The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-03-06

together with the salaries OF the pay.mas'
ters and numerous clerks who will be EN-.
ployed in it's distribution.
There are other considerations more im-
portant than any We can take from fnan-
oial stand point, and they are the real OBJ
jects aimed,at, in this dark plot--a plot
more hellish in its nature than the con.
spiracy Of Catiline or Guy Faukes.
History tells us that when Cesar form.
ed tho design upon the liberties Of Rome,
be opened out the way by many bribes in
the shape Of gifts; and when Caligula
would have bis despotic acts put in force,
we'll paid guard was at hand to do his
bidding. The political demagogues Of
Congress are now centralizing their efforts
to obtain power like that welded by Ca.
sar when be raised his throne upon the
ruins Of the Roman Commonwealth. A
systematic plan bas been mapped out to
reach this point. The President is to be
dragged before the bar Of impeachment
Gen, Grant is to be deprived of his high
command the Supreme Court is to be
overthrown; and thus at one fell swoop
are those guards with which our fathers
fenced the Constitution to be blotted ont.
The power of the Executive and the ar.
my is to be transferred to the hands Of
unscrupulous partisans Another Star
Chamber equaling in horror that Of Eng.
land under the First Charles will rear its
head under the dome Of the Capitol, and
before this tribunal, innocent men and
women will be hurried, and the type of
another Jefreys will pass the sentence ito
the block with them"
You, my fellow soldiers are to play, no
mean part in this great game. You are
to be appealed to, to sustain these rsvolu-
tionary plans. You are to be reminded
Of the gifts that have been bestowed up
on you. Your sympathies like the 90.
horts Of Cesar, will be with the apparent
friend and benefactor. You will thus be
made the means of destroying that liber-
ty which for five years, through the blood
and smoke Of battle you have suffered,
and fought to maintain. Oh remember
that "there are no groans like the groaus
Of expiring liberty and no convulsions
such as her agony extorts p Read but
the history of France from 1889 to 1899
and let that bloody record, be warning to
you. In the name of liberty, Robe,
spiere and Danton drove Lafayette fiom
the head Of the army of the French Re.
public, and under the protecting wing Of
that army these bad men made France to
flow with the blood of both Royalisl and
Republican. Are you willing to inaugur.
ate reign Of terror in Americaf If not
think long and ponder well over this mat
ter. Remember that when the sordid
passions Of man are appealed to that the
voice of Reason ceases to sway the mind
and we rush to the support Of the most
infamous outrages, upon the rights of the
weak and powerless.
One word more before I close. | re-
marked that it was nothing more than ar
act Of justice, that this sum should be
given to us, but if the giving Of Nis to
bring upon us the misfortunes / have dc.
picted, is it not better to postpone it tc
some future day. Let us first anchor the
ship Of state firmly in the harbor Of So
curity, and be assured that our countr,
will never forget to reward her faithfu
sons. Let us first unite the severed link
OF the Union, and when that 10 done, W,
may safely talk Of reward, but while tha
great work lies unfinished we prove our
selves false to the dying longings Of thos
comrads and brothers whose bones ar
resting under the sod Of every battl
field from the Potomac to the Savannah
You ask how this may be done ? I an
swsr by your voices and votes, Petition
Congress, not only petition but deman,
} lit is your dear bought right to do D
J that the Onion Of the States be at ono
completed, Vote with tina. party whiol
bears this motto upon their standard n
} matter by what name they arc known
} aud no longer shall we see the rights .
the people trampled upon and despised
and the true interests Of our country sac
riaced to the vhims Of party.
SOLDIER.
JERoMEvILLr, Feb. 22, ,e7.