The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-09-10

the number armed and equipped "a:
the law directs"
I should have stated previously that
the various subcommittee are designa.
ted as follows Evidence Committee,
Qualification Committee, Investigating
Committee, Military Committee, Prison
Committee, Finance Committee.
The expenses of the General Commit
tee are ali paid by voluntary contribu.
tions by our citizens. The total and en-
tire expenses up to this time probably
exceed $4,000. The present expenses
Of rent, clerk-hire, &C., probably at this
moment do not exceed $500 per day,
though they have run up to 500. Ev-
erything is done on the cash system
Bills are paid off daily from eleven to
twelve; ciSrk hire once a week-every
Saturday. The garrison is, in all re-
spects, in good military order. Bar
racks for one hundred and fifty men ire
lief guard) blankets aud mattresses, suit
tiers quarters, &c.
The establishment is ever provided
with horses, everything ready and on the
premises for a campaign. To show the
true feeling of the people, l have seen
frequently men on duty, with their white
locks, over sixty, and others sixty five
and sixty-seVen years of age. Probably
a score of these old gentlemen do guard
duty night and day, watch their posts,
in or out of floors, or wherever duty calls,
and these, too, are men occupying the
high and honorable calling of merchants,
and drill as soldiers, attend the reviews,
SC,
L have said previously that there were
clergymen in the Committee, probably
twenty in number, most Methodists, but
a few of other denominations. In near
ly all of our churches (Protestant) pas
tors haye spoken and preached approy-
ingly of the committee and their acts.
L may enumerate the Right Rev. Bish-
OPP Kip, of the Episcopal Church; Rev.
Messrs Briggs and Thomas, Of the Meth
odist Churches; Rev. Mr.. Cutler, of the
Unitarian; Rev. Mr.. Willy, of the New
School Presbyterian Rev. Mr.. Lacy,
of the Congregational and Rev. ] r
Anderson, of the Presbyterian Old
School, and many others whose names [
do not recollect. The Rev. DR.. Scott,
I believe is the only clergyman who has
refraincd from abiding to the subject
in his pulpit. He is, however, not
to the acts Of the Committee,
md the elders and trustees of Calvary
Church made a formal request that he
not bring the matter before the
congregntion-but simply to preach
Christ and him crqc;fcd to his hearers.
! huYo no doubt that had DR.. Scott been
the city at the time of the organiza-
ton Q. tie Committee he would have
spoken out boldly against it. At all
him as their friend aud advocate.
In regard to the public press of-this
city, all are iii favor and strongly indorse
the acts of the Committee, save and ex
the Syn and HeraU d, whose circu-
Iation combined is not, probably, more
than two-thjrds of that of the BnLe'ln, |
the AAa, CAr0aicie, True CoE;-
Tor" TAX, Glpje and some
three French papers, ard all dulles, full
~ endorse the Committee. So do all
the ~weeklics, not excepting the Chris
tan ddrOcatc, the organ of the Metho-
lists, and the Pacific, inew school)-
fhe press throughout the State and SO
also OF the large majority of the c%irizcns
II tle entire Ctaic, are - TtSl'auts, aGo
IL cases Of need are with US.
The writer states that party politics
Ias nothing to do with the organization,
.ud that leading members have been
compelled to Withdraw il conseouerce of
kroached the subject Of party.
lie states, however, that the strongest
opponents Of tic Committee are South
ri Democrats. This would seem to
cave the infer, c lhas the subject Of
was in some way Involved, hIt
he correspondent says The object of the
Commit; ee IS to rid the city and State
# the murdererz, rowditS aad ballot box
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