Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-16

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slave soldier, whether they belonged t.
either loyal or rebel masters.
HBy the aid of the few Conservatives
and all the Democrats he carried thest
amendments and killed the bill. The
measure to take slaves into the military
service and for that service to emancipate
them and their families, was brought up
again in another bill, and Mr.. Sherman
again brought forward the same amend
ments, and by the same aid carried them.
In all this Mr.. Sherman says -he now
knows his course was right. We stated
that the black soldiersof loyal masters and
the families of any of the black soldiers
have been emancipated by Subsequent
measures against his opposition. We
mean that he opposed the measure and
defeated it for two years. The same meas
ures were brought up in 1864, and then
Mr.. Sherman supported them.p
The Springfield NeuOs thus describes the
popular feeling in that region of country:
"This is Sehenck community, a
Schenck county, Schenck district,
Schenck region of the country, as far as
the eye can reach from any attsinable
height of survey, and our own journal is
by implication-on the principle, if no
other, that silence gives eonsent'-a
Schenck paper This
Senatorial district has pronounced itself
emphatieally in favor of General Scbenek,
instructed its chosen men, in effect, to vote
for him, and would this day, we doubt not,
give him its suffrage by an overwhelming
majority. It is strongly hostile, we may
say, to Mr.. Sherman, though greatly molli-
fed by some personal explanations made
by him to our citizens last fall
The Toledo Blade throws its huge
weight on the Sherman side of thO balance,
causing it to "go down" decidedly:
HJohn Sherman is very much such
a man as Abraham Lincoln.
He was regarded by the
President, who was seldom mistaken in
men, as pillar of the Republic, as one of
the main supporters of the Government. !
. Great men are scarce-safs |
men are still more rare. John Sherman is
beth.D o.
The Tuscarawas Chronicle supports Hon.
John A. Bingham in the following para
graph;
'The duty of electing a United States
Senator, to fill the position now occupied
by Hon. John Sherman, deYolves upon the
present Legislature. The name of Hon.
John A. Bingham will be presented to the
Union caucus, and in our judgment bet
ter choice cannot be made. Mr.. B. is one
of the most prominent men Of the nation,
and as talented as prominent. He is as
true as steel to the cardinal principles of
the great Union organization, and in him
Ohio would be ably represented in the
Senate Of the United States. We would be
pleased to chronicle his elevation to a po-
sition of increased honor and usefulness,
knowing that as a Senator he would faith
fully labor to advance the interests of our
great State"
The Dayton Journal has the following
in favor of General Schenck:
"He never blinks or lodges, and is al
ways able and ready to give good reason
for every position he assumes and every
vote he gives. There is nothing of the
sime-server or the popularity y-hunter in his
course as q Representative or a citizen.
There are few public men who can show
l record so consistent with right and JUS
ice"
The Cl4-AlAs4i DlAin Dealer compli-
nents General Sehenck by the following
'Fituperation"
$50 far as a choice between Schenek and
Sherman is concerned, the latter IS to be
preferred. During the war Sher-
man contented himself with his civil hon.
DTS, while Schenek rushed into the field,
by reason of his political standing, getting
/ position for which he was Incompetent,
md in this position he sacrificed the lives
IF many brave soldiers at the commence
nent of the war"
The Buffalo Courier, the leading Copper
head organ of Western New York, eulo-
,izes Senator Sherman and "traduees'
General Schenek:
1.-THE State of Ohio would not be dis
,raced by him and as a Democrat cannot
De elected, John Sherman would be as ae-
,eptable as any other Republican. In
they recognize q Radical dema-
yogue who is prepared to go to any ex-
RENE that would advance the schemes of
he disunion faction, to which he is allied,
md place position and wealth at his com
nand. The cowardly acts of tyranny
committed by Sehenck, while he played
military autocrat at Baltimore, won for
lim the love of the Radical wing Of the
party"