The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-03-25
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGs.

On Saturday last, pursuant to- cali, the DE
mocracy Of Mifiin township met at Peters
burr, to organize, the party in the township
when on motion, PETER G oNGAWAY was call
ed to the Chair. On motion the chair ap.
pointed Esquire BLUNT, Esquie DoFY anG
HsB .AHERsHEY,sa committee to draft resolu
tons expressive Of the sense of the Democra-
cy Of +hIifiin. After a brief absence the com.
mittee made the following report, which was
unanimously adopted 4gp rs. t,d
Rcsolved, That the Democracy of Mfflip
township pledge the mseiyes to stand by the
UGion5 as; our fathers made it, the Constellation
as interpreted by its author, JAMES MADISON
and approved and ratified by THOMAS JET.
FERsoN,a JAMES MONROE, ANDREW JACKSON
and Democratic National -Conventions, and
Ebelley e thera Is mo- gtheF princiPfe upon which
the. Union .canabe restored. @
Resolved, That We bitterly d~enounce the
niger proclamation of President Lincoln,
and firmly. believe it is the wedge that the
Aboitionists have long been forging With
which to sever the Union. assal IN ~
ResetOed, That if, in Ashland County, the
property of any Democrat is destroyed. BY an
Abolition mob, we will promptly avenge the
injuryj and we hereby. guarantee that the
property. Of Republicans shall answer for fhe
offense ten fold or moro. ~ ,eszs -
Atesofueds we pledge our full support
to he Ashland Onion and tho Columbus
Crisis; and we must unquali6edly :de1ounce
the mob spirit-naanifcsfedg in the Capital of
the Stats in sacking the Editorial rooms of
the Crfsis Office, and hereby extend our sym
,patlies to Col. S MEpARY, the eloquent and
fearless champion of sths Liberties of the peo.
pie. s &C., 40 -os. a maso &c .os;tT
RnenIr1I T1,k N :.
the CHOICE of the Democracy of Miflin. town.
ship for Governor of Ohio. -
Resolped, That the proceedings of this
meeting be signed BY the officers and furnish.
ed to the Ashland Union and Columbus Crisis
for publication. 81
.a PETER GoNGAWAY, CHN.
-1ee d4f af
Pursuant to a previous cal, there was quite
an enthusiastic meeting of the citizens of Mil
ton township at Nelson's school house on Sat
urday evening March 21st to take into consid-
grafton the perilons condition Of our once hap,
py, but nov distracted country-John W od-
burn ESQ.,, was chosen chairman and Geo. j
3. Sloan secretary of the meeting. A commit
pc consisting of three was appointed to adopt
resolutions; expressive of the sense of the. NEE
30 $50 AZ = LuO COInIQlLleS |
he meeting was addressed by Msssrs Devor and
Hill, who Rent.iptpra, discassionpf the causes
# the WI and exposed the Infamous hiypoc-t
acy Of the administrator, which whilst pre-
tozbeg carrying on the war for the
Jnion vas really engaged in a stupendous con-
piracy to overthrow the constitution and l;ber-
les Of the country, with a view of erecting on
heir ruins, 9 GREAT CENTRALIZED ~DEspoTIsM,
hat would wipe out stateliness and consolidate
he government uader one. u-nscroupulous ru-f
,rsdAfter which tho. following preamble and
sso!utions were unanimously adopted. risrSl
Wherers, our country is now, and has been
Or nearly two years, engaged in q civil war,
7hich for magnitude,f cruelty horror and
anton destruction of life and property.
no paralel in the historys.of the world, a
ar not waged for the purpose of saving our
alton but for the express purpose of driving
part of the States out of the Union, and to
reate a spirit of hatred and bitter feeling be-
yeen the North and South. thereby making a
construction of the Union impossitio5 but ift
nat were all there might be some hope yet of
wing the Union ,sbut the adwinistratiel have !
ater mihed4 10 destroy the whole government )
trampling under. foot that glorious old |
spstitntion, which was handed down to us
7 oar Futhers as q precious legacy for !
to transmit 10 our children Raimparred, !
ID pct Only that but they are deterpined To- :
evate the negro and ~eusaye, the white saee 8
"a bondage equal in cruelty to fbattss
.ieh the Israelites were in to the Egyptians
!ey have denyed US the privilege of free speech
d freedom of the press They have pro- "
lpited Democratic Newspapers from being r
mt to our brave soldiers who are Tperilingto
cir lives to help them carry out their heiIsh o
mot yolun tariIy but forcibiY9 I; they have y
spended the writ Of Aa6eas corpus, and now r.
, are all a~ependeht foroafElixes onftheh hand|
King AbFahapFth First of whose tenderhR