The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-04-11
We Will not Die.

'R abssgsHGGl So
The Republican papers say Democracy
is deadl The radical Ileeches which
would suck corruption out Of corpse
say, Democracy has given up the gbost. !!
We fall to;see it, For years We have
stood BY its sick bed side. Foryears we
have laved its brow, and drenched its
wounds. ynFbr years we have watched be-.
side itsin tho ugly prisons ard darklcells
Bine6lh etonaighed " toas-hate fstood in
theifSrs Of nobsAhavo helped it through
agahutlet oftrialsA Ahavea at times thought
the dear soul of liberty found in democ-
facyialBbelhnd fed, but thank.God, truth
is eternal and Democracy stilllllves. yIi1l
"Truth crushed to earth shall rise again.
F N The Eternal years ofGod are hers
Democracy is Dot, dead nor can it be
Killed by man or devil--tyrant or clown
or fat boatmah, by fool Or cow
ard, .rhljhiltt ll3lUE %
'sThemills of God grind slowly,
z But they grind exceeding small !fglsEE
Tlough'Sifh patieIice standsIIe waiting,
/ Will exaCtness grinds He all!l NJ lGgE! K
Whom Democracy is dead the people
will be slaves When Republcanism
lives, people will,bo, in rags, dirt, debt
and taxes The tree of liberty sis the
tree cfiDemocracy. The voice Of the
people is the voice Of Gcd. The storm
may drown the voice for time, but storms
die away and the voice >of God will soon
again be heard. As Democrat ,6e wil
not die
Day follows nigbtl sl8 &f
Sunshinelollows storms!
Smiles follow frowns III 4rrs Ddqf
Kind words follow bitter oncs
Love Fellows hate, as hate follows in.
difference
Peace follows war 9o tN
"God moves in mysterious way,
Ills wonders to perfOrm!PH 1'n9ilAD
The Democracy which our enemies say
is dead was only7s'eepibg II is now
waking from u military night mare, and
millions Of fegercrafed people are sign
ing peans iniits praise. Democracy will
not die. Bayonets have stabbed it-pris.
o6s hate uoulderedits coat canon balls
have torn it limb from limb--sheIlss have
bust in its very heart-miniens of adam-
nable and despotic power hayeipusbed it
to the wall-mobs have hung tito trees
towards have left it welteIing in blood
hate has prescribed fanatics have
cried it down-tyraDtsI have ground it
under their despCtic heels-tbousands of
thieves in the garb of soldiers have rob-
bed it Of yfs.urc and raimcut-but thank
God the spirit of Democracy is eternal
and every dropofblood shed in its de.
fence will expand into temple of liber!
ty-evcry sigh from its wounded heart
will be song of jOy-every limb torn
from the tree will grow into monarch
OF the for, st--evcry little prayer in its
behalf will be an anthem. of JOY reaching
the ears oflho Eternal aud full of bless.
ings for the future. rrT
We ,oW not dio, till our eyes have seen
the glory Of the new resurrection. The
day is coming when into dust will be
ground those who have sought to enslave
The people, and when all who we're tyrants
on the soil of America will rot uncarcd
for aud exoerated by millions Democ-
racy is not dead. II cannot die. We
shall live to zee its wounded form again
monarch OF the lapd, and those who
sought 10 assassinate the spirit of liberty
calling for mountains and rivers to fall
upon them. Courage Democrats ! Cour.
age insulted people Stand firm ye har.
dy sons of IreedoW.
The msgic spefis broken. Therevel
Of death and ft9stofblood is, wellgnigh
ended The race Of our robbers is we'll
highruh! StaXd firm brothers in defonce
Of a principle, for we win not die ill lie.
mocracy lives to trample The accursed
isn,s Of the lond into the earth our enc.
mics have redeemed with tho blood Of
liborty's martyrs. ir.sas sti
When Democracy dies, God dies, and
not till then. rf 10 gtl aa2 stl