Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-23
Ch'm'n Dem. City Executive Com.
The Cowhiding ImbrogIio.

the friends of the landlord, as well as those
of the local editor of The Journal who SO
basely attacked him in that paper of the
Goth, were startled by the heading of the To-
cal column of said date, to wit:
"A C0pperhead Outrage!-A Crippled Sol
dier Refused Admittance to Public Housed!
"A very mean Landlordn
''Ihe old UentildtOr of the JOvnal' assert
ing that on the night previous, an old vete-
ran soldier, intoxicated, who had fallen or
been thrown down the stairway of the
''VGieties," was refused admittamce to his
hospitable roof! stating as a reason that
sit was not expected that copperheads
would take up soldiers and care for them."
Now, sir, to put this latter sentence i'm the
mouth Of the landlord exhibits base and
malignant SANDER, as the writer of this and
others present will testify-as nothing of
this character was intimated in the remotest
degree, until after refusal to take him in
from the crowd of drunken soldiers direct
from the Varieties" that he was dead! or
dead drunk under his fall; that the police of
the city were the proper persons to take
charge of him; that if more dead from
drink than from the fall, out doors, so warm
a night, was better for him; and if they
could pay for his care at the house. they
could hire u carriage or hearse across the
street from the under taker, to convey him
to the soldiers Home"-the proper place
for him-when they called his "a damned
Copperhead House lin reply to which he
said he was satisfied to accept the cogno-
men), and that they would take him to a
Union Houses" but not being taken in there,
he was taken to the "Union Lookup" The
allusiOn to his son as Quartermaster, ex-
hibits the malignity of the local, as GER
tainly it was not audibly said, if said at all;
tn inci c1n
we have to say: Skinner, remove the mote
from thine own eye"-"Clean thyself o
man! of thy faults!"
Now, Mr.. Editor, these are the facts and
circumstances as can be testified to by
several gentlemen of the highest veracity
present; and the only apology given even
by his best friends-the ''old ventilator of
The j Journall' is thathe was ''midnigtt drunk"
while inditing further such malignity as,
that the landlord was ''meaner than he
who would steal acOrns from blind hog!-
or the man Of 200 pounds avoirdupois, who
climbed up three story brick building and
slipped in the window of sick woman
and stole her medicine when he didn't need
it'-and that, 'he was too mean to live and
ought to hang himself!"
Now, Mr.. Editor, or Mr.. Local of The
STATESMAN, as you insinuate in allusion to
the cOwhiding Of the Local" McEwen, Of
The Journal the evening following, and at
tribute 1t entirely to the article above al
luded to, we wish you and the public, 'cop-
perheads" especially, to understand the
facts; and if you will visit the scene or
base of operations"-al between High
and Front Streets opposite hotel-you will
find it quite a populOus ranch outside of
" Mack's" residence, containing some black
Republican "femininesp as well as "she
rebels" and, as frequently is the case, they
will talk politics as well as the men-the
" Reps" calling the "Rebs" Butternuts and
Copperheads! and Uice Uersa, the cooper
heads" calling the "Reps'' black Republi-
cans" and "Niggerheads"- all in
good nature-but one of them more spunkey
dared to shout for "Jeff. Davis" while 9TH
ers shouted for "Abe Lincoln!" and the
' Local" (hard up for a local item) glori-
Dusly loyal "Mack," thought proper
10 reflect upon the lady, or "she Reb,"
her, that the Republican laCly
neighb0rs had provided the proper s'mis-
siles," (Rotten Eggs, perhaps to close her
mouth from shouting for JEFF. Davis. Now,
previous to the cruel ''meanness" of the
landlord IN refusing the 'drunk dead" SOL
ler admittance, the "She Reb," as he terms
her, was on the lookout for him as others
,an testify as well as himself. Thus in the
dCC VI IuCSC ldCbS, W Heu WHISKY -StlZZleT,'
&C., and chamber-maid, cook. and pot
whalloper, and like scandalizing epithets
low SO glibly from the pen of the local,
Mack" we claim this statement through
moreover, as most of the articles
IF the local partakas of their application to
And surely, no one who
Knows the landlord of the "Exchange," but
will attest his hospitality, his kindness and
to all without regard to political
oartialities-yes, hospitdble to fault!
VERTTAs.
p. S. Having intended the insertion of |
the above in yesterday mornings paper, we
have but remark to make upon reflection.
Outside of the shame that should abash the
cheek of the local of The Journal in his
of the landlord = and
IS observing reiteration of reflections
upon the "She Rebel" of cowhiding
proclivities by tho local of THE STATES.
NAN! and also of The Weekly Gasette-we
IAN say that her character must not
De traduced with impunity--certainly
lOt without defense-and while "Mack" of
The Journal local can expatiate so eloquent
y and extensively upon the cruelty of the
andlord towards the poor soldier under
of dissipation, we beg leave to
'emind him and the public that the lady re-
iected upon has a husband and t,co brothers
n the army, of Democratic proclivities-
3utternut C0pperhead!! or Rebel II! as
le may choose to designate. Hence, as ius-
ice to the parties, it is hoped you will in
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