Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-08-10
H.,. A. g. Riddle ana hi. slnsderer,

streat ofour army. Il is 3 complete retu' a
alton Of the ISLANDERS put forth by the oleve-
and Herald, the editors of which are filed with
be bitterest malignity toward that gentle =
nan. The cause of that feeling is as unjust
cable as the manner in which it exhibits
tself Is base snd unscrupulous. Upon the
accession 10 power Of the present Admiuistra-
ion, 1t devolved upon Mr. Riddle, as member
of Congress nom this district, to recommend
10 the President suitable persous for the
various Federal Offices at this point
Among the applicants for place were two Of
the present editors Of the Herald. They
urged their claims with much pertinacity,
but unsuccessfully.
Mr.. Riddle, feeling the weight Of the re-
sponsibility resting upon him, consulted with
his predecessor, and, afer due rehec-
tion, made such recommendation as
seemed to him proper. Immediately the
editors who now so 6ercely assail hun in
the columns of the Herald-One at least Of
whom had up to this time been unceasing in
professions Of friendship, made an indecent
and unwarrantable attempt to break down
the influence and override the recommend
stions Of Mr.. Riddle. Failing in this-his ap-
pointments being sustained BY reputable and
numerously signed petitions from citi-
zeus of Clevelsnd-a newspaper war was
opened By these editors upon the Con-
gresham they had failed TO control, and
our citizens viii bear witness to the un-
rslenting fury with which It was wagedi
and from that date to the present the Her
aid has sought every possible opportu-
nifty to heap maledictions upon the head of
that gentleman, regardless of the dissensions
such a course would naturally produce in the
ranks of the Republican party. Its editors
have scrupled at nothing that they supposed
might engepder iil-feeling against Mr.. Rid
die and detract from his usefulness as Rep
resentative in Congress. Such has been the
6erceness Of their malignity, TINT their sub
ordinates, infected by their spirit have gone
about the streets boasting that the first pos
sihle opportunity would be seized upon to
bIacken his character and destroy his popu-
larity. To this end they have devoted them
selves, both editorially and personally, never
falling to do al in their power to alienats
from him those who hsd given hin their
votes and their friendship. Selling upon a
hastily written private letter, penned for the
eye of his wife alone, by dint of unceas-
ing effort and the aid Of giaring capi-
tails and italicised sentences-by a sys-
TEN Of false constructions and artful dis
sections-by the circulation, through pri-
vate channels, of the most unblushing false
hoods, persisted in with pertinacity wor-
thy an honorable cause, they have sought to
crush out one who has never done them
wrong, and who is guilty of no crime save
a conscientious discharge of duty. Mr.. Rid
die desiring peace, and being determined
that no act of his should insugurate or per.
petuate factious quarrels within the party,
has foreborne until his friends wi perIpit
him TO forbear no longer. He now comes
forward only in defence of bis own honor,
making no charges against those who have
so causelessly and vindiCtiVely assailed him
he shrank from the contest, not IRON fear Of
his adversary, but because such chickering's
and dissensions are aver5e to his nature
and contrary to the dictates of his better
Judgment. Compelled to appear in self
defence, be states his case clearly and fully,
and trusts to the irresistible logic of facts
for Tindication from the aspersions of the
mercensry pack who have doggcd his foot
steps from the moment he refused to become
their tool and bow at their bidding. That the
foul ISLANDERS so industrieusly circulated viii
ultimately recOi upon those who sent them
forth, is as certain as that right will triumph
over wrong, or that truth is more potent
than falsehoOd.
Mr.. Riddle and his ompanions are charged
with inhumanity in that they did not permit
their carriage to be loaded down by all with
whom they chsnced to come in contact
The facts are-and they can be substantisted
by the evidence of gentlemen whose veracity
the Herald dare not question-that beyond
CentreVille they took up youthful soldier
and carried him into the town, distance OF
four miles, and az far as he wished to go;
whilst the lad was still in the carriage they
admitted Mr.. Oowen, acivilian, and carried
him until be exchanged seats with Mt. Eaton
3 wounded civilian whom they found in
the carriage OF Senator Ws1e and party
snd whom they set down in Washington
Soon after receiving Mr. CoVsn-thi
carriage then containing seven persons
beside those elinging to the sides anS
climbing on the tOp-a fugitive officer, who's
rank, as iudiosted By his uniform, was the
Of Lieutenant Colonel or Major, havinl
abandoned Lhe men st whose head it wa
his duty to march-heeing in such hast
that be had leit his blOOdless sword benin
him-an officer who had fed without sin
gle smell Of POwdet-who was running ia
in advance Of the main army, whilst n
enemy was in pursuit-one Of the clal
whose craven timidity was the cause of th
entire disaster-Whose conduct was q n
proach to the State from whence he cam
and disgrace to the uniform he wore, thru
himself into the carriage, already more tha
filed, and desired to be transported in safet
to Washington, not caring for the fate Of th
brave wounded and-the lamented dead, an
equally reckless as to how and by whom b
deserted command should be led to a plaC
Of rendezvous. After permitting the POI
trOon to ride some distance, he was forced o
and LEFT to care for himself Upon this th
Herald bases its attack on Mr.. Riddle
Alter Kidding themselves of this oficil
pest, they admitted IAN exhausted sOldis
Vim had parted with his coat blanket. knel