The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-10-07

OF Plunderers,, in the Ascendency!
1t has been charged by the Democrat.
ic Press throughout the State of Ohio,
in view of TIE stupendous frauds that
have been perpetrated upon the State, in
almost every department of her govern
ment by Black Republican officials, that
the whole Republican party was con
trolled and it's action directed by a set
of political gamblers and corrupt dema-
gogues, whose end and aim was to prey
upon the purses of the people. The an
nails of orr State for the last two years,
are but annals of the most ~bigh-handed
corruption and robbery that ever dis
graced a once proud commonwealth
The cry of "retrenchment and REFORM"
put forth ly the Republican party, was
but the "priestly robe to serve the devil
ina cloak under whose folds a body
the most loathsome and d~isgraceful
drew its Shiny folds into the high places
of the State. The howl of BLEEDING
Kansas" was but to draw the attention
of the people from their real designs.
With all these specious pretences,
what have they in reality done? To
aid bleeding Kansas. they made the
attempt to strike tho word "white"
from our State Constitution. To al
poor, bleeding Kansas, aud redress her
multiplied wrongs, they held long dis
c%ussious upon "Woman's Rights" petit
tions, AMI referred them to committees
who reported in their favor.
To carry on the work of " rctreuch-
mert and reform they spent days,
weeks and months of time, and scores OF
thousands of the peoples money, IN lotg
discussions Of matters with which they
had legitimatcly no business, and iu
srosss mat useless legislation. 1T an
expense of tens of thousands Of dollars
they sent trios of long rosed aud long
iugered gentry over the State, actually
uIon electioueering tours, but OStcnsi6ly
10 hunt up corruption. Ignorant aid
knavish, they passed LAWS which the Su-
preme Courts have already declared un-
constitutional the effect of which i'm
beciliiy has been a total loss to the
different counties amounting in the ag-
gregate to not less than 500, 900, and
leaving scores of criminals "uuwhipt of
Justice" They have robbed the treas
ury of oycr half a million of dol
lars; they passed a law which gives the
guilty party a wide door for escape; and
to-day Gibson s. Co. are reclining
in luxury and ease upon their ill-gotten
wealth, dealing in railroad stocks, estab-
fishing banks. specializing upon thous-
ands of broad acres in the west, monupo.
lized by their stolen gold, and buying
city blocks, while tie poor victim of
their wiles is shivering in some lonely
corner in Canada, III poverty and unmer-
tied Disgrace
Upon this evidence the Democratic
Press have charged that tie Republican
Party. as a whole, is controlled lay a
reckless band of Plurdercrs. In addi-
tiun to tLis we have Tie admission of an
intelligent man of their own party. Mr..
HAMILTON, Republican member Of the
Senate, ard editor Of the Marysville
Tribune, Immediately after the nomina-
tons were made by their State corven-
ton, speaks thusf
eve know that a set of roaring pa
triots think the great mission of the
Republican party is to resist the aggres-
of the slave power, aud they seem to
little Importance to such small
as guarding the people against
home plunderers. They think to carry
the Republican party into power by
forcing out foods of pathetic eloquence
about Kansas, bred Scott aud Habeas
Corpus. Poor fools that they are, to
attempt to make the people believe that
a party THAT QUAILs BEFORE HAMLIN nj
HIS TRAINED BAND OF PLUNDERERs, and
make peace a0ith them by sacrificing its
integrity anil doing the dirty acork lie
1t to dds to be regarded as
the. champion of Liberty. Unless it
demonstrates its honesty and its courage,
by shaking off the plunderers who have
thrown themselves across its neck, no
good can come of it,"
Another of L.. Jefferson's County
Fair Operations. |
The editor and proprietor of the Re-