The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-01-24

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they return so unceremoniously? Did
they fear jackson or the Federal Govern.
ment? Il
When the incorruptible, uncompromis-
ing and unterrifed jackson vetoed that
great monster of monopoly, the United
States Bank bill, was his veto constitu.
ticnal or unconstitutional 7 If unconsti.
tutional, why was the bill not passed over
his Veto This is an instance Of his in.
corruptible craftsmanship, and Congress,
knowing him to be right, refused.to take
issue with him. That same old rotten
party that opposed him then, exists now
under a new name, and yet they have
had the presumption to wish that he had
been in Buchanan's place. 1t would
have been well for our country had he
have been in Lincoln's place. There
would have been no violations Of State
governments, nor of the Federal Govern
ment- We would not now be oppressed
with billions of debt, nor would there
have been such q sacrifice Of human lie,
ror such desolatious in our land, and
there would have been no Brownlow, pro-
vision Governor Of Tennessee. There
would have been no unconstitutional is-
sues Of grcenbacks, nor Government
bonds not taxable, and we would not be
cursed with National Banks, and those
swarms of unheard.of officials, who eat
out our substance and spy out our liberty.
There would be no tax upon the white
man to support the drones Of society and
lazy negroes in idleness. There would
have been no officers unknown to the
Constitution and laws, no Federal curren.
cy but coin, which the Federal Govern
ment alone is authorized by the States to
regulate. There would have been no vi
olations Of the Federal compact, no ag.
gressi,n Of State rights, no mongrelism
in white mans government, and no
Maximilian on the throne Of Mexico
There would be no military tribunals to
try civilians, and thousand other things
would not be known in this country. l
do know what would be If the supremacy
of law was re tored ID this country, if we
had man like Jackson for President
and Congress that would be loyal to the
Constitution and the laws. Every Office
not recognized by the Constitution would
be abolished unconstitutional proclama-
tions would share the same fate,--the
Fedrral Constitution, in all its pristine
power aud glory, would be restored, and
the States would exercise their legitimate
functions, and the civil courts would ar
rest and punish all violotors Of the Con-
stiution and laws. and nothing would
occur outside of the Constitution, for
which no provision has been made, with
out first obtaining the consent Of the gov
erned. Then, if we had an incorruptible
aud unterri6ed President, like General
Andrew jackson, he would abolish the
nuN;frs of the North for having abolish
ed the Federal Constitution and its legit-
ima,o laws, and for perjury, after having
sworn to defend, preserve and maintain
the Constitution as given to us by Wash:
iugton and his worthy compeers. He
w,u'd have abolished the source Of their
nefarious gains for having usurped the
rights OF sovereign States, aud for the
preparation Of the crimes they have CON-
mitled in the names Of the Constitution,
the Union and Liberty! All this, the
nullificrs Of the Constitution may expect
when the supremacy of law is restored
in all its integrity in our country.
hope that every true Democrat and
lover-Ot his country will make the Cor
siiIutou and the Union, as bequeathed
to us by our worthy sires, the battle.cry
until our country is redeemed.
J. HAMILTON.