The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-08-12

denial oJ-ahs charge preferred by her.
Ny erring. delu1ed fellow mortal who
ever you are, wherever you be, ioTbear.-
/ PeIs st not in your vile and stupid attacks
against the reputation OF one who values his
character more highly thsn cold, yea, much
fine gold; and who would rise q. midnight
in answer TO your call for relief. j know
not who you are; you may already have been
the ungrateful recipient OF my best atten-
tions. Perhaps have more than once Tor
your relief sacrificed my own personal ease
and weDded my way through mire aod dark.
ness, in the still hours OF the night, when
good men slept and in light-winged dreams
these kind acts do you make this low, foul
| stab ut my reputation and attempt to drag
me down to your own base level? What
terrible crime have l committed thus to i'm
cense your hatredP Might it not be said oI
q truth that 'you have hated me withou!
cause? No, not altogether without q cause,
but that cause is found to result from your
own conduct. There is something in human
nature which shows the poisonous
influence OF the spirit OF dstraction as it re
acts upon its author. The Bible that so
brightly reveals human nature, thus writes
it: The lying tongue hateth him that SyGsreti
thereby" This is the principle-you will
hate the man you have slandered--and why?
Because he is the living monument OF your
guilt You have injured him, and that is
the reason why you will hate him, and you
will seek more defects in his character to
sustain yonr charge. And TINS you throw
poison into your own soul, and weave into
your character the elements OF misery. /
have done with you. leave you to your
own reflections; with the parting admonition
-"Dice verttatem temper ct e1acta." You
conclude your very courteous and highly TO
ned editorial on this subject. for the present,
by advising your readers to ''charge all along
the line, from this time until the second
Tuesday OF October, that DR.. Summons, the
Vallandigham candidate for the Legislature
says he don't care which side gains; that
is. that be would just as soon that the rebels
should whip US, and destroy this govern.
ment, as that the rebels should be subdued
and the government maintained" Is it pos.
sible, sir, that your cause is so rotten that
it can find no support in truth? Or is it in
accordance with the instincts Of your nature
to bring into requistlon the lower passions
OF men invoke the aid of slander, and fos-
ter and cultivate the spirit of detraction.-
Are you indeed driven to the denier resort
OF counseling the intelligent readers OF the
| Republican, to degrade and render themselves
rid diculous in the estimation of q generous
public, by repetition ofwhat no one OF sense
| believes to be true; and which could never
have found place in the columns OF your
paper but for the hope Of making little po
litical capital? Aud il you believe it to be
true, your credulity in this particular is &C.
counted for from the fact that man qoiN be
lieve what he desires to be true, however
worthless the evidence may be. Your de.
sires, in this case, have, most undoubtedly.
had controlling infuence..over your belief;
and your convictions Of duty stihed by your
anxiety to gain some timely advantage over
one whose character you have dared to assail
without the manliness to investigate. "Such
as agreve in opinions with DR.. Simmons,
will Of course support him." This is, in
deed, a natural and easy conclusion to ar
rive at Now, Mr.. Hatton, do you really
think that there is voter in Harrison coun :
ty (myself excepted) who does hold such
opinions as you, Mr.. John Thompson & Co..
have tried to make the people Of Harrison
county believe | hold to? How tar your
ungentlemaniy efforts to introduce me to the
notice Of the good people of this county, will
| influence their votes or even their opinions OF
me, cannot tell. This may depend, some-
what, upon the source whence these notices
emanated, and the character of the medium
through which they have received their cur
rency. But if indeed, l must depend for
support exclusively upon those who don It
care which side whips" my vote will be a
terrible little one. Wont it--especially
from the 'soldiers," Oh! those "dear sol.
diers;;" how oft is their wrath invoked
against their real friends, by those, who, pre-
tending to be such, would convert them into
mere tools to be used Ior party purposes.--
II on the other hand however, my support
is to come from that class OF voters who holds
such opinions as really do hold and enter
tain the wish that do entertain, viz: That
this terrible war twas ended" and that they
are not very particular by what means or
combinations Of means it shall be ended-so
that it ends in peace and union on an honor.
able and permanent basls---or in other words;
who are in favor of any means, every means,
and all available, legitimate and constitutions
al means, that can possibly be brought into
requiaition, to secure these happy results
peace and union, and thus close the sluices
OF kindred blood, that were opened by the
twin demons hands of treason and sectional
fanaticism; and bring US again into bonds Of
fraternal affection, that we may find tran
guilty and security for ourselves, and thus
save from utter destruction this glorious
heritage of one free and united government.
II this is the class OF voters from whom /
may expect support, and it. as you say,
"!hose who hold the same opinions that do
will Of course support me-" then / may
count with the utmost degree Of certainty"
on "terrible" large vote, not only from the
SOLDIERS" but elsewhere. For l do assure
you, Mr.. Hatton, that these are my opinions
and my wishes, as frequently and unreser
vedly expressed within the circle OF my &C
quaintance, in testimony whereof | can pro>
duce scores of reliable witnesses, II required,
from men OF all political complexious, ex-
capt those with whom you and Mr.. John
Thompson 6 Co., would make me "agree
in opinion" viz: who "don't care which
whipped" So after all your tergivcrsation,
you can hardly fail to dscaver the bare pos
sibility, that the "Butterput" candidates
might stand very remote chance Of getting
low votes, even rom tnat CLASS oi VOLersi
who do care (which side gains," and who
are "raly loyal"
And now, Brother Richard (for that hap.
pens to be my name) will take leave Of
you for the present hoping to hear from you
again, in more friendly and christian tone.
If you cannot however, appreciate the
truth at once, without too great risk OF the
consequences that follow the sudd en- break
ing off from old established habits, then
come to it by degrees. Try it by Titles
and Titles. And to aid you in the ccom-
| nlishment Of go ualnahla an object | will