The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-10-02


en- 'aag, August 81, 1857, i,aa,},. .,:.i.
80 hgs ;ydjlTT77- 10 smT7t 10 lsdie1
"a very large meeting Of thei citizens
Of Columbus was held at the Atheneum,
on Saturday, the 5lst Of August, which
was. organized by the selection Of Hon..
John G. Miller as presiding officer, who,t
-in accepting the position, made q brief
and eloquentspeecbs and thenintroducsd
Gen. Morgan.
General Morgan, addressing the Pres
ident Of the meeting, said :"zA1 u II .
Venerable and respected sir:G Right
glad am to have the honor of address.
| ing a meeting Of my fellow citizens pre-.
sided over by a son Of the grand old
Commonwealth which gave birth toWash-
ington and Jeferson-a son Of old Vir.
ginia, the mother Of statesmen and Of
States. 3.HLt.fHi y fttAL
For what purpose, men Of Ohio, have
we assembled here to-hight? To cele.
brate some great victory achieved by our
arms No; for we are at peace with the
world and more than two years have
been added TO the past, since the last gun
was fred in the great Confederate war.
To commemorate the restoration of the
Union Of the States under The Constitu-
ton Of our Fathers?p No, for by an act
of Congress, in fragrant violation of the
Constitution, ten States, four ofithem Of
the original thirteen, are disfranchised /;
and as ifin very moOkery offthe immor.
tai dead as if to show our scorn for the
deeds Of Washington and Of Jefferson,
of Franklin and Adams, Congressional
Committee has been authorized to en-
quire whether Maryland aud Delaware,
1.-TWO more Of the original thirtseu--aud
Kentucky, eighty thousand of whose
brave sons battlel for the Union-wheth-
er these three States have Republican
forms Of government Or, have we come
together 10 give expression to our Joy, by.
bon-fres and illuminations, at the extin.i
guishment Of the public debt, and the re.
lease of our lands from the fearful mort
cages of more than two thousand million
dollars? Alas, my eountrymen, no, in
every nine years we will pay as interest.
an amount, equal to the principal of the
debt, and the large bond holders desire
that the debt shall endure forever-that
their mortgage on our homes shall be per.
perpetual ---.-.--.-5------------
If we havoTnot come together for the
purpose of joy aud gratulation is II that
We have assembledto enter our solemn
protest against tho eDslayement of the
white race, and the establishment Of ne,
gro depotisms over ten States Of the Un-
ion 7 No, Ohioansl a more selfish mo
tiye-self-protection brought us
here tonight, ,..,,-,,s., 5-..i
1t is, true, indeed, that as Senator
Sherman has declared, the citizens Of the
United States are more heavily taxed
than are the serfs Of Russia or Austria,
orthe down drodden subjects of France
or Great Britain.
% ftjisltrue, indeed. that Radical loaders
seek to coosienl the white ,people7of ten
States to Negro domiuation.g But, my
copntrymen, while our pyn homes are on
! fire, We cannot stop to rescue; those of our
peiphbors, which are being consumed by
| the aamcs. It is OF Ohio that / propose
10 lsbeak :Tit Il 10 The reason and pattiot.
ism Of Ob,oaps that / appeal ~ ijr :
II Shall our government be changed ~
Shall Ohio cease to be a government Of
white men ?5iShall the p Constitution be
10 amended as 10 make a white-uenroL-
a malatt0 government These are the
questions, YOU are called upon to answer.
fbisiis the issue Won must teoide ON the
Second Tuesday Of October. The issue is
grave. Tho result may be, doubtful Or
derr is breaking irto chaos. Wrong is
triumphant Corruption sits 2 enptbroped
| in powwer and more DANGEROUS tbat all.
tbe people eyit,ce fearful ulindiaefence
Ias 10 the disorders which threated, them.
Nyery evil can be guarded against every
crime can be, punished, except that Of su.
| icide for IL The peopie desire 10 destroy
themselves, lw thew have the power to do
% and there "A neither preventative nor
! cure ioPhis, men iof, Ohio, ,s,the issue
Won ara called upou 10 decide. IF crush.
ed, it will be The work Of YOUR. own
! hands and il impoverished, II viii be