Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-22
Captain llurtt-His Case.

Captain Nurtt-His Case.
That unhappy speeimenof injured lnno-
cence and damaged virtue, Captain +. w.
HURT, has become our creditor. We owe
him an apology for falling to notice his card
In The State Journal of Saturday, wherein
he. boldly pronounces the report that ne
had gone to Europe fa'se and slanderous'-
We trust the Captain will accept our apoi-
ogy. The Journal is newspaper whlch
any man may be excused from reading. IL
is so wretchedly printed that no one with
any regard for his eyes can indulge IN the
luxury of perusing its pleasing platitudes,
and the brilliant coruscations of wit ana
humor which appear in it enveloped IN
quotation marks, italics and small caps
We noticed great blotch of unclean INK
with Capt. HURTS name at the bottom OF
it; but we were innocent of its being aimed
at US.
The 0virtuous Captain denies that he has
gone to Europe; he also denies that he ever
contemplated the trip, and he boldly an
nounces his readiness to bear the sentence
which was expected to follow his convic-
tion. The Captain says:
sIf the Government does not see fit to
open my case for the admission OF evidence
material to the issue (and this is all have
ever asked). which the Court could not
wait for. although the prosecution had
three times the space of time / occupied in
nv defense, shall not, by any means what
ever, try to avoid the unjust sentence which
may be adjudged." ~ wr
These are good, round, bold words from
prisoner to the judge who is about to pass
sentence upon him. 1t is abold trick to de-
nounce a sentence as unjust before it has
been pronounced by the judge; bat we fear
this boldness smacks of disloyalty. In some
countries they shoot quartermasters who
have swindled the government and cheated
the soldiers, and if Father ABRAHAM had
concluded to adopt this summary mode OF
punishment in Capt. HURTS case, it would
have been remarkable instance of heroism
in.HuRrT to have declared that he would
not sstry to avoid the unjust sentence
While it would have been pity to have
had 50 innocent and virtuous patriot as
HURT shot by platoon of soldiers, we
might have consoled ourselves with the
comfortable philosophy Of the sniveling
loyalists of The Journal, who, when an
nouncing the slaughter of our soldiers ac-
company it with the fattering JUNCTION that
.'they died that their country might live"
But the virtuous Captain was doubtless
acquainted with his sentence before he PEN
ned the heroic paragraph we have quoted
from his card. He knew that he was not to
be shot; and relieved of this dreadful fear,
he was made bold-bold as a lion-by the
reaction which followed the eknowledgethat
instead of being shot he was only dishonored'
He was aware that his sentence was only
dishonorable dismissal from the service,with
the loss Of all pay and allowances, for fraud,
unoficer-like conduct, &C., &c. The loss Of
life,or liberty would have been a serious
matter, but the loss of honor--fie ! it need
not be spoken of. He will be just as much
respected by the loyal as ever; his paper
win be supported by the Government and
patronized by the party; his standing in the
Loyal League will be enhanced; and his
influence in the Abolition camp win be in
creased by the loss ofhonor; therefore, why
may he not be bold and saucy? Captain
HURrr has gained great deal; he has goi
rich, and lost nothing but honor. He viii
survive the transaction, and enjoy the prof
rs. HURTr can say with FALsTArF- Hon.
or is a mere scutcheon and I'll none of 1t r
The Nineteenth Disfrfct.
The Deu,ocraev of the Nineteenth Con.