The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-23
The CIV solicitorship.

laurclS principally rs Lieutenant Nolohtl
ofsomc Indian Regiment out somewhereo on
the western border, Is recommended a,
having thus been peculiarly fitted 70 be.
come the legal counselor and attorney of d
city comprising some 10000 people, iuyolv-
ing pecuniary interests so the amount o
millions.
The journal is proliX on military records
OF course. having been an army corrcspon.
dent our ueighbor knows It all. The cor
respondents always knew - great dcalmor,
than the generals, and could always inform
the people just when and how they blum
dered. Hence It was that our military
friend up street was enabled to blazon lortl
SnERMAN's SHAME, on the very day after
that melancholy disaster took place.
lie now tells us all about how Blunt
whipped COOPER. how HfNDMAN marched
to attack BLUNr-who retreated. and after
ward marched to HERRoN's support, when
one Of the most sauguinary encounters Of
the war ensued.n
Our military historian does not tell us,
however, how many rebels fell before the
blade of the sanguluary CoRwiN and his
100 Indians on this memorable occasion, or
where he buried his dead. II may be that
his untutorcd sayages scalpcd their victims
and left their foul carcasscs a prey to the
wolves and v%ultures of the frontier. Che
would scarcely suppose that the fierce
warrior, who secured our Western plains
at the head o. Creeks, Cherokecs and Semi
nolcs, and hung upon the TANKS Of the
lying rebels like PLArofF and his wild
Cossacks of the Don did upon the retreat
ing columns of NAPOLEON. could So soon
reconcile himself to the pursuits of peace
rs to be willing TO draw up ordinances for
the City Council to regulate the sale oCbut-
ter and beef.
We are not informed why Colonel CoRwIN
went so far away from home to get into the
service of his country, unless it was to get
- commission commensurate with his abiii-
ties rs we'll as his %pecuniary desires. Per
haps nothing less than the command of
those fierce and bloody savages would
satisfy the implacable longings of the Col
onel towrcak his vengeance upon the rebels.
We have been greatly entertained ny the
Journals account Of Colonel CoRwIN's
achievements. principally with BLUNT and
~IIERRoN's assistance. We would be glad
to see something fl ON the graphic pen of
Wv. ID. b. rcscuing from oblivion some of
those fierce ~bushwhacking encounters in
which Colonel CoRwIN stole with his steal
thy Indians, upon the slumberiug bivou-
acks OF the unsuspecting foe, and sent
them rceling and scalplcss "unanointcd
and unannealed" to the neither world.
1t will be a loss for which there can be
no compensation if this shall be neglected.
Now is the accepted time. 1t is now, IL
ever, when Colonel CoRwIN is entering
upon his new career ofhonor. in which like
CESAR, he is destined. rs the journal fond
ly predicts, to add the lustre ofciyic to that
of military glory, that the people should be
wrought into enthusiasm. by the accounts
of those fierce and bloody midnight torayS
in which the treuchant blade of CORwIN
struck for Cop and his native land. and
when the wild yells ofhiS savage followers
struck terrOr. into the hearts OF the enemy.
As the mothers of France terrified their
froward children by the name of the Cos
sack chief, so we have no doubt the trcm-
bling rebel mother of the Arkansas from
tier, will long use the frighttul name of Cor
WIN, the recollection of whose bloody deeds
will long live to warn the vanquished rebels
against ever again firing at the old flag.
such experiences, it is true, are not to be
regarded rs peculiarly fitting the Colonel
to be City Solicitor. But as the Journal
wisely and patriotically suggests "this is
not me COiOneIs FAULT" hence we all ought
10 ''gO for him. The citizens of Dayton
are afforded an opportunity now to testify
their appreciation of so brilliant and bloody
a military record, mt the expense of their
interests. Colonel CoRwIN received but
the trihing compensation of a Lieutenant
Colonies pay for all his arduouS services.
while II great many, it is true, didn't get
quite so much, but a grateful people must
not look to such sordid considerations 1t
il certain that these had but little weight
with Colonel CoRwIS.
Mr.. ~CRAIGHEAD, it is true was n very
good City Solicitor-diligent and able-he
besides has the experience of several years
in the Office, thus enabling HIM still better
to discharge its duties. These merits, how
ever, are of but little weight in comparison
with the superior qualifications set forth by
the Journal of Colonel DAVID L. CoRwIN,
for ''rebel bullets were as fatal where DAVE
CoRwlN fought (as the Journal fondly and
familiarity calls him as the field made
memorable by SHERIDAN's ride Who
can gainsay after this spirit-stirring apps
trophe, the superior qualifications of
DAVE for City Solicitor?
Gentlemen who remained at home. YOU
have had no glory to be trumpeted by army
correspondents. None but the brave de-
serve the offices.
Come we battle-scarred veterans! Ye
O'CONNELs, ye JACKsoNs and CoRwJ IS, We
have watered your country's soil with your
venom blood! a grateful people is anxious
10 lay at your feet all the civic honors they
can bestow henceforth be called children
of the Republic. Let every voter be anx-
ious to say, ~, too, voted for CoRwIN, the
battle-scarred, bullet-riddled hero ofP rairie
Grove ~
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