The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-07-01
THE 9th OF JUNE AT BOWLING
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"CGqus Of Seventeen politicians, who assem-
blci in bar.room at Bowling Green, ON the 9th Of
June last, and claimed to be ae cNLy Union Con
veution or Wood County" We also give the
proceedings Of the Wood County Democratic
Convention" held at Bowling Green, on tie
day. AMI partially, at lcast) BY ruE sAns NEN
We should have published these proceedings
sooner, but We have experienced considerable dill
Guilty in obtaining M report of the dciugs Of the
" Union" = msu who assembled under the recent
call Of j. W. Ross, Esq. aud we could not think
OF doing them injustice by giving merely partial
report The organ ct this "Clique," in setting
forth the merits OF that call" said
ct has no party smell about it, aud is free from
the faint Of corruption Of every character IL in
vtcs mon Of every shade Of political opinion to
their driic and bck.rmvs while the Union is in
danger and come up to the help Of the country as
one man"
Accordingly they assembled galaxy" Of
SgvENrEEN patriots, of the ono party smell per
suason, who had resolved 10 CEASE ruHiH
STRIFE ANp mcEERiNGs." and "coME vr TO ruR
HEtr OF THE COUNTRY As oNE MAN" They ap-
pointed delegates to the Union State, Senatorial,
and Representative Conventions, aud resolved
several times then, without even formal ud-
joumment OF the truo Uuiou Convention" u por-
ton Of these "naparty smell patriots, went into
a Democratic Convention, and trrOISTED pELB-
GATES To ruE STATE CoNvExrtoS wuIcu NoMlNA-
rRp NALL>NpIGHAN Who will now venture to
question the true Uuouism of the Clique Of
Seventeen ?" Not the JouRsAI, certainly Far
be it from to deprccatc men principles OF such
an " accommodating character-or find fault with
such exhibitions Of "easy political virtue :" We
are willing to accept the foregoing as fair sample
of the gems "bg Union" men, who Tor months
past have been villifyng every man in this viciu-
ty who did not hate and oppose Mr. Ashley aud
| Of that class who announced that the platform
embraced in Mr.. Laskey's call wasn't CHG
ENOUGH" for them
/ Ii will he seen that the Democratic Convention
was held "accordng to previous notice." aud as
| the call of Mr.. Ross for Convention on that day
was the only one published in this county, we are
fairly left to conclude that there was an "under-
standing" ON the subject, to the effect that" You
tickle me and III tickle you" At all events, it is
evident that the " Union " men or portion OF
them understood the programme, in advance.
But let us look at the doings OF the only rRu +
" Union " party in Wood county;
On the Committee of Resolutions in the ''Unon'
| Convention, we find the uamos of two persons who
were also on the committee which reported the
names of delegates to the Democratic State, Sena-
torial and Representative Conventions Behold
the picture of " Union men resolving
"That all loyal men should cooperate in efforts
| to crush the rebellion and save the Union;
! "That we d0pr1cate the existence of a spirit Ia
| revive PARTY distinctions and PARrY strifes;
/ "That tender to the soldiers in the field oul
most sincere gratitude and earnest support -
And then behold these same persons naming mer
to represent them in the State Convention which
nominated for Governor Of Ohio the convict Val.
landigham; which denounced President Lincoln
and Governor Tod as tyrants, and violstors of the
Constitution and the laws; which denounced as
abolition Jaoobins all who arc in favor of a
vigorous prosecution of the war; How consistent
How patriotic
Among the delegates appointed to represent this
barroom meeting in the Sena torial Convention
held at Findlay on the 30;h Of June. are two whr
are delegates to the Democratic Senatorial Conven
ton, and one who is a delegate to the Democratic
Representative Convention Conventions rchicl 1ciI
mq.estiontbly indorSe de nomination of Iallondig
ham! What remarkable men compose the "Unon'
party which responded to the call of Mr.. Ross
Hereafter, we suppose the test of TRUE Union
ionsm" with this Clique" will be ability +
take 4 leading part in Il " Union " Convention il
one hour, and do the same thing for II Democrats
Convention in the Hcrt-to say nothing of making
/, arrangements for such proceedings in advance
Does any man venture to say that this is not rRUl
" UnioniSm?" If so, let him be made to feo tn,
virtuous indignation of tho "Clquc of Seventeen =
We congratulate the loyal, earnest supporters o
, tbn l,pv thn ,r
men, at Bowling Green. on the 9th of June! II
their efforts to " unite " with anybody who cal
} 90 vote county ticket" they have overreache,
themselves, and unmaskcd their real designs.
majority of the supporters of the Union for th
sake of the Union" county ticket last fall, rcpudi
ated the Union State ticket and their action
Bowling Green shows that their principles hay
: not materially improved since that timc-but, OF
the contrary, "quite the reverse!" Then, ther
f could vote two tickets the same day entirely
, opposite in principles now on the same day, the,
take initiatory steps for nominating nro tickets
tickets widely different in the measures they ad
D yocats and principles they indorse, as War an,
Peace, Loyalty and Treason This Clique o
= Seventeen " should hereafter term itself the Z" Pro
t grossivc Union Party!"
n "As man sows, that shall he reap!" What
therefore, must we conclude has been the characte
of the seed scattered abroad during the past yea
o. by this Union for the sake of the Union
: clique-sced from whence sprang tho rank growt
OF political hypocrisy which was harvested a
4 bowling Green ON the 9th of June No earnes
= advocacy of "Union for principle" can have pro
duccd itbut il is the legitimate offspring of til
!; blatant outcry for "unon with anyJody VIII
t hates Ashley" which, with the usual variations
t has increasingly been kept up by the bushes
D agent of the "Cliquc."
After this exhibition of political perfdy, can an
Unconditional Union man place confidence in thos
= connected with mci -" Union" movement? Ca
= any man earnestly in favor of prosecuting the wal
r vote for such men, with the least assurance that
c elected to Office they will not prove false to til
r principles they were pledged t. support? Mos
y n assuredly, no! Let the honest loyal men of Woo
county. both at home and in the field shun all pc
j. litical association with that sham Union part!
q which has proved itself capable of such hypocrit
. cal " double -dealing!"