The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-08-02

'i1No "6en'oj VIM ueslIe 10 JOIN you IN
your late, but earnest championship oil
the rights of the colored race. They
nave some pride Of consistency. Having
always been rebels at heart they dislike
suddenly to become Abolitionists, fearing
they may be required, in following your
lilustrious example, to deal harshly with
those who, from a false sense Of shame,
are still unwilling, by turning Abolition
lists, to.incur the rebel rcproach Of apos.
ta;;y, They urge that they dislike 10 be
called Judases; and yet, "they wish to be
with you and at rest" Hence the strug-
gle between their old party and rebel
pride, and their lOce for you; their dire
necessities and love of cash. With all
such adopted this mode of reasoning :
That the popular Judgment is often wrong,
and traditionary or hereditary prejudices
rarely right, For example, would take
two celebrated cases, those Of Plate and
Judas; that the Christian world affected
nay, felt great horror Of their names and
characters, that they were associated with
the murder Of our Savior, and, therefore,
no one supposed it possible to find any
thing in then natures to cxtenuatc the
severe Judgment OF mankind whereas, in
fact, Plate was bitterly opposed to our
Sa'ior's prosecutions and ignominious
death, and protested he "found no fault
in Him." while the mob (may Heaven
protect your Excellency from oil mobs)
hurried him away to execution, without
even the dignity of a military arrest; /;
that Judas, from all we had been able to
ascertain in regard to his character,
was very unobtrusiye, roticent man, bet
ter htted by nature for trade agent or
contractor, than disciple; that, though
he turned his back upon his friends, 3"
nay, "Ietroycd them" he was neither the
first nor the last who had yielded to temp
tation; that has reward was hard money
thirty huge pieces-and long before
Chase had inflated the currency, or Cali
fOrnla had augmented the coin; that he
was q man oil sensiblllty that he repent
ed, and so suffered from remorse that he
ourst MS bowels. l assured the secession
ISIS ana once seekers, however, that they
neea not walt Tor quarantine before join
ing the army o. Sumner and John Brown;
that you mad done so' turned your back
upon the them, betrayed them, and that,
ailhoush the ohclal health bulletin repre-.
sontea you In a precarlous condition, l
1aa yet seen no mention OF any morbid
c'stenslon q ;, OF your bowels nor did 1
ia'i 10 romlnd the aqdience of the cnangc
IN your opinions OF John Brown AMI Mr..
otwaf1' since you denounced the one as
"a nupderer, rpboer, a thiel, and a
.ra''Or' ana .he Gther as MS poiltlcal tu-
tor' l pointed to the remarkable
sase ana elegance with whieh you now
lralcrnlHe win the original Browns now
you now plOusiy regarded MS galloWs as
only less sacred 'han the Gross OF Chrlst;
now oenigIantly you smiled at MS apoth-
eo'lS' ana now dlvinoly you could sing:
'Ohh i',s, SrI%nS w OOdy lies mO"lderihg IN the
u'
iG 'he foregoing can give you only a
or'ei ou''lne Vi lhat portion oi my Spececn
wnlcn was uevotea esPecIa,,y 10 yourself
l rose douotless 10 inc iuii night OF the
great arguments anu many OF your OLD
seccSh lrlenas pronounced my speech tru'
y elOauen. anu convincing: osvGra' arc
KNOWN 10 nave declared poSlIiVely 'or you
auI nlown'ow, Wnnc, amvus 'ne omce-
sseAeis, .iauu ,scn's' unu muse VINO nave
ios' 'or'unVS " .ne war, 'here seemed
10 oe general ihclina''oh 10 yoin 'he
gruhu army ol universal irceuom, SC
oravv,y % iea ny yourself l iounu none
Igiui'"u' I9.D " w eo .,i e10sPta u iem or'siua'
on'o'' men, VINO sun uecl0IG themselves
T.a. Sluen. supporters ., THE Union o' inc
oohs','u'iou' orGlnary compassion re
9ulros i,I 70 suy' IN sholr penan ina
,ney r3au ou. ~" newspapers, auu 10 no
KNOW tna' lna' o,1 iOey parchment Il
"uo''ya P'ayou ou'' ....
Now for TINS Euloglum upon your lite
character and public scrVlces--and be
cause the Union men OF that portion o.
the State IN which / live have nominated
me for Congress am held; like Napo
leon, prisoner OF State Napoleon al
Helena! AdderrlJ q. Columbus! How
history viii repeat Itself For the ben
mt OF subsequent lrave'ers who may Vlsi
this classic city in search OF relies, viii
here state that am at the Columbus lio
tei, room NO. l, directly opposite a butch
ers establishment, where thirteen cham
cd dogs, hundreds OF unclaimed contra
bands, and millions OF mosque,sStoes night
ly mlnslc their music to lull me to re
pose.
A lew words moro and l will suspend