The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-02-24
A Rich thing from LoudonyilIe-
"A He-ShemRle done mp Brown.

Friday last, announced q sstaIk'' in the even
ing by a lady,-Subjest, the Constitutions of
the United States. As to the lady, no one
knew from what particular quarter of the hab-
table globe she came, and it seemed not u lit
tie strange that any one, man or woman, should
go abroad in these days discoursing publicly
concerning the Constitution, so obsolete has
that instrument become since our present most
gracious King came to slord it Ger US with a
~victor's rights"
There were three indications that showed a
"nigger in the wood pile" and assured all be-
yond doubt that an Abolition ~harangue of the
darkest and most approved hue was impend-
ing:
In tho first place, all women who drive a
precarious livelihood, or who, disguised with
their domestic duties at home, take to roaming
abou. the country, or who are afflicted with
any ons or more of the many "isms'' of the
day,-Spiritualism, Free Loveism, Fourjerism
or the like, are naturally hostile to right po-
litical principles, and therefore affiliate with
the Abolition party by. force of mature and
their stars" Hence Democracy is entirely
unrepresented in the numerous class of female
peripatetic advocates.
In the second place, the placards above
mentioned were distributed by the venerable
patriarch of Abolitionists in this region, and
the "lady' aforesaid took refuge. during her
%sojourn here, under his protecting wing. To
afford such protection to a defenseless ''female
woman" was all kind and proper enough in
the patriarch, and I mention it only inciden-
tally as part of one of the indications above
mentioned.
In the third place, the ''talk" was to be lad
in the Methodist church. This, of itself, was
clearly indicative of what was to be expected,
for could it for a nome t be supposed that the
"unco guild" who have in hand the manage
ment OF the church's affairs, had failed to in
quire into the character of the proposed dis
course, and to assure themselves, before all
things else, that no word should assault pions
and loyal ears hat even King Abraham him
self would not approve as "loyal" to his Ma
jesty? 1t might be Gas indeed was the case,)
that vulgar jests and low scurrility should pro-
vcke the laughter or applause of such as rel
ish coarse double entendres or semi-blasphe-
nous illusions, but what of that, if only there
were nothing stdisloyal" uttered Would not
one vigorous expression of loyalty, enc bitter
denunciation of Copperheadism, amply atone
for all else that might otherwise bring dishon-
or upen the placer
It must have been q d~elusion, a kind of pia
frdus, which obtained in former da-s, that
the church was a sacred place where naught
t-.-lk L. I1z-l Ii IL. --.-I-N-a :.
charity, and where one might have a truce
from the many conflicts of the world, the flesh
and the devil, which, as preachers arc wont to
tell us, SO nearly ill up the measure of our
lives. Either that must have been a deeer-
ton, I say, or we have wandered wide of the
true doctrine now. Our churches, in these
degenerate days, are, 10 too many cases, at
least, transformed into shov-rooms for travel
ing Punch and Judy exhibitions, while the
doctrine of Hfpeace on earth, good Will toward
men" is changed into the most indicative
hate and the advocacy Of a wan. the most stu
peDdous, the most ruinous and deselating, as
well as the most causeless upon our part that
ever scourged. any people. Not only have
laymen been carried off by the war-tide, but
ministers of the gospel, forgetting the dignity
and sacredness of their Office, have substitu-
ted political harangues for their accustomed
expositions of the word of God. These men
of "holy leer," or most of them, have become
the noisest and most pestilential demagogues
of the hour. They have brave words indeed
but strange to say, their extreme zeal has not
impelled them to expose their own precious
bodies to the storm of battle. Their actions
are in striking contrast with those of the re-
ligionists of former days, when Colonel Fight
tha-eocd fight and Captain Smite-them-hip
and-thigh joined faith to words and gave an
emphasis 10 their prayers by telling strokes of
their trusty broadswords when fighting time
came. But I have depressed further than was
intended.
The "lady?' (heaven save the mark talk
ed about an hour and a half and in less than
half that time gave abundant evidence NOT
only of her political bias, but also of such
ignorance as would have been ,pitiable had he,
manner not been so bold and impudent.
had intended to give you an outline OF her re-
marks, but viii not, considering the very
proper force Of the legal maxim, de ns:aimi,
non5 dc.
The '.lady" ESQ she styles herseif,0 will
probably visit your place and if so, the good
people Of Ashland will have a fine opportuni
ty of seeing how repalsive a woman may be.
come when she deserts her proper sphere and
takes it upon herself to play a part different
from that which nature has assigned htr,-
how completely, under such circumstances
the "true womanly" may give place to a Ger.
tain masculine boldnefs which, to say The
least, isn'tin tie way of "gilding refined gold. ,