Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-01

| l4As JoURNAL AND THE FOURTH OF JULY
The Journdl of Saturday contains wha,
purports to be communication, in rela-
tion to the proposed celebration of the
Fourth of July. If there is bigger ass III
the town than the Editor who would allow
such Communication to appear in his col
umns, 1t must be the man who wrote it
1t is pretty generally understood that the
article was prepared in the Republican
club rooms of this city, and that it is nc
more nor less than second note blown
from the Radical bugle, the first blast
coming through the negro organ In Cleve-
land, and which is a proposition to do
away with the memories OF '76 altogether
But we do not propose to review the arti-
Gle, which is nothing more than TRADE OF
abuse against Judge Thurman, the Sher-
man Guards and the other gentlemen who
have been selected as officers, &C.
We will state a few facts and ask
few questions which the Journal
man can answer II he dare.
We attended the meeting of the commit
tees at the Office of the City Clerk on Thurs
day night last. Not word of politics was
uttered or thought of. The committee Oh
| the part of the Sherman Guards stated that
when they first commenced making ar
ringements for celebration, they called on
Judge Thurman and D. w. Deshler. who
at that time owned the City Park, and OBJ
tanned from them the free use of the
grounds. In return for this courtesy the
Guards invited the Judge to make the ad-
dress. At this committee meeting DEM
+ocrat proposed that Gov. Cox should also
be invited to speak, but was informed that
he would not be in the city on that day.
Now we'll bet a cookie that ''A Soldier"
who signed the article in question never
rose to the dignity of a squirrel Hunter"
No man who had ever smelled "villainous
gunpowder" on the field of war is capable
of holding such thoughts in his heart. 1t
Is your contractors, your shoddy chaps,
your stay-at-home patriots who are so Bit
ter. This fellow, after bloviating about
Judge Thurman, says: EaE-s-e
"And whatof the remainder of the prom
inent men placed before the public to Of
ficiate on that occasion? Is there single
one in the whole list who served under the
Stars and Stripes until the flag was ac-
krowledged as supreme throughout the
land? Let us look upon the stand, as they have
been announced. Does one single soldier
even one of the saviGrs of the Union loom
up before US? Not onei
No Union man can join in such bur-
lesque of the glorious old day of Liberty
and Equal Rights. Honest rebels admire,
and would be glad to assist them in recoy-
ering their love for the Old Flag and the
day of our country's birth; but K. G. Cs..
Canada sneaks, and rebel sympathizers, |
who were TOO cowardly to come out as open |
manly foes, / utterly despise.'' - |
We did think till we read this para agraph
that Q. Adams had seen a small chunk |
of q fight in the region of Kenesaw; that
Col. Marrow smelled powder in West Vir-
ginia; that perhaps Capt. Burdell had
heard the roar of the enemy's artillery
hat perhaps Capt. Beck, and pretty near
his entire command, had stood in line of
battle; but "A Soldier is SO convincing in
his argument that we must, per necessity,
they were Canada sneaks and |
rebel sympathizers. Now few questions
Will the Journal or "a Soldier" tell this
people that Thomas Lough, Major Rein
lard, Luther Donaldson, d. w. Deshler,
Frank Stewart, Henry NJ. Failing, Isaac
Eberly, c. F. Jaeger, Henry Miller, w. L.
Ross, Deacon Armstrong and the Others
'ver skedaddled to Canada? were K. G..
J.'s? were rebel sympathizers? Ifnot all,
which one? Come out like a man. Tell
Is which one of these gentlemen sneaked
o Canada? Which one of them Joined the
Knights OF the Golden Circle? Which one
# them refused to give money when called
lpon to aid the Union cause? There is
lot one of them but loves ..the day we eel
brate," and its memories; not one but
las heart too large for such narrow views
IS those advocated by this chap who dis
traces the land for which our fathers
ought, by signing himself "a Soldier"
! We rather think the writer is some fell
ow whom the Sherman Guards have black
'alled on his application for membership,
- who takes this little, mean. stinking,
irty means to revcage himself But it won't
Vin. To the Sherman Guards belongs the
onor Of inaugurating this movement, and
hanks to. them and our ursliberal-miuded
itizens, the celebration will be the largest
yer had in Columbus. -1.-r