The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-08-07
THE SOLDIER.
Atthe late Republican State Ccnven.
ton the following resolution was passed,
With a view Of conciliating the qboys 10

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endured, the loyal men of Ohio hereby pledge
to them and to the widows and orphans Of
those who fell In defense Of the nation, orr
sympathies and substantial support"
In the long catalogue Of hypocracies of
the late war to destroy the Constitution
Of the United States, and the rights of
the States, and Of the American people,
there can be- found nothing more deceit.
full and hollow, than the resolution just
quoted. However industrious that per-
'fdeous party may btin inventing schemes
to deceive the public and hoodwink the
already outraged soldier, We are inclined
to think it will fail.i ia55aa
Very few, if any, Of the soldiers, have
forgotten the windy promises Of the
"Black-R epublicap stay-at-homes" con
cerning themselvdss I'd families. They
well remember the kigh.soundipg pledges
for substantial aid, care and attention to
their wives and children in their absence,
in the fiery conflict with the enemy ; and
they failed not to learn that nearly every
pledge was signally violated, and forgot
ten ere the soldier had entered the enc.
mics country. Stores Of food and boun-
~ did not greet their suffering families,
as promised. Indeed, many families
were compelled to toll from morn till
night to keep the wolf from their doors.
Bounty thieves swarmed ID every com-
munity, and employed every means to
cheat the soldier out Of his dues ; and
like SO many bowling dervishes, cried
Justify all the time, for loyalty, loyalty
hurrah for the boys in blue! None
could excel the ponderous editor of the
Times in their zeal for the soldier, nor
in the ingenuity Of their attacks upon
his bounty. In fact, every part Of Ohio,
literally teemed with such cormorants,
greedy to seize the bounty of the soldier,
and then destroy the reputation Of their
families.
When the soldiers we're called upon to
enter the ranks Of the army, they were
told by the blatant Republican orators
that an army was needed to maintain the
integrity Of the Union to vindicate the
Constitution to support the rights of the
States and to enforce the laws /; and
that there was no intention on the part
of the Government to interfere with the
existing institutions Of the States; ncr
any intent to conquer or subdue the
States 10 rebellion, but all they desired
was, that they should lay down their
arms, submit o,thc laws. and assume
their places in the Union.
With a per6dy as infamous as evel
characterized a Nero or a Caligula, they
have violated every pledge given the sol
der. They compelled him, when in the
army, to violate the Constitution /; t.
trample upon the rights Of the States
to burn and destroy the property of hi,
countrymen to ignore every principle o
legal right, as well as the laws Of c%iviliza
ton and this same party, having createc
a military despoticm in ten States, BY
} ovorthrowing civil rule, now proposes to
reduce the soldier to q level with the ne
gro 10 society,"
Over two thousand millions of United
t States Bonds are held exempt from tar
alton by the rich Republican bondholderi
and the capitalists Of that party ; Will
the poor soldier, compelled as be is, II
toll day after day to support his family
is taxed on every pound Of -four, coffee
tea, and sugar, as well as upon everything
he ,oears, to pay the interest upon tn,
stupendous National Debt that is nov
f grinding the masses Of the people to th,
earth! Truly, this doubly damned, ifs
cally rotten, and treacherous Republican,
Negro worshipping- Constitution destroy
t ing-liberty-hating party, have extende'
6 ''to the widows and orphans Of those VIII
Q fell in defence Of the nation" their "sym
pathies and substantial support" " in
horn!
vi We do not believe the soldier to b
destitute Of common sense and havin
d full. confidence 10 his reason, as we'll 0
bis serse Of justice, we feel confident tbs
bis ballet will be cast against the part
that deceived him throughout his servic
in the army, by compelling him to fgt
N for a military despotism, and the owe
Il throw Of the Constitution Of his couhtr,
and for negro emancipation and enfraucl
isement,-while that same party was VII
orously denying the charge, and donOu'
% cling as slandarers all those who assertt
that such was the object Of the war.
Yes, truly, the bounty thieves will q
~ tend Substantial aid to the soldier SUE
re aid as the wolf lavisbed upon the lam
tn Out upon such detcstable hypocracy
be A Question.
r Which are best, the mean Rebels al