The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-03-21
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1--we know that the President cannot,
= viii not, and never agreed to UNITE with
Us upon the issues Of UNIVERSAL SUP
fhxoa and DEAD STATES" -JoHN
s6HRBMAN TJf s3f "a
ss Then Why don't you abandon your fool
ish hostility 70 the President on that'sub :
jscti But SHERMAN apologies for the
Presidents so-called assault on STEVENS,
EpMHEB and PnILtIPsI If the Prcsi-
dents past political life gave no assurance
tofhisi concurrence in the overthrow Of the
liberties Of the South. Of changing the
y,tafus Of citizenship, and Of declaring the
Southern States "dead,p in the name Of
dsesncy and reason, why does sHERMAN
unite With STEVENS and SUMNER in in
sisting on negro suffrage throughout the
Southern States,--whilc Peuusy ~lvania,
Ohio and nearly all the other Northern
States repudiats the doctrine, and spit
upon Il with scorn.2 Revenge and wick
ed retaliation are the moving motives
Neither Of these deliberate traitors ever
sisteud to have the Union restored. Their
only object is to goaa and cxasperate the
Southurn States till they again attempt
renaissance, and then they expect to forci-
BY e~ufrauchise their negroes, and ezter-
inmate the white race. These three men
yaSe moved by the demons Of hell in their
crusade; and II public opinion would
back them, ANDREW J%cHNsoS's head
would be of before the close Of another
weak. We can assure nv. SHERMAN,
slhai he viii never see the day when the
negroes viii bs permitted en- s'as's to
walk up to the polls and deposit their
votes side by side with white men North
OF 6outh nor will he be permitted the
Abolition lurury Of seeing negroes fill
: seats In the State Legislatures, in Con-
,.eress, and upon the bench Of the Judi.
ciary. The President, al. least, Is sound
Q on that q~uestion-he will never impose
sisuch an unconstitutional requisition upon
any Southern or Northern State. So,
fisherman and STEVENS can clench their
teeth aud choke down their helliSh venom
and resentment.
Bur SHERMAN says the President Is
no. with his party on the "dead State is.
.,.Ss,"u Indeed Ye! Mr.. SHERMAN
= cries peace, when there is no peace +! The
President stands where be always.stood
on the 4dead State issue" The Adolf.
ton Parry has ~repudiatcd its original Po-
sitisn on that question. During the first
four years Of the war, that party always
pretended that. no State could 9secede
from the Union" Now. it claims that q
/, STATE can "secef Re- and that having done
90, Il becomes @dead"-its laws and Con.
~stitutiop are entirely suspcnded-its bOun-
daries are wiped out, aud its original lin
iis become conquered territory, subject
70 the dictation of Ccngress,-while its
Inhabitants are at the Deccy Of q horde
Of miserable tax gatherors, negro bureaux,
and pompOus cobblcrs tricked out with
9 Sword and fea.herl If ever there were q
party that was utterly reckless, foully
I rotten, dishonest beyond redemption, and
completely trsitorous to every pledge,
/ every position and every doctrine ever
advocated by itself, that party is the
SHERMAs, STEVENS, SUMNER, Black
Republican, Abolition, so-called Union.
now dis-Un:on party Of conspirators that
10 trampling upon the Constitution, the
laws, md liberties Of the whito men Of.
this country. No, Mr.. SHERMAN, An
DREW JOHNSON is hot in favor Of the
'sdead State" party. He asserts, what
every honest man knows, that the States
} pevor did, nor never can sccedo and
that when they laid down their rms aud
abandoned resurrection, and submitted to
/ the laws, they were Of right, in the Un-
|. ION. To complete the requirements Of
J ~ Constitution, 1t only became necessa.
W to send on their Senators and Repre-
ssntasivos to occupy their seats In the
; Halls Of Legislation, which has been
dops ; bu, SHSRMAH, SrSvENs, and 9th.
eeF %trsitors refuse TO admit them WhyS
Baospss they want NJ restoration Of the
uUbisD, and are determined to prevent Ii.