The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
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NJ lass CONVBNT ION
At Ashland.
GREAT OUTPOURING Of THE
PEOPLE!
The Soldiers again In the
Field. s
Questions of the Day Discussed
Questtoms of the Day Disease
Hon. Geo. Bliss,
AND
General Morgan.
THE SOLDIERS GREET THEIR
OLD COMMANDER.

Nv 49,
day for the Democracy Of Ashland Coun'
ty, aud q glorious harbinger Of brighter
ones for the almost wrecked and ruined
country.
The day dawned bright and suspicious,
as if nature herself we're anxioustto greet
with smiles the vast concourse assembling
to counsel together as to the means Of
rescuing our country from the control Of
that party whose reckless misrule has
overturned the safeguards to government
reared with so much wisdom and at so
much sacrifice by the fathers Of the Rev
%olution. stpe ,
At an early hour, and long before the
regular delegations had arrived, our streets
we're crowded with masses Of the sub
%stantial Yeomanry of the country
About II o'clock the delegations, which
had united for a procession, on the out
skirts Of the town, began to move through
the streets. The time.honored hickory
boughs, with which the wagons we're deco
rated, gave the procession the appearance
of a moving forest through our streets.
Wonder if the usurpers Of the peo-
PIES rights quaked with fear as if Bur-
nam wood had come to Dunsinane.
The prominent feature of tho process
sion, however, was the great number Of
soldiers in attendance. Men who had
d, nc the country some service in the
field, and who were now anxious to rally
again around their old commander, and
by their enthusiastic greetings and the
cordial grasping of hands, to testify to
the world their high appreciation OF th'
eminent and noble qualities Of a chic
who had shared with them tolls and pri
v%alions, and whose genius had been a tow
er Of strength and a bulwark OF prOtec.
ton in the darkest hours Of strife ant
danger. The Carriage Of the Hayes
vile Brass Band was drawn by TWEEN
} ty horses ridden by as many soldiers
The notices carried by these brav
; "boys in blue" told, Enthusiastically, Q
!. the losthiug and disgust with whicl
they regard the proclaimed designs o
F.. the leaders Of the Republican party t
/ degrade them to q level with the planta
, !, ton negro Of the South "None ou
Hhae Men on guard tonight" "W
| tsuqA for the Union and not for Nsgr
= Suffrage" GIVE fought for the Flag
We uote for MORGAN and the UNION
! " We kaov u .friends-they are no
t those pho ~oula degrade us TO a lert
pah The Negro" These and many kin
died notices proclaimed, trumpet-tongue'
q the whitening rebuke intended to be 40
ministered by the soldiers, at the mex
election, to that party whose leaders hav
SO basoly asserted, that in the 0ssentif
elements Of o soldiers character, tb
: white man was inferior to the Africa
n race. 1
At one o'clock tho procession re-forme
b aud marched to the fine grove north-we
Of town where seats had been erected
1. accommodate some acres of people, b
. were illed to their utmost capacity !
crowds who had repaired thither in a
vance. Of the procession,
~ Hon. GEoRGE BLISS, ex-member
be Congress, from this district, was first j
PRODUCED to the audience and held the
a enchanted for an hour aud a half by
hs massive logic and thrilling e%loquence-
4. The most Of our readers were present al
"a heard this splendid speech ; to such
we're not, and are acquainted with JudI
Bliss, It is sufficient to say that u v
rs, one Of his very happiest efforts, III
DO. will assure them that an intellectual
IS past was given TO the listeners such as