The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-07-18
ASHLAND, OHIO. WEDNESDAY, JULY Is: 1866.

Il tFrom the New York Herald, Juno SOL
The National Com ventfon and
the Issues at tile Next Elec.
4 ti0ns..d $50 70 ir5Igeaq1lnq3 d
i ~ 5si.s7.os 81, 1+---asmu7s7nsAa 81
The cell forss National Convention, 4,
meet at Philadelphis 10 August, has 81,
ready done some good, no matter whay
may be the fate Of the Uonventiod itself
! The demoraliEation of7the FRspublical
party is now, 50 evident that nobody car
/ affect ignorance Of the fact This call
has torn away tho veil Of sophistryt By
which tho Repnblicah politicians have
sought;to conceal their disse6siona from
the people, sud everybody can now SEE
whata rotten, disorganized and moribund
body the once powerful Republican party
really is. 1t will be impossible 10 60 be
fore the people at the next elections with
any Of the old prstenses Of harmony af
ter this remarkable revelation of discord
and antagouism. The Republican party,
like hage monopoly, is falling 70 pieces
from It's own corruption. y II has nc
strength outside of Congress-. In nc
State election since the war has it dared
to meet the questions at issue boldly and
sincerely During the war it lodged all
responsibility and palliated Ill offenses
by pleading the military necessity for its
con.inuanoerin power. Since the war il
has still talked wildly Of 'copperheads,' =
"loyalty,"' "traitors" and other catch.
words to deceive and delade the voters
But at last it has been broken up by iti
own members, aud the coming elections
4 will probably seal its fate. 81 Il ...1 =.
i When we look at the present Congress
we behold the Republican party, as j,
exists in its moral and political degener'
acy. A more crrupt body than thil
Congress never disgraoed any country, IN
II 10 one immense, concentrated, dstesta
Bile job from beginning to end. 1t 4
composed of men who made dishoues
fortunes during the war Of bogus Gen
erals, who killed only their own men i; o
knavish contractors, who purchased thei
seats 10 order TO continue their robberie
Of the Treasury; Of raving fanatics, wb,
ought to bein Bedlam ; Of small politi
clans, whose only ambition ia, to stea
enough money to build house Of fool
i.h philosophers, who love to air thei
theories, but who have not q single prac
tical idea and of weak. minded mem
bers, who are entirely under the control
Of the jobbers in the lobby and are paid
accordingly. The very few good men in
itare hut the exceptions that prove The
rule, and their purity makes the immor
> tality of the majority all the blacker b.
the contrast. Legislation in this Con
gress is . great game Of grab We seeA
/ 10 vain for any MEASURE based upon tru,
principles Of public policy they are al
! instiga:ed by private oliques from ,h,
meanest motives Of political or persona
aggrandizement, The Jay Cooke scheme
the Montana bill, the educational job. th'
Freedmen's Bureau swindle, the Mexi
can loans, the tremendous frauds Of IN,
National Bank system, and the exfortionl
of tariff designed to impoverish the resi-
of the country for the benefit Of New
England and Pennsylvania, are instance.
Of this kind Of legislation. Over two
hundred millions Of dollars are intended
to be squandered in these measures alone
and the suffering taxpayers are compelled
to O. dure such enormous expenditures
which gro Of no possible service to tht
nation. Thus the national debt is con
stantly increased, in spite Of the repre-
sentations Of the Secretary Of the Treas
, ury, and before long 1t will become, not ,
"national blessing" but national curse
Yet this Congress, such as it Is, com
prises the Republican party of the pres
ent day. With the members we have de
scribed, with legislation completely o,n
] trollcd by jobbing or political scbemers
with the debates that seldom rise abov,
blackguardism, and with policy which
simply consists in the cowardly and IN
constitutional exclusion Of the Southern
States for partisan objects, II continues /,
defy public sentiment and is only ank
ious to prolong its existence rs much q
possible. It has few apologists and NJ
, frieeds. Even the Radical Office. holder
iis'rust ita power to protest them, ant
are ready to turn upon II at any moment
The people are disgusted with il. Th,
tax collectors are presenting the very
strongest arguments against it. When i
dies the Republican party, which has bs
como identified with il, must die also. -
Tais party, organised upon q platform
, which promised economy, has been more
extravasant and corrupt than the party
which il superseded. Once loyal TO th,
Union, ID has originated q new breed oil
disuuionists, led by MeGn. Stevens ant
Sumner, The called party of reform
il now needs . thorough reformation. II
professed to be imbued with moral ideas
but has become notorious for disreputablt
practices. During the war il eloaked III
crimes with loyalty; but now that the
war 10 over, IL stauds exposed in oil III
dcpravity to the eyes Of the people. Iu
a word, its mission is accomplished andi
must give place to another and better
party. Whether the party Of the future
) is to be built up under the auspices Of the
Philadeiphia National Convention 10,
however, different question, That Con,
vention seems to be rather an attempt "a
ffighten the Radicals by making 4 for.
midablc diversion than d genuine and
spontaneous popular movement. & The
politicians concerned, may at apy tina
back out Of it, as Wade and Greeley gave
up their idea Of Cleveland Convention