The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-02
THE RESULT IN OHIO.

It is universally conceded that, the i'm.
mense outpourings of the people at the mass
meetings. now being held by the Democracy
throughout our State, far eclipse anything of
theskind ever known in the history of our
country Upon the other hand the meetings
Sof the opposition, in a large majority of in
: stances, have been almost complete failures
tits now believed that they have about aban.
done1 the canvass in the usual manner, and
viii resort to some extraordinary means to Sc
cure the continuance in power of the tyrants
now abusing their trusts and the people,
Many of their appointed meetings have been
postponed. 1t may be that toward the latter
part of the canvass, by the aid of the immense
sums of money in the hands of their army
officials, they will make an effort to get up a
shoo of enthusiasm for their fallen, broken
aud rotten cause. IF not they have another
plan of operations in view. What this is we
can only guess.
Every one knows that the time and all other
arrangements about the draft in Ohio have
been managed, in one way or the other, to be
: kept a profound mystery. We have had hun
dreds of different reports about it. Some
weeks ago, it was said it would take place i'm
mediately. Day after day it was reiterated
in the telegraph columns of the papers, which
aresunder the control of the Administrator,
fhatft would be done at such and such a time
: Then there were nultitudinous reports about
the number to be drafted from the State. All
this time these tyrants were undoubtedly
watching closely the signs Of the times
Early In the season they have attempted to
hold meetings. These have failed. Demo-
cratic gatherings throughout the State, at the
same time, have been attended by greater
numbers and with greater enthusiasm than was
lever before known. The tyrants see the hand
writing on the wall.
% Aud now what do they propose to do We
have remarked this studied mystery about
the draft. It is a well known fact that
there are about 10000 troops now stationed
in the city of New York for the purpose of
enforcing the draft in that city alone. Who
supposes that if an attempt were made to hold
an election there at this time that the soldiery
would not be ordered to interfere against the
Democracy. They have done it all over Ken
They did so at Indianapolis last
spring. They are now trying to throw off
their guard and take away suspicion from the
/ minds of the people by sending out frequent
: reports of no draft, or a very light draft, &c.
&c. in order that no preparation may be made
to meet the nefarious and damning scheme
they have in, view.
How easy for them to postpone the draft
untilabout the time of the election, make it
the excuse for stationing armed bodies of
i troops in all our large cities, and, perhaps, in
. large portion of the country, and while they
arc here, carrying the election at the point of
the bayonet as they did in Kentucky. All the
facts to which we have referred indicate this !;
and there are many more which we have not
; time or space now to mention. 10
Eternal Vigilance is the price of Liberty p"
EsResistauce to tyrants is obedience to God !"