The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-23
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make no apology to the public for ad'
dressing you persorally. You have avery
high estimate Of your own abilities, and
rate yourself as much above the common
STANDARD, as those who know you best
place you below it. Perhaps, in this
you are not singular; and like other uer
of great preteusions, and little talent, yOu
will not discover your weakness until il
is shown you by your friends. Pardon
me General, before | have done / shall.
think, IN this particular. have rendered
you substantial service.
have charged you with grave Of
fence, and in your reply you drew or
your memory for your arguments, and OF
your imagination for your facts. Instead
of answering my communication in 1
manner satisfactory 10 the public, you re.
, sort to scurrility and abuse; and assum
ing an unnecessary amount Of virtuouS in
dignatiOn and patriotism. hopeto withdraw
the attention Of the people from the charge
made. Your abuse of me will not avail
you; but | confess my surprise. knowing
how vulnerable you are, you should have
been go indiscrest as 10 court an Invest.
! cation Of your true character.
For myself, General, pretend to moth
ing beyond what am, and here, at home
where we are equally known, I know oI
no measure Of greatness, or honesty. OF
integrity filed by Gen. Schleich. to which
one as humble as myself may not aspire
| admit that in some, perhaps many, re-
spects we are very dissimiar-I assume
no talent, no virtue, no excellence dc
not possess.
Z When charged with grave offence, in.
stead Of meeting the charge fairly, in your
zeal to convict me you prefer the charac'
ter Of the blackguard to the gentleman,
! (perhaps it is more congenial to your ma
ture, and put on unnecessary airs. In
place Of facts, and argument, lam met
with vituperation and abuse. 1t is on'y
Charley Miller, and, but for Its appear
ance in a respectable journal, YOU say
you would pay no attention to the COM
munication Of TAX Payer" This game
of Jrag. General, in which admit you
are an adept. will not do. The people are
not to be thus Wufed by as PROFESSIONAL
gentlemen. They demand the ruth, and
want categorical answer TO plain ques
ton. In your letter to the l. iitors Of thu
Gazette you say. that on the lst Of May
at about'3 O'Clock in the afternoon, CAM
Anderson was established by Gen. Car
ring,on, and an order issued to sou tc
contract for their subsistence. That
finding Messrs. Mumaugh and Springer
in Columbus, you Immediately made 4
contract with them at the rate named il
the order authorizing you to make it! @
Now mark how q plain statement OF lac
will brand you with fslsehoodl Youwisi
to convey to the mind Of the public thC
impression that these gentlemen had jus
reached Columbus, when you knew that
in conjunction with others, they arrived
there Su ,day preceding, and remained un
til Thursday morning after the contrac
was consummated! That from Sunia.
down to the evening Of the day it wa
made, you had fre iuent interviews will
them in regard to it, and that you pub
licly stated that Che dispatch of Mr.
Smith, to Gen. Carringtpn, meant Dr.
Olds and Charley Millerl Dare you de
ny ii? Dare you deny that. Friday pre-
cediug, april g6) you telegraphed t
John r. Mumaugh. that if contrac
could be made at thirty cent0, q Regimen
would be quartered here, and that tn
gentlemen who have the contract imme
diately replied. proposing to take it a
that rate? Did not the order of Gen
} Carriugton, or of Commissary Gener'
Remion, expressly provide that the rat
should not exceed thirty.five cents, an
were you not required to secure con
: tract as much lower as possible?' Dar
you deny that you we're not privy to th
proposition OF DR.. Olds, communicated t
General Darlington, through his son-in
law, Mr.. Smith. on Monday the Goth 0
April, to quarter and subsist the troop
stationed and 10 be stationed at tLancastei
lower than any person in Ohio, and thai
!, if the contract was not already let, b
would 90 Immediately to Columbus IN
, put, in his bid? And will you have tn
r audacity to deny that whilst in Columbu
and before the contract was let. | enqui
, !, red OF you in regard to the letting that
/ stated was there for that purpose, an
a made known to you my associatcsi An
vet, Sir, in the face Of these facts, with th
! full knowledge that the very parties
. whom the contract was given had prC
posed to take, it at thirty cent
and that Olds, Miller d Co., would fuI
, nish barracks, subsistence &C., at twenty
Eve, you entered into an arrangement b
which the taxpayers of Ohio were sac
died with an additional burthen of Or
Hundred Dollars per dayl ..,. ~.
= You General the representative 10 pa
}. Of this county; seut 10 Columbus 10 watc
h over the interests of your constituent
and guard them against abuses, ,delberat
ly aud unblushiugly arquiesccd in an il
!. crease OF their burthen! ID.
e Again, let me further enquire for Il
o inflammation oi the ueonle. did YOU n