The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-08-17
The Abolition Convention.
A SORRY SET.
APlayed out Democrat (e) runs
the Mill.

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1t had been duly announced for some
time hat the Abolitionists of Ashland
county wonld meet in Conven tion on
Monday the fifteenth of this month fol-
the purpose of nominating their candi,
dates for County Offices. In accordance
Herewith, q self chosen few met ct the
Court House. They were certainly a sor-
ry looking set, -ringed, speckled, and
black,-princpaW black. 1t was the
most demure, long-faced peacable looking
crowd we ever beheld. No one would
have supposed that these hale, hearty, lu-
gubrious looking gentry had ever talked
war and howied for blood. So meek and
lowly, with their standing collars, white
neckerchiefs, Yankee r-e-o-u-n-d-s and
Geo VS. or English 'ogs or h-i%nfantry.
who could have believed that they were
the leaders in Ashland county of those
blood and thunder cusses that yoll like
hounds for P=e%ana-f.rvke;I for purpose
of slaughter and ruin, more taxation and
more drafts. But yet these were the very
men, for afterwards, one of the Bastard
Democrats that -speckled the concern told
them that he saw gathered there the ia
miliar faces of the same venerable c1a-
quers, that had made the Abolition nomi
nations for the last ten or twelve years
regardless of the wishes of their Carriers
of wood and drawers Of water" the rank
and file. a'sf
The Convention organized. A heavy
Aldermanic looking specimen of the genus
homo, by the name of Glass or Gass, or
something of that sort was made Presi-
dent. This was done because it had been
whispered around that he was a little
shaky on Lincoln, and it was necessary
to fatter his eofium cum ~dignitate," by
setting up his big bread basket to the adj
miring gaze. In order that the h~uge.pro-
tuberance might appear to better advan
tage by contrast, the long, lean, lank
hungry looking Cassius L.. Curtis, was set
beside him as Secretary, and then to keep
up has likeness to the Cassius of old, little
dumpy Kinninger was placed upon the
table as assistant Secretary, elevated with
a piece of 6oLscap.
Tie Convention proceeded to business.
The townships were called. Several fail
ed to respond. "Where,s Hanover?" ask
ed one. "My God! what's become of
calculated another" .What in
thunder is the matter with Mifiin?" bel
another, and SO on. Some G Copper
head near US suggested that they had ia
ken too much Of Lincoln's Union medi-
elmo in the shape of drafts, taxation, &c.,
&c., and were probably sick. To try to
make up this huge gap, a dumpy, snarl-
little Internal moved that if there
were any persons present from the town
that they be authorized to cast the
vote of the township. This was carried
of course, but Hanover, Mifain and Troy,
still remained unrepresented while a meat
axe looking individual reported himself
SOLITARY and alone" from Lake. The
fact that one-fourth of the county was
unreprcsented, Tas a grsat damper upon
and they sat for a long time looking
woeful and miserable trying to gather
sympathy from each other.
1t was finally announced that the next
thing in order was the nomination of the
officers. One A. G. Beer, was nominated
for Auditor. The fact that they knew
there was no earthly chance of their being
prevented any opposition oiBeer
and he was nominated by reclamation.
Prosecuting Attorney was then a%nnoun
ced. Some hairy thing that looked more
like a baboon than a human, in dolorous
tome, nominated j. FL. McCombs. Me-
Combs declined the proffered honor of
beat and nominated Osborn. Os-
born declined and nominated w. II. John
ton. J. W. Smith, by request of john
;ton stated, that under no circumstances
would Johnston be a candidate. Sampsel
nominated Smith. Smith declined.
Curtis then nominated Sampsel, Sampsel
declined and then nominated Curtis.
That was, "you tickle me and I'll tickle
Crrtis was the only man that
decline. The names of Rowe of
Ashland and Houghton ofTroy were mem
toned. Rowe not having been admitted
to theRar, and the fear that it might be
announcement FOR Houghton to prosecute a
case or two now on hand, prevented their
being voted fer. In the mean time Cur
It's did some heavy figuring which result
ed in Fasig and Sampsel t'tHo brethren
in the Abolition faith" showing him sud-
denly through upon the previous ques-
ton Ly acolamation. For Recorder, Old-1
royd was nominated by acclamatlon. No
individuals wanted to be victimized
For Commissioner, three old line Adolf
and two bastard Democrats were |
nominated. These bastards expected pay
for their want of common sense in selling
out their principles. They got 1t. One
,Stnck or Stuf, of Orange, got 13 votes
and then .magnanimously withdrew in