The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-20

W4lIta,a Osbey,s.

Fen the Union.
Ws1Itam Osberss,
"Who still writes foe the Times in tho
last nember of that disasnsos sheet, makes a
low, sneaking, oowardly attack upon Mr..
KNArp, late Editor of the Union, and as a
reason for so doing, claims Mr.. KNApPto be
the writer of an article that appeared in the
Union two weeks since, in regard to the rail
splitting proclivities of the Republican candi-l
date for President In this, Mr.. OSBORN, true
to his instinct, alleges that Mr.. KNAPP "has
a profound contempt for the laboring man"
In q county where Mr.. KNAPP is so well known
as here, it is useless to refute this s~enseless lie,
for he has ever been a laboring man, and that
toe, in the true sense of the word. Mr.. KNAPP
has a profound contempt though, for those
(and this sweet WILLIAM of the Iimesis one of
them who are urging the the election of Lin
coin to the Presidency, because, forsooth, he
in his youthful days split three thousand rails,
and every honest, working-nanii in Ashland
county will entertain the same Contempt for
the contemplate reasons urged by the writer
of the Times, why 'honest old Abe" as he is
pleased to style him, should be elevated to the
highest Office in the gift of the American peo-
pie. Why does not Mr.. OSBORN urge his
election upon the ground that he was once a
boatman on the river, or because he was once
engaged in the honorable business of retailing
whiskey? surely, either of the last named pur-
suits would tend to qualify him as well for
President as splitting rails. 1t seems that Mr.
|OsBoRN's idea is, that in order to induce the
voters of Ashland county to vote for ABE Lin.
coin, he must abuse some good sound Demo-
crat, and FOR that purpose he has selected Mr..
KNAPP, but I think WILLIAM will find that it
will require other traits of character than
those he possesses in SO eminent a degree, to wit:
selfsufhciency, impudenee, arrogance, and in
solent dogmatism, added thereto, the habit of
lying to such a degree as to incense all with
whom he comes in contact to traduce the pri-
vate character of Mr.. KNAPP or any others
whom his malice may prompt him to attack
In the opinion of this pink of propriety, the
finger of scorn should be pointedat Mr.. KNAPP,
and Democrats of Ashland county should vote
the Republican ticket because he, KNAPP,
done the County printing. "Sour grapes" WILL
LIAM. The Times men wouldn't think of doing
the County printing-the one would prefer to
act as Secretary of. the Ashland Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, and the other as Attor-
ney for this pet Institution of the Republican
party. Itpays better with less labor. I have
properly managed, will do more towards sup
porting a County paper, than the printing of
half a dozen counties. The charge Mr.. Os-
BORN makes against Mr.. KNAPP of 'sbeing an
ofice-seeker," will be looked upon as a good
joke by those who are acquainted with the
history of WILLIAM OSBORN for the last FIVE
years. WILLIAM would not hold office, oh
no, not he, but just fer the fun of the thing,
he has been a candidate for the following ma
med offices: First, Secretary of&State; second,
Mayor of Ashland; (what a fall was there, my
countrymen!) third, Prosecuting Attorney;
fonrth Probate Judge; ffthzLGemnon Pleas
Judge; sixth, Member of Congress. For all
the above named Offices has this sneak been a
candidate in that length of time. Yet he has
the impudence to talk about and find fault with
Mr.. KNAPP for taking the census. He may
truly say, he never held Office, and may add
thereto, he never will, ter he is too well appre-
ciated by his own party to be trusted. a i
MIR. KNAPP has never asked at the hands of
this administration, an Office great or small,
and probably never will, the lying charge of
Mr.. OSBORN to the contrary notwithstanding.
OSBORN had better be looking after the re.
ceipts of the Insurance Company, he may lose
a portion of his share of the spoils if he devote
too much of his time to defaming private
character, for the Times men have not much
confidence in one another, they should each.
employ a sharp boy to watch the other, in or
der that this Insurance money be equally di-
vided between them. 80.
It might be well for WILLIAM to devote a
portion of his spare time in explaining to the
people those great acts of retrenchment of his
party, as for instance, that five thousand dol
lar picture purchased with the peoples money
by a Republican Legislature. Also, that fifteen
thousand dollar drunk that the last Republi-
can Legislature treated themselves TO, at the
expense of the State, and why it is, that under
Republican rule, it cost the State of Ohio one
hundred and eighty thousand dollars to elect
la U. S. Senator and pass. a Dog law. These
things the people ask you to explain, WnLIAM,
and you cannot attract their attention from
them, by your low lived abuse of Mr.. KNAPP.
g JUSTICE.
The Ashland Union, of the 9th, comes to us
with the salutatory of its new editor JOHN j.
JACOBS, ESQ. He saws nothing about Dou-