Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-11-10
IFrom the Kalida Sentinel of Last Week.l
Colonel Rice's Position.

Some Misrepresentation having been pu
| forth in regard to the political sentiment
of Colonel Rice, we are authorized by hin
to say that his views in regard to the policy
of conducting the war, have suffered nc
material change since the breaking out o
the rebellion. In his letter of the 10Th o.
September to Colonel Jesse S. Norton ht
says: ''In the spring Of 1861, we together
went to the wars for the suppression o.
the rebellion, the maintenance of the Con.
stitution, and the perpetuity Of the Unior
of all the States. For these objects have
steadily worked, and there yet stand."-
That the Colonel is sincere, his war record
and his consistent conservative course from
the beginning is sufficient guarantee, and
that he is still devoted to his cOuntry's
cause is clearly shown when he says that il
not elected to Congress, "my intentions are,
as soon as my wounds have sufficiently re-
covered, to return to the gallant men of my
command, whose fortunes | have so long
and proudly shared"
To have braved death hundred times
to have led his gallant regiment in the
heaviest charges, and the thickest of the
fight; to have been shot half dozen times;
to have lost limb, and seriously wounded
through the remaining foot, and to have
spent the long summer months of '63 and
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deaths, is certainly some little proof of the
devotion of the Colonel to his country, and
to the principles of Republican institu-
| tions.
In regard to his views in the present cam
paign, none, who have conversed with the
Colonel, have any doubt. They are consist
ent with his record as soldier and citi-
zen. He has ever expressed himself can
didly and freely for his country, the Con-
stitution and Mcclellan. Thinking that the
policy of the present Administration, as
expressed by the Chief Executive in his
proclamations and his 'vro Won it may
concern" not conducive to the best interests
of the country, in the speedy suppression
of the rebellion and the restoration of the
Union of the States with their rights unim-
paired, OF course he cannot and does not sup
port Mr.. Lincoln for reelection. He does
not regard the war failure so far as the
success of our armies on land and sea are
concerned; but he thinks the Administration
now in power has adopted such policy
that it has failed to reap all the benefits of
the numerous victories won by our army
and navy. Neither is it for moment to
be supposed that he would suppoi "a policy
that will lead to disgraceful peace, with
drawal of our armies, or the surrendeiing
of the territory gained to armed rebels.
Col. Rice does not admit that any> true
Democrat Ioui would do this, and if there are
any of any party who would do so he has
no affiliation with them.
But believing that the Democracy is
pledged to adopt policy in the conduct
and the prosecution of the war that will be
conservative, and that will ''exhaust all the
resources known to craftsmanship" to Sc
cure an honorable peace, peace that means
a restoration of all the States under the
Constitution without impracticable and un-
constitutional conditions, and that the pat
riotic and noble sentiments expressed by
Gen. Mcclellan in his Letter of Acceptance
breathes the true spirit OF Democracy, he
will cordially support the candidates of the
Chicago Convention.
And it is but just to say that he has at no
time understood that Convention, by their
platform (whatever individuals may have
designed) to favor any other than policy
looking to secure, by every necessary and
just means, honorable peace and the resto-
ration of the whole Union, under the Con-
stitution adopted by our fathers, without
any surrender to armed rebellion. And in
that spirit it is that he sustains Democratic
men and measures as he has sustained the
government of his country in the prosecu-
tion of the war, without reference into
whose hands its administration is placed,
looking only to the maintenance of our
glorious free institutions, and their preser-
vation against all assaults.