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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-10-01
KANsAs.n

On our outside we publish the report
of the Committee appointed at q meet
ing of the citizens of st. Louis, to 60
to Kansas and ascertain the true state
of affairs in that Territory. The meet
ing that appointed this committee was
composed Of the most respectable citi-
zens of St. Louis, aud the report may be
relied upon as being very ia ir and i'm
partial in its statements. The long list
of outrages therein enumerated as hav-
ing been committed by LANE and his
men, should consign that hero to eternal
infamy, and should forever seal the lips
of the Black Republicans in the future.
The Democratic party denounce not on
y these last outrsges Of LANE, but all
illegal foreign interference with the af.
fairs of that Territory. The Black
Republican presses are as silent as the
grave in regard to these outrages of
LANE, except here and there one may
be found more bra.en and debased than
the rest, that gloats over them as SO
many triumphs of the free State men.
Such men as LANE and his defenders are
a curse to their race, and better far
would it be for humanity if the whole
brood were dangling at a ropes end.
In our last issue we also published
tbs inaugural Address and Proclama-'
tions of the new Governor. Latest ad-
vices from the Territory state that the
Missourians have gone home, and that
LANE and his men have fed to Nebras.
ka, carrying with them a large amount
of stolen property. Peace once more
retgns an Kansas, and we are led to
hope that the stock in trade of the
Freedom Shriekers will decline from
this time on, for want of fresh "outra-
ges!" Many bloody stories will no
doubt be manufactured to influence the
elections, but not the slightest credit
should be given to them. While every
good citizen will rejoice at this peaceful
state of affairs, the Political Priests and
Black Republican orators will hail it as
the greatest calamity that has as yet be-
fallen them. The Priests have SO long
neglected their Bibles and made up their
sermons with tales of horror and abuse
of the Democratic party, that it will be
exceedingly difficult for them to relate
the simple story of the Gross before their
honest hearers without q blush. And
as for the other Orators of the party,
they are still more to be pitied. With
! them politics 10 = trade, and it 10 only
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COURTEOUS, VERYl

The Ashland Times of this week pays
the following compliment to DIR. FIRE.
Zone Doctor Leander Firestone has
been nominated for Congress by the
BUCCANEERS of this District. We saw
this celebrated character at the recent
Loco Foco Meeting here. and pronounce
him an ~nfair P0ht6cian and an UN.
MITIGATED BLACKGUARD!"
We commend the above choice extrac,
from the Tines to the notice of the de-
cent Republicans of this place, some OF
whom have known the Doctor for years
and intend to vote for him at The cleo,
tion. Any man who has the hardihood
to use such language in regard to DR..
FIREsEeNE, who 10 known to be . most
accomplished gentleman. il 20 lost to
truth that no party should be held re.
sponsible for VIA. be says
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ONE WEEK FROM NEXT TUESDAY
Is THE ELECTION DAYl Demo

ONE WEEK FROM NEXT TUESDAY
Is THE ELECTION DAY. Demo
erals 2 yoS readya Have you can-
vassed every school district in your
TsAnship, and talked With every uaver.
ing mani Have you 50 arranged mat.
tiers that ecery Democrat will be at the
polls? If not, let the work be CON-
neuced immediately. Every Democrat
who loves the cause and his country,
should work hard from this time to the
election. Ashland County is just as
certain to give a majority for the entire
Democratic Ticket as the election day
comes, if we can only retain the votes
We have already got. Our opponents
know this well, and are working with
desperate energy. And on election day
there should be a host of Democrats at
work at every Poll. Conveyances in
abundance should be provided to bring
in the old and infrm Democrats, who
may be disposed to stay at home. Let
no vote 60 into the ballot box about
which there is any doubt. Above all,
hunt out the voters who have been de-
ceived and led away by the persuasions
of CRALL and other candidates on the
Fusion ticket. The work of these en-
i~ssaries for months past can be counter
acted on that day. All that the Black
Republicans of this County hope, ex.
pect or desire, is to carry their County
ticket. Bear IN mind, Democrats, tina,
II ne can carry the coming election by
. good majority, we can increase that
majority, ONE THIRD at the Novem-
Der election. It will do more to dis.
courage and dishearten the opposition
leaders, than all the work we have done
heretofore. Work, then, Democrats, a.
becomes you. Be vigilant, be active,
be true-and all will be we'll with US in
the future.
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Because.
.THREE BisAss BANDS.,,

The Times 10 funny papcr-very
Witness its spasms about the "Three
Brass Bands" Again it says that DR.,
FIREsroNE tried "to show hat the To.
peka Constitution had not been adopted
by a majority of IT'S citizens "-that
is, q majority Of the citizens of the To
pek0 Constitution And it is q spleu-
did neps paper, too. IN this weeks is
sue it communicates to its readers the
important fact, that "this morning.
Oct. LIST, the roofs are covered with
snow-thaf aehich fell ahp0n the ground
soon meAedY" What, snow that fell
upon the ground the list day of October
soon melted o, get eout! And
Mr.. McNULry has a neW sign for
his Hotel, it appearS-yes, ! 6ran
splinter" new sign, and what's more,
Fred. Hinnaman made it! This state
meut may be relied oa.-And that is'ot
all. "Ol Thursday last the Ashland
Gunners fred thirteen rounds in sixty
secnnds, aud if they had had the pereus
sion cap they could have easily "Flct
flicker" ag#iuI J-e-r-u-s-a-le m, is
so ? II IS Jecanse the T1aes-re
cords all he GocT| aeacs that II has in7
its list taco hundred the past two
The game is up-we have get
The secret uow-ice, too, shall have .
'ocal after the election, 90 no preventing
Proridence" F7 9El5 r..As s.sv : ii
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DR.. Firestone, in trying to show that
the Topeka Constitution had not been
adopted by q majority of its citizens,
said that the number Of votes -eAst for
il was 1850, while there were 5000 ill.,
habitauts in the territory. Said the
Doctor, "1750 is less than one-third of
5000, showing that not one-third of the
citizens voted for it." Now, Doctor,
are all inhabitants voters, or have they
no women and children in Kansas p
Times.
Il If cur neighbor will only in
cline n of his long ears this way, we
will whisper something in it he don't
appear to know. There were sir thousand
VOTERS in Kansas 1t time of the
adoption of the Topeka Constitution,
and nearly thirty thousand inhabitants
according to your own accounts. Why,
neighbor, have you been shrieking for
Freedom in Kansas for lol these eight
months, and all the while so much of a
BOBBY as not to know that Kansas had
more than six Thousand inhabitants at
the timeNof the adoption of the Topeka
Constitution? And you have been urg.
ing all Summer the organization of Kan.
sas into a State, when she hadn't but
st1 thousand inhabitants and not a foot
OF land in market? Six thousand land.
less people support a State Government
Why. q such Legislature as tina,
which assembled at Columbus last win.
ter, would eat them out of house and
home in a fortnight All, neighbor,
you're a honey-you amt any thing
else.
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Unparalleled FalsehOOds!'
NE1GHBoR LOCKE GONE MAD.

The editor of the Times Publishes an
article in this weeks issue, headed in
flaming capitals, Unparalleled False
hoods-The BUCCANEERS Gone Mad
in reply to the article on Fusion extrav-
agance from the Ohio Patriot, publish
ed by US last week, in which he vainly
attempts to explain away the facts there
in set forth. He publishes the amount
appropriated by the Democrats to pay
the expenses Of the Legislature for taco
years, and then deducts therefrom the
expenses of the last Legislature, and
shows a balance IN .faror of Fusion rule
of s23, 00ol It will require but q few
words to expose the sophistry of this
statement The Democratic Lesista-
ture of 1s54-5 met under peculiar cir.
cumstanees. The New Constitution was
not yet fairly in operation, aud many
laws had to be modified to suit its pro-
visions. True to the provision in the
New Constitution for biennial sessions
OF tue ASRISiobui ~
fused to hold an extra session but CON-
pleted the work of the two sessions in
one, and charged the State therefor the
sum of $4,000. Last winter the Flu
sion Legislature assembled, and after
disgraciDg the State by a three months
session, and having charged the State
the sum of sos, 500, they adjourned to
meet in extra session next winter. It is
fair to presume that the expenses of the
extra session, will be fully equal to
those Of the last session. Doubling the
expenses of the last Legislature, and
We have az the total amount expended
under Fusion rule for Legislative pur-
poses for two years, the m sum
of ONE HUNDRED AND TWEEN.
TY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOL
LARSt Now, then, let US see how the
figures stand:
For payment of the Legislature for "
years, under Fusion rule $127, 600
Same under Democratic rule, - $500
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SOMETHING FOfs TAX PAYBns TO
THaNK DE.

Among other laws passed by the last
Fusion Legislature, and which may be
considered as one of the most bshRtiful
of their reform measures, was ona@s
the salaries of County Officers. As the
law now stands, the Auditor receives q
salary of nine hundred dollars, and is
allowed as many clerks as may be deem
ed necessary to do the work of tue of
fee. The compensation of these clerks
is fixed by the County Commissioners,
and paid out Of the County Treasury!
Ever since the organization of the
County, it has required ttoo good compe-
ten men to perform the labor of the Of
fee. Mr.. SwINEFoRD, the D mocratic
nominee for Auditor, has been in the
Office nearly three yea g, and understand
the business of the office perfectly, and
W II require but one assistant Mr..
PORTER, the Black Republican candi.
date for Auditor, on the espsFary,
knows nothing about the business, aud
Is also, unfortunately, q confirmed GRIP
pie. Being thus situated, any sensible
man must see that he will requile more as
sistauce in discharging the duties ofhe Of
fee than Mr.. Sw1NEFoRD. The duties of
the Auditors Office are exceedingly COM
plicated and the services of no man COM
petent to assist in tho labor of the Office,
can be obtained for less than three hund-
red and fifty or four hundred dollars a
year. We therefore infer, and We be-
lieve the future will show our inference
to be correct, that the election Of MI.
SwINEFoRD will be a saving to the
County of not less than fre hundred
doHarsI Our statement of the Las0 is
strictly correct-whether our inference
10 also, we leave tdz:Payers to judge. +
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-10-01
~Ware.nnhli.h. q,

E We re-publishf on our outside
this week the article on Black Republi-
can extravagance, in order that every
.subscriber can have q paper contain
ing the article for himself and one to
hand to his neighbor. Let it also be
borne in mind that the Ashland Times,
the opposition organ in this County, on
ly attempts to7refute but one item out
Of the whole fourteen. This ID a suf6.
cient endorsements of the correctness Of
the entire article. Democrats should
be active in making their neighbors se.
quainted with these startling facts
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Not a Black

We never entertained . very exslted
opinion of Tom Corwin, Of Ohioi bot .
circumstance has occurred during The
present week, which we must eonfesshas
raised him in our estimation 10 . very
respectable level. He was sitting in the
McDonough House on Thursday :
ing last, conversiug with several Of our
prominent citizens, when . Of she stu
dents in the Wesleyan University, %
the genus Black Republican, came ia
and addressed him:
B. r. Student-This is Ex-Govcrnot
Corwin, of Ohio, I presumed
Corwin-I baSe been sometimes &
dressed by tina: title, sir.
&. r STUDENT have tie houor ,af
being a committee from the Fremcut
Club of Wesfeyau University, to invite
you to address the Club during your stay
III this city.
.Corwin-l am rot on a speaking tour
now, sir, 1 have been irave!iug in The-
East upward Of four, weeks Tor the ben
eft Of m&Ie4lsh 4a 1zgK the
CLUB, but say 10 them they vi bs goin-
PEELED 10 e4cus me -.
B. r Studeuk-phaG kyb viii regret
exceedingly 70 "a so8Saoe%ease- g0pr7
self, sir.y ThVreat9EtaAN ia pgofaund
respect for yeug- abilities, as, an. orator
and statesmans and wilk be,yery. sorrE
70 lose tue hene&k& sepp inaae9us f@
Fremont.
Corwin-You are very eonplimepta,
ry, sir !; but, to tell the truth, am
not a Black Republican-I have {.
formed since you probably, have heard
from me, Ideap myself Federalisa.
Black Republican student makes q
hasty exit with q very large Tea IN hI
ear-While Corwin resumes conyersa,
(Ct.l ArguS.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-10-01
BANKER GRAIL, CRAWLING.

We understand from reliable sources,
that Mr.. GRAIL, the Black Republican
candidate for Treasurer, is telling the
people in his eleotioueering rounds. that
if he is reelected he will take any kind
of money in payment of taxes, and that
be will have peculiar advantages over
Nj. JACOBS owing to his connection
with the Bank in this place. Now, we
needn't say to any mar possessed OF
three grains of common sense, that if
Nj. GRAIL should receive sad money in
payment for taxes, he will have to stand
the loss and not the County. And does
any sensible man believe that Mr.. CALL
will receive money in payment Of taxes
on which he himself will sustain Q losss
We are authorized to say that Mr.. ia.
cons viii! receive in payment Of taxes,
the notes of all good solvent Banks.
Mr.. GRAIL dare not do anything more
unssss he is willing to stand the loss
himself. If such ridiculous stories eau
deceive Democrats, and induce them to
vote for q Hve Banker to take care of
this money, We shall then begin to doubt
the ability of the people to go-ern them
selves.
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$4O.5OO!

in. the item of Legislative expenses
alone. And to cap the climax of his
lying, the editor of the Times. after
making the foregoing false showing to
bis readers, declares that the whole list
of fourteen items is full of just such
reckless f~atschoods.n Nay, he does net
stop here, but with the boldness of a
highwayman, charges as with perpetra-
ting a fraud upon the people, and calls
upon the people to discredit all the
statements of Democratic stumpers and
ourselfl We challenge a comparison of
the figures we have published with the
Books. The laws are in the hands of
the different Township oficcrs-let the
people go aud examine for themselves,
and let the lie rest where it rightfully
belongs.
There is another item of Fusion re-
form we may as we'll mention in this
connection. The amount levied in this
County for State purposes is the same
Ihis ycdE 90 iSSt yedE. L1eb IL aiso DC
borne in mind that last year a tax was
levied for School Library purposes
This year the Library tax is suspended.
Last year a tax was levied to pay off the
interest and principal of the State debt.
This year nothing is to be paid on the
of the State debt. And yet
the same amount Is collected this year
as last. Where hoes this amount form
erly levied for School Library and State
debt purposes go to? Into the pockets
of these Fusion Office holders, of course.
Call you this r~etrenchment and rsform9
The Times man whiningly says that
these matters of retrenchment are not
in issue in this campaign. We much
mistake the people if they do not make
them an issue at the October election,
whether he wishes it or not.
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Every dollars worth of printing that
has peel ordered by this Fillmore par
ty, has been done at the Times office.
The Times man thinks there is no use
in lying. unless lie lies like Hascs -
ashland Union. .sw ..iz1
The editor of the Union knew when
he wrote the above paragraph that he
told a ke. Yes, a -wilful lie for the
first hand bill which the Fillmore men
got printed this Fall. vas executed at
the Union office and it has not been
such a great while ago that the editor
could have forgotten it.-Iimses.
Softly, neighbor, don't get angry be-
cause we have caught you lying. Keep
on your under clothes, for it isn't the
first time. We have never received a
cent for printing that handful, and
never expect to, because we done it gra-
tuitously. And we say again that ev-
cry dollars worth of printing that has
been ordered by this Fillmore party has
been done at the Times office"
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Because

6ecause 4
The Black Republican party il neon
gress refused to pass the : Pac .6caticp
bill adopted Bsa Democratic Senate.
which abrogafed the obnoxious laws OF
Kausas-whicb would have seemed.
peace and quiet to that unhappy Terrific
nv. aud which, 10 the language of Sen
a,or HALE, was g almost SUBSCRIPTIONS
ble."
Because
The Black Republican party, whilst
protesting to be anti slavery, passed
through Congress a bill, which endorses
the obnoxious laws,ofsK ansas-" extends
the Fugitive Slave haw over Kansas
ndaNebraska,n and "pezpetuates sla;
very. there until fs5s,and-makes all
children born therein up to that time
of slave mothers, sLaces thus estab-
fishing their hypocrisy and inconsistent
cy.
The Black Republican party which OBJ
tanned power in Congress under the cry
Of. " retreuchment and reform" has in
creased the pay of members from eight
dollars to EIGHTEEN DOLLARS
per day, thus perpetrating a fraud on
the people and exhibiting extravaganza
unparalleled in the history of any gov
eminent.
H
The Black Republican party are nou
running a Shareholder, a Know Moth
ing and q Catholic for President, whose
greatest achievement was the capturing
Of q woody horse" and who, by spec
ulating in COWS, and otherwise, hal
sought to swindls the government oui
Of hundreds of thousands Of dollars
Because
The Black Republican party is support
ing q mere adventurer" for lPresi
dent, whose whole life has been one oi
mutiny-wbo has not . single qualiica-
ton FOR. the position, aud who during
the 81 days he occupied = seat in the
Senate, voted with ATcuIsoN, BUTLER,
and other Southern fre.eaters for Sla.
very and extreme Southern measures.
Because =
The Black Republican party of Ohio
instead of. giving the {" retrenchnept ,
promised, has doubled the EXPENSES o
every department of our State govern.
ment-inereased the salaries of o%ficers,
and violated the Constitution BY resolv-
lug to hold two SESSIONS of the Legisla-
ture in one year.
The black Republican, party instead ei
reducing the taxts, as promised, has 10
crease them, ard manifested their love
for tie rich AID better bora by op
pressing the Farmer WITH heavy take:
whist they say the Ioldiy Banker saai
he taxed oliy on has profits.
The Black Republican, party, instead o
~.re,renebment and reform " PROMISED
the p.es3s { Golumbiapa, has increased
the expenses Of The county in one yeai
over fye thousand d0H4rs-and added
burthens to the taxpayer greiter ant
more oppressive than they we're ever be
fore called upon to bear.
Because,
In conclusion, the Block Republican
party is u reasonable, Con%stitution-re.
Wiling, Uuiou-hatiug, negro loving, in
consistent, bypocritical eongiolneration
of isms ana factions, at war with the
interests, the peace, hsppiness and pros
perity of our County, State, aud Ma
tion.
J e. The foregoing We regard a
conclusive reasons why every honest, ii.
telligent, and right thinking freema
should vote FOR the Democratic part,
and AGAINST the Disunion Black Reput
lican party. hey are given in hrieI
and are facts incontTovertible. VOTERS
a choose ye whom ye will serve"
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~We are rennestad hx the Sec.

Eve are requested by the Sec
Rotary of the Agricultural Society, to
say that entries.of all articles will be
allowed up to the evening Of the second
dag, instead of the first day, as stated
in the bills. This will enable all to
compete, including those living in the
remosest part of the County.
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EE Several other matters in this
weeks Times, beside those we have no.
ticed, are not noticed for want of space,
We may refer to them next week.
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Il There were several hundred
acres of Democrats at the Democratic
Mass Meeting at Mansfield on Wednes
day. The Back Bone Counties will
give splendid maiorisiss at the coming
eleeiious.
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Difference in favor of Dem. rule, $40 SOC
Here, then, is a difference in favor oil
Democratic rule Of