The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-03-21

STATES. I0lu0 LUIS tney must HkeWise |
prey upon the whole, North. The ma
chinery necessary to accomplishthe first,
result ID the other. ~ NJ J. by. ~
A standing army; thousands Of salar-
led officers; schemes Of plunder and ra-
piney theft aud oppressious ;ethe prostra'
tion of commerce; the drying up Of the
fountains Of revenue the increase Of ex-
travagance; the swelling Of the public
debt; the increase of taxation-these are
the legitimate results. These leaders
have made immense fortunes ont of the
war. They own estates in the South,
confscated by their own Legislation. In
mense quantities Of cotton have coined,
by their legalized treasury permits, into
bank deposits, to their credits, instead of
the credit of the Government. Whole
caravans Of ot'Goyernment cattle Of every
description have been swallowed by these
fierce and overwhelming simeons Of Abo.
litionism. The whole contract system OF
the war, created by them, was but feed
er to this Abolition rapacity. The high
tariff system, or legalized piece Of larce-
ny, made by these leaders, enabled them
to declare three hundred per cent. div.
dcnd in their business, at the expens, of
the masses Of the people.
On land aud on sea the Government
aud the people have been shamefully de.
frauded and robbed by these men and,
when in the course of the war, to meet
peculation and speculation and the legit.
mate expenses, the Government needed
loans Of money, there men banded togth-
er like SO many Shylocks, dictated the
conditions of the bonds of the Govern.
ment, as to rate of interest and exemp-
Ftion from taxation, invested theirill.gotten
gains in permanent form, and now shake
four thousand millions Of property, ex-
empt FROM taxation, in the faces of the
laboring masses. They pointwith intense
satisfaction to the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court Of the United States, and
their power in Congress as a guarantee
Of safety, Thus established Of priv,
ileged class, they are without wound or
an inconvenience from the war, and with.
out burden in time Of peace. To pro.
vide indemnity to themselves for the past
and security to themselves for the future,
these leaders in aud out Of Congress, are
moulding it's legislation
They have lost sight of the people and
the substance Of the Government They
have controlled the elections for five
years, and those five years have been
lyears vf ruin. They falter at the future.
They believe they can by the help Of the
votes Of 5000 negrCes and the exclu-
sion of The votes of over ,00O,0 900 South
ern people, and the plunder Of the South
for their supporters, maintain an ascen.
dency over the conservative masses Of
the North. The present Congress mel
in December, 1865, with the Union ro
stored During the session the South
ern States presented legally chosen
representatives, who asked, but were re
fused, admission. Congress, at the out
set, gagged itself by comforting its powers
upona committee instructed to attempt
the disorganization Of the SoutherI
States. The whole session has been con
sumed, so far, in taking testimony a,
great expense to show that the Unior
can no. be restored. To inauguratc uni
versal negro suffrage, they commenced
with the District Of Columbia. a bill
passed the House comforting the righ,
Of suffrage on the negro In that District
against the will Of the people, but ye
J awais in the Senate further develop
ments. .i,,....,.,- ....4.. ....... J..
They have also proposed an amend
meut TO the Constitution, to extend the
elective franchise to all persons withou
distinction of color Also, -apothe
amendment to enforce protection to life
liberty and property in all the States :
! Also, another amendment to make voter
; the basis Of representation, thereby en-
tircly ignoring four.flths Of all the peo
pie in the Union.
Large bundles of half digested writin,
: are proposed, Congress, by the it'll
statesman Of to-day, as a substitute fo
the sacred word Of the great statesmen o
the past, and to be reported upon sool
: by the committee. All these measures
, are for the negro.
/ From all these propositions can b
! gathered only negro suffrage; negro 81
/. poriority, over the whith people Of tn
South negro office holding inegr
equality exclusion Of white people frou
. Government---all of which assume,
I. made part Of the Constitution, condi
! tion Of perpetuity, accompanied with un
4 limited power, concentrated aud consol
tated, so that the States, will have lei
J. but the forbearan CO Of Congress as th
|, only safeguard Of liberty. Our Const
!. tion will become, agrant Of legislatis
J. power to Congress. sJF
!. The power usurped aud exercised :
r exclude representatives,, to disfranchis
!. States and people, to prescribe test oath
i and other tests in subversion Of equal gov
4 srnment, a fitting prelude to that despoi
. ism which froWns from the brow Of
!. revolutionary Congress. .sasor st,at. ~,
|. IS It's strange that constitution sui
!. cd to twenty-five millions Of white people
q producing prosperity when obeyed, an
4 misfortune only when violated, shoul
:, now be deemed insufficient for three mi
u