The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-08-23
THE SOLDIERS WELCOME
TIE ABOLITION SPEECH
ES-NEGRO AT
A DISCOUNT.

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decent, 'hitc people Of the county in 70
gard to il. We have only on thisSub
jcct 10 add, that after rcsorting to every
dirty little trick that low cunning could
devise and impotcnt malice could exc.
cute, with a view Of preventing Demo
Gratis from taking part in a proceeding
which, under the guise Of soldiers vel.
come, was intended for nothing but q
JonN BROwN, Abolition randango, and
this with the assumption that tho soldiers
were an ignorant sot Of fellows whom
they could thus easily gull and dclraud,
by altcrvard claiming that the Democrats
took no part because they were not
friends Of the soldiers We say, after all
ills, on the very eve CT the meeting,
these male ard female snakesh'ps, had to
come down from the lofty position to
which they had ignobly erawled, and find
ing that Abolition purses pinchcd too
tight for the present high price Of provi-
Sions, they made a pitiful appeal to Dem
Ocrats for help. When it came this, the
help was promptly given, FOR every Dem.
ocrat did at heart cordially welcome The
soldier home from the fields Of strife aud
peril, and no Democrat undertook, by
the u~nicunded assumption that the sol
diers a. q class were ignorant, to use them
as mere tools whose minds they could
control and-over whose bodies they could
recklcssly climb in a disgracelul scramble
for petty Office and power. This was
left for the tattliDg meddlcrs who are
managing the political .fairs of the Re-
publican party of the County, assisted by
the few mute libels upon humanity that
wear the brooches when their wives don't
want them, aud whom they occasionally
permit to run for Congress or go TO the
army when sure of shoulder straps and
good pay. How this low trickery, this
mcdnacss at which many Of the best men Of
their " party were thoroughly disgust
cd, will succeed, time will tell. =.
Early in the morning Of Friday the
streets Of our town presented on unusual
scene. Wagons and carriages came load
cd with living freight, and as the day nd.
vanccd the crowd increased, About half
past ten o'clock the delegations began TO
arrive, These were quite large, and we
plainly observed were comrtsed Of men
Of all parties, in numbers about proper.
tomato to their respective ST ougth in the
County After a time the procession
formed according to the programme here
toforc given and marched to the Grove.
The LIST Brigade Band, the Hayesville
Band and a band Of Martial Music enliv.
ened tho march with sweet sounds. Sew.
eral hundred CT the returned veterans.
men who have gone through hardsiips
and encountered pcrils at view of which
the bravcst check might pale, formed in
line, distinguished by appropriate tpdgcs
As they marched with measured stems
and stately tread, their finc appearance
and welcome faces drew many a cheer
from the ~bystanders. After reaching the
grove they were escorted to tables lOad>d
with everything, Of both utility and lux,
ury, that The taste could desire, After
doing justice to the viapds upon the ia.
bles, it was attempted to iurn them over,
In a body, to the political part Of the re.
past kindly furnished by the Republican
leaders, after they had obtained consent
from tho Tea party Society. But, in the
beautiful language Of tho poet, the boys
wouldn't fOn "worth a." They
had received their welcome and their
dinner. That was what they were invi-
ted 10 and came for, and not to hear the
rant of a niggcr.loving demagoguc beg.
g;pg for office. Nearly all tho soldiers
divided into groups or returned to town
and enjoyed themselves in such manner
as they saw proper. Tho trick Of the
ancient spinsters failed, and neither Cox
WELKER nor DooBEnRY got q cbcc,
Hom'thc soldiers. 'l
TJ'au03 s3i Vi ,s.30alQ
Cox's speech was the same he made al
Warren. He has it "by heart.p II was
the same kind Of argument which ono
half Of tho Republican papers lave called
visionary and impracticablc,D and the
same speech which made even poor OLD
DAVE TOP gag and cxclaim, "too much
niger, too much niger" !
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Disguised themselves and totally iii.
appointed with Cox's spcOch, tho mana
gers called out little joker wELKEn,-
The crowd was so small by this time tia
WELkER spoke very briefly, Some 9th
or fallow talked 10 The wind n while. and