The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-09

and grandest mistake. They go for quantity
-he cares only for quality. "In days lang
syne" Prentice, of the Louisville Journal said ::
IF flesh is grass as some men say,
Then Johnny Brough's ton of hay"
and alas, alas time and the seasons have made
it nildew aud moldy: and, moreover, it is said,
there has been ga niger on de hay stack )"
therefore, gentlemen, it will not suit your
Charley's stomach.
Now comes one, loyal Lacquer, perhaps,
for he has pleasant aud agreeable way with
him, and says, ~ see, Mr.. A. that your broth
er and the editor of the Catholic Telegraph
are going to take every Irishman out of the
leave descendant, even of the fourth and
fifth generations aboard the old hulk"
This is indeed a fearful combination. Ap-
proach an Irishman with piety and patriotism,
and you stand a good chance to carry the
whole man by storm-the tower and citadel,
head and heart, surrenders at discretion.
Well piety and patriotism have taken their
oars in hand, and are pulling out for the old
boat-the first cries out "brothers and child
rem, come aboard"-leave that rotton, worm
eaten old vessel, and we will take you to
jures them by the love they bear to Erin and
O'Connell-bY the hate they bear to England
and oppression, to fly from their old deceivers
and come with their neao and true friends
who want nothing in return but their "bLood'
and "6allots." With loud hurrahs, they throw
over their plunder, down the sides they clam
Der, and soon the boat is full, as was Peters
bark-the seats crammed-the gun wales
crowded there was scarcely room for the oars
to work in the rowlock. Push off Ease
away there-she floats, free and clear.
Piety and patriotism, now take look at
their precious cargo.
oh hannv day eycIaims tha fret the mir
of heaven makes music in the lungs-the world
Is free, and We no longer England's slaves
Down to the sunny South let us go ! Halls
and habitations are open to us there, and if we
are sober, industrious and persevering, we may
some day be as much respected by our model
government as "American citizens of African
descent" Oh, happy dayI Oh, glorious dayl
The sun of Austerlitz never shone so bright,
for order has sprung out of chaos, and the
faith is free in Mexico. May God bless Louis
Napoleon Patriotism springs up, his eyes
flash fire, his wide, expanded nostrils tell of
the commotion within ; and pointing toward |
the uprising sun, he says, 'light and liberty
come from the east" we we'll go where pros
perity and power march hand in hand, where
law and elections lea1 on the bayonet, where
no purjured monarch dare touch our doctrine
Of Monroe and as an indignant parody on
Piety's prayer, he shouted forth "God damn
Louis Napoleon" Both parties seize their
bars, and sitting face to face, they pull north,
md they pull south, they stake a long pull, a
strong pull, and pull together" The life
boat creaks, the life-boat cracks, and just as
she is about to settle and TO sink, there arose
,ne loud, long cry of ''Hurrah for Val and
Democracy" Once more the crew of the
taunch old boat is complete, the anchor is up,
he sails are filled, and she steers away to the
,orts of the Union and the Constitution.
In your note, you say, Il have been frequent
y asked the question by Democrats, both at
lome and abroad, whether you would support
Tallandigham-" Allow me to say, am sur
'rised that any one, in this vicinity, should be
gnorant of my opinion, or doubt my position
n that regard. There may be persons here,
10Th Democrats and others, who have heard
ne declare that I doubted the policy OF pro-
riety of putting MI. Vallandigham forward
8 our leader. For eighteen months after the
eige of Sumter, was constant, a daily read {
r of the Cincinnati Commercial, and though
OF converted to any of his many political
hims, might, I may have received some t
nge from his chameleon hues. I know did G
OF there find full and fair statement of Val i
public career. imbibed the i'm t
ression that he was not war Democrat t
nat he was so opposed, that ne did and said 1
verything he could to favor the South he t
id and said nothing to favor the North Mr. a
'allandigham was represented as an artfuJ, u
angerous demagogue-desiring, perhaps de- i
gning, to place the whole power of the Uni +
d States Government beneath the feet of s
outhern traitors. I knew enough, however, c
ktra the Commercial, to be convinced that
lis last charge was not true. The editor also s.
new it, for, after the mock trial and condem- Il
alton of Mr.. Vallandgham, he made the ac- Ia
"that he had voted men and 81
oney to carry on the war" Gandor would b
ave justified that paper in adding that Glenn o
1t L. Vallandigham had also offered resolu- Ia
On in Congress to increase the pay of common Il
ldiers two dollars per month, and to provide n
r his comfort and support, in case of disabil- al
n Northern Ohio, and it is expec- nevege fc
erygman, woman and child who are ame5e aona5e n n