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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-07-25
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Mr.. EDITOR Allow me once more,
and probably for the last time, the use
of your columns, to reply to my venera-
bic friend Fusion )" for 1 think with
him that not only the readers of the
Union, but also those of the Times,
have been sufficiently bored with this
trivial discussion.
Ny only reason for entering the ring
was to expose the hypocritical can't of
my venerable friend on the subject of
Slavery, with which he was weakly do
sing the readers Of the Times, and by
dint of pure gasconade and high sound
ing professions, induce honest Free Soil
ers to believe that he had entirely re-
nounced the old Wing Party. I have
to some extent stripped this old Coon of
his false covering, but whether he will
succeed in coming out the same hole he
in at, is yet to be determined.
He has grown so fat on Hard Cider, and
the spoils of Offices obtained from pro-
Slavery Wing Administrations, that his
progress thus far has been very difficult.
He seems to labor under the delusion
that assertions are better than arguments,
md o~bstinatoly refuses to sven attempt
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The Fusion State Ticket.

The following is the ticket nominated
at the late Fusion State Convention, to
be sacrificed to appease the wrath of the
Ohio Democracy next October:
Governof-Salnon P. Chase, of Ham,
ilton county.
Lieutenant GoUeTnor-Thomas Fl.
Ford, of Richland.
Supreme Judges-Full Term-Jacob
Brinkerhoff, of Richland. For vacancy
Charles G. Convers, of Muskingum.
auditor Of State-F. E. Wright, of
Champaign county.
Treasurer Of State-William H. Glib
son, of Seneca county.
Secretary Of State-J. 81. Baker, Of
Ross county.
Attorney GeneraL-Francis D. Kim
ball, of Medina county.
Member Of Board Of Public Works
A. G. Conover, of Medina county.
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Advice Carried Out.

In order to show the Know-N lettings
how the Abolitionists talk about them
VIC take the following extract from the
Washington National Era, the especial
organ of Mr. Chase The Era says:
The honest friends Of freedom must
put doa0n Knoa0-Nothingism, o. hnOto-
Nothingism a0iH pat them dou0n. The
free States must reject Know Nothing
ism, OF Know othingism will irretriev
ably divide them, and place them under
tho heel of tho slave power. We are
in earnest if VIC can. We have never
respected any good from the secret or
der, and are not at all surprised at what
has just happened in Massachusetts,,
although many of our friends are"
The Abolitionists, h~earkening to the
advice of the Era, have " put DOWN.
Know othingism in Ohio by the nom
ination of Mr.. Chase. Gentlemen
Ms, listen further to what the Era
says of your organization. Appealing
to the Abolitionists, it says
Can you continue to give counter
ance to an order, divorced from justice
and humanity, welded to prejudice,
prescription and bigotry ?"
The Know-No things are respected
meekly to submit to this language and
vote for Chase.
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The enthusiasm, however, had q shade
of fanaticism about it. The spirit was
one of man worship, and not of deYo-
tion to " great principles" 1t is a fact
which is we'll established, that the ma
jority of tho Convention referred to,
went to Columbus not 50 much to NOM
mate an acceptable candidate for Gov
erner, as to nominate Salmon p. Chase.
With them this was the " one idea" to,
which every other held subservient. It
was decreed that Chase should be the
candidate for Governor, whether the
nomination produced harmony or dis
cord. Adhesion to Chase was held to
be the only test of the new I" republi-
canism " as expounded by Joshua r.
Giddings and men of that ilk. The
new born republicanism party must be
baptized III the name of Chase, or it
could lay no claim to Legitimate paren-
tage. ,
With this intolcrant spirit SO plainly
developed, and so obstinately adhered
to, it was not, of course, to be expected
that harmony could result. 1t was in
vain that efforts were made to convince
the friends OF Chase that he was not the
man on whom the opposition could cor
daily unite. 1t was in vain that q COM
promise was proposed to withdraw oil
the other candidates for Governor, aud
present a new man in whom all had con-
fdenoe, and who as fairly represented
the principle of " human liberty" as it
was possible for Mr.. Chase to do
Nothing could move the friends of Chase
from their position. They controlled a
majority of the votes in the Convention
the power was in their hands, and
they determined to force him upon those
who were entering into covenant rela-@
tions with the republican party" as
the embodiment of orthodoxy.
We have attended a good many politi-
cal Conventions, and witnessed not a
few "moves on the political chess
board, but we havc never seen an iu-
stance in which, under a show of prinei-
pie there has been a more palpablo man
Hesitation of man-worship. If a portion
of that devotion to the cause of " human
liberty" on which the friends of Mr..
Chase exalt themselves, could possibly
have been spared to the qrhitc people
who met at Columbus as on Friday, it
would have been a better evidence of
sincerity than the oceans of can't in which
the sins of slavery are SO constantly seen
to swim.
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E B. L. Fulton, ESD, is now
Proprietor of the well-knoWn House in
New London, known as "Kings HOTEL"
which he has fitted up in superior style
for the accommodation of his many
friends. and the travelling public gener-
ally. Nj. FULTON is too well known as
a good Landlord, to need any common
datien from us. His table, his stable,
and the gentlemanly manner in which
he treats his patrons speak for them
selves. We bespeak for Mr.. F. a full
share of the public patronage. See
card in another column of to-day's pa
per.
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How the Nominations Take.


There can be no doubt but hat much
dissatisfaction exists in the Fusion ranks
in regard to the nomination of CHASE
for Governor. We do not mean to say
that all are dissatisfied. His nomina-
ton pleases . respectable number. We
are told that when his name.was announ-
ced to the Convention as the nominee, a
general scowl rested on the visages of all
tho old line Wings and nine-teut's
of tho Know Hothings, who were warm
ly attached to Mr. BR1NKERHoFF. But
when it was proposed to ratify the NOM
ination by reclamation, and the question
being put, Kisses and groans were heard
throughout the vast assemblage, and a
loud and emphatic NO came from thou
sands, entering their solemn protest.
Since the adjournment of the Conven-
ton, q call signed by GErcER, and many
other citizens has been published, for q
new Convention to be held in August.
The same Ball is kept in motion in Ross,
Mama and Hamilton counties, signed by
thousands of good Clay Wings and Know
Nothings, who are opposed to having the
unsightly hodge pOdge of the thirteenth,
thrust down their Threats without q
why or wherefore. They show a de-
termination and zeal, that will be felt
about the ides of October. They are
bound that their rights shall not be
tramplcd upon with i~mpunity, by CARR
sOnian AbOlIionism.
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Salmon E. Chase'g Pledges.

In accepting the nomination for Gov
ernor, Mr.. CHASE emphatically declared
that he was in favor of freedom for all
of all colors and grades. He declared
that should he be elected, he would re-
commend in his Message such an amend
ment to the Constitution of Ohio as
would permit Negroes to exercise the
clettive franchise, and to hold Offices.
The gauntlet is therefore thrown down
and the foreign citizens of Ohio, the
German, Irish, Welsh, English, French,
and all others, are to be classed beneath
the Negro, as. being inferior in mental
capacity and moral responsibility, and,
as a matter of course, unfit to be made
and regarded as citizens of this great
State.
The inference is oeftainly ind1bitable,
because that Convention made its crown
ing act q specimen of intolerance by
giving three long and loud cheers for
Sam % and his coble bearing ID the
Campaign Of 1854, and his success du-
ring the present, under the qoise leader
ship Of that sagacious Chief, Tom SPocN-
Err, the head of the Know Nothing Or
der, who stood upon the platform and
pledged himself to go the whole ticket.
The inference is the more striking,
especially when We consider that the ru-
ling idea of this Order is to compel all
who emigrate to this country to reside
here, under the eye of fanatical Adolf
t~ionists and intMriated KroaO Nothings,
81 years before they shall vote. Yea
they are willing to go further, and de-
clare that all foreign citizens coming
here, shall forever be incapacitated for
holding Office.
VIII the naturalized cit z ms of Chic
submit tamely to this degradation !?
Come, nswer. VIII you concedS that
you and your children should be CLASH
fed, beneath the Negro? If we under
stand properly their s~ensibilities and
discretion, we are led to believe hat an
SmPhatic negative of the Ohio Democ-
racy will settle the question, and elect
MxDILL and the whole Democratic tick
ct by $4,000 majority.
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UNITED STATES MAGAZINE, for July,
has arrived, and We find it UNUSUALLY inter
esting. The reading community are not
aware, how much able information
they foolishly lose by not subscribing
for the United States Magazine. One
thing worthy of note in this number, is
q Portrait of HENRY WARD BEEcHER,
and a short description of him, which
cannot fail to interest the reader, wheth-
er he sympathises with his doctrines or
not.
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to prove his positions. He denounces
Democrats for doing things which the
Wings have themselves done, and which
he then considered right. He charges
me with attacking Ministers of the Cos
pei, Il mean such as nre not Wolves in
Sleeps elothing,) but does not attempt
to defend the trickery by which the
would.be Republican Party is to be oo-
mented. Are such a molly crew as
the late County Convention, or the State
Convention at Columbus, to be e~ntrust-
cd with the welfare of community :?
Does /" Fusion }" think that our foreign
born Free Sellers, or their true friends,
can be induced to support a ticket, CON-
posed of such avowed Know Nothings as
Messrs. B-RINKERuoFF and FORD, who
are sworn to deny them these rights guar
antsed to them by the Constitution ?
"Tom" is completely encasod in " lau-
rels which he won at Philadelphia
some have the impudence to say that he
did not como by thom honestly--but
however much the coming man of
Ohio" and his southern brethren may
have differed upon the subject of Slave
ry, yet as to the propriety of prosecuting
foreigners, they were perfectly agreed.
Can it be possible that foreigners-no
matter to what party they may belong
will allow themselves to be deceived by
the specious cry of Republicanism, and
assist in placing in Office these men who
are sworn to deprive them of the dearest
which thoy as American citizens
now enjoy? cannot believe it.
Were it not that my venerable friend
" Fusion" has bid me an affectionate
farewell, I should like to know how no
the nomination of Mr.. CHASE ?
he ever said any hard things
about Mr.. CHASE, when he was elected
TO the United States Senate? Wheth-
,r Mr.. CHASE has materially changed
ais vie VS. on the subject of Slavery since
hat time, and if he has not, what has
created this newborn love for Mr.. G.
the bosom of my venerable friend ?
Will you be kind enough to answer these
questions, in your next bulletin from the
Third Street Pill Factory? Farewell,
" Fusion )" farewell--if you de-
ire tiff not, then thy will, o, would
De SOLOMON, be done?
PAUL PRY, JR.
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Reverend Know Nothings.

It is we'll known that many Ministers
of the Gospel, not only in this county
but throughout the State, belong to the
Holy Order of Jesuitical Know Moth
ings. The inquiry very often sug-
gests itself, can a Minister of the Cos
pei, in accordance with his high and
holy mission, consistently be a member
of the Jesuitical and proscriptive Order
of KnowiN othings? When we take into
view the great object of his vocation
the magnitude of his field of labor, and
the good he is expected to do-the doc
trine he inculcates, and the persons to
whom he is sent-which, added to the
injunction, go ye into all the world
love one another )" and that all are
alike objects of the redeeming love of
our Savior-it would seem that the ho-
ly ma of God would shrink back with
horror at the very idea of prescription
and fanaticism. Not so, however, many
there are hat "dwell therein"
1t is much to be regretted by all Chris
tians that they are on the record, not
only with their sympathy, but as ring
leaders and organizers of the midnight
Jesuiticar Clubs, ~endeavoring to foment
and stir up the worst passions of the
human heart, creating clanish distinct
ions on account of birth and religion,
which always leads to mobs and riots,
and, as a consequence, bloodshed. And
yet these followers of the "meek and
lowly Jesus ;" Sabbath after Sabbath,
raise their pious hands, stained with hu-
man gore, to0ardS Heaven, and invoke
the blessings of God, as if they were the
essTmen IN tRe world, and I've a cody
life. How true the following lines Of
TO many, Lord, abuse thy grace,
In this licentious day;
And while they boast they see thy face
They turn their own away"
How extremely sad it is to reflect
hat the pure mission of Christ should
De converted into an American Inqui-
and his followers into q Junto of
Jacobins, headed by these Rev
'rend gentlemen, to heat heir blood and
nfame their ~prejudices. They should
ather seek to address themselves with
nore zeal to their true mission. They
hould not declaim against Catholics,
nd be guilty of the same acts they con-
Iemn, and ask the same immunities they
Ienounce in their a~dversaries.
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More of the Vandalism of the
Allies.

W. have already noted many of tho
cutrages perpetrated by the allies after
the capture of Kertch on private prop
erty. A writer in the London Standard
furnishes. the following, which he styles
IN an1uSingly account
"I went on shore to see the troops
land at Yeuikale, and was highly anus
ed. About two hundred fellows, SOL
diers and marines--English, French
.and Turks-made for a large house,
from which the occupants had fed in
such haste that they left their dinner
on the fire and the cloth laid The
dinner consisted of a leg of mutton. pud-
ding and vegetables and 1 happened
to be one of a few who got a good din
ner. The house was magniiciently fur
nished. During dinner two Frenchmen
played upon the piano, while two others
danced on it. Presently our fellows,
who evidently had no taste for music,
chopped the instrument in pieces a0ith
a picka1. AS the company finished
their dinner they threao tbs plates and
dishes through the t0indoaos, some run
their 6ayoncts through the pictures,
some oil paintings, perhaps valuable
others amused themselves by burning
the beautiful bound books, and there aP-
peared to be competition between half a
dozen to see which could destroy the
greatest quantity Of furniture an the
sAozest TIME. BY and by some eight
ten Frenchmen came out of the Gel
lar, where they had been locked up,
when every one began to regret that he
had not found ont there was a cellar be-
fore. OF course q general rush was
made, and in az irrecredibly short time
there was not a full bottle or cask Left
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News by the Canada4--Further
Particulars of the Battle at Sc
bastopol, June ID.

bastopol, June ID.
We find the following additional tele-
graphic news, brought by the Canada,
in the New York papers of the 10Th
inst +:
"The main facts have been already
stated of the unsuccessful attack upon
Sebastopol on the 18th of June. The
papers per the Canada contain further
details, including the dis. atcn of Pelis-
sier.
cit is stated that General Margan's
French division on the way to attack
the fort on the extreme right, by the
Careening Harbor, commenced tho at
tack prematurely, and before the other
division had taken their ground. Nor
gan fell mortally wounded, aud his di-
vision being thrown into disorder, the
Russians turned their concentrated fire
upon the next division as it came up un-
der General Burnet, aud shattered it
badly. Burnet also fell. Orders were
then given to withdraw the troops into
the trenches, although General Aute-
vane had meantime reached the mala-
koff Tower. The retreat was effected
with good order but with grea. loses.
"When Lord Raglan saw tho defeat
of the First French Division, he hastily
ordered an attack on the Redan, to eff
feet a division in favor of the French, al
though it was previously intended that
the British should not attack the Redan
until the French should have captured
the Malakof, inasmuch as the Malakoff's
guns quite commanded the Redan. So
far as civilians at a distance could
judge, Lord Raglan's order to attack
was a great error for the British storm
ing party not being sufficiently strong
to cover the works, were repuised with
much slaughter. A curious incident is
that General Ergo, with 1000 British
troops, penetrated into the suburbs of
Sebastopol itself, and held possession
of the houses of one street for seventeen
hours, but being totally unsupported he
retired at night-fall. The Inference is
that, had the assault been general or
Systematically planned, the city would
have fallen, or. at least, its first line of
defense might have been carried"
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FUSION !

AS a matter of interest, to our readers,
We give some extracts from different
papers in Ohio, in reference to the nom
nations made by the Fusions on the 18th
Comment on such q state of things is
useless-they speak for themselves in
stronger language than any n could
speak for them.
Tho CIncInnetf Times on the NOmi-
nation of Chnse-.SpOOnor DonOunc-
ed hi Stnte Convention
Threatened.
The Times of last evening has a col
umn on the nomination of Chase, from
which We make the following extracts
"There are only two facts which as
yet we are sure of, in this locality, in
date for Governor, to wit: the ultra
Freesoil leaders are we'll pleased, and so
arc the leaders of the oAl-line Dcmocra-
cy, the first being " cock sure" of Mr..
CAase's election, the latter feeling that
the only chance against then, has been
lost by their opponents"
The action of this party in the
premises will, We suppose, be a matter
for immediate consideration, the first
question being simply, shall the Anseri-
can Democratic party, as a popular
badly, call a State Contention and pat
a State ticket IN the field, not, howeUer,
qoith any expectation of eAecting 1t, but
far the purpose Of indicating ITS indie
pendence Of the fusion ConUe'uion, and
a determination to preScrve itself intact
for future emergencies
"The question, decided in the afhrma-
tive, at onee becomes complex, presen-
ting many phases, which We are not
now disposed to consider, even if we be-
lieved VIC were competent to discuss
them. We may say this much, however,
that to our vision a miserable and pal
try struggle for the lead ola combined
opposition seems to be the great feature
of the proposed fusion, for in matters of
State policy and reform there is little
or no difference of opinion between the
parties, while on national topics there is
a fundamental, irreconoilable antago-
nism, that will certainly come in collis-
ion at the Presidential election, even
though harmony should be preserved.
We will not be at all surprised to
find, shortly, that the detection of the
leaders of the American Democratic
party has alienated its plumbers from
them, and in future they will act for
themselves, OF their own responsibility.
The records state that the Ameri.
can Democratic larty of Ohio numbers
one hundred and thirty thousand votes,
Of q0hons about one in ten, or thirteen
Thousand, qoiH foHoao tie seeding lead
erS, such as SpOoner and others, LeaUine
one hundred thousand Uoters, after at
seventeen thousand for the sick.
and indifferent"
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Special Notices.

TFSYPHTLLs, SCoRFULA AND DISEASED
these terrific diseases. CArter's :
Spanish Mixture Is is the only specific.
The prcpriOtors have in their possession over
one hundred certificates of the most extr aordlne-
ry cures efectedby IL.
We refer TO the certificate of Richard Adams, Iato>
High Sheriff of Richmond, Va. Edwip burton
Commissioners of the Revenue for H2chnlohH
General WEIGH, of the Mammonth CictAS ~
Hundley, eff Washington City Mr.. - >
thews, and G. b. Luck, ESQ, of RichmRs ~
Va. Mr.. F. Boyden, Exchange Hotel. Va.
a host OF others, who have seen cases of the w0rN
cured by Carriers Spanish Mixture
They all certify that il is The greatest purifier 81
the blood known.
%.sSee advertiser len 1. E1f-Gt -Ea-E
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HEAVY RAINS AT PITTsBuRe.-From
Pitisburg papers of yesterday we learn
that that section has been visited by the
heaviest rains aver experienced, The
storm was accompanied by vivid fash es
of lightning and heavy claps of thunder.
Considerable damage was done to roads
and corn crops. The river was rising
rapidly. :
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DON'T Like the Ticket.

The Cleveland Express, Know Moth
ing, speaking of the action of the Fusion
Convention, says:
The nomination of Mr.. Chase is an
fortunate for the ticket. If the gallant
Ford could lave led tho column" the
result next Fall would have been q Ger
tain triumph.
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{. RolIy alks LIke plzsn.

The Journal, of last evening; has q
correspondents froms Wing Town J,
who uses the following comfortable Ian
guage:-Statesnaan.
Il will acknowledge the corn Mr..
Editor, and speak right out In moetin,"
that our folks down here don't like Mr..
Chase a bit too well. and its q mighty
nasty dose to swallow. But you know
We have all got the belly-ake like pizen,
from takin too. much green stuff that
was planted at the last lection time,
now, what can we do ?n
n Wing Banner I'm Ross County
Unfuried.A bOlitiOnism Denounced.
The Chilicothe Metropolis of the 18th,
neutral paper, comes to US with the fol-
lowing important political call. It will
be followed by others throughout tho
State
"A meeting of all persons in Ross
county who are opposed to nomination
Mr.. Chase, Nj. Brinkerhoff, Tor any
other Democratic Abolitionist who has
nothing to commend him over his COM
ROCIS VI Inc bAu0 6CuOO1 VI WOtJOItCtL
politics, but is ever less trusty than the
rest,) as a candidate for Governor-who
are opposed TO the present National and
State Administrations-who are opposed
to A~6olitionasing Ross County, and
who are opposed to the repeal of the
Missouri COMPROMISING requested to
meet at Waddle's Hall, Chilicothe, on
Saturday, 2lst inst, at two o'clock p
NJ, for the purpose of consulting as to
propriety of nominating Wing candi
dates for State and county tickets, and
for other purposes.
Hon. John L. Taylor and other gen.
tlemen will address tho melting.
'[Signed]-M. Scott Cook, Abraham
Hegler, Owen T. Reeves, William Car
son, Jacob May, Thos. Woodrow. Abram
James, John w. Champman, William
II. Skerrett, VIM. H. Douslas, Waller
Mass:e, B. Mills, John Woodbridge jr.,
James Douglass, Amos Smith, John
Woodrow, George Shriyer, Wesley Clay
pool, Augh Bell, Seneca w. Ely, W.
Ell. Stafford, Robert Larimer, s. Pickens
b. 2. B. Doddridge, C. P. Smith, Henry
Sulbacher, NJ. Mussulman, Hesekiah
Amberg, John Mace, r. Allston. j. l..
Watson, II. b. Ketcham, Elijah john
son, and ffty-six others.