The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-10-01
IFor the Ashland UDion.l
BEAeK REPUBLICAN FIZZLE AZ
PERRYSBB akG-..A MISTAKE IN
BsLLS!

BEAeK REPUBLICAN FIZZLE AZ
PEsERREsBBRG---A MISTAKE IN
TIE BILLS!
Iast weed large posters were put up
% different parts OF the County, inform
ing the peoplethat a grand Black Re-
publican Meeting would be held in the
town of Perrysburg, Ashland County,
on the 27th We'll, the day came. bus
not SO the people. Sullivan, Troy, Or
auge, and a large portion Of Jackson
Observation-Disclosures out their forces and
got them in the shape of a procession to
enter town, all told. there were just 6fty-
SIX voters in the line, Including the man
who drove the team containing the six
teen Democratic young ladies. whoesep-
resented the sixteen free States In our
Meeting in Ashland on the 25th said
team aud ladies forming . large part Of
this Republican procession. Sd 1mmedi-
ately after the grand ep.ree the Fusion
forces were called to h~elpraise the pole.
By working slowly and taking long rests
the few who responded to the call sue
ceeded in raising the pole. There were
scarce enough to do this, and We Won
dered why the large crowd standing on
the corner did not help, but upon inqui-
ry we found they were all Democrats.
who were not in she habit Of raising Ssh
poles to hold up sectional fags. Aher
this was through, orders we're given 20
form in procession and march to the
grove, whereupon several women and
children and eighty-three voters formed
in line. After they had started . fsW
minutes, a ~staunch Democrat called upon
the Democracy to form into line. They
did 80, beaded by the sixteen youne h.
dies before spoken of, and numbering
beside over one hundred voters Al
then went to the grove.
The meeting then, thus far was .
Democratic meeting. 1t had been an
nounced that VIM. Orr, of Woos.ss,
would address the meeting, bat no VIM
Orr came, and thereupou they were OBJ
liged to listen 20 the silly tsaddle "
VIM. from Ashland. VIM. aroee, be i.
not a bad looking fellow and, ! kpoN
some of the audience, myself among tho
nun her, expected TO hear an aSguusesst
lief some merit. But lol he had forgot
Ften his notes, and consequently GOULD
not follow ous his "aegahar ORDER" 20
he pitched into what hart bia-warsty
which was the "LahnInig" he aud hiS
%frieuds got. in Ashland on The 18th, and
his speech consisted of quotations from
Lahm, and weak efforts 70 answes Them
This was a Democratic speech in the
main, helping it along. Next came the
AAland cap. N. N the course Of his
remarks be- attempted 70 9efsad Ere
n,outa against the charge Of Catholicism.
but IA man who happened to &c posted
Oh the matter, disputed tue po'i.t with
him, and Alex. came of sseond best
Then he get mad, and Oh ye Gods.
bow ne did howl. He Charged the Dem.
ocfatic parry with the assault upon Col
4 toA ph III Uat ~ iCot va OANh1hhA
the Irish be took good care not to in
form his hearers that they were irish
men that did IT,. He aisa forgot to state
that rke ssAe paper that announced ths
outrage, in the same article said that
the Democrats almost universally de-
nounee6 Il. The rest of his speech Was
10 about the san strain au&'is unwor-
thy Of notice
Now. Mr.. Editor, to close, I will leave
it to you if there was not q mistake in
} the Bills" First, there were more DEM
ocrats present than Republicans. Seq
, ondly, William repeated a Dcmocfatic
speech that he failed to answer, and
!, thirdly, the exp. NJ. and er Demoeraty
!, came off second best in an argument
with q bona fde Democrat. If this
don't make a Democratic meesisg, thea
it is a mistake 10 your humble sefvsak