The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-07-11
The, Effect of sLincOIn,s EIec.
1i0n n acknowledgements Of the
Election of 1850.

The Effect of sIincOInS Flee
,1iOn FT "Reminiscences Of the
Election of 1850.
:: .famadiatsly iaftSFi' The election of Mr..
Lincoln, and the success Of the Republi-
canpsrtE sh1 1850, We declared that not,
the loss Ola dozen battles in war with a
first class power, not the partial destrde.
tionzof the crops by an affliction of ma
ttife Or the rayages Of the most terrible
pestilence, -or all comBiied, would be so
gEeatSan affliciion as the event that! had
then happened!odHow completely time
has. verified the prcdictiop Thc resait
of. Fiat election was indeed ,ona' Of the
most fadpndy melancholy aveRts in all
history, 0IIUw different would have been
ourcond ditioa1tp,Rayyif it had not occur:
red FWhat terrible past we.shdnld have
escaped d+yhat burdsne in the present.
been lid o., and what dire apprehonsiops
Of THO fututcf could have been dismissed
from Our minds!I The legacy of that
triumph was blood and slaughter, disSs-
ter and misery. II lbr6ught war where
wsaboS rn;SnYslit Ssnssd lbe ldsatb and
main1ipc rf mo{6 4 I'm ! million Of nponle.
II @esaioted ono loroo srot;on IF fpT prr
countty as "a nnrt of Eurone ..bos becn
rovarcd }5lrrF eeplnyies II brougbt with if
4 II af;bnoI, indeb, ,edursv which His ;nton.
dedto bang mon tbe nects If tbe neo
nlo, ,for,centurics weighing Them down in
The 2tprrih,a ahd bonehss slavorv of n
tt I th", aai i,a g".os S hsa y
calchIs,;on IL destrovea. a.sour Corstiln,
tiSn' and oyertbraw o,,r sdn,irsbls svstsm
Of Goyernmsnt y = u
The futnre bistorian,vill ;ndecd nance
when in traeino The story of oSr annals
he comes down M ltbat III oinched and
d.,I, Noyembor dav that, Mrs I;ncoIn
undsr tbo forms of tho. Constitution w,s
clecfca President Tbe.vboles fnture ~
our countrv wascbanoed: awfully CHANGED
for tbc worse How few neonle. conld
tS6y have been ne,rn;tted to r,iso tlre
cnyfain tbsf concealed coming events
wonId bova ,cast itbe vote tbotled. to sucb
m owinl colastronbel Nut blindlv and
;$uorsrstlv aarae masses IF men bec,,nc
,5o a.naS XII 7sodors who were Governed
hv soltin to,est or nn,lcr tbe d;ctstion Of
tTs most retSc;ons nassions ona lhev Al
lowoJ Ii omselves Tins 10 bs bnrriod IN
10 y vortsv swh;cb CON d,tbev have seen.
tItv would have rcco,jsd from i, horrop
and dismov I,
ss MsS1a ,yer,. tgea var;iibS,I, FIAT were
o;you he Ia,s6,s m ore cool. ana disnossion.
o,s and halter inTarmed hut they were
m TGeSII onv more than Than the wind
blows Words Of advice and GOOD -coud
sSI wgrG Y T;nacca tbrown unSn rocky and
storilo coll and bore suo Iruit The ma
,At,s swoa ,aslivered ,over to control Of the
rasbostcsnA most foolish and under their
aJmin;s,ro,;on WAS ouicklv realized fa1
mor. ,bontbn wNrst " Of ibs ey;l Nredic.
I ,;3ns = T'f1StE 'EE'l - u
| lrs Tl,nso ,,bos had M hand in br;poino
! stin. ,b,t nay,y triumnb in 1S60-a trf
'mmSy oftbr cy1tcss not tbe Iaurel-bay,
;ndsra n snbisct fnr nroud conqratulation
TL~s FL can Ioek ovcr Tho wto II Fof tho bas
and Tho dismal nresent and saw that W,
"rO on;I,Inss of;t We did mt make th,
sleven polonds and Hunepries IN III South
j bWn did NOT causo the death Of million
INA SGs oSSsn NJ trors 'fbat secom noh;c,
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