The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-10-09
sceIlamerms.
1.,ixPEY o VEN. RICE 10 CiNCtF-
NATI q aAzETTE ISLANDERS.

~f,6I. Rics 1t is said, lost leg in the
Onion cause. Gen. Ewing gave out that
hla expectations OF success in this cleo
DON campaign were in the figure OF their
shrve legs as against the four Of the Re-
uhlican ticket. But Col. Rice could not
lo1p q Log in the Union cause, when Dis
AZ was not in that cause. His polt'
conduct showed that his heart was
ne Con derate side, and that his en-
tstn,sn ~ commissioned officer was
s,,ssi 6n. A ColOnel's pension for
Il handsome income for l:fe
ferry high pay for Vallandighsm
When Col, Rice undertakes to run
50 his merit as a soldier Of the Union, for
Ssrty that was hostile to tbe Union
u6idiers, and when he harangues for the
pfinciples Of State secession which the
Union army fought to put down, he just
ifles ,us in examining his politico'mili'
tarySrecord, and this examination proves
that he was then professed Union Col
Onel with Confederate principles, and
that bis service was very much worse
than useless to the country. Gaz.
Gen. Rice, while at Covington, Sept.
9Th, took occasion to reply to the sian
derous article that appeared in the Gin;
cinnati Gazette of Sept. 4. The General
II am not in the habit of intruding
DersOnal matters into political canvass,
but the charge made against me by the
Cincinnati Gazette is 80 slanderous and
insulting, that my self.respect will not
ueFmit me to remain silent any longer.
/ sDent Ave of the best years Of my life
in the defence of my country and flag,
enduring privations and suffering with
NO other thought than loyalty to my
rountry. was wounded at Vcksburg,
wounded again at Lookout Mountain,
again at Resacca, again at Pine Noun
tain, and lost my leg at Kenesaw. bear
on my body the marks of five balls and
two shells. l spent four years in Con-
Rresa endeavoring to procure justice for
my comrades, and secure the passage OF
the Arrears of Pensions Act, and the
EQUALIZATION OF DOUBTLESS oI L<OnR
street, rebel General whom | fought
in the field, is appointed to lucrative
office under Republican Administra.
ton; Key made Cabinet officer of the
Government; and Mosby, the black flag
guerrilla, sent as an Embasssdor to
China. When / think of these men.
loaded with honors aud emouments,and
credited with loyalty and patriotism,
while |. because am Democrat, suffer
ing as have, crippled as l am, while
in the service of my country, am de-
nounced as a sympsthzer with treason,
It seems to me that it is high time that
my comrades, the survivors of the late
war, should know how their record for
LOYALTY stands. Under the cirCumstan'
css, my friends, think no apology is re-
uuired for these remarks"
This manly and justly indignant reply
of a brave soldier and patriotic citizen to
the attacks of sneaking coward, will
meet with hearty response from every
patriot in Ohio who may read it. We
mistake the temper Of the boys in blue
If they do not rebuke the party which
indorses this unnatural and infamous war
upon the charater of Gen. Rice, whose
shattered body and wooden leg attest
his bravery and gallant conduct and ser
vices in defense of his country.