Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-05-30

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confront the combined forces of Sherman. Wade
and Hutchins, and it is not improbable that he ap-
proaehes the termination of his political career
Cincinnati Commercial Nay II.
General Garfield.
RAvENEA, May 18th, 1866.
EDS. Con- In the Commercial of this morning
l ponced a paragraph starting out with the some
S;nSt .i Startling ar I ! E;sb assertion D1rdS 3, General Garfield finds
written in the interest of the Hon. John Hutchins,
who would like to thrust himself into Congress
over tne head ofGeneral Garfield, you will allow a
While it is true that General Garfield would
have been gratifed, to have. seen Gen schenck
elected to the Senate last winter. it is really a
matter of surprise to see that preference of his
thrown at him in connection with his own renom-
fields district accorded to him then. as they do
now, the undoubted right to favor the Senatorial
might seem proper. To-day, for the first time;
have "'Sherman's friends on the Reserve" learned
that they we're aggrieved, unless, indeed. the Hon.
John Hutchins had before made the discovery
Gen. Garfeld's Senatorial aspirations and his plot
against Ben. Wade, is positively amusing, and all
gressional district that numbers of Mr.. Wade's
warnest friends and admirers are among the
staunchest advocates ofthe return ofGen. Garfield
to Congress. The Hon. John must, 1 am sure.
have been the original discoverer Of that bristling
corner in 'the tight place" Better and more
apparent that Senators Sherman and Wade are
conspiring for the defeat of the proposed renom-
| NATION OF ten. GdrQelQ. ana IN the NlQeJ6eQl1
Congressional District-a locality in which both
Wade and Sherman have the warmest of friends
and admirers-the people give both the United
sagaeity, manliness and self-respect than to sus-
pect them of being engaged in any such disreputa-
bic scheme. That Gen. Garfield must meet the
combined forces Of Hutchins. is perhaps without
question. But even with that terrible catastrophe
imminent. I venture the prediction that General IA
head of that good man. ~ as readily as he was nom
mated for Congress in the first instance. when he
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Treasury. 18th DISTRICT OF OHIO.
The above articles are taken from the
Cincinnati Commercial. 1t will be no
ticed that the first article is dated May
18th, and the reply is dated at Ravenna,
on the same day. The former appears II
the Portage County Democrat of the 22d
inst, as q text for a long editorial. From
the temper and tone of the Editorial and
the communication signed "19th District
of Ohio" there is no doubt that both
were written by the same person. These
articles taken in connection with the
Editorial referred to are positively ANU
sing" and all.the more SO as the editorial
and article signed tr19th district of Ohio"
intimate that the article headed ''Gen.
Garfield" was prompted by Mr.. Hutch
ms. If we might be permitted to guess,
we should say it was prompted by the
person signing himself "I9th District of
Ohio" that he might have a mark to
shoot at. He at all events shot at it
promptly.
The first part of the Democrats edito
rial is a sort of q "curtain lecture" to the
Cincinnati Commercial for 'its disturb
ing and disorganizing course in the past"
This Mr.. Hall, is very well, and severer
things might be justly said of that pa
per, but are you the proper person to say
them? Your own course in the past
scarcely entities you to turn Censor to the
Commercial. Your persistant and malic-
ious assault upon Gov. Cox, last fall, be-
cause you did not approve of his e0ber-
lin letter, and your personalhlngs at Gov.
Tod, and Yindictive attacks on Chief JUS
tiee Chase, "are not forgotten" If had
been possible for you to demoralize the
Union party of The State, you would have
done so long ago. 1t is greatly to the
credit of the Union party of Portage
County that it has been able to main
tain its ascendency under your pretended
leadership-as Editor of the Democrat
Had it followed you, or had you exercised
any material influence on the intelligent
Union men of Portage County, the par.
ty long since would have dwindled into a
hopeless minority.
1t is stated in the communication,
signed 10th District of Ohio" that Gen.
Garfield was s'irst elected to Congress
when he was hurting gunpowder at the
rebels, and the Hon. John Hutchins wa
/ a1so.1-r ~ aa0vaTonfa hla norOr1foTfay NTH
in the gift of the United States Treasury"
and in your Editorial, that General Gar
field was nominated and elected to Con-
gress while he was absent in the field,
engaged in the great struggle to put down
the rebellion, by the spontaneous move
ment of the people," These statements
"are positively amusing, and all the more
so as it is well known" that Gen. Gar
field, at the time of his nomination over
Mr.. Hutchins by n more vote than a
majority, was at Rowland Springs, near
Warren, and if he was then ''hurling
gunpowder" at the rebels, he was doing
it at long range. 1t must haYe been like
the Fenians ''~bombarding England from
kthe shores of America" Perhaps, how
ever, the rebels might have been hurt as
much by "hurling gunpowder" from
Rowland Springs as from any other point.
The result of "hurling gunpowder'h alone,
is simply a great noise.
We are not aware that General Gar
field took any active part, personally, in
the oanvass for nomination, but his
friends were quite active, as they had a
right to be, neither is it known that eth
er he or any of his friends did anything
that honorable men might not. properly
do, to Procure his nomination. lnh
The comfortable perquisites" which
Mr.. Hutchins was then enjoying, were
his salary as a member of Congress, the
same perquisites General Garfield is now
receiving Gen. Garfield, at the same
time, was receiving his pay and perquis-
ties as a General in thefield; and will Mr..
Hall show why this should be the occa-
sion of a fling at either Mr.. Hutchins or
General Garfield.
Mr.. Hall justly extols the Statesman
ship and faithfulness of Senator Sher-
man; but in this he is evidently not
speaking the sentiments of his friend,
General Garfield, else he, Gen. g., would
not have left his seat in Congress to I'M
dertake a journey to Columbus for the
purpose of defeating Senator Sher-
man, who had only served one term.
If General Garfield, or any other citizen
of Ohio, really thought that the interest
of the State required some other person
than Mr.. Sherman elected Senator, ''no
one can gainsay his right to express his
opinion with a view to bring about that
result, however much the propriety" of
what be did might be questioned.
The Constitution gives the election of
United States Senator, to members of the
Legislature, and not to the members of
Congress
Mr.. Hall, in his editorial, next labors to
show that General Garfield and Senator
Sherman are warm, personal and political
friends, and that the friends of the for