The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-03-24

notorious conservative, or soft" as
they call men of ~dilapidated Democracy
in the Buckeye State, and refused TO
support that exemplary radical, David
Tod, for Governor several years ago,
until he was forced to do so by the pres
sure of that gentleman's popularity with
the masses. Like the Bradford Re
porter, Mr. Wilmot's organ, the Platn-
deaLy quarrelled with the glorious ad
ministration of Mr.. Polk because Post
master General johnson would not give
to it the advertising for the mail con-
tracts. When defeated in the appliea'
tion, the editor returned to Oleveland,
and published the falsehood that he
could not get the advertising because
he would not promise to go against tho
Provisoi We believe it has never beer
denied, that in order to make fair wealth
er with the Department, he was wiling
to reduce his anti-slaEery views to Zero
itself; but he was refused the favor he
begged, and he became at once a furious
assailaut of the administration. Thls
is the paper that now assalls such a
Democrat as John K. Miller, of Ohio
a man who never falters on any great
question, and who is the very embodi-
menb of an infexible and uncemproml-
sing Democrat-indeed and in truth a
disciple of that stern school, in which
no weak or temporising doctrines are
ever taught or tolerated. The following
passage from the PkaindeGIer is eminent
ly characteristic
I'VE like to see representatives and
their constituents living together. Mr..
Millor's district ought to join General
Taylor's plantation and like the latter
he should have a big bell to call his con-
s~tituents, together. He represents no
portion of Ohio or any other free State
The offence of Mr.. Miller consists in
his steady and consistent support OF the
regular Democratic nominees for officers
of the House, and his vote against Roots
resolution in favor of the Vilmot Proyi-
so! Grave Offences these, in the eyes Of
free-soilism. We presume the next de.
nunciation will be, because he was not
willing to vote for such a malignant
Wing as Root for Speaker. The prog
ress of the champions of the Proviso in.
to the arms of Whiggery, is SO natural
that they will soon lose their temper, be
cause they are not followed into that pc
litical Siberia by others.
The compliment to the noble agricui
tural district represented by Mr.. Miller
in the comparison instituted by thi
Cleveland editor, between the peepl
there and the slaves of the South, will
doubtless be duly appreciated. The vo
tiers of that district have earned for them
: selves an enviable fame by their r~esolut
resistance to the free soil frenzy :; an,
they can now see how their wise an,
: patriotic course has been sustained b
) the progress of events. The eensure
and calumnies of suoh papers as til
Pzaindealer and the Era, are so man
evidences that they have done their du
ty, by sending such a Democrat to Con
gress, in the present juncture, as job
$ K. Miller. s7Is
8 And whereas the Editor of the Pres
seems to have been seized with thi
Q "Freo Soil frenzy" and be in a fair wa
e to follow the Editor of the Plain Deale
into that "political Siberia" who now d.
nouRces the President because he wi
not ronew his appointment as Postmal
2 ter at Cleveland ;0herefore,
Resolved, That this convention is con
pellcd to withhold their confidence j
@ either of said papers, and to warn th
Democracy against them.
! On motion of IT. S. Knapp, the 70
lowing resolution WAS ndnptad-
T5-Resnzsea,Y Fhat q copy of the proceed
ings of this Convention, by forwarded
the President of the United States, an
to the Democratic Delegation for Obi
$ to-wit Senator Pugh, R~epresentativ,
Burns, Miller, Pendleten, Vallandiy
ham, Lawrence, Cockerell, and Groe
r beck, and that they be furnished to tt
Washington Onion, Cincinnati Enqui:
er, Newark Advocate, Ashland UnioI
e and Democratic Banner, with a requeI
for their publication.
t The Committee appointed to wait u
on Hon. G. w. Beldon, report ; and IL
J Hon. G. W. Belden is introduced to I'll
Convention, received with great a
plause, and believed a most eloquel
d and logical address to the entire sati
e faction ofthe vast assemblage with whic
he was surrounded.
. After the conclusion of Mr.. Belden
address, three deafening cheers were gi
+ en- for the old Wheel Horse of Democr
Q cy,-the Hon. S. Medary-who was i
troduced to the Convention'an took Il
+; stand, spoke for upwards of one hou
n and made one of the happiest efforts
his life.
After Mr.. Medary, old Sledgehamm,
was Introduced to the Convention
Three cheers were given for Hon. VIZ
y Sawyer, as he took the stand. He d
n livered a plain, blunt speech, filed vii
common sense, and interspersed with
: Illustrations and anecdotes, which repea
8 edly brought down the house with dea
ening applause.
Then, after three cheers for the A
ministration the Convention adjourne
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