Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-08-01
THE CHRONICLE.
WARREN, O.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST L. 1866.
THE CONGRESSIONAL QUESTION
Letters of Correspondents.


Garfield, continue through your columns,
most relentlessly, their vile and SANDER
GUS attacks upon him, and when charged
Herewith cody say, they don't. Well, if
that is not insulting to the common sense
of your readers l am mistaken. Letus look
at it a moment. One of them charges
him with defending treason. Is not this
a monstrous lie? Gen. Garfield, who has
done more personally to crush out treason
and rebellion, on the bloody battle fields
of the south, and by MS eloquence in the
north, than Hutchins and all his paid
writers and emesaries, mere and else
where, By ten fold, denounced as a defen-
der of treason J A monstrous slander,
whose auther should be consigned to ever
lasting infamy. He meyer done anything
of the sort. These men also charge him
with trying to bring the Press of Cleve-
land down upon Mr.. Lincoln, in 1864
We have the best authority in the world
for branding this an unnlitigatsd talsehOOd.
They also charge him with sighting
the soldiers in his distribution of offices.
This is made out of whole cloth. There
is not, perhaps, in Congress a member
from the rural districts, who has secured
so many official places, clerkships, &C., for
soldiers, as has Garfeld-so persistant and
pertinacious has he been in this regard,
and so successful, as well, as to excite re-
mark among his fellow members, and no
little envy on the matter.
An effort is made by these scribblers,
to show Garfield wrong on the mileage
question. How is this? He received his
pay by bits, aggregating too much. But
as soon as he discovered they had paid
HIM more than he had charged for, he
brought the matter up in Congress, and
thus saved the Government large sum
in that single item. The Press and peo-
pie of the Union are loud in their lauda-
ton of Garfield, for his attention to this
matter 1t is left for the miserable little
star man of the 10Th district to complain
about it. l am informed, by a reliable
gentleman, who has the documents be-
fore him, as he says, "that John Hutch
ins was paid for 136 miles more travel,
during the 36th Congress, than Gen. Gar
field charged for the 38th Congress"
Let the star man, &C." "W." sd. S."
Tray Blanche and Street Heart put that in
their pipes and smoke ituntil Aug. l6, 1866.
If they wish to go into small matters,
we may be compelled to follow them, and
"carry the war into Africa" making it
offensive ss well as defensive. Those
chaps who live in glass houses should
carefully close the blinds before casting
stones so carelessly. l have not the op-
portunity of searching the book to see
whether this is really so, but am assured
that the book containing the members
accounts show it. From the evidence
before me believe Il, and give it for what
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ing not mine.
might mention forty other ISLANDERS
these men have uttered against Garfield,
but yourreaders have intelligence enough
l hope, to detect them and stamp them,
as the emanations of an unscrupulous
Office hunter, who stops at nothing, so
that he can reach the goal of his ambi-
ton. Let it not be forgotten that Gar
field is at his post of duty-not here to
meet his willy opponent face to face. He
expects the friends of the country to do
him justice and stand by him.
AS in the 18th district, Judge Spalding
stood firm in his place doing his duty,
the friends at home stood by him and
have nominated him for reelection to
the 10th Congress, because of his faith
fulness in the 39th, so we doubt not will
Gen. Garfield be nominated in the Con-
vention of the 10th prox., by even much
larger majority than was Col. Spaulding
Let not the 18th district belittle itself by
retiring so worthy, so able and so good a
man as Garfield, by substituting so weak
brother, as he who is aspiring to his
seat. We want a member competent to
do something more than move an adjourn
ment, second motion, or move the P. Q.
Having disposed of "W." "Howland
Soldier" Star man, and other small fry, it
is possible we may hereafter look into
Hutchins views on the rehabilitation of
the rebel States, and his post Office bill
pets of his which were so feeble and sick
Iy as to fall still born from their authors
prolific brain. A friend at my elbow says
the game is too small, it won't pay
Well, perhaps it won't. Wiser councils
have drawn off the Star man, and others
may be squelched in order. 1t won't
do gentlemen. Unless you pursue more
candid, honorable course in your opposi-
ton to Garfield. you will be left out in
utter coldness, as was Parsons of the
18th district, whose scandalous opposi
ton to Col. Spaulding disgusted all right
minded men. Be fair and honest, and go
ahaad nj,