The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-09-17
ONE WHO WAS THERE.
Perrysville, Sept, Is, 1856.
For the Ashland Union.
a. L. CUHTISass THE INFAMOUS,

A thing, styling himself by the for
mer of the above names, but classed
among the latter by those who know
him, has been attempting to take some
part in political affairs in this County, in
the present campaign. 1 took occasion,
having heard him try to make a speech
much as to say, what every body who
heard him at that time we'll knew, viz:
that his speech was naught but misrep-
res ntations, Wholesale SANDERS and will
full, known falsehoods. [ have thus
been them cans, Internationally, Of blow
ing into notoriety a most despicable OBJ
ject, a thing whose mate littleuess, NOR
al infamy, withercd person and black,
blasted character had already condemned
him and sent him covered with corrup-
ton and degradation to a merited ob-
/, ~liyicnI will not particularigo. history
o. lis Character, III all its viloncss, would
forever condemn the author of the His
tory AID the sheet that would publish it.
His answer to M former article alone
tells it. From such a source nothing
but language the most vile and lies the
most Infamous could be emitted.
What is his answer to tho charges
made in my article in the UuioA? Does
he deny them Mol npon the contrary
he resorts to the last device of a aes-
perate and ~unprincirled man when he
dare not deny the charges preferred
against him, and deals out through the
columns of the Ashland Times, the self
styled organ of the "respectaGAe citi-
zens" of this place, a string of personal
abuse, of low charges, without the shad-
ow of a foundation, and lying epethets,
q parallel to which can not be found in
the most abandoned partizan print in
the whole country. But why does he
grow so desperate? What makes him
writhe and twist like a trampled worm g?
The point which appears to hurt him
worst is my advice to him to return to
the Democratic party the property which
he has attained through the position in
which they placed him. I was not with
a precedent in giving this advice.
The delegates from Loudonville to the
Democratic nominating convention were
instructed to lay before the convention
a request to Infamous" to resign his
Office. This request was unanimously
adopted by that convention. Here then
was a very large portion of the people of
Ashland County, by this action assert
ing that he had obtained the Office
through a fraud upon them, by preteu-
ling to uphold their principles, that now
lis villainy was exposed, and that if
of principle or honor remained in
lin, he would resign an Office given him
~ those whom he was now opposing
With such filthy vindictiveness.
Now what is the best part of the
history of this man-yes, a man {
AS hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, span
iels, ours, :
water-rugs and demi-wolves, are
cleped I
II by the name of dogs" I
He halls first from the Western Re- t
erve, a long, lean, lank Abolition Yam e
He leaves there and goes to Mill 4
Holmes County. He stays a
here but a short time because the peo- a
lie were honest, and thence comes to 4
-shland. (He will leave here shortly G
n the same reason.) By putting on a a a
ing face, looking wise and saying moth tc
g, he gets into a partnership with J. 81
Z. Smith, Esq, in the law. He had Is
when he came, and could not al
axe a living at this, for his share in
le firm was only in proportion to his
tents, which brought it down to a very :
W figure. He has a difficulty with his n
and is kicked out of even this ! =
'or pittance. He is poor, starvation an
ares him in the face. He then conlu- oc
ID to run for Probate Judge, and is
minated out of pure sympathy for his
Ucrty. He serves put this term and is