The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-06-24

cations, and compel the people of one
half of this union to accept at the
point of the bayonet, such constftu.
tons, and such institutions as thai
body shall see proper to dictate. TX
this end, the republican party saw fl
to inaugurate a civil war to force the
South to abandon slavery without
compensation /; and because that section
of the union refused to accept such 4
claim as orthodox, Lincoln and his
compeers set aside the constitution o.
the United States and declared thai
they had subjugated the South, and
that her state constitutions were for
feited; and that an abolition Congress
had the right to make and force upon
the South, new constitutions, authori
zing an equality between the negro
and white populations of that unfor
tunate region.
Does any sane man pretend to tel
us that these things have any guaran-
tee in the constitution? Do they no
violate every provision of that instru
ment? 1t can not be doubted
They will "set at defiance the SUI
preme Court, and change and make
laws to suit themselves" This proph-
ecy of the great statesman has beer
literally and signaHy verified in every
particular. The present abolition par
ty had scarcely been placed in power
before its leaders began to tamper with
the Supreme Court. Where it wa,
unable to remove judges, it re-consti
tuted the Supreme Bench, so as to
legislate certain judges out, and others
in. 1t was by such means that s. E:
Chase got his position upon the SUI
preme Bench. It was thought that
when a majority of tina bench belonged
to the Jacobin party, that any law,
however tyranical and unjust, passed
by Congress, over the head of the
President would be sustained by their
servile tools on the Supreme .Bend.-
Thank God, when that party expected,
through partisan malice, to remove
Mr.. johnson, and place a corrupt,
vulgar and fanatical old man in his
place, the Chief of the supreme court
obeyed the injunctions of his oath, and
the devilish Vaccinations of the Jaco-
bin party were signally foiled, and the
country saved from another war;
These predictions also proved correct.
"'They will lay violent hands on
those who differ with them in their
opinions, or dare to question their IN
fallibility." The annals of the times
TEEN with examples of the kind. Du-
ring the bloody war that has just closed
it was dangerous for the press or our
speakers to question the inter
tons of the desperate creatures who
were at the head of our affairs. Some
of the most talented and incorruptibh
men of the land were ruthlessly seized,
and imprisoned, for calling to account
the scoundrels that were robbing the
country of its liberties. The same
devefish spirit yet exists. There-Are-
of the Jacobins that would
exult to see President johnson groan-
ing in prison or;expelled from the coun-
Why? Because he dared to
interpose his vetoes to ave the consti-
and the liberties of the Ameri-
can people.
"Finally, they will bankrupt the
country and deluge it with blood
It is unnecessary for us to detail the
financial condition of the country, or
to repeat the melancholy story of woes
and blood that characterized the late
war, to show the entire fulillment of
this declaration. The tax ground mil
lions of the North ; the desolations of
the South; and the uncounted thou
sands who have lost sons and brothers
the war, are conclusive testimonies
hat ruin and bankruptcy have fallen
On the land. Whence comes this ruin
md these woes? The abolitionists
obtained power-they overthrow the
,onstitution-they usurped unlawful
,owers-and hence, our sad political
Will the people trust this party to
manage their affairs again? The ides
# November will furnish a complete
answer to this interrogatory. IF such
party, having such a history; shall
gain be intsrusted with power, the
AK ground millions can only blame
themselves for such a calamity.
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