The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-04-17
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Democratic Executive Committee.
DFM. ExRcur1yE ooMM,rrrr ROOMS,

ate you upon Inc cheering ipulch'ions
)ur rarity, as il were, h,a passed through
long, dark political night-sO long and
Q dark, that many have des raired Of the
Of day; but at last tho night
. passing away, and ray oflisht is break
ng through the thick darkness eastward.
IN New Hampshire the Republican major.
y has largely fallen Of Connecticut
the Constitution and records a
majority for the Democracy
giving to the Democratic candidates on
he State ticketa majority Of about one
ihousaud. exciting three cut Of four can,
for Congress, and causing the
10 stand: Senate IL Repub.
licans and 10 Democrats House l27
Republicans and III Democrats. Atthe
spring e~leotion Of 1852, preceding the
fall election wherein the Democracy car
RED Ohio Pennsylvania, New York, 10
dam, Illinois New jersey and Delaware,
Coanscatest gave to Ms Republican
.caadtdah for Governor a mqjasiy Of
orer nine Thousand. The Senate was a
unit against, The Democrats aud the House
stood Republicans lsl Democrats SO;
being a Republ lean n.ojority Of lag on
joint ballot, against a majority Of only
II on joint ballot now. BY reference
and comparison, We find the spring cleo.
tions this year in New York, P%ennsylva.
ole, New jersey, Indiana and particularly
in Ohio. are as much an | Improvement on
the spring elections 10 these States in
1862, as was The election in Connecticut
on the lst instant an improvement on the
result in that State in the spring Of 1862
in the fall Of which year the Democratic
party triumphed 90 grandly.
We herein recognize cause for con graf.
ujation, and an incentive that should spul
Democracy everywhere tofhe most sner
getic effort. If our information 10 no
faulty, continuously did the Democracy
Of Connecticut encounter defeat at Ii,
polls but nothing dauuted, believing il
the righteousness Of their cause, they
fought on and they now End their reward
in a triumphant victory. They had tc
encounter desperate antagonism-intel
lect, money and incorporate appeals It
passion and prejudice. They have over
come all. What the Democracy in Con
nectiout did the Democracy Of othe
States can do through the same daunt
less and persistent effort, You, th,
Democrats Of Ohio, can do It. You hav
not suffered exclusion from power in tn
State for fourteen years, ns did the DE-
mocracy of Connecticut. You carrie
the State in 1862 by o majority rausin,
from Eve to over seven thousand, although
at the preceding State election you wer
defeated by a majority of 56,203-you
aggregate vote in the State was zoo, 09i
The very next year your vote for Secr'
tary Of State was i84,832-an increas
} Of 52,53S on the proceeding year, wher'
as the Republican vote for Secretary {
State was l78, Ala falling of Of 20
D 256 as compared with vote Of the pr,
cecding year. The Republican majorii
!. 10 this Stale last fall on Secretary
State was As, ,507 less than it wi
against you in 1851, and yet you carrie
: the State at the ensuing election trump
antly. We cite these votes to encourae
a and stimulate you to an active 90 opcr
ton with Us IN the effort 10 carry Il
!, State. Even did not the result Of Il
!, election in Connecticut and at the mum
y ipal elections elsewhere, bid us hope
n success as the reward Of energetic wor
the revolutionary conduct Of the Ra,
> Gals 10 Congress, and especially the lea
ers of the Republican party here in OF
to drag the white man down to a polit
rs al and thence to q social equality with |
or Negro, should cause such repugpauce
TO arouse the pride Of race in eyery VIII
| man to resent 50 impudent an insult
'i' visiting upon the Republican leaders q
sh their candidates overwhelming condo
re nation, We, therefore, besoech you, {
and all. 60 to direct your labors as
+. bring about this result. Il will requ
IN work hard unceasing work, from D
DO until election. Gould a vote be- tai
to, morrow upon tho question Of NeI
}, Suffrage, without an appeal pro or 0
that question would undoubtedly be ov
wbelmipg'y defeated. The advocates
that measnre-and they include all
Leaders and. organs Of the Rspubli
3. party-intend to briug into requisiI
'of every conceivable AGENCY to secure
adoption. To be defeated II must
pg, fought with the same .csaseless enc
aud stubbornpess. Every man VIII,
,opposed tothe establishment OF an "a
otity Of tina white and black races H.
Vay State, and to Inc disffanchisemonf
has those soldiers who did faithful ser
,hs throughout the aclual continuance Of
~ v + but ~vhoTeturned homo before
o. oeiviug an official discharge, must no
'rds enlisted. To this end, organise Clul
',us every township in the state, dissent
mat Democratic Journals as e~xtendvel.
possible, as we'll a. such publication
treat scientifically and impartially !
the two races
will Ags:n We would congratulate Jon
81 Oh the .chssring ~indiealiaps for D
cratic success IN tho fall, and urge
MN the impoytanee ofimmediately