The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-03-26
THE TIWEs.


In cur last Issue, it will be recollected,
we took occasion to comment in pretty
severe terms npon the apparent imbecil-
ity of tho editor of the Ashland Times.
We called upon him, us a political editor,
20 state whether he approved or disap-
proved of certain acts of the present Leg
islature, which we had a perfect right to
do, as theL egislaturei is largely composed
of men of his own party. We called up
on him, also, as = man of honor, to fight
his own battles, instead of turning for
assistance to a brace of correspondents.
In answer, he complains of u being so
very personal, and utterly refuses to dis
cuss any topic with US. However, in his
closing paragraph-unintcntionally We
suppose-he declares that the only Issue
of the coming campaign Is TO be that of
/" Slavery Extension" On this topic,
we infer, he is perfectly willing to dis
cuss with us-at least, he has always
showed q willingness to do so heretofore.
In answer to our question as to Why he
did not come to the defense of Mr.. Nus
GRAVE himself, instead of calling in the
mid of a correspondent, he assigns two
reasons. First, that "a the attack on Mr..
MrsoRArE was 30 fiimsy it needed no
assistance to exhibit its incongruities."
Second, that i" its filling up was so coarse
that it was ~repulsive." If our article
was SO Aimsy, Why give a correspondent
a column of his space TO reply to it, or
Why reply to it at all I? It vas so coarse
that the editor would not reply to it,
net he-it shocked all his city idens Of
pre- priety. But be would make a cats.
paw of Uncle Benz to do the dirty
work, ard gave him the use of columns
over which he prcsides with so much re-
6nement. to do it in. Query ?-is the
accomrlicc of a horse thief any the less
guilty in the eyes of The law, than the
principal? But were our structures on
Mr.. MusGRAvE" coarse aid rcpulsive ?"
We think not. Indeed, our remarks
were characterized By an undue degree of
moderation. We challenge our neigh
Dor TO point out a single offensive express
sion in the article which his correspond
eat replied to. True, We used the term
Joseph" in referring to him, but We
fancy Nh. MUsG2AvE is not yet ashamed
of his own name, however much ashamed
he may be of lis political acts. In con-
%clusion, We desire to inquire into our
neighbor's pretensious to refinement, and
to show up his overWeening vanity. In
speaking Of our article On Mr. MUsGRAyE,
be says We had 10 misgivings as to its
effect in community the UNION cannot
injure any RESPECTABLE CITIZEN ~ Cour-
teous, that's it not, reader? When
we are satisfied that any sane person es-
Inmates the standing of the Union so low
as to place it on a level with the Ashland
Times, We shall then feel called upon to
vindicate its reputation Now, then,
read the following delicate bit, penEed
by this pink of propriety
1.-THE editor of the Union docs not
abhor personalities Such a course be
thinks is +" miserable, silly, boyish." He
thinks. as does the little street swell"
that it is manly to chew tobacco, swear
and call people names, Of such species
of manhood the editor of the Union is IL
perfect type. Abhor personalities ? not
he ! That is his forte"
This from the " ladies' dear who so
much "abhors personalities !" Search
the files of the Union. If there can be
found remarks of ours against our neigh
bcr rs offensive as he has used towards
US in the paragraph just quoted, we arc
much mistaken. The plea of %personali-
ties is no longer good. The editor of
the Times refuses to defend the acts of
the Legislature because he knows it
would be fatal to Fusionism in Ash
land County. A county ticket, on the
success of which his pccuniary pro sperity
materially depends, is to be elected next
Fall. By avoiding all other issues but
the question ofSlavery, lie hopes TO land
a set of men in Office who will furnish
him the balance of tho county printing.
Gold-soRDID COLDS the object of
his dreams. For gold he will aid in
keeping in power the party that is rob-
bling labor of its dues. He will sec the
dearest rights of the people tramplod in
the dust, that be may rise to a~fiuonce,
We wan him that his dodge cannot,
shall not succeed. The real, living, Vi
tai %issucs, will be pressed upon the peo-
Pile, and woe to fusion leaders when the
day of reckoning comes.