The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-08-21
NIGGER SUFFRAGE POW-WOW

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A number Of the Abolitionists Of Mont
gomery township, with two or three "Out-
siders" met in the Probate Judges Office
on Monday last for the purpose Oc COM
pleting che nomination Of the candidates
and "transacting other business The
nominations were announced, and imme.
diately there commenced a scene such as
it has seldom been our fortune,-good or
in,-to witness. There was something
wrong. The "rips" and the outsiders
were in trouble. Many. all together, and
in loud voice, asserted that the present
mode Of nominating was the worst that
could be devised, and in proof Of this as
%sertion, said, "Behold the weak and ig.
norant selections thus made" "Why,"
said one lank gentleman of tile Yankee
genus, "none but miserable scalawags that
have nothing else to do, and are too lazy
to work, will go round and ask the peo-
pie to vote for them" eyes," echoed
another pot Of ~snip-nosed Yankee impu
dsnce. "and they 90 along the rail-road
and pick up two.o o three hundred whis-
ky-drinking Irish, bring them into this
little hell of corruption, called Ashland,
and they make the nominations" "Look
at your Poll-Book," said he, "of Satur.
day last, and see what kind Of cattle cast
more than half the vote Of the. county on
that day" The bully boy, BILLY, grab.
bed the Pollock, but could make no
reply. JAMES, the Congressman, under.
took to defend his Ashland cattle, and
persisted that several honest and intelli.
gent men voted on Saturday. Thereup.
on, mankey," from up North somewhere
told j. w, that if be would keep his
mouth shut and stay where he belonged
there would be no trouble. This raised
the question Of who belonged 10 that au.
gust assemblage. By some it was claim.
ed that only tho men and boys that we're
hired to bring down the POLL Books he.
longed there. Another suggested that
the asses that were ridden had claims full
as strong as those that rode. j. W., as.
serted that it had always been customary
for any member of tho party in good
standing to have q voice in tho Conyen.
tion, no matter what his age or condition,
rank or color. We did not understand
whether this was meant to agree to the
suggestion made by the last brother, or
whether it was merely sarcustical. JOHN
H., in reply, with that peculiar, honest
expression which he can SO readily assume
when ho is telling the biggest imaginable
lie, jumped up and violently asserted that
he had never known or heard of such q
thing In all his experience. BILLY boy
Captain B, and FULLY G., jerked his
coat tail to get him to stop telling such
a whopper, but he would tell. The whole
room was in commotion. People in the
Court House left listening to Nc
SwEENEY's eloquent elegy en- TREAcE
aud TRoxEL's rotten sheep and blocked.
up the door Of the Probate Office. The
celebrated RICE, not DAN, but the Mar
shall of PHILpoT's Hell, rushed in to
quell the disturbance. The elements Of
discord were about to blaze, when sud-
denly, like the voice Of q spirit in the
midst Of night and the tempest, JOHN
DoeBERRY whispered, "the Copperheads +!
they come they come " ~ move we
adjourn" says Por. "Carried !" says
FULLY, in C~IcERoNtAN voice, and in less
time than it takes a streak Of lightning to
flash athwart q storm cloud, that Repub
lican Convention was no more. Oh such
a Convention. Oh ! such leaders Oh !!
such q ticket!