The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-03-28
ASHLAND OHIO. W WEDNEsDAY, MARCH %. 1866
[From thsLa crosse (wisJ Democra N
who Were the Traitors ?


VINO Were the Traitors E? 4
| ,As The sub rolls back the darkness Of
( the preceding hight ID does God through
events roll Back upoa the cowardly ele,
mont Of abolitiobized tepubIcanism the
STAMP. of iasehOpdipfPSSn their every. as.
lscrtion.s Z aaI " ,lp VeDEi lo'' pa
| 'Tis ,bat'a brief yeaf since. stais nation
ltotterpd'o the verge VI destruction from
limBecility Gifts tnanpgers.l The flames
of burning printing. Offices which dared
speak the truth, have hardly pored into
air since it was all our life was worth to
say the then President was d tyrant I;
that the party in power deserved The
wrath Of God that the Abolition party
was the only trcasonable' party Of the
country, and thtt the only tut patriots
were the heroic defenders Of democracy
and glorious iteachings.ooO ~ sgia9'
| Who Are the traitory,?!W ~ I ha9 h's'
| iwhoy0ught TO destroy thu Bniopi ;,
WHO varied to mai5taiTit As'i'a 19oI
| For years We hayo charged home up.
on those who sheor at the constitution
that they carried on war to destfoy4-not
to save the Union. ''i7noh eh1 Fl rf' ~.
| Countiup the thousands who died from
war causesYi Figure up the taxation we
have insured d.asiFjea l''a''m ia F-i a 70
look atthe result! a. million Of our
brethren slain. An entirepeOph impov.
erished A stupendous load Of debt to
carry. And what is the result. 1''''h '
Simply hothing--but tears, ashes and
destruction. a.o" H'' "
The war which we were told was fol
the preservation Of the Union is ended.
The heroic South has accepted the re.
suit Of the unequal contest and abides by
the decision Of the bursting shell. - :
Our troops have been disbanded. And
now those who called US traitor arise in
Congress aud behind their editorial desks
and have the effrontery to tell us that We
; as nation emerge from the war with
eleven States out Of the Upionlthaf WI
wipe ouribloody chops on but q portion
Of the flag we fought,under. It, 75H ,ag'
| While we were fighting they told usa
State could not seeede--that the States
were still in the Union. Then why does
Congress legislate upon territory mot her
own II the war closed and left the
Southern States out, ,.the war was failure
| IF the war was success tho States art
still in. -ii oN .71 i>ra h1s
|, If the Southern States arc out of tho
Union, what right has johnson in the
Presidential chair? If in the Union
how eau Congress keep Southern Repre-
sontatives out2 f %. ss-.' Ha7
The war is ended--thanks to those who
fought mot to those who lcgislated. II
is pronounced success If a success
the Union stands as it stood before the
firing on the Star Of the West. Iftht
Union is not. .rest6redgthe war was mos
wicked eowardlN stupeneous failure
| whichit will7be well not to endorsei
How long will the people listen to tht
I foolishness Of abolition wungling 7 Thc
puritanieal element acting under High.
er Law (higher devil) gave us awar--i
gave us debit impoverished the cohn
try and still 9uarrels over The corpse q
Thank God forjhe greatrevents Of tn,
past year, Thank Him dor rputting oil
eed to the great crusade for the cotton
niggers aud "mementoes." the peopl,
atelopering their eyes to the enormity
Of the ofences,ofi those who ruled but :,
ruin, Zoo. = ,srD asdoG = uatt1ih ,nay
The war has not benefited the coun
trys orc sgsdT .s9uf1asoi ON fW9.'
! II did not restore the Unienl ljaD1 =
| 1t addodro our taxes. W OIL 3, 1fc
| 1t destroyed millions upon millions o
property llslii13 sfE af,| btE ra
JlIItgsve tho whites of tho North a feI
millions of blacks to support in addition
to their own cripplea, paupers andlcrimi
mails made by the, WARE b9su1rd, ls9i c
| II, has filed ihsland with thieyesJ rob
berslmurderers andctak cOllectorssVs 10
A. 1t has made dishonest iimen uich atthl
9Sxpense of the people-..- .--
1t has made, the snaar0 cost ,asFm
than he once earned, ,sS, pn s,,li,,. ,
n Il + ss3 hs exempted To ySAltR oE Eths na
1 fiSeht hsnitO war, paying them lars
bddhtiss and now taxes hpse, who returJ
to- pay these ,boppties and, all other ,ex
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