OF READING PENN,
sYLyANIA 1t does my heart good to be
here in old Berks, and to catch the in.
SEPARATION Of her Democracy. The plat.
form Of the Union aad the Constitution
means something at this period We have
just got through sanauinary war for the
pres rvation of the Constitution and the
Union, and the question nowis shall that
bloody war be iruitless of result, and
shall we persist in disunion, which, but
for the Republican party. would never
have hsppeDed2 That is lhe only issue;
whether the Republic party shall ha, e
power, or whether we shall have the old
Union, as established by the Consultation
and ihe fathers. 1t had been his misior-
tune, for some YEARS past, TO differ with
the Democracy, but in all that time he
know Of no repioach lie could brir z Upon
l'hem. They had been honest meu who
| lived the Union and their Government.
He lad witnessed more trying specta.
Gle during the war Of the st four years,
which proved SO well their fidelity to
their Government. ."
4 Thut Government was1iu the hahds Of
their political oppoRenis !; it was welded,
IN some inslapc ,s,in o most uuscrupulous
and W justiaoIc manner; yet the yeo-
manry Of the country gave proof of their
devotion BY furnishing men aud means,
in standing by the aAg while upheld by
the hind of, ttolr political adyersaries
which no party ia the Government ba;
ever done before. It was not SO with thc
Federalists in lie war with Great Britain
: The same party exisisto-day under Thad
Stevens Do lbey exhibit the same fjel
ry to the Government? Did they sup
lllf money and soldiers, as the Den. oCrac,
did The Democracy supplied men aut
supplied US wi h the leaders, with Nc
Clelian. with Grant, with Sherman, ant
Sheridan, and host of other patriots, tc
lead the sOl1iers 10 triumph. No man
WHO speaks s7the truth win arraign the
Deu'aerplic party with wanting In patriot
ism and ddelily 10 the cqurTy, lie re
pcIIed it with scorn, as he had done il
his Cooper institute speech. Now tha
he war is over, we bavca new question
aud tia, is, whether we are to leave tn,
Constitution and the Union We have beer
J fghtipg for. The party 10 power, true
10 their Interests, Keep The country divi
dedi; 1hcn ho found the Democratic part
star ding for the Union, and he alliet
himsclf with the Parlyrand was proud o
Il W. 80 ~: gf nuii i'soG Tio.ii bue 3
i The Democratic party must saue III,
fount'y f,'inI a nf,o rebellion and a netl
pgr. Tile par that is to coMe ,t,R mo-
! BE- in The Soath, Jst m. he NORTH,
PsnsyIUapig iStR insGpipy so, he dic
NOT Dish 10 Je regarded as sensoiio,
speaker, Lnt he ,sonidprocirim the issU,
rhicA he Radicals had made. = They
only held tie now,r they possess by ex
cludihg the Stats whi,h they them
selves recognized as in the Union. ,.3a
! They mean to keep those States gu
and govern the whole country by the na
mil; n,;ncr;,v ovsr ,bs maiori,n \ o' ,o.pao ~ ~
(. dsISpa,,,n.,tom ,ba SSa,6, wonld mil,
:. with the Democrats of tho North, m,
ovorwhslm This ma;o,i.v I'm. s,ec,;o,
{, MES MS 6rR n 5apor of he PaSica,s
hefist oc' riltJs 10 tnrh AHdt,,o JOha,
,oa "niofhi' seat. a 4ls nsrs ding '~R
Js % ip,Peieh h.m,a lMtheaert tosares
4 hy Hi my ccant the t,rehy fee Siaie
!, kh'tkHty ecasidef M'he Union, but H
Dtmorray, wih The Southern States
iciHhdre ondj jority and elm you teil
hare t'so Presidents and t,co COaqfssso,
one recegniyd By he Rq3ieols, and n
ohr YMs Constellation. He advised hi
hearers not tobc misledby the cry of Cop
perheads and rObels, but they should con
cult among themselves aed take heeds--
Il was an incxcusaLle folly that The Soutl
committed by going ipio The Iebsllipn.--
Secession u mt forbidden directly BY tb,
CONSTITUTIONS but It is forbidden By, ,th,
strongest implication, Il was not cx
prohibited ,on lther fiebDlof )ths Cons,iti,
l lion that anybody in ipq1ero 81, hi refus,
70 let ,ihs Stats BE- represented in Con