Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-02-11

In the village of Ashland is an interest
ing sheet that rejoices in the name of the
Ashlsnd Union, with the patriotic senti-
ment, " The Union, it must and shall be
preserved" floating at the masthead. II
has for years attained notoriety that
should hsve consigned It to the limbo Of
oblivion long since, but Ike many a hard.
ened old sinner, it cliDgs to life long after
its mission is filed 1t presents about the
best specimen Of Copperbesd gone MAD
that yet survives in the State of Ohio. Its
weekly columns drip perp-tually with the
most lachrymose of tesrs and the vilest Of
rant. In recent srticls, discussing the
Blair mission 10 Richmond, it indulges in
the following malignant thrust at the Pre-
sident:
Then, to gritty The ,rIia qf tie old olo,ca AID the
bood-irsfy policy cf his aJ5o tiIiioHs must tn ee
hundred thousand more Of American titizens be
torA from leir homes lil friends and compelled 10 90
di'd fg n bs iargLteous erHsade against the SorleH
portion Of or once free AHlcrtca The people may
cry peace. PEACE, but there is 10 pesce' So long
Is \. Lincoln and his minions in power.
This besuiitul and patriotic sentiment is
supposed to have been hatched by the
united incubation of a trio o. editors, each
shivering in his boots lest the cold clown
should adorn him with army blue and a
musket- We are sure the Government
would not value their services highly,
knowing who they are They would mot
certainly desert to their friends the first
opportunity Inslead of editing q whif-
faty COpperhead weekly in Ashland, they
should be fighting under JEFF Davis.
But the Uaioa is capable of other ex-
slted views. 1t declares that European
powers are about to recognize jeff Davis
and that the Administration are making
NJ efforts for pssce and Ekrieks out ifs
petty wrath in the following ridiculous
food of bombAst:
The manner in which the authorities have avoid
ed peace propositions, the plan upon which the war
has been prosecuted and the PURPOSE for which il
Ia been carried on, the conscriptious that have
been male, the treasure that has been wasted and
The r0bbeTi-s that have been committed, al 30 10
show that e pTpJs, ef ihc D0rtg ia i9irer 20 hare
he aet aud is ll, doiar 10 murder all tlsr 6I-
}oe-oi5els 10 bankrupt he c5Hitry and 20 Jestroy de
lt hope q Tie people. hen viii tho wishes Of these
Geuds be fully gratihed. Then, aad not tia then.
can they have the negro where they wish, liberty
I'D Independence destroyed and the American Re-
public annihiia ed and recorded with those Of the
past, which like her have lived, hourisbed and
died.
According to this trio of democratic
worlhies that sit on the editorial tripod of
the Ashland Union, Mr.. Lincoln is sn ogre
grim that smAclls his lips and glsres Wild
Is over an anticipated feast of blood. He
wishes to murder al his fellow-citiz sns,
until he alone is left upon the earth to tell
The tale to The moaning winds.
r It was generally supposed that the last
eleetisn took the poisoned fsngs out of
such snakes as flourish in Ashland. If,
however, we may judge from the Union,
we should say that the venomous reptile,
with all his hiss sn1 rattle, still lives in the
benigbted portions Of Ashlsnd County.
If he amounted to anything, his fangs
would probably have bsen extracted be-
fore nov. As it is, it is best to let him
alon9 as specimen Of q Copperhesd
groKn mad.