The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-02-04
asHLAND, 4, 1868.


He O'cNeianu 0cTdfo OF fffu1y last, con-
tains a lugubrious Editorial article headed
aThe-p peril of the hour" Tho Editor. of the
Hernldis evidently scared. Knowing himself
as a pury instrument, in connection with
thousands of more brains and influence, to be
responsible fer the tremendous calamities that
have befallen our country, and seeing plainly
@the hand writing on the wall" hat wild ex-
lie him from the land or cause his carcass to
become the food of vultures, he, es a last re-
sort, like the drowning man catching at a
straw, hopes to save himself by deceiving the
people still farther with his cry against Demo-
Gratis, of traitor, fccessionist, &c &c. He
calls the Democratic press 'traitorous" because
tseofumns urr nffeu Win ccnsure Of tho Ad-
ADMINISTRATION" He calls the Dcmecratic par
ty traiterous because it endorses Cox's speech
in New York in which he advises New Eng
land to abandon her systematic thieying, her
inexcusable meddling and her mad ;fanatieisns
and tells her that if she wont dc she may
be cleft out in the COLI
These are about the only truthful state-
ments of the Herald's whining article about
tina danger eff himself and his tory, abolition
co-workers. Some other assertions in the same
article, which the Editor of the Herald knew
to be false, We. refer to-. He says:
T. "Tallahdigham declares in favor of an un-
conditio al laying down of loyal arms, aud
the Democratic press endorses it"
When a man takes an oath IN . court of
justice he swcars to tell the truth ard the
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CRITIC member. Was declared SNEAKER by the
crowd Of .asroughss' in the galleries and lobbies,
and he actually assembled the Speaker's chair
an attempted to organize a ll'ortsaonat Legis-
iaeure
IS also a Asr NO such thing and no elreun-
stance Whatever, ike 1T, occurred. During
the temporary absence ofthc Clerk, a Demo
graf took the. chair, but gave it up Immediate
~ ON thu IT rHsrance or tne re6s1'af oheef:
The statement that o.o: senator oranaasn-
ed q revolver ana threatened Teyosntlon inc
Herald, aiso' knows 10 DC he. ne next
statement tnas IN Inc majority OF the NORTH
ern States there arc signs OF opposition to the
John Brown rad, ana fnat the thieves ana
traitors of New England, from whom the Her
aid Editor directly derives his bastard exist,
enee, 'aey be "ieit out In the Cold rs true.
The further statement, that an limos regl-
ment nauhnaed, and that the whole Army OF
the Potomac also mutinied, under lncompe-
tent officers and Abolition rule, is also true
rithouta doubt. 81 s.
That every man sim the service, who is
not an abolitionist, should mutiny is also true
The remarks Of tho Herald in regard to the
aGrannd Army of the Potomac. are only GEN.
surable in this,s they do not give the rhole
truth. That army would no. obey the COM
mands Of the principaIoHacer. Why was this9
1t was simply because the war, which, at the
time they enlisted, WAS supposed to be . war
fol-. the restoratienEof the Unien andfthe pre-
scrvation of tho Constitution, proved to be
What manyy5-an and we are proud TO mention.
ourselves among the pumber,7predictod to be
q mere John Brown raid, an attempt, uneHsthc
part of the adherentsztoi the Chicago platform,
to overthrow the rights OF the States and es-
tablish upon, the ruins of American liber y an
0yerpo. ering and bloody military .despotiHm,
- "a 80 patos,.o
lngton, .sanas us..lNafalH' 10y 80. Sa1I
and talk of dividing 1t up as well as that the