Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-19

wade NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and stanton
Crusbed---The eaatsrlaI QROstiOn Set
tied b. a "VOlun eer OHoeF1
A pretended "a volunteer officer" writes 3
lss1sr which Is published in the Herald, in
which the military gentleman states that
having passed through Columbus, be found
Tie Senatorial question the one mainly under
discussion, and be thereupon launches out
into . half-cOlumn essay upon the insufera-
bic imPudsnce, and the ineXcusable criminal
ity Of anybody outside the State who ex'
presses an opinion as to who shall be elect
ed Senator. But this same letter is ostensi-
by. dated Louisville, KY, and therefore, BY
the writer's own arguments, be has no posi-
bic right to send into Ohio his opinions Hc
& an "outsider" and an "interloper." He
nay say that be had but just left Ohio, bui
whst matters tbat2 Secretary Stanton Is an
ohioan, and 80 is Judge swayne, both o.
whom this eplstolary warrior dsmOliHhe5 with
sasWesp Of his slashingP pen, for being in tavOI
Of Mr.. Wade. If they cannot speak, tbeu
thls avoluutesr officer" must incontinsntly
gdryup.n
The modsstyof this valiant son Of Mars ID
overwhelming. BE prOclaims that he is q
snon combatant9; a fset-if is is a fact
which himself Is not very complimentary to
hsBosrd who recommended, or the Governor
Who commissioned him, unless he was going
inio the army of the Potomac, in which case
this quality must have been the virtue which
secured him the position. But then, being a
non-oombstsut" he proceeds to cut and
hsW, slash and smite, like q very terrible
ioOnoolast indeed, among the images which
the people have set up BE marches ever
Judges Of the Supreme Court Judges of the
District Court District Attorneys and Mar
Ehsia, with an undaunted front, his wrath
{ OulminatiRg in the following crushing para
graph;
fare these advocates authorised 10 say, Is
they do, that President Lincoln and Secre.
tary Stanton are exceedingly snxious for the
~ election Of Nr. Wade7 If they sre 20 gu
thoriEed, both those high officials have de-
parted widely from the line OF their dutiea
Why don't they show Mr.. Stsnton's letter
urging it, If they have one, which I must
doubt"
Oh modest youth Oh gentle officer We'll
sit for the rebels that "the pen is mightieI
than the sword 2 else Jon would cut dOwr
whole regiments with q single swoop of tn,
arm which destroys Presidents and Cabine
omcsrS with one dash Of the pen.
What are base facts to such man as this
What to him Is the fact that such letter o
Nr. stanton's has been shown and read a
Columbus, and that Judge sWsyns has sls'
given Secretary stanson's opinion in favor o
". Wade, at his (MF. stanton's) special re
qusstl Nelhing. The VOLUNTEER officer
has spoken; let the earth be dumb.
The rebels adopted ne same tactics q
Newbern that they have 50 often carried on
before; to SET FIRE to the city, and fee. A
Was' The case at Nashville and Elizabeth CITY
the soldiers fred the town but the citizen
e1tinguished the flames.
RESERVATIONS following officers i
Ohio regiments have resigned; Lieut. Col J
!. Wizemal, Of the 4lst; Lieut.. Col, Ohal
Laundersbof, Of the s,h; Captains Beruar
Riih, Of the 2sth; Wm. Taylor, Of ,he Sch
and Surgeon Benjamin Tappa1, Of the stt