The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-07-09

were the first Disunionis's. He then
gave a long history of the celebrated
BURR conspiracy-how he wanted to
unite the Southern States in q Southern
Confederacy, dissolve the Union, con:
quer Mexico, erect q great Southern
Empire, of which he was to be proclaim
ed Emperor,--how his supporters all
came from the Southland therefore the
DEMOCRATS were ~responsiblel Unfortu-
nately, however, the Professor forgot to
tell that the United States Supreme
Court decided that no such conspiracy
ever existed, and discharged AARON
Bum from custody! lie next charged
the attempt ct Notification in Soath
Carolina upon the Democrats, and claim
ed old ANDREW JACKSON, who put it
down, as a first rate Black Republican -!
The Professor said he would next prove
" as clear as mud that the Democrats
wanted to introduce Slavery into Ohio I!
4 Shareholder from Virginia named
LEMON had claimed the right OF bringing
his slaves with him into the State of
New York for a temporary purpose, and
the Supreme Court of that State had
decided that he had that right. An ap-
peal had been taken from that decision
to the Court Of Appeals, the highest ja-
dicial tribunal of that State, and Virgi-
mia had instructed her Attorney Gener-
al to appear before that Court in behalf
of Mr.. LEMON. This was called the IN
ty0nSit4 doctrine. "Now," said the
Professor, "what will be the consequence
it the Court Of Appeals in New York
sustain this doctrine? \ Shareholder
from South Carolina, under this IN
ha*Sftu doctrine, comes up to spend
"dog days " with his Cousin john in
Ashland, and brings with him two slaves,
Tom ard KATE;-stays six months
spends all his 1nOney-gets in debt to
the landlord and the tailor-can't pay
landlord levics on TON and KATE be.
cause the law recognizes them as prop
erty an tranSitW-sells them under an
execution to a good honest farmer, as
property IN tra~nsitw-farmcr holds them
as property IN tranSnW-sets them to
work in his fields as property IN transitw
-lampoors them as property Ia traHstu
and Slavery is introduced into Ohio
in spite of the people and the Cous;itu-
ton !" We confess re were not u little
amused at this piece of sophistry, and
we fancy the willy Professor himself
could hardly r-frain from smiling while
delivering it. We thought
"He was the mildest manner'd man
That ever scuttled ship, II cut a throat!
With such true breeding of a gentleman,
You never could divine his real thought"
It will require bat few words to orpase
tho soI histry of this argune nt. First,
the New York Court of Appeals HAUNT
vet decided in favor of Mr.. Lemons doc
trine, nor are they likely tci-second,
their decision cannot apply to Ohio II
they do so decide third, a majority of
the Court are Black Republicans =
fourth, dog days don't last six months
and lastly, the whole thing is the dou=f
bIy distilled quintescence Of nonsense !
Such were the arguments of Piof. PECK,
the principal speaker of the day, and
yet his Black Republican hearers laud
bis speech to the skies!
Orator No. 2, was two hundred and
fifty pounds of flesh and political cor
ruption, rejoicing in the name of IIor.
JAMES STEWART, on whose c~ouutcnance
was imprinted "FOURTH-PROOF
BRANDY " as plain as the land wri-
ting on the wall. We have TO DISPOSE
tion to follow this "mountain Of flesh
through his sick euing Larranguc. Suf-
flee it to say chat he is an apostate of
nine months standing from the Demo
cratic party; and, like ARNOLD in the
Revolution, seeks by the manifestation
of a fendish malignity against his for
mer associates, to raise himself in the
estimation of his newly found friends.
He denounced the Administration of
FRANKLIN PIERCE as the most corrupt
the sun had ever shone on, aud yet, not
eighteen months ago, this same wreck
of an honest man was begging and i'm
plorirg an Office from this same Admin
istration, and it is solely because he was
refused an Office that he is now found in
his present position. To our own per-
sonal knowledge, letters are in existence
from this same creature, endorsing the
Nebraska Bill in the most positive terms,
and yet he is now rolling about the coun-
try ~denouncing that which he once sus-
tanned, and, like the adder, seeking to
sting the friendly hand that warmed
him into life, and raised him from his
native insiguifeance to a respectable po-
sition among honest men. With such
corruption it is lo1thesomc 20 deal. aud
as be has chosen the mire there let him
remain.
Next can WIN. Oar. E5qY-a queer
compound-never was bern to set the
world on ire-nevcr hurt any body ard
never expects TON short, very small
potatoes and but few in q hill. WILL
LAM wazed eloquent, Why, my fellow