The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-11-10
Ashland, Oct, 1883.
Reorganization of Know Moth
ism in Ohio.

The Know N.othiugs 10 Ohio, having
principally a desire, as they say, to de
feat hat arcb-dehagog1e, and negro
amalgamationIst, Salmon P. Chase, III
his efforts to either foist himself upon
the Opposition party as. one of their
United States Senators from. Ohio, or
their candidate for the Presidency in
1860. are making an effort to re organ:
ize themselves into a party. At a re-
cent session of the Know Nothing State
Central Committee at Columbus, il was
resolved that a call be issued for aState
Convention to meet in the city OF CO.
iumbus, on Tuesday, the gath day OF
Novenber next, to take measures for a
f~uor"tgh State organization The
Cbsarpsr of the Committee was III
structod 20 correspond with Hon. John
=. C,ittes deu, Hon Humphrey Mar
shall Of keutuckY, ard Hon.. Henry
Winter DAVIS. of Maryland, to secure
heir alter dance at hat Convention"
l. Is evident foroD this movement
that The Know uothings are as deadly OPP
posed to the negro equality doctrine OF
the abolitiohists as are the Democracy
The recent success of the abolition
lists, assisted by the know nothings, has
caused abolitionists to become very bold
i'll every part of the country A por-
ton of them now openly declare that
they care not a whit about the union of
the S ates of this confederacy, and are
willing to have it dissolved They
would rend asunder this government,
yield I'D its manifest blessings because
negroes are held in slavery in a fraction
only Of this Union. The slavery IL
those States they claim no control owe,
ard have no hopes of affecting its hold
only by a dissolution Of the UuioD, and
in thai event 1t would be impossible
As event when it comes-ald GENE ii
VII, unless tie sectional feelings of big
ots aud fanatics. are allaycd, that Will
lie Witnessed with SORROW by every per-
son.-ever the persons @no are now Ia
~strotuei.;ai lu bringing about so appalt
,nx 5u event Has not james Bacha,-
an been placed ~ the PresidentIal chair,
4nd had Jotu e. Fremont been elected
PrcstdeaJ by the theu sixteen Northern
Statcs. OF the platform be was nominated,
the people of the United States would
nov be reapiug the bitter fruits of the
broken Union Every day. every month g,
AID every year. are the sbolitionists and
union, peace harmony d~estroyers, array
ed under the head of Republican, be
coming more bold in their declarations
aud intentions. AID by 1860, when the
people of the United States will be call.
ed upon to elect a President, if they do
not openly declare mo more union with
slave holders" IN their ylatform, they
will go into the canvass with the settled
determination of running this govern
ment by dissolving it The present is
10 time for thinking men 20 lie idle
Men Who nave the welfare of their
couptrv at heart should be acting tbns
early III ord.r chat the sectional feeling
4 = lis ii IL our government by polii-
ieai dsnagogues who have not the real
welfare Of the African race at heart,
ana eui5 use the subject of slavery s. =
The purpose 81 exciting tue minds of nv
susplc;irE :. t@r- 20 TIL highest possible
PITCH. tia. they, aader zoe P'pu a.. *
cifepieat can ride iuro places Of pref
ard trust. may, il ~ entirely biotted
uit. be 20 far Checked j. % 'uTsct the
.g:,irct 81 U1ioH cis5o.vers IL their lug-
holy a. DuF "a ecu efforts. \ hipg
short Of ..uuIted and dctsrmiGed etfor;
on tie part Of the UoIon loving popu!a
ton OF the United States can save this
country from destruction Fanatics
hays ieI of uu~suspecting honest voters
10 that extent that in the receut elec-
lions they succeeded in most of the
Northerr States Not that a great pro-
20. ,,ou Of those voting with the aboii
tion lists adopt the real principles OF this
party. but under the in preston that
~s.4very is making great Inroads on the
territories of the United States. Such
is nottiIe fact. Under the wise and states
maI1ike policy Of the Democratic party,
the free States of this Union now out
number in every particular the slave
States. While the Democratic party
have brought into this Union every free
State composing it, the opposition have
not brought into the Uuion a single
! State; and all the while they have been
oo;,.,,,o she slavery question without
producing a single GOOD res--., 1D0 wi"
staptly oiogging the wheels of govern
meDt with their iDjudicious and reckless
disregard of tho true interests of the
people Of the Upited States. FiFdlay
lCoHTtc!.