The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-05-16
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Mr.. EDTroR Unaccustomed as I am,
nevertheless I write for the purpose of
partially replying to what 1 would term
the whining of aconimnuication in the
ashland Times, of week before last,
signed q Freedom !" but if my olfactory
do not deceive me it is one of
the same old Coons of forty, waking up
from his Rip Van Wrinkle slumbers, and
if he gets properly aroused, look out fer
your Shanghais.
Is it not strange that there is one
champion, " even of that old Coon fam
lily, who has the hardihood to say aught
againstthe Know Nothings? Is it pos
sible that such base ingratitude exists
with men who once. claimed all the wis
dom, w~ealth-and decency? the
Know Nothings come TO their assistance
at a time when nothing else could have
saved them? and has not this great
whig party, yes and even this same Coon
above referred to, gloried in the victo-
ries that could not have been obtained
without the timely aid given by the
Know Nothings !? But does this cham
pion think that the Free Sellers and
Foreigners can be hoodwinked and gull
ed by this feeble and feigned attempt
to oPPose the Kae&Nethingsf MOI
so. The Free Sellers remember the
dishonesty of the Wings in the last Flu.
sion campaign, and the Foreigners have
not forgotten that "sweet German ac;
cent" and the erich Irish brogue," thai
the present Know Nothing. alias the
Coon party, once so delighted to hear
This Hero is free to, confess, hat in tbs
Slave States the Know No.hings may
be opposed to freedom, and that in the
Free States it is otherwise, and in gen
eral, it is Pro-Slavery, for it opposes
Foreigners, most of whom are in favor
of freedom. And after all the sympa
thy of this great lover of the friends o
freedom, he thinks it would be right fol
~ 8. IH...s L-4E.f 1-E- ~ fa~-
a Foreigner to undergo a probationary
state of21 years, after be is of age il
order to be admitted to the. privileges
CT a citizen. Is this not cheering t.
you who are acknowledged to be tn,
friends of freedom? Can you be 50 in
CONSTANT as to join the Sag NIGHTS
who are willing that you shall vote il
FIVE years, and for who you please 4? Blu
this friend of yours thinks that this re
striction had better only exist in larg'
towns, where you are the most numer
Gus, and, as he says, lovers of freedom
you, as a matter of course, are. mcstl,
Democrats, and for that reason ough
not to vote. This seeming anti-Knov
Nothing admits that If upon matur'
reflection it be thought too long, let thu
time be less" Now I ask this old Coor
what has been the result of his refec
tioDs on the subject ? l have no doub
his answer as to time would be if /
was a Wing vote, five years is Ion!
enough, but if Democratic, tw~enty-on.
years and have his vote registered.
Now this 81 years and this mature re
Election, is the can of every Kno,
Nothing that you hear talk on the sub
ject. The old addago of blowing no
and cold with the same breath was new
er more fully illustrated, than in tn,
communication above referred to. TIL
Foreigners, he says, annually poll thou
sands and thousands of illegal votes, {
wonder if it was them that destroye,
the ballot boxes at the Spring elections,
and that they frequently infringe upol
the rights of our citizens. And afte
all these wholesale charges, in order t
prevent the opposition of Foreigner
next fall, he uses the soft solder, ant
says there are some with whom he woult
trust his reputation, his property ant
even his life. Now this is all twaddle
What has the place of a mans birth t,
do with his conduct? Does not thes
traits of good and bad character belona
to the native as well as to the foreign
born citizen?
Now a word to the Free SoiIers:-
".You must not join the Sag NIGHTS
for soldoing you aid that slave=catehins
administration. Query? Was Mr.
FILLMORE, the leader of the once Wing
but now the Know Nothing party, tn,
individual hat as President signed tina
slave-catehing bill? Was his worth,
predecessor, and nearly all the politica
gods, worshiped by that party, slave
catchers and sIave-owners =? Echo an
swers yes q"
Now, in conclusion, let me say to Mr.
Freedom. alias. Coon, that suckers wou'
bite this Fall. That this Republican
Anti-Slavery, No-Party garment hypo
critically put on for the purpose ofgull
ing the Free Sellers and Foreigners
won't take. This egg-shell covering
does not prevent them from plainly see
ing that your only fear is that the Sag
NIGHTS are likely to give you a Water
loo defeat this Fall. You no doub
saw the " handwriting on the wall, a
the Spring Elections. So mote it be.
I YEARS, or MATURE REFLECTION.
Terrible Know Nothing Riots al