Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-31
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Ohio Statesman

Correspondence of the Ohio Statesmanl
washington, GUERNSEY Co.. OHIo.l
Il E July 26, 1867
What, with suffering from the heat of a
July sun, the comparative dullness of bus
iness in the Capital, by reason of the farm
ers of prosperous old Franklin being all so
busily engaged in'securing their crops, the
ripping up" OF High street preparatory to
the laying of the Nicolson pavement
thereon, and the almost incessaut reports
of reaction in the public. mind, that come
streaming into our city from all quarters
andacounties of the State, you will not, 1
am sure, Mr.. Editor, be surprised to learn
that your correspondent, with his usual
taste Tor travel, appreciation of country air,
and varied and romantic scenery, has
found his way to and is now sojourning
amongst the hills of Guernsey county. The
wealthy Radical who, in his greed of gain
worships, morning, noon and night, before
the alter of Mamn IN whose book of COM
mon prayer is "seyen-thirties, and whose
creed is to pay no taxes-who manages to,
eat the bread, aye, and drink the claret, too,
that has been stepped in the sweat and
pressed from the sinews of the less fortu-
nate, but more honest toiling, tax
paying masses is, after all, perhaps, more
to be pitied than punished. He may sit in
luxurious ease in his cosy chair. He may
walk with majestic step as his richly. san
daled foot treads the gorgeous Brussels
carpets that cover the spacious floors of his
palatial mansion. He may visit the places
of fashionable resort and glory in the
thought that while he is spending with
lavish hand his not too honestly acquired
wealth, he has only to make loud pro-,
fessions, of loyalty, give some earnest ex-
pressions of desire to elevate the Negro to
the White Mans level, and a few we'll
timed eXclamations, of hypocritical horror
at the idea of the Governments redeeming
the outstanding bonds with Greenbacks,
the people, through party prejudice or
through an unstable and impenetrable ig-,
norance, will vote to continue class legis--
lators in power, ,tokeep themselves and their
children forever toiling and thfnking-liv-
ing on deaG and scanty toed,, clothed in old
and tattered raiment, and all for the satanic
pleasure of knowing that while they suffer.
and groan beneath the burthen of debt and
taxation, the Democrats, who had so long
and successfully governed the country, un-
til it became, in wealth, peaceful pros
perity, intelligence and hopes of future
greatness, the Queen and Giantess
Of civilized nations, are suffering too. Yea,
verify, all this he may indulge in; but,
unless his conscience is scared as with a
hot iron-unless he is dead to all sense of
honesty and justice-unless he can see
merit in the violation of prornises-in the
brea king of vows, (solemnly made) of pro-
lection to soldiers widows and orphans
unless he believes he can purchase the for
giyeness OF God, the silence of taxpayers,
the mercy and prayers of the poor, distress
sed women and children whom his party
has defrauded of Eight Hundred Thousand
Dollars paid into the Treasury of Ohio by
the people, tor their support-in short, un-
less he views revealed Religion as myth
and Christians as the victims of grand
delusion, he has, after all, no real pleasure
no lasting peace. o would not exchange
the pleasure of one weeks ride through
the country at this season, drinking in the
sweet ambrosial fragrance, with which ma
ture has blessed the hills and valleys of
Guernsey county in general and Sand
Hill in particular: listening to the
lively tune Of the buckeye Reap,
err and watching the golden grain
fall to the rake of the cleaner, as the farm
er perched high on the seat of his AMER
IcAN machine guides his noble steeds and
does the work of an hundred old time
siekles, for all the enjoyment that ill-gotten
wealth can afford to the Radical robber of
the. toiling millions. Could the Chases,
the Stan tons, the Camerons, the Ohio Trust
Commissioners, and the whole brood of
vampires, blood-suckers and Negro equal
ityists hear the poor, plundered widows
in the name of their slain husbands and
orphan children, calling the malediction of
heaven to fall thick and heavy upon their
heads, they would certainly feel the day of
reckoning and accountability is near at
hand Many, Mr.. Editor, is the prayer Of
fered to the Throne of Mercy for you and
for the success of your paper, because you
are so closely watching and so promptly
exposing the horrid frauds practiced by
hypocritical legislators and State officials
upon the School and Soldiers Relief Funds.
The exposition of the monstrous abstrac
tion of Eight Hundred thousand Dollars of
the taxes paid by the people solely for the
purpose of clothing and feeding distressed
soldiers and their families, seems to be the
severest count in the long Indictment that
has been brought against Goldman and his
colleagues. Some of the Soldiers in this
county are amazed at the brazen effrontery
of party that could renominate men who,
while pledging themselves before God and
the people to be the soldiers friend, were
actually whipping the Members of the Leg
islature into the belief that the Niger was
as good as the White soldier who periled
life and limb for the Union-better than
the poor widow and orphan child of him
who was slain on the battle field and were
button holing the drunken, brothel-going,
Radical Representative into the crime OF
laying ruthless hand upon what was needed
to buy fuel and food for the families of our
gallant boys in blue. The Radical camel
will find, as far as the soldier is concerned,
this is the pound that broke his back. -
THOMAS.
Oh, Yes! A War of Races is Inn
possible. =. ....-
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