The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-06-13

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1.-THE last year, ,T,appeal to the 'acts Of the
President I; not merely to wHSt he has
said, but, touwbat he has d8he. The
Democratic pafty Understands oftsclf the
President comPreRehds his principles. Il
| Is said BY The Republican party that ths
Presidents going over to the Copper
Eheuds.. Who IRE The G6pperheads They
are-the mon who, amid contumely, amid
fexile, amid iepfoaeliSs showefed upot
then, STOOD last by the principles of tht
-Gopsdtutioh and to liberty %
+ The men who iniR0me remained true
to, the ahd-old 7Repabl.c when tyranny
was usdrpi6g' the power, were copper
-heads. -Themen who loved ohberiy in
-Europe-Tell' in Switzerland, Bruce 10
Scotland, and Hampton in England, were
copperheads. Adams and Jefferson and
the men who bore theIAmericah flag in
Fthe face Of. the 7tyrants of George III
were icopporheads. sAnd we ars'their lin
cal descendants. IL have no respect for
the men who shrink from being called
c6pperheadSI For myself I amin copper,
head, and gloryinrit 1t isofdentifed
with the contest 0i the last 6veFyears fol
the rights of the States, for liberty, and
for the rights of tho white people ol
Americai II is'an hohonable ,epitbct.--
This is fight between Republicans and
the Democratic partly The Union marty
has passed out of efisteuce.o .obRepubli.
cans will be procuring certificates in less
than ten years that they were the origiI
nal -Oopperheads ~ 3D.
We don't propose to be swallowed up
Iby the President, nor the President doei
.notTby the 20opperheads he has mol
come over to the C6pPerheads.c 1t would
-bo very gratifying to the Republicans to
see the Copperhonds united but wO DON
Intend to take Office from the President
We intend-to have all the offices after the
4th-of March, 1869. 1T is the fright Of
the President and we accept toit to seek
men who supported him originally. and
put them into office. He could gain
nothing by appointing Coppsrheads I'd
Office. dOuf support Of him is the most
honest that any party ever rendered I'd
any President The Democrats sustain
/ johnson as partisans as well as patriots;
but in thissupport for the President fol
whom we did not vote, we limited our sup
port to particular question in which the
] whole country ii, interested, and upon
which the safety and interest of the
country depend. We render him an UNI
selfish support. We not only ask nc
office, but will accept Of none.b In the
present condition Of things, l will sign
no recommendation for any Democrat fol
any Office. The President Of this Com
yention and the gentlemen who addressed
this Convention this afternoon, r and the
one who bears that odious name which
the humble individual who addresses you
bears, will go as far in the White House
as that of Thaddeus Stevens,
A few weeks ago the dominant party
in Congress succeeded, by two thirds Of
that body, thiag not contemplated 10
the Constitution, in passing the Civil
Rights bill over the Presidcnfs Veto
They doubtless would have attempted tc
impsach him not in the Constitutional
sense of that word, for the House of Rep
resentatiyes and Senate os now constituted
has no power Of impeachment. Two
thirds of the whole Senate must unite tt
remove tho President The Constitution
proclaims that the Senate shal consist Of
two Senators from each State, but the
eleven Southern States are unrepresented
They bad tho power a little while ego
but failed to exercise it. They may
again get the power, and they are strug
Cling for,it. We are first to have an an
] peal to the people of the United States
and every means is being used in Wash
ington and elsewhere 10 succeed in the
next Congressional election. In the
meantime the Senate is not rdjourned.-
And when, in December next, this party
succeeds in carrying the Copgressiona
elections, l proclaim chat it is the purpose
of this so;called Congress to depose th(
President, and place the Chief, Justice Of
the United Statesin his place. Already
bill is pending in the House, to bt
brought forward at the proper time, e
make the Chief Justice President in case
Of the disability of President who wal
originally elected Vice.President. Th'
appeal is first to be made TO the people O
the election, and then will follow the res
Of the programme, to iinpeach, unconsti
tutionally, in other words, to drive An
drew johnson from his Office, This il
tho scheme of the internal Thugs in thC
so.called Congress. r.i ,.le ;ptli laoa
IF the Democratic party andthose wh(
support the President, shall succeed ID
carrying the Congressional elections, th(
country is safe, otherwise, it is lost; Chase
will become President by actipp of Con
eress, will be elected in 1861 md 70
elected in 1868, and be succeeded9by lc
gitimatc descendants as heirs to the, i'm
porial Republic of America. But johnson
lis MOTTO be driven aslong as he remulnI
President. He will refer all the acts O
the so,called Congress to the SuprepI
Court of the United States, and unlesI
some body puts somO Of its members on
Of tho way, those acts will be pronounced
unconstitutional, and time will be gained
for o, a,iurther appeal to the people. ! bc
lieye the President will not attempt nDI
violent measures TO drive these men from
the Capitol, though think he would b
justified in doing so, for they are not
constitutional Congress, they arc bu
idsufpers.9 q Our remedy, howeverSisyct