The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-08-21
GENERAL COX AT ASHLAND.
Grand Banquet to our Veterans
Union Soldiers and Union Sen
Iiments.
Good Speeches and q Glorious
Dinner,

[special Cor 'sspOndsnos Of the Cleveland Leaser.l
ASHLAND, o, August 18th, 1868.
In despite of the active opposition OF the
copperhesds of Ashland county, than
whom there are no mesner in the land the
soldiers reception to-day was 8 magnificent
ovation to the returning braves. The So
called Democracy had attempted to embar'
RAGS the action of the loyal people engaged
in this noble enterprise. Feeling hatthey
had no place in an assembly convened to
welcome home the defenders ofthe nation,
since their influence had uniformly been
cast with the ehemy, they sought at an
hour which they knew to be too late to
admit Of a change of pr grsmme, to Gre
ate discord by proposing to join In the
movement, provided they should be allow
ed to invite "a Democratic speaker" In
what manner could they lave made more
emphatic the fact that they we're not the
proper parties to welcome home the de,
Tenders of the. Union2 TIE patriotic
ladies of Ashland county, who originated,
arranged and contaminated his generous
festival, very properly declined the inso
lent proposal, feeling that all patriots could
accept the very brosd invitation given
without debating conditions.
1 Was yesterday sstonished by the stu
pendous exhibition of loyalty at Wooster
and was disposed to regard that as an ex
ceplionaI case. I did not anticipate it
repetition at Ashland to-day. If Their
were not IS many people assembled herr
to dsy as at Wooster yesterday, the ressor
is found in the fact that Ashland does no
~eontsin ss large q population 3
Wayne. From every nook and corne
of the county come up the old MEL
and the young, the mothers, wive
and msidens of this loyal community
jackson, Sullivan, Clesr Greek and Rug
giles came up with delegations of enormou
size, and Troy, Orange, Vermillion, Greene
Mohicsn, Perry, Mifiin, Milton, Hsnovs
and Lake followed in grand array, forming
miles OF procession. Besides, there was
constant stream of humanity pouring il
from early morn until the sun had reached
It's meridian, coming by every road sDt
avenue of travel. Parties accustomed t
estimate large bodies of people place tn
number present at from fifteen TO twent,
thousand. l am sure the former figure j
not too high-the latter may not be- Sue
enthusiasm l AVE not witnessed since tn
days Immediately following the fall @
Sumter. Twelve hundred soldier
marched under their bullet-scsrret
flags, cheering, and cheering and cheering
again for the union of the States, anu III
Union party OF Ohio. The 10th, l2O.h
1921, 42d, 23d, cath, 65}h, 66th, and 76t
regiments, and Standards, the 4th and LIT
batteries, were represented. The tsttere
banner of the 12Oth was proudly born slofI
bearing the sme of the thirteen battle
in which the regiment had taken an honor
able part-among them Chickassw Bluff
Grand Gulf Vicksburg, jackson an,
Mobile
Patriotic sentiments were inscribed upol
banners borne by the ladies of the vsriou
Soldiers Aid societies. Among them wer
the following:
ave welcome Ja-kson's Veterans h me-"
"In God and our ~sOl'i'rs we trust"
Good an our cODn ~
'iGOibas been with us"
'fThe Glorious Old Union ,"
Peace and good alll towards men,"