Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-11-05
09lo Statesman,
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY
The Ohio Statesman Company
SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. 5.
THE DEATH-BED CONFESSION OF A REPUBLI
CAN OFFICIAL.
Records that will One Day AstOn-
isIl the NatiOn--The Foul Birds
mt Washington.

The telegraph announced recently the
death of Colonel John p. Sanderson, Pro-
vost Marshal of st. Louis. A correspondent
of The Cincinnati Gdzette-to whose letter
The Dayton Empire directs sattention-furn-
ishes the public with a brief history of the
life of Colonel Sanderson, and with his
death-bed confession. The letter may be
found in The Gazette Of the 20th ult.
Col. Sanderson was appointed by Mr..
Simon Cameron, at the special request OF
the latter. While in that position, Col. San
derson had rare opportunities of learning
the characters of the public men at WASH
ington, the cOrruptions that there prevailed,
and the curses that were being prepared for
the country by those in authority. So pro-
foundly did these painful discoveries affect
him, that he fell i'll, and begged to be trans
ferred to some other field of duty. He was
gratified by being promoted to the Colonel
cy of the 18th U. 5. Infantry, and finally
was appointed Provost Marshal General of
thc Department Of Missouri, which position
he held to the time of his death.
In his last sickness, Col. Sanderson was
attended by Rev. Henry Cox, pastor of the
Union Methodist Church, to whom he made
confessions which Mr.. Cox committed to
writing as they were given to him by the
part of his confessions, to which we invite
the attention of every patriot. COL San
derson said:
"On assuming the duties of the War Of
flee, however, | was brought into contact
and close communion with the secret coun-
ellis of the Administration, at which Gener-
al Scott, the Secretary of War, and some
times Mr.. Chase and others, were present.
These meetings sometimes took place in
my room, and thus obtained Information con-
cerning records tchich hare neUer seen the light
of dan, bit acltich tCiU one day GstOniSh the nd-
ton. became profoundly disglSted toth the
vile corruption that had cursed our country u,
the shape Of persons dressed in the gdrb Of gen.
temen, and occupging high positions Of trust,
for ,chich they had no qualifications ,chdteUer.
/ tried TO cast these people out, but in vain,
and / only incurred their enmity. / fell III
under the terrible weight of my duties, and
at last asked to be relieved and appointed
to the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the 18th U.
S. Infantry, preferriDg to go to the field to
render what service / could in an honora-
BILE and patriotic way, rather than flock lciui
the foul birds surrounding the Government al
Washington. | accordingly left in July, the
second day after the battle of Bull Run,
and have served in my military capacity,
in the time being promoted to the Colonelcy
of the 18th U. S. Infantry, until the Febru-
ary of the present year, when | was ap-
pointed Provost Marshal General of the
Department of Missouri"
"Records which have never seen the
light of day, but which will one day aston
ish the nation !" All those records Lin
coin is determined shall not see the light of
day if he can prevent it; and that is one
reason why he is so anxious to be re-elect-
ed. He knows those records would, if
made public, not only astonish the nation,
but render his Administration infamous in
the estimation of his country.
What other kind of records than such
would astonish the nation, on their being
brought to the light of day, could be made
by the "foul birds surrounding the Govern
ment at Washington" and whose ''vile cor
ruption" had ''cursed our country"
The mystery of those records that will
one day astonish the nation-will the peo-
pie demand that it shall now be revealed,
or will they wait until the records them
selves shall be lost in the general wreck of
the Government and country ?-Cin. Eng.