Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-09-22
The Difference between a Democratic
and Whig Governor.

and Whig Governor.
The whig Governor of Ohio set up the
cry that Ohio was pauper and could no.
pay the temporary expenses of our patriotic
volunteers; that he had no money, &C.,
&c. A friend in Tennessee has sent us the
proclamation of Gov. A. v. Brown, of that
State, in which we find none of the little
picayune expenses heard in Ohio. Gov.
Brown says:
Seen Richardson, after having selected
his companies, &C., at Jackson, will cause
a suitable encampment TO be lald off ut or
near Memphis, and supplied with aHneces-
sary COM forts and raiions for the troops to
be assembled there-provided these duties
are not performed in time by some officer
of the United States, despatched for that
purpose. Gen. r. B. Turner will perform
like duties, on like conditions, for the COM
fort and accommodation Of those to be
assembled at Nashville.'
The Ohio volunteers went to Cincinnati,
and found there neither'nccessary comforts"
nor srations." Their Commander-in- Chief
was at Lebanon holding u meeting to said
and colnfort'' the enemy! The troops
might have starved for aught Ohio whiggery
would have cared.
8, Again: Governor Brown, of Tennessee,
says:
"The Executive will not anticipate any
failure in the arrival of United States
officers, in time to meet the expenses incl
dent to this proclamation, but to guard
against all casualties on this subject, he
hereby authorizes the officers having charge
of the respective Divisions aforesaid, to
dra,o on him for all erpenses necessarily
incurred in carrying into execution" m's
proclamation, and IN proriding such drt.ctes
for the subsistence cfihe voiunissrs at the
respectire places Of rendesrous, as are
allowed by the laws ofthe United States" ."
"Draw on him" Yes, Tennessee could
bear the burdens, or lay out of a lew dol
lars for few weeks; but Ohio was Too poor!
AND DID NOT VOTE TO ADMIT TEXAS ! J.
| Neither did Tennessee!!!
Governor Brown closes with tho follow.
ing patriotic sentiments:
"rhe Executive feels confident that this
appeal to the gallantry and patriotism oI
his countrymen, will be responded to with
the same promptness and alacrity, rs on
any former occasion. In q just cause and
against an enemy wholly in the wrong,
they cannot fail to follow the example oil
those who, at Monterey, Buena Vista, Vera
Cruz, and Cerro Gordo, shed an imperish.
able lustre around the name ofTennessee. ~
s'Shed an inperishable lustre around the
name of Tennessee" What ian imperish.
able lustre' would be shed around the
ssname of Ohio'' if our brave volunteers
had fal,ered when deserted by the Execu-
tive of the State! Let the people of Ohio
yindicate their NAMES from the stigma of
aiding the enemy in time Of war, and re-
fusing even provisions for their own SOL
diers Let not the ballot boxes on the
second Tuesday of next October lasten the
black crime Of treason upon the escutcheor
of our noble State; but let the blotch o.
aiding the enemy be washed clean from the
records Of our State by the rush OF freemer
to the polls in vindication of State h nor
and Of the patriotic volunteers on the felt
of battle. ~ Ohio Statesman.