The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-01
Che Guberna,sriaI Capdidate in

Wv y Mr.. taliandlgham, whose name has
often appeared in the newspapers lately, and
John Brough is the radical candidate for thai
ONCE The friends of Mr. Brough are ma
king a strenuous effort to represent their "a.
yoritc as a thorough Democrat, doubtless with
the hope Of dividing the party vote With Mr.
Faiiandigham. Their authority in urging this
claim isthe statement of Mr.. Brough himself
ana speech-deliEered at Marieta,.O., 10ti
instant, in which he said:
aFrom the days of my boyhood ND to thi.
hour, l have been ranked with that ~politica
party known as ssThe Democracy" and from
my entrance into it until now, l have ney.l
wavered in. Its support or been false to it,
This claim is significant as indicating Mr.
BrougRs estimatcof the strength of the Dem
~ocratic vote in Ohio at the present time, bui
the political status of the gentleman is better
determined by another extract from the same
speech, as follows: sshss
- CIT is said the Crittenden resolution nigh
bring It about. The resolution was offered tt
them before they fred on Sumter, and rot q
man was ready to takeit, and the North wou,o
have been very sorry if they had accepted it
for I for one spnrn the Crittenden resolution
andsI do il for the reason that the first CUR
fired upon Sumter relieved rs from the thral.
domEof slavery and I never desire to see
peace restored, with the practical power of in.
~stitution reinstated.1 III 4aer.
Hero Mr.. Brough boldly declares that he
desires no restoration of the Union until sla.
very is destroyed. Tho Unreasonable differ
ence between this new candidate for gubcrna.
Iterial honors, and ex-senator Pugh, the Dem.
~ocratic candidate for Lieutenant-G Governor, ap,
pears from a debate in March, 1861. Mr.
lPugh said:
The Crittendcn proposition has been In.
dorsed by the Legislature of Kentucky. Il
has been Endorsed by the Legislature of the
noble old commonwealth of Virginia. 1t has
been p~etitioned for by q large number of the
ELECTORS Of the United States than any propo.
sition that was ever before Congress. / be-
lieve in my heart today that it would carry
an overwhelming majority of the people Of
my State aye, sir, Senators from the State OF
Mississippi left this Chamber, I heard one OF
them, %ho assumes at lea.t to be President Of
the Southern Confederacy, propose to accept
lft, and maintain the Union if that proposition
could receive the vote it ought to receive from
the other side of this Chamber. At any time
before the LIST of January, q two thirds vote
fer the Crittenden resolutions In this Cham.
her would have saved every State in the Union
but South Carolina. Georgia would be here
by her representatives, and Louisiaua-those
two great States, which at least would have
broken the whole column of Globe,
page 1890.
On the same subject Senator Douglas said
The Senator (Mr. Pugh) has said that il
the Crittenden proposition could have been
passed early in the session, it would have
believed it would. While the Grittenden
proposition was not in accordance with my
{ cherished views, I ayowed my readiness and
eagerness to accept it in order to save the
Union, if we could unite upSn it. I can con
firm the Senator's declaration that Senator
Davis himself, when on the committee OF
thirteen, was ready, at all times, to compro-
mise on the Crittenden proposition. I will go
further, AMI say that Mr.. Toombs was also
Globe, page 1891. 1S
As between the Democracy of Mr.. Broug h
and thataof Mr.. Wendell Phillips, we appre
hendsthere is very little difference. No man
ought to be elected Governor of Ohio who
holds such sentiments as he ayows. The man
who says, al spurn the Crittenden resolutions .
will spurn the only principle of UEion which
can save us, allies himself with the original
di~suu;onists Of the North, and is of course
hostile to the Constitution. The attempt OF
radical men to stand on Democratic reputa-
TONS is both amusing and ridiculous. It in
dicates a fear of defeat on their own platform
and q desire to achieve success by virtue, OF
good characters and reputation once possessed,
now forfeited. The man who boldly avows
that his principles are changed, and that he
thinks he was wrong before, may be an honest
politician. But the man Who holds opposite
opinions now, and yet seeks to hav, it believed
that he remains unchanged, is dishonest and
cannot be trusted Ohio will be wary of
trusting such men with her high Offices. She
wishes q Governor who is thoroughly honest,
outspoken and sincere in defense of the free
dom of the American citizen and the princi-
pies of the American Constitution, There.
fore she does not want Mr.. Brough for Gov
ernor.-Journal of Commerce. rS
The Difference Between the
Two State Conventions.
The two recent State Conventions held. at
Columbus we're the largest ever convened in
the State. The difference in the Delegates
-,s norl,ad aa1 noroonfihla Tha no-o