The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-02-01
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,svatea1 Bro. SPRENGIE makes a lame attempt to
5shss back out of his position of endorsing the pro-
slavery doctrines of CHARLEs O'CoNoR.
Now, what are the facts in this case? Let
rs recapitulate:
We made. an arrangement with the editor of
the Times, by which he was to publish the
-sstK~ sUnion Speech of EDWARD EVERETT, and
.sger we were to publish that of Mr.. O'CoNoR.-
80 2 To accommodate him We published O'CoNoR's
speech weeks ago-but we have never seen
EvERETT's Speech ia the Times. We accom-
..s panied the publication Of 0'CoNoR's Speech
90 3 with the request that Mr.. SpRENGLE would
carefully review it, Ind show up its fallaciss.
In undertaking this task, it would appear that
he suddenly became transformed from a Brown
s4s ~ aud Helper politician to a pro-slavery man; and
g q 30 far from complying with our request to show
up the ''fallacies"s of the speech, he publishes
q q letter of O'CoNoR, reaf6rming the doctrines
4a of his Speech, and gave it this unmistakable
Use and wholesale Endorsement:
@Herein we admire s1-Me cAarness-@ of
Mr. OConors view, and the sGr imnnacnhate
p soundness of has reasoning. II. IS TRUE,
f EVERY WOBD TRUE;TSa and Mr.. O'Con-
or's ~testimeny, as an opponent of Anti-Slavery
doctrine, B5 Is impartial, candid, and MUST
BE DEEMED CONCLUSIVE."N
7ess9 becoming alarmed at the consequences to
the health of the Republican party of such a
saf bummersett as this the Times now recants, and
= : reenlists under the flag of the Brownies and
Helperites. The editor now says:
sasa4sez 1--WE hold, and have ever held the %institu-
ton of slavery to be unjust, nnrighteous, and
~ curses everything it touches"
And so-.Are you there, Old Truepenny?"
- You hold and have ecer held to the doctrine
that slavery (African) was 'unjnst, unright-
hnss eovs,' &c. So did JOHN BRowN. He nurs-
led this idea from his youth. Capt. BROWN
% never had q lucid interval. Bro. SPRENGLE
enjoyed one moment, at least, Of unclouded
80 reason, and that was when he not only forbore
the attempt to make issue with Mr.. 0'CoNoR,
- but heartily endorsed his positions. The edi-
tor however, has rejoincd his idols.
81 One word, in seriousness: The mode of
this CONTROVERSY is ayerse to our taste. For
ss months, the Times has h~abituaily attributed to
y us language and sentiments which never escap-
ed our pen or our lips. as We would not trust
ourselves to reply to. these forgeties and .falsi-
ications in the language they would naturally
ses. provoke, we have passed them by without re-
ss ply This is not a mode of controversy that
"a is agreeable to ou1 taste. We did, it is true,
- endorse the speech of Mr.. O'CoNoR. His po-
sitions harmonic with our own. But while
Te.1 ihuS giving u dSSeuI " HIS VIEWS W OIs-
q timely stated that the Democratic Party was
in no wise responsible for this view of African
- servitude.
~: ~ Our quotation fromithe Times is literal. It
lis the precise lamguagesused by that paper
sn 1t was no forgery such as chat paper has ha-
: bitually employed in its controversies with the
s5t Union. We know, however, that.it was.a slip
os of the pen, caused blythe editors eagerness to
ss select for the Democratic party a position to
aosl suit himself.
.s5ii We propose to the editor of the Times that
if he will abandon the practice of falsely quot 9
b1s ing us, we will not take advantage of his loose
Hsi'1ws writing. and quote him literally for mere pur-
-. poses of retaliation.
-ns@HThs Times will find, in the progress of the
ed issues that are culminating, that it must either
ys endoke the doctrines of DlCoNoR on this
- question, or the doctrines of Helper and a
sITBrown. There is no halfway house-and
.uss5t7 no way by which one can take up his
.zsid 5s7sil 6dh houses. He has chosen the
tsl-sa. Helper and Broan, and there, if it
80 ice, let him abide. We shall know
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