The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-10-13
Democratic majority

mocracy for members of Congress. The
last legislature passed a law p~ostponing
the election for u year, so that it might
be held Immediately preceding the meet
ing of each Congress. The regular
time for election is consequently next
year. The coalition, however, made
nominations and voted for the nominees
and propose to claim their legal election.
The coalition united on Mckibben, bu,
on the other member divided. No proc.
lamation wss issued for on election Of
members of Congress, and it is presumed
that the State authorities will not recog'
Mise the election, and will refuse to grant
certificates of election.
A GUN FROM CALIFORNIA.
From the San Francisco National, Sept, o.
The steamer which goes Fast to-day
4 bears glorious tidiugs from the dcmocra-
cy of California. Since the last sailing
a great battle has been fought battle
of principle against faction-aEd once
more our banner of victory floats proud
IL in the breeze. Never in the history
of party movements was met a more IN
s~crupulous foe thar that whose head we
have Just bruised. Never did a more
| corrupt congloneration of dcspicable
isms meet a more signal overthrow at the
hands of the people. The issue was
/ distinctly made; the true democracy
rallied under tho flag of the admipistra
ton, on the one hand, and on the mon
grel hordes of black and Broderick re-
publicaus, leagued in fraternal embrace,
on the other. The latter was truly
an incongruous mixture. Disappointed
office -seekers- br~oken-down party hacks
ballot box suffers, whose occupation
had gone-political mountebanks, who
have boxed the whole compass Of incOn-
misunderstanding demagagues who,
prating of the dignity of labor, never
spent an hour of honest toll in their
lives-sectional agitators, bummers and
! election brokers-these were some of
the delcctuble elements that went to
make up the opposition. OF such was
the ragged army that We have SO signal
1y routed.
For the large mass of those who have
been deluded and led astray from their
party by designing and unprincipled men,
We nave no other feelings than those OF
pity. We regard them with mercy, for
verify, they knew not what they did
Many of them see their error and al
ready regret their detection. For those
however, who have knowingly and de-
liberately betrayed their party-who,
with their eyes open, have leagued them
selves with our enemies-who, by mis-
representation aDdfalsehood, have sought
to break down the administration, moth
ing remains but to mete out to them the
traitors doom. Let a mark be set upon
them-let them wear the brand of po-
~litical iDfamy. They are nov in congo
NAL compapy-there let them remain
They ara where they have been al heart
all the time, and where they must con-
tinue to be. Even when prating most
fippantly of democracy they were black
republicans 'sfull fedged, ready TO take
wing the first fair day" That day, as
they thought, had come; but, alas T! it
was Que of gloomy and ominous result
for them. The verdict of the people
stahds registered against them and in
favor of eur revered President, whom
they ave SO vilely trsduced.
We said that the issue was distinctly
made. It is true that when the Presd-
dents annual message was first received,
and soon thereafter, the speech of Judge
Douglas, taking antagonistic positions
on tie Kansas question, many good dem
ocrats wavered and paused. No man had
warmer or more earnest friends, or in
greater numbers, than had that distin-
guIshed senator in our State. lt was
not surprising, therefore, that he found
hackers smoDg rs. In a little while,
however, as the matter became properly
understood, a great reaction took place.
The press spoke out and stripped the
subject of the DISCUSSES which dema
gogaes had thrown around il. ResolH-
tions instructing our senators and re-
questing our representatives TO sustain
the Kansas policy of the President were
put through the legislature by al over
whelming majority. Still, many of
Douglass friends adhered to him, and
threatened at one time a serious schism-
in our party. When, however, news of
the passage of the English bill WAS re-
ceived, with striking unanimity they fell
into rank. Like true highland warriors,
they rallied to the music Of the demo-
cratic pibroch. Then it was the fight
assumed its proper phase. Broderick
had refused to obey instructions. Nc
Kibben had turned an unheeding ear to
our Legislative request. The former had
applied to the President epithets of
the groasest vulgarity. The latter had
transferred his allegiance from the par
ty that elected him to that arch apostate
and king of ingrates. the slippery For
ney. With full understanding with
their black republican allies and boiling
coufederates they left the scene of their
treachery for California. The program
me of battle was fully concocted. First
TIE fight was to be made at the primary
elections under the regular call of the
democratic State central committee
Failing in this, then to bolt, cut them
selves loose from their party, and ANAL
gamate with their black-republican con-
federates. Their first effort was a dis
graceful failure. Though entering with
zeal into the fight, put of three hundred
and twenty four delegates to the State
convention, they elected some forty-odd.
! With this miserable, beggarly squad
they organized apart from the regular
democracy, made overtures to the black
republicans, whose State convention met