The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-09-09
For the (adlZ sentinel.
TO Richard WattOn and n Citizen
of Franklin Township.

g HO kicB9rd 1taIVOn ana u IttlEct
of Franklin Township. ~
} Well, Brother Richard, it seems
that you are still in for "vigorou'
prosecution of the war;" not agains
the rebels particularly, but against the
"Copperhead Vallandigham anti-wal
candidate for the Legislature" He
seems to be causing you more uneasi,
ness at present., Richard, than all the
rebels south of Mason and Dixon S
line. Your little pop~gun batteries
are all turned against him, for the time
being, and l suppose the only alterna-
tive left for him, is to "surrender" or
fight. To Surrender" would be ra-
ther repugnant to his feelings, if your
statement be true, that he is in the
habit of boasting of his Southern
blood, and to fight would be equally
so, if your other charge be true; that
he is an "anti-war candidate" An
"anti-war candidate" with Southern
blood, eh strange composition ofhet-
erogeneous elements, Richard. reck-
on that no less fertile brain than that
of Richard Hatton could conceive such
a monstrocity. But 50 it is, Richard;
we have always had remarkable per-
sonages to suit the times, and, no
doubt, you are the very man for the
present crisis, and that ''wisdom will
die with you"
Richard, did those three or four
columns of "nonsensical twaddle"
which appeared in the Sentinel of the
18th ult., proved to be most too big a
| dose for you to take ALL AT ONE TINE?
l am very sorry, Richard, that the
dose failed to produce the desired ef-
feet, for it was given in kindness to
you, and with good intention, but the
symptamatology of your case being
rather obscure, it may become neces-
sary to change the treatment frequent
ly, and experiment a little withal.-
But, Richard, you may rest assured
that your case will not be neglected;
you will be watched closely and atten-
ded faithfully, and we will endeavor
by the timely and judicious application
of OTHER means to obviate the neces-
sity of resorting to the old and some
what barbarous practice of depletion
or blood-letting; although it has been
said by one of the most distinguished
ouAcKs of your school of politics, that
"'there will be no getting along without
LITTLE BLOOD LETTING" In your
case, however, I hope this will not be>
come SINE QUA NON, Richard, as
your troubles seem to be Of a nervous
character, for the most part MAGMA
RY, and altogether PROSPECTIVE. If,
therefore, you can bear up under them
until the second Tuesday of October,
signal change will take place for
BETTER or for WORSE. Should the
"Copperhead Vallandigham anti-war
candidate for the Legislature turn
out to be, as you have predicted, q
doomed man" and "dead cock in
the pit, speedy convalescence may
be confidently expected for you, Rich
ard. But should it be otherwise, Rich
ard--should the intelligent voters of
Harrison County, in the untrammeled
exercise Of their rights at the ballot
box, exhibit such perverseness of ma
ture as to decide that the man you
have so wantonly assailed and so base-
Ily slandered, is a suitable parsonage to
represent them in the Legislature,
then, Richard, we expect your case to
be Immediately thrown into FITS; and
| if so, the cure will be certain, for we
would say for your encouragement,
Richard, thatwe are 'DEATH ON FITS" p"
Richard, you seem very anxious,
Indeed, that the DEMOCRATS of Harr-
son county should be fully satisfied as
to my LOYALTY; and that they may
mot be deceived in the man they intend
to vote for, you propose a long list of
silly questions to be answered through
the Sentinel. You arevery consider
ate and thoughtful, Richard, and / am
sure that my Democratic friends
throughout the county will consider
I your ofliciousness entirely gratuitous,
and on the second Tuesday of October
will give youto understand that YOU
vile attempts TO injure my reputation
,[Npolitically, or otherwise" were re-
garded by them as recommendation
of the highest order. s-....e
i Richard, does that affidavit Of min