The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-03-30

He left .di satisfied with the 5n,ery5ew' he
says. No doubt of it 1t would probably
.sot be too much to say that he left in emi
FneIrt disgust ihink Ire did 1t occurs To-
tBr occasionally that he di !-and fad a
geo | deal in his deposition TO convince me
that he resolved To- take the expenses of q
fools errand To Hamilton cut of NE in that
document.
Again he says:
Ia speaking of expenses it was well under
stood between US that the word included all
expen4 4es 10 insure success l was authorized
to tiraw at. my discretion and no questions
asked, they being willing to trust me-
h.af Us look al this paragraph. 1t means
NOT ming. and can mean nothing. unless Ford
intends TO be understood that he was author
zsd and consented TO BUY sSuccess;-i
other word<. 10 BRIBE members of the Leg
islaiure ii 1t was necessary
Then comes this virtuous TESTIMONY:
Il never did draw except for the S75 already
stated Before left Columbus and not hav
/ ing quite enough to paw all osed here.
Hedges, of Tiffin, and Borland wanted me to
so to Bartlit Il Smith TO get sufficient to cover
| my expenses, but I-refused, because was de
termined not to be understood as handling
Breslin and Gihsons money. preferred TO
draw on personal friend at Mansfield, which
| did
Indeed While the Legislature was in
session. and opportunities if an1, were TO he
seizsd TO accomplish success by usirg 'anv
amount of money Ford kept quiet. and was
sin the ring but after the adjournment when
[neiiher success or legislators we're within his
grasp he suddenly became so pure that he
would draw on friend rather than handle
i .Bresln ard Gibson's moneV r Very like a
virtuous whale, indeed ! When every member
had gone home and there was nobody to bny,
he took to the stool of repentance and couldn't
ltouch any suspicious funds, not he /! Why
didn't he repudiate the idea of handling Bres
lin and Gihson's funds of success during the
pendencv of the proposition for Compromise
Why didn't this upright negotiator. whose
patriotism sprouted so suGdenly, rebuke the
iaudacious individual who made the PROPOSE
iion that be was to draw for tainted money
Why remain quiet and coniented. and perfect
liy willing, previously to undertake, to him, the
u agreeable achievement of SUCCESS through
1.-THE identical money he afterwards refused to
i handler Ford bounds into his falsehoods
with the dashing intrepidity of an old charger
but instantly prances around more like a clum
tsy colt on the highway, seeming not to care
whether he struck his head against stump
a fence rail, or tumbed headong into the
tgnlIrsl
: Bot the truth about this matter is (and
say it instantly. without consultation with an,
one.) that Fords statement. that he wa.
lauthorized by myself, or anv of the sureties, fc
draw for any amount of money for any suck
purpose as he intimates is a gross falsehoot
and slander upon them, myself and all con
icerned!
| am responsible fo- a great many fooliSf
things in my official life, the motive for which
and the circumstances by which was sur
rounded al the time, the public cannot appre
ciate; but trust may say. if | have fiient
to whom can appeal that under the chasten
ing IT Elections of these my bitter days, am
wiser, if not a better man. and that friend ma,
rest assured that shall not add to nv pas
mis- s'eps the eliminating folly of placing
S25, 600 (if that sum we're incl o any Othe
amount in the hands OF Tom Ford for an,
purpose, much less for buying success through
the legislative body of our own State.
That Ford mixed in discrefitably with tn.
affairs of the defanlting Treasurers, cannot b.
} denied. His voluntary letters and voluntar
visit to Canada, might have been very disin
terested, and yet very grave suspicious as tc
his motivas surround him. On the whole
Tom Ford has expended his barrel Of sweat
and NAV be considered played out. and news
paper columns may enceforth he relieved @
any further extended notices of him.