The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-26
CITY Solicitor again-Thc .JournaIS
Bloody Record of Lieut..
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bad huIlOr. lc huNrs iHV
CoRwrN for fighting to protect his country
against Confederate Democratic traitors Is
not simply personal to him, for 1t Is oil a
niece with the course Of the EMPIRE ana
The VALLANDiGHAM Democracy during the
whole war In reference to all soldiers
We have again pcruscd our article oflast
saturday. aud are really unablcto ind any
thing abusive of Col. CoRwtN or of his
historian. If the simple expression OF an
anxiety to learn. from one who seems SO
able to inform us, all the particulars OF the
Colonels heroic achievements he consider'u
abuse, then we must plead guilty. Cannot
we be informed of the particular acts OF
hcroism performed by the Journals candi-
date for City Solicitor atthc celebrated bat
tie of "Prairie Grovc"-which We are tola
was some of the most sanguinary cncoun-
tcrs of the whole war; In what head
long charge before which the rankS oil the
rebels melted like frost-work ihthe morn
ing sun, did Col. CoRwIN with his regiment
Of 100 Creeks. Chcrokccs and Seminoles'
cover themselves with gloryY How, and
at what particular crisis of the sanguinafy
encounter, did the brave CoEwIN snatch
victory from the jaws of defeat, ana save
BLuNr and HEBRON from overwhelming
disaster?
How many fearful sabcr-gashc~ scanned
the comcly brow Of the fierce leader of the
Indian warriors after the battle was fought
and won, and what did the battlc-scarrcd
hero say, when he entered, begrimcd
with smoke, his brow bound with q vic
torious and blood stained bandanna, the
tent of his chief, AMI when he flung his
hacked sabre upon the ground before his
commander, that he might lie down to
brief repose, like ACHILLES after he he'd
dragged the l%ifelcss body of llECroR around
the walls Of Troy!
What did the Lieutenant Colonel say Z
Let the historian of the war tell us, Did
it enter into his swelling breast at that
glorious moment, that he had at length
earned the nomination for City Solicitor,
and that an enthusiastic people would
hasten upon his return to his native place.
to bcstow this great civic honoru upon him
Did he hear at that proud moment, when
BLUNT graspcd his bloody hand in the houi
of victory. the premouitory echoes of that
historic fame sounding through the col
umns of the Dayton Journal, which bid,
fair to hand down his honorcd name to the
latest postcrity?
Happy soldiers! Particularly you that
have the good fortune to be nominated fol
offices within the lines of the Dayton hW-
nal: You will never want, whilst W.D. b
survives, a historian to record your deeds
and blazon forth your patriotism.
But cur neighbor mas not Informed IL
how Colonel CoRwIN got SO far out West
to look after n place to serve his country
in! How came he out in that Indian couu'
try Were there any Indian contracts out
there To look after, under CALEB b
SMITH's or RoBERr c.. CoRwIN's auspices
We simply inquire for info~rmation--othcr.
wise the Colonel might have entered tn,
service ut home, aud shared with his neigh.
bors and friends his glory. instead Of shar
ing it with the Greeks, Chcrokces. anC
Seminoles.
We would like. also, to be Informed by
Colonel CoRwIN's historian how much pay
he received during his term ofarduous ser
vice, whilst Mr.. CRAIGHEAD wa at HON
earning his six hundred dollars a yea
diligently performing the duties of Cit.
Solicitor. For ifUe Colonel made three q
four thousand dollars a year, besides an
other profits that he may have realize
outside, one might conclude that this ne
enthusiasm that is to be excited in his bC
half, is but casting perfume upon the rose
But let us look back Il little. 1t was onl
last fall that we Democrats, whorarc AWAY
so abusive of the soldiers, presented for Il
suffrage of the people of this Compression
District a man who entered the service
his country with a musket on his should
the first volunteer from Warren COuut
lie earned his promotion, and came out
the war the Colonel of his regiment with
clean record and an arm paralyZed by
bullet. Where then stood our historian
of the war? Did the columns of the J0url
then groan under the r~ccitals of his militia
deeds, or did they impugn his PATRIOTS
and belitt,e his services, to crafty a me
aud petty political jealousy ? Can it
said that the soldiers are only brave a
patriotic when they are nominated on
ticket the journal wants to elect? Is
llhn only that the mighty pen of W. d,
can be enlisted in their favor:
Eut again. We nave recently seen
account from the Washington correspC
dent of the Cincinnati Commercial (wh'
we shall endeavor to give to our readers
length) in which he gives the names
some fourteen military heroes whose nan
were rejected by the Senate-thc patric
niger %worshiping Senate of the Uni
States, for offices to which they had BE-
nominated by the PRESIDENTIAL in
State of Michigan.
Here are the names:
General CHAPIN, entered a private.
General LOOMS, entered a private.
Captain MANSFIELD, Ninth Michigan
fntry.
Colonel BARNES.
General PARKHURsT, Lieutenant Color
Colonel ANDREWS, entered Il SecC
Lieutenant.
Colonel MCREYNOLDs.
General MCCREARY, entered a private