The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-28
CIT 9sblan6 Nnion.
ASHLAND, WEDNESDAY, MARCH %, 1860
Unfos. rs.

linton Cs. Douglas.
Tits new amusing to see the Ashland
Onion, attacking boldly the claims of Doug
las, pitching into the Plain Dealer and snub.
bling generally all Douglas men in this COM
niaaitys and then see how meek and lamb-lke
our Douglas men swallow all this. o. they
are a bold set of men, these friends of Doug.
las. We know quite a number of men in our
village who, as soon as they hear of Douglass
nomination at Charleston, if that event should
take place, viii 60 up and down the streets
demonstrating how they were, Douglas men
from the start, even before Douglas thought
of the nomination himself. But now the
-ceyardly set dare not open their lips hardly
m favor of Douglas. They stand by and see
the Union pouring'hot shot into them '.all the
time" The Union speaks of Douglas with
contempt, is down upon Douglas organs ridi-
cutes Douglas claims, treats all Douglasites
with derision and yet there is not one of the
latter in Our conanunity who has the manliness
to protest agaiIst it. The Union splits upon
them, butthey dare not spit upon the Union.
1Ashldnd Times.
1arThe above viii "do" as a specimen of
crafty Republican misunderstanding. There is
no division among the Democrats of Ashland
county of: the style here described. There
are no douglas men," within our knowledge
of pthe character as above drawn. IF the
Times refers to such douglas men" as S. G.
Boynton-and to such "Douglas men" as the
editor IF The Times, aoho receiced and dis
tri6uted under Judge DOUGLAS frank his
ANNI-LEooMProN SPEECHES in this county,
we have only to say what is VIGOROUSLY true,
that that class of politicians have been "pitch-
ing in" to us during the last twenty years with
as intense hatred as our Horst enemies could
desire. When the editor of the Times was
engaged in circulating those Anti-Lecompton
Speeches, many of the Democrats whom it
now Classics as douglas men" were among
the most active in sustaining the Administra-
ton against the attacks Of all its enemies.
We have no Democrats in our county of
the R and FoRNEY type, wi hin our knowl-
edge. There are, however, ome who believe
that it would be eppedient for the Convention
at Charleston to nominate Judge DOUGLASS
They lay aside other considerations, and are
guided in their choice by the opinion that Mr.
DOUGLAS could command more votes in Ohio
and the Republican States of the North than
other of the distinguished gentlemen who
thaye been named. They may be right, or
they may be wrong. We never have had any
quarrel with them, nor they with us. The
Times may rely upon it, that upon one very
important point the Democracy of Ashland
county are a a UNIT-and if we all live thirty
days everybody will see it-tbat. as ONE
MAN they win support the nominee of the
Charleston Convention, uAoeUer he may bel
Upon this cardinal point, the Times may
rely; and if it can gather consolation from it.
We hope it may be comforted.
The Times evidently believes that Judge
DoUGLAs will be nominated at Charleston
Although we do not regard that event as with
In the range of possibilities, we are yet free
to say, as we have uniformly said, in private
and public, that, if, contrary to all our antici-
pations, Judge DOUGLAS should receive the
no one will support him, as against
any Republican that may be put forward by
the Chicago Convention, with more earnest
zeal than ourselves. The Times had better
look to its own house It's foundations are
giving way, and its shell is filed with such
"Irrepressible" materials that a new site and a
reconstruction Of the whole concern are the
only measures that viii save it from utter
wreck. 1t will be quite as much as the Re-
publicans can accomplish to reconcile the war
ring factions within their own household, and
to defend before the people the outrageous
foilies aR1 corruptions of the late session of
the Legislature.