The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1870-01-13

~ General Hugh Ewing.
The subjoined card is copied from
the Cincinnati Commercial of Sat-
urday last: 4
1 A CARD. a 8I
70 the EaitOr of the COPmerciaL |
Il sstated in one Of the Wash.
ington City papers that
Representative Clarke has Pre-.
sented to the President a paper
signed by all the State officers OF
Kansas, and by himself and Sena-
tor Pomeroy, setting forth that
General Hugh. Ewing, Of Ohio, vas
appointed Minister to the Hague
from Kansas; that he does not be-
long in that State; that he is a
Democrat, and demanding his rc-
moval. Mr.! Clarke Stated toahe
President that Ewing was never q
resident Of Kansas, and that the
loyal people of that State wished it
understood that no did not repre-
sent them" s.n. ssri. @rsoi
It may not DO true that Repre-
sentative Clarke made such state
ment, hui if he did, he knew it to
be false. General Ewing settled
in Leavenworth in 1857, purchas-
ed property there, and resided and
exercised the rights Of a citizen for
several years, q In the contest for
and against slavery there, he was
Free State Democrat, o bold de-
batter, and. at time when murders
were OF almost daily occurrence
Ihis life was repeatedly threatened
while speaking on the stand. He
entered the service as q volunteer
lat the commencement Of the war,
and fought in Western Virginia.
and at South Mountain and Antie.
tam under Nc Clellan,at which last
named place he commanded q brig
ade; and at VicksbGrg and Mission
Ridge, where he commanded a di-
vision under General Grant. His
family had, during his service, no
settled residence; but, as soon as he
was mustered out, after the close
Of the war, he returned to Leaven-
worth, bought and furnished o
house, and was residing there with
his family when he was appointed
to the mission. These facts could
not fail to be known to Represen-
:ative Clarke, for, whether as Mr..
Hugh Ewing, or Major General
Hugh Ewing, he was man Of
mark in the Territory and State.
Tho charge, therefore, that he prac.
ticed fraud on the Department or
the people of Kansas, in receiving
his appointment as of that State,
if actually made, is wiltul CAL
umny. '1n
Your Washington correspondent
gives the substance of the para.
, graph hero quoted above, and then
, adds "that his (Gencral Ewing .,
habits unfit him for the position he
holds" and that "Gen'l Ewing is
however, supported by his broth
erin law, General Sherman"
1t is difficult to disprove the
charge of bad habits, volunteered
by your correspondent, but | have
understood, from information which
| deem reliable, that ever since h'
has been in Europe, General Ew'
ing has INDUCED in total abstin'
ence from wine and alcoholic
drinks.
: But your correspondent is espe
: cially gifted Ito see what is not Il
be secn;" as, for example, he wa
!. the first to discover that Genera
: Grant and General Sherman wer
0 one "drunk" and the other "mad
= at tho battle Of Shiloh. As to Gen
o eral Sherman's support OF Genera
Q Ewing, know nothing, but be
If lievo no attends to his own bust
ness, and leaves tho President AM
n Departments 10 take care of theirs
:, As to the question whether Gou
}. Ewing shall be recalled, hav
d nothing to ask or to suggest Prob
= ably some aspirant who becam
: loyal since the war, may want, an
9 deserve, his place for more recen
= services. The President and th
a Department can dispose Of hi
D. mission in their own way, withou
o word from me; but | will not 81
o lently suffer his removal under cred
1T il Of o false charge rejecting dis
J. honor upon him as q man, or di'
20 crediting him As an officer and
% gentleman. I. EWING.
10 WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 1870.
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