The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-30
WHIT Is. IT FOE?

Why are the Republicans so boisterous over
the Maine Election ? Is it a new thing for
them to carry that State? To the careless or
casual observer it would seem that there was
nothing unusual in these noisy demonstrations,
and that they were only the legitimate re-
, joicings of a party over a brilliant. and unex
Spected victory but away down urder the sur
face, beyond the ken of the thoughtless, there
lies a deeper significance in them.-It is not
That they have been successful ia carrying a
State in every county of which LIscoLN re-
ceized large naiorities,-it is not because they
hare been successful in binding the people OF
that State to the proscriptfye and sanguinary
policy of the Adm inistration in the election
Of Abolition ofhcials,-it is not because Maine
is now formally pledged to a vigorous prose
cution of a war for the emancipation of the
Hsegro, even to the fearful sacrifice of leaving
every White mother in widowhood and every
child in orphanage,cit IS not these which
have produced the feelings of exultation in
which the Abo.itionists are indulging. It is
something far deeper, of far greater import,
and should arrest the attention and alarm. the
fears of every freeman in the land. 1t as lie.
cause che people Of Maine, as IN evsry other
STATE akere elections haze been held this tfaH.
hare been BETRAYED and SOLD into the
hands OF the administration, by the Foliti-
cians. In Kentucky, it was accomplished at
The POINT OF THE BAYONET in Maine.
through a CORRUPTION FUND, of such
magnitude as to defraud the people of their
III -on t6a noI;ou ~ tba Adn;n;-,
ton and place the seal of their condemnation
upon it. It is an awakening to a realization
of the fearful power which has fallen into
tacir handscit is a knowledge that they
command both the Purse and the Sword, and
that in their contests with the people, where
The Purse is Inadequate, THE BAYoNET WILL
BE MADE ~EFFEcTIcE lit is q consciousness
of this power over the viii of the people,
which has ELECTED this great shout from the
Abolition camp.
Our very fingers Jingle with shame and
modification as we zen tie sentence,-Where
fse betrayal st the pU Of the PEOPLE could
Je accomplished By the bribery Of their lead
eys, 1T WAS DONE aoAere the BAYoNET hoas
required, IT WAS Used; and Americans sub
naitfed to tAe oufroge. How long shall these
things endure Will the people of Ohio
submit, as. did the people of Maine and Ken.
lucky, to the Intervention of bribery and the
bsyonet in the discussion and settlement of
their State canvass? And if. N their wis
dom they should call CLEMENT L. VALLAN-
pfGHAM from exile and place him upon the
Gubernatorial Chair of Ohio, would they sub
NIT TO have their wishes set aside, and JoHN
BRouoH inaugurated, by Federal bayonets7
IF they would not, they must organize for the
enforcement of their decision at the ballot.
boz. Tbat the decision of the people will be
interfered with. if that decision is adverse to
the policy Of. the Administration, We have no
less authority than JOHN BRoUGH himself,
the Administration candidate for Governor.
TO be forewarned, is to be forearmed Then
ist the people of Ohio accept the hint thus
broadly thrown out by the Administration sat
t~elites. and prepare themselves to stand upon
the defense of their chartered rights; and il
those rights are wantoniy and wickedly as
saifed. and. an appeal must be had to the last
resort, let the responsibility rest upon the
heads of the Administration and its minions
and meet the tissue as 1ecctbes men.
fTHE DRAFF.-We have often heard the in.
ouiry Why was the draft postponed <Ihe
solution is easy. Owing to the election is wal
Thought best to postpone it until afterwards
Look ont for . vigorous prosecution Of 1t after
nos,b.r ;f Rrouoh is elected