The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-10-07
Chase, The Governor, Smoked Out.
TOM FORD, LIEUT.. GOVERNOR, SMOKED OUT

Daylight begins to shine at last
What Gibson did with the money begins
to appear. That it was in the Treasury
after Breslin left there is no doubt
That it got out somewhere, is sure;-
but DO one, not even Gov. Chase, has
attempted TO tell
It viii be seen by the following card
that Tom Ford, who was elected ca the
ticket with Gibson and Chase, was pack
ed off TO Pennsy lvania as the distributor
of corruption fund to buy up presses
and carry the State for Fremont How
many other States we're bri5ed with
Ohio money remains to be known. The
Cincinnati En9uireT says:
BRIBEY AND CoRRUPTGoN.-We stated
some time ago that Fl. b. Swope, Esq,
Chairman of the American State Com
mittee of Pennsylvania, had promised to
publish some startling facts relative to
the Fremont bribery election fund, used
last fall to purchase the corrupt press Of
the State He has redeemed his prom
Use, and in the Daily NezcS, of Philadel
phia, gives the public an insight into some
of the mysteries of the last campaign.-
1t will be seen that Lieut.. Gov. Ford, of
this State, was made the distributor of
that fund. -sa -
+. The question may be very pertinently
asked, why was Lieut.. Governor Ford,
of Chic, selected for the performance of
that service? Why was not some Penn
sylvanian propescR Was it because the
20,000 was raised in Ohio? And how
much of that came out of the State
Treasury, through Mr. Gibson? We
ehoUld like to have these questions an
swerod We were told. some time since,
that Lirh' :; -. tard had stated that
be could ..l.."l.t..i any position he de-
sired iAt..y s.at Government. The
key to rh;...:l:4 y be in this very corrupt
transactioe. Ford Knows where the mo-
uey came from, and We think that, had
Sparrow and Wright done their fall
duty, they would have had both Chase
and Fo.u before tbem and questioned
them as to their knowledge of any mis-
application of the public funds by Glib
sou. We present the following portion
Of Mr. Swope's address;
'.To TIE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FcI'Olo Citizens: Iu speech recently
delivered in Jayue's Hall, in the city of
PHILADELPHIA, and on other occasions, in
different parts of the State, l promised
to publish, with the proof OF its genuine
ness, = certain list of subsidized papers
which was furnished by Governor Ford,
of Ohio, to correspondent of the New
York Herald. l now redeem that prom
Use, and present, herewith, to the people
| OF Pennsylvania, Gov. Ford's list of cx-
penditures, with the affidavit of DR.. w.
| ". Woodward, which explains the cir.
eumstaIces under which it came into his
possession, and which will be more fully
| Understood after reading the following
extract from the New I ork Herald, OF
the 18th of November, 1856, inmedi,
ately after the election: ~ .. ,a,e o. r'
= :, ''-' y : 80 Messrs Fry and Gibson, in
Pbjtadelfhia. were the leading llanagers,
| and fost the batt,e BY their DfupdeTs--
Governor Ford; ofs- Ohio, was furnished
with S2o,0 as a su6Scrdptio1z Ior the
county papers Of Pennsylvania TO sup
port Fremont
"The affidavit and lists are as follows:
"'Ctyef PhizadeloAia, SIS.
| li The annexed statement of moneys
expended by Lieutenant Governor Ford
of Ohio, in Substituting the opposition
presses of Pennsylvania, was furnished
by him, and the reason assigned for
placing it in my possession was, that
with the facts thus enumerated, I might
be fully prepared to disabuse the mind
of the editor of the leading political jour
nal in New York, who, by indirectioh. if
not by positive charge, had accused him
of the misappropriation of the particular
fund iutrusted to him for the object
above specified.
W. W. WOODWARD
"'Sworn and subscribed the I'd day
of September, 1857, before me.
WILLIAM OGLE, Alderman'
John j. Clyde, President of the
+ American State Council, and
Publisher of the Harrisburgh
t- Herald IS ,UO0
Shippensburgh NeWsl- $50
Carlisle Democrat: $40
Gettysburg ,Sentinel---- 500
Bedford Enqairer aud Chronicle 500
Mareehsburgh Journals -----0ai 450
Lockhaven American Watchman 423
McColmesburgh Republican, 8 425
Altoona Tribune ,425
Milton Democrat t---------- $50
Muncy Luminary-- $50
NJ fiinburgh Star 325
Perry Advocate ------------- 256.
Lyken's Journal l- $50
Lewiston Gazette ------?s Isl
J. J. Clyde for travelling expenses 95