The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-09-26
RADfUkh MEETING.
a GRAND FIZzLHs
Negro Suffrage Boldly Declar-
ed!

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The grand mass meeting Of the Niger
element Of this County came off or last
Friday. At the first dawn Of day the
CHATTER of horses boots were heard, and
upon each horse might have been seen a
brave Marshal, riding to and fro in the
sire let's and ffofi miles H every road leadlng
out of town. The morning gave iodica-
tions Of 4 far and pleasant day but as
niggers and niger lovers beganto gather
in, the sun hid his face for very shame'
nor did he look out. again until the little
negro suffrage IbAad began to leave town,
when he smiled forth as if pleased to sec
that the conspirators against, and the de.
stroyers of, the, Upion, had d%isbanded
without accom plishing their reasonable
designs. The Marshals kept up their
tramping until half past eleven o'clock,
coming together often TO report. Finally,
the delegations were collected at the East
end Of Main street and prepared for a
grand parade. Some one asked, "where
are the soldiers p The RAIDS, fearful
lest they should have ION of the boys in
blue, succeeded, by contemplate trickery,
in, having the meeting oflthe Soldiers and
Sailors League changed to that day, and
consequently they expected a grand rally
Of the boys in blue, bat they did not rally,
as they plainly saw that the design Of the
Radicals was to mix them in with the ne.
gro suffrage element The marshal then
began to move sraund. rather briskly to
get all the boys whom they could to fall
in as substitutes, furnishing them with
horses and blue overcoats to %personatc the
boys in blue. But the boys would not oil
fall in, and one who did, would not until
they gave him q rod sash and allowed him
to act as a marshall AZ hstja | was 10
readiness, and the immense ~ caravan
began to move forward It was headed
by the Ashland Band, followed by o very
important but inferior looking creature,
covered all over withabrass buttons, who
acted as commander in-chief Of the "cav.
lalry." Then game the cavalry, which
consisted of tep privates, and fftesp mar.
shals, acting licqtenants, making twenty
six in all, and were designed to represent
the t~wenty'six States in the Radical Un.
ion. Immediately following these was q
wagon, drawn by eight horses, and con,
tanning six young ladies, four boys and ap
old, faded Fremont flag, Of sixteen stars
next was a wagon containing three voters,
four niggers and a Radical flag Of &c
stars 'fben cape two wagons and, three
bpggles. This constituted the entire pro
c%ession, which moved slowly through the
pincipal streets, and which took Just 43
seconds 10 pass . given'point. When the
procession passed up:street the frst time,
Col. Sloeum was heard 10 exclaimed 10 Q
ct Of disappointment, 'fmy God, where i.
Ruggles f"a when Judge Curtis who Il
noted for Ills poetry, originality and mu,
sic, sang out, "%vare, Oh, ware is mine little
Troy peen gomez" Captain Bushnell
looked forelOrn, and, as he rushed down
street, muttered, "tbat beats me; the
soldiers have left us too!' The order
was then given to disband, when the
brass>buttoned gentleman called in thun.
der tones to the cavalry, "By the RICH,
file, march !" which proves at once tina
all who wear brass buttons are not soldiers
At one o'clock the people were called
together at the Town Hall to hear thu
"Southern loyalists." While the people
were gathering, the Constitution and By
Laws Of the Soldiers League were reat
and adopted by the st~ay-at-home braves
as there were not enough boys in blu'
present to be heard above the confusior
Of the few who we're collecting. The adop
ticn of the Constitution completed the bu
%siness Of the League, and the people set
tied down to hear the speeches. The frs
speaker introduced wasoa fellow by III,
name Of Stewart, who claimed ID be- from
Baltimore. He began BY pouring fortl
eloquent Sentences 10 ptaissd himself an;
the niger delegates 70 the Fred Douglas
Convention, after which he spent just on,
J hour il, sgrsipg president j ohnson, TIL
traitor Hisspaecha was full Of praise o
!, the brave Niger, whom Garfield say,
''saVed our sinking, ruined republic" W,
have only space to briefly notice q few o
his absurd remarks. He says 1--WE hav'
a right to interpret the Constitution as W,
zee fit, for it was zoe and the boys in blu,
who preserved it," How did 1--WE" pre-
serve it? Was itby layiugit aside ant
declaring that It would do for times o
peace but was not ft for war, and disre
gard and trampleyit under foot Jas they
did? This Mr.. Stewart acknowledge
when ho said that it was "a melanchol,
r fact that our fprefathers did not know
how to make a Constitution, as they ha,
not even defined who were citizens Of tn
United States" aud "if you hear a ma,
: say Constitution, spot him for he is q trai
tor" That they d. Interpret the Consti
tuition as they sec al, IS undeniable. A
to their right, We know they have it mol
but usurp it. But such is Radicalism. =
A.. In speaking of the Presidents policy, h
=. said, "Andrew johnson has no right to
policy for il nesqs the right ~ apperat
against the Civil Rights Bill 10 oppos
1.-THE Constitutional amendments and III
J designs Of the Freedmtn's Bureau.1 81
said, "it is probable that the rope whicI
was made to hang JEFF Davis will at las
: hang a greater traitor, Andy johnson, |
he attempts to interfere with Congress-
We would warp the President to,look OF
. for the gdillotine. In speaking of tn
Abolition mob and riot at New 0rleau
he said there wereSOQ loyal men nqydsre'