The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-10-18
ASHLAND, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8TH, 1854.
ARsENT FROM HOME.

@-Upon-ou arrival there, we were n
little surprised to find the activity pre-
vailing in the political circles. Oh
Wings were in good spirits, and just Oh
the v of leaving on the same steamer
w went up on. Hardly had we set foo
% on terra frnaa, before the boat was lit
orally crowded. Our stay was necessa
rily brief, but sufficiently long to i'm.
prove our general health by salt water
bathing We almost forgot to mention
that we saw many of our friends from
Indifferent parts of the State, and the sub
esJject Of politics was not ever mentioned
there being an evident disposition by
s5an~to talk o literary subjects and the
\ Europeans wart There can be no dis
guising the fact, that politics are moi
what they q usedto scas."
sssa We inquired of tho leading men al
sahelhcad of Salt RiverAwho were all
Whigs-what would probably be the
length of time the Democratic party OF
Ohio would spend there? The reply
was, that one year generally suficed,
tbut theydreaded the arrival of the Wing
party, as they had been there SO long
that they were fully satisfied. evil
communications, corrupt good manners. y
For he-beaeftof others of our friends,
WHO VIII find it a good place to "drive
FduN care aaoay;i' we Will state that the
"TRIP Pleasant one, and that there is
but one danger, Judging from the con-
duct of the Wings in Ashland ongthe
Eaight of election, an evident disposition
for ~carrousing too much, and continuing
long as TIC aehisky lasts" Anoth-
er homily on temperance, by a few Ed
itorssin Ohio, would have sounded like
music on the waters, before the mixed
crowd we allude to.
THE SNAKES AND H lei LaME
w have no desire to say aught against
a fellow citizen in this County, except
when they transgress the bounds of de-
eeneE and honorable treatment towards
ourse!f The course pursued towards us
while . candidate for Clerk, transcribed
any thing which we have ever yet known
in the annals of political warfare. I'm
til too late, we were rot aroused to the
actual condition of the guerrilla warfare
which was being waged against us. The
principal actors were men of question:
Dfe -chaffougoEon OF
these gentlemen to say we ever missused
them in a single instance in our life-a
single instance. Nay, have we not al
ways treated them gentlemanly? And
yet, when we were a candidate-not hay
ing laid a straw in their wayne were
set. upon Hyena-like, and treated with a
brutal. foulness too outrageous to be toll
Grated in a civilized community, and
which we soiU not tolerate any longer.
We. are made of flesh and blood, and dc
not hereafter intend to be crowded. The
last link towards further submission on
our part was broken, when the %sanctity
bfour domestic circle was invaded, and
viflainous charges we're reflected upon
the partner of our joys and sorrows.
In some parts of the County we were
charged with being a temperance man
and as having assisted in the row a few
years ago against ANTHONY JACOBS. In
others, we were a drunkard; in others
weewere dishonest in others, we were
an aristocrat, &C., &c. Since the cleo
tion is over, there are men who will say
With the Editor of the Times, j." infor
nation wanted u as to who ever charged
usiEith thesesthings. But With the Ed.
itor of the fTmeszwe will have no con.
troEersy. His course in this campaign
is UNSUITABLE IN his own mind, and this
is al-suficient. ae8 1sg
The charges we have alluded to have
been reyamped ever since we set foot il
this County. At a distance many be
ieYe; at home, no honest, good man, O.
either party, can be found to vouch fol
their correctness. sSuch stories have al
ways originated with our enemies. w
ask every friend of ours inthe County,
every single Individual who approached
them during the past campaign, was MOI
our personal enemy-Hessians in prin
6fpIe, and should be in birth "Lool
TO your laurels . we say, and enjoy them
when theyare gninedb by traducing a maj
like a common felon.
The week before the election, as many
ms ten or twelve persons were under pay
to ride the County, and traduce the
character of Nj. SMURR and %ourself, un-
der the pay of " tive dollars a day and
roast beef-o
We regret the necessity which com.
pels us to use our columns in OWE
defence. We would feel more free te
speak had we nothing to do with the pa
per, but we cannot endure too much.
NEWPORT SAFETE-FUND.
This Bank has fulfilled its destiny by
breaking-or rather s~uspending pay
ment. Some months ago we warned
our readers that it would break and moi
to touch it. Our prediction has proved
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