The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-09-23
A GA IL I'D.

EDITOR SENTINEL:-In reading this
weeks Republican, my attention was drawn
to the communication of r. t.. Patterson
late comradv-in.arms-in regard to the card
published in last weeks Sentinel. Per
nit ne to reply through the columns Of
your paper.
Yet having no aspirations to the position
of politician or Statesman, [ will only
write what know to be true and what ev>
cry Democrat Soldier of our township {and
they are many knows. When we enlisted
In sixty-one we done SO from..a rely pat.
rio,ic motive. When we engaged aud cons
gu ered the armies Of the South, it wa
done for The salvation of the Union, when
we enlisted as veterans the same idea was
before us, when hiend p. was wounded
and myself lost foot, it was done with the
belief that we were battling for one coun-
try. Yet all this was dclusion. Robert
let conscience do its work and shy that the
designs Of the parry you represent were
well cloakcd, that instead of our battling for
the preservation of the Union we fought
from the first battle of Manas. as until the
last gun was fired for the party and final
" the equalization of the slaves. We
fought not for the preservation of tfe life
Of the nation but to uphold the Rrpubli-
can party that always has been and always
will be scourge 10 our country. Rober.
speaks Of his speakers discussing the ques-
ton at the present time. Why do they no,
give jefferson call7 Hays, Brown, Lew
ton and Sheppard have been here and
'"said their say" F1om what VIC head
he three first can make use of more bill
in3sgate than any person we ever heard.
As to Mr.. S. we shall say naught as he
spoke nothing but of a certain sheep that
Caliright had. In regaid to my assess
ment it has been about the same as Rob>
erts. Two years ago the Democracy con-
fercd an honor On me by nominating me to
.he Office OF Clerk of Court. AT that fine
being in an other county and permanently
County papers AS / was q subscriber of
the Sentinel requested the editor of tue
hepubIicGn to send me a copy OF his paper
and when came back to Harrison Co.,
Was t)lu vi u lctleT tUdL bdu puUiiSHcu III
the Republican declining to be candidate
as I had fought against the democrats aud
it they would get in power my pension
would stop, with many other lies that could
only be found in the heads and papers of
Republican editors, Happening to receive
copy Of my decuatior | caa easily retute
your point, Robert. Robert how did you
find out that the Democracy of the North
laughed at our common casualty? Is it not
some cunuingly devised lie Of that very loy~
al part of your parry that was wiling to
die for the Union but thought too much of
their faces to go where the balls were The
thickest. In regard to the stoning of Mr..
Foust, will only say that do not counte>
nance such acts and from what have
heard believe that the ihuss was intended
for one Danlord. As | said, not believing
in such acts, yet it any man was ever de-
serving of such treatment, that man was
Danford.
You say that you cannot march to Wade
Hampton's music OF this we say that we
want none but those that enjoy the music
and abhor hesaubking of spoons and the
groaus of murdered woman. You are
ce tainly mistaken, Robert when you ssy
that you 81 eak the sentiments of the mass
of your comrades for it was them that kilt
ed negro equality in Ohio and are going to
elect the only men that can save the Union.
a Democrat President and Democrat Con-
gress. Robert may The scales tall from
your eyes as they did from Saul OF Tarsus
is the wish uf j w. X. MISER,
Co. g. 80 o. V. |.