The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-01-17
Our Columbus Correspondence.
COLUMBUS, Jan. ls, 1865.

OoLUMbUs, Jhu' loj lou.
MEssRs. LAsDIs--Aocording to prom.
Use, I write you concerning the doings q.
our State Capital. Many readers Of the
UNION, from access to the Columbus and
other dailies, doubtless may DO informed
for most part as to the matters whereof /
relate. No laws Of a general nature have
as yet been enacted, but the number of
bills and joint resolutions proposed and
in prospective, is fearful. 1t looks, as
though some Of the joint resolutions
will u%nioint, to a considerable extent,
some Legislators Of the hitherto colored
persuation in politics. Unless this trans.
pires, nome Of the measures advocated by
the Democracy in the late political can.
vass, can be embodied in legislative &C.
tion, for all such will either meet with
untimely death by strangulation in tho
hands of a partisan Committee, or else be
so mutilated and disguised by the amend.
ments Of the dominant party, that the Or
iginal progenitor will refuse or be unable
to recognize his supposed political off
spring.
Ashtabula and the Western Reserve
have already spoken. Tho "rugged is.
sue" has been early presented both in the
Senate and House, just as fOretold by the
Democracy. Propositions from about as
many different legislators are as follows +:
For the amendment Of our State Consti-
tuition SO as 10 authorize the enrolment
for military purposes all male persons Of
the proper age and to strike out the
word phite, which limits the right of suf.
frage.--To request our representatives in
both branches Of Congress to establish,
Negro Suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia and to initiate an amendment to the
Federal Constitution, whereby the basis
of representation in Congress shall be
voters and not people.
Several Republicans have offered rcso.
lutions endorsing the reconstruction poll
cy and administration of President John
son ; but TO cap the climax in the way Of
variety, one Republican member offered
resolutions culogizing and endorsing Ed.
win Al. Nanton!!
How the medley Of opinions among
che "loyal" gentlemen is to be resonciled
with ultimate harmonious action in their
party, l do not understand. 1t is evi.
dert that Offices and patronage, Federal,
State and local, with the pending u. s.
Scholarship, are the muci'nge which
sticks them together. I have heard Ad.
ministration Republicans deprecate the
presentation OF Negro Suffrage resolu.
tions as calculated to disturb and disor.
ganize the party. On the other hand, l
have heard Radical Republican members
say that the last named resolutions accord
with the predictions, the traditions and
the principles Of the ruling party--that
there were only tro honest political class
es, the Democratic and tie Radical Re-
publican /; as the platform of each is plain
aud unmistakable. Itis shrcwdly proph.
esied, that as soon as the U. S. Senator
ship is disposed Of by election or post
ponement, and the debates on the Rad
ical issues commence, as we'll in Congress
as 10 the Ohio Legislature, there will be
a division aud trouble in the camp Of the
"lcyalists." Among the noticeable signs
in the calm which precedes the storm, are
the civilities and pelitoness, SO unusual
during the war, shown by the majority
towards the Democratic minority. As il
Democratic Members had influence with
the Federal Administration, they sre Of.
ten solicited by Republican officials to
sign recommendations for promotion oil
some army officer. The time was, when
the signature of a so.cal!ed "Copperhead'
was considered sure death to such aspir'
atoms.
As to the U. s. Senator, Sherman
Schenk and Bingham are the ostensiblt
candidates, although others are willing tC
serve. Dclano, for instance, would tax,
tho office as a compromise ; il he can no
get it now, Sherman must not have it
then Delano might succeed Wade, i
there is no. Senator Sherman at Mans
field, that place and Mt. Vernon beins
too close together for each to have a U
s Senator. For the past two weeks oys
tiers, cigars, liquors, franked public docu
ments, and polite attentions have beer
abundant in certain Republican quarters
Leading Republican politicians and ofio'
holders, bankers, military and Railroad
men, from Mansfield, Dayton and othe,
parts Of the State, have been here busily
el%ectioneering. The fight between Sher
man and Schenk is exceedingly bitter
Sherman commands official patronage
and Schenk's iriends are circulating
pamphlet against Sherman. After Z
great deal Of bitter wrangling, the 'foy.
al members will 60 into caucus on mex
Wednesday evening for the nomination
Of Senator. Sherman is ahead of SchenL
las far as heard FROM" but his nomiua
ton is not sure by any means, as some o.
bis friends are slippery, and Bingham
Delano & Co. hold the balance Of power
This Legislature. like the last, resolved
TO adjourn over every three weeks frou
Friday until the following Tuesday /; tn,