The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-10-08
Meeting n, the Ten Mile House.


The Democracy have been holding average
of two meetings day in this county for the past
week. As a general thing they have been well at
tended, sud G.apy eopyerls made fnF Mr. Ashley.
We give, as a Criteran of the success with which
they have met, the report of meeting held at the
Ten Mile House, near the close Of last week, Os.
borne, one of the "sore heads !" of the RIade con-
cern, and James W. Ross, our own disappointed
pet, were the speakers. The former opened the
meeting and proceeded, as is usually the case, to
vllify Ashley to the extent of his ability. Their"
being no waite me. present, an Ashley man kindly
consented to act as Chairman. Presently Osborne
challenged question or contradiction Of his state
ments, Thereupon, the Ridgers began to put
questions to him frequently and demand straight
answers He finally got stumped on Waite's 22nd
Of February declaration, and his vote refusing 10
tax banks, saying he didn't know whether these
charges were true or false. His hearers insisted
that he did know, and that he knew them to be
true, for Mr. Waite himself had never vet dered
TO contradict them. Osborne ,hen dried up, and
Alr. Ross failing TO eome time, the Chairman pro-
posed the adjournment of the meeting by giving
three cheers for Ashley, which was dupe with a
but "Rary" cheer came. In private COT versation
with some of them the latter gentleman tried to
persuade them that they had better vote for the oppo
sition candidate; but they pFoMplig iptormed him
th u IL ms isiorlune in office seeking had led him
to forsake his party they could only regret It and
pity him, but they could by no means think of fol-
lowing. They were as much opposed to Couserva-
tive Democracy now as ever, and, as that party had
already brought the country to the verge OF ruin old
friends that joined with it could not expect their
sympathy, much less their support.
Parks and Backus.
For three years previous to 1860, James ]. Parks
was superintendent of the Western Reserve and
Msnmee road, He held this Office under Mr. Baekus,
who was then a member of the Board of Public
Works, and had control of the Northwestern diyi-
sion of the State of Ohio. Under this manage
ment the coat Gf the road 70 the State, over and
above the receipts of the same, was about thirty
six hundred dollars per annum. Since the Legis-
lature let the Public Works to contract, We under
stand Mr.. Parks has ID this road for twelve
hundred dollars per snnum, making a net differ
ence in the cost of caring for the road of forty
eight hundred dollars in single year, or about
fourteen thousand and four hundred dollars in
three yeas, Now let us add TO this about fifteen
hun ired dollars per annum profit, and we have a
grand tctal Of eyhten thousand nins hundred dollars
In all this District there are not, perhaps, two
men more hostile to Mr.. Ashley than the two men
above referred to. They take great delight in call
Ing attention 10 what they are pleased to call his
record of corruption, but with such record as we
have shown them to have, we think they should be
the last men on Gods earth to talk of corruption
These are the kind Of men that are howling for the
restoration Of the Uion Gs u ,Oas, when the Demo.
cratic officials frVm Floyd down to Baekus and
Parks were robbing the Government Of its very
life-blOod.