Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-01-15


propagation of Slavery, seek to make the
that this must be altogether a slave
a free Government. If they triumph,
under a military government, is
the consequence. The success of the loyal
States restores peace with freedom, under
the benign influence of republican i%nstitu-
The Government of the United States
looks to the result of this struggle with
the confidence that belongs tOh good cause,
and would tuin the evil, that is inevitable,
to ultimate good. The movement of a na-
ton toward reform, should be slow to make
it safe; hence the Presidents recommended
ton of colonizing the African race, when
som system of gradual emancipation is de-
veloped by the events of the war. An act
of immediate general emancipation, throw
ing four millions of the colored caste loose
on society, north and south. would leave
them more enslaved than they are now
Without the intelligence, power and means
of a master of the superior race, to support
them in the competition with that race in
the business of life, they would perish.
The North rejecting them. as it has done
in many of the States, and might do in the
others, the four millions, let loose in the
South, would encounter q war of caste
a war Of determination.
In closing this my last general cOmmu-
n%ication to the General Assembly, L dis
charge a grateful duty in acknowledging
the obligation of the Executive authority
of the State to the Senator's and Represen-
tatives in Congress from Ohio, for their
prompt compliance with my request, in
procuring the passage of the act providing
for the pay of the volunteers mustered into
the service of the United States from the
time of their organization and acceptance
as companies by the Governor; and for
their successful efforts in having the sane
ton of law given to the act directing the
Secretary of the Treasury, out of any
money not otherwise appropriated, to pay
to the Governor of any State, or expenses
properly incurred by such State for enroll
ing. subsisting, clothing supplying, arming,
equipping, paying, and transporting the
troops employed in aiding to suppress
the present instruction against tbs United
States.
By the first act full compensation was
secured to the volunteers from the period
of their enlistment; and under the second
all the expenses incurred by the State in
aid of the United States in SURPRISING the
rebellion, in whatever form, and by troops,
whether mustered into the service Of the
United States or of the State only, will be
reimbursed.
The accounts between the State and the
United States have not been fully settled,
because, chiefly, of the want of authority
in the Auditor to furnish the Secretary Of
the Treasury the original vouchers on file
in this office, of a portion of the snms paid
by the State of war purposes. l recon-
mend that proper legislation be promptly
had to remove this difficulty, and that thu
necessary authority be given to the Audi
tor to furnish such original vouchers, II
compliance with the rules of the Treasury
Department, for the settlement of the clas:
of accounts to which they refer.
The thanks of the Department are dut
also to Geo. W. McCook, Edward Ball
Noah H. Swayne, Joseph R. Swan, Aaron
f. Perry. Richard NJ. Corwine, Alfred 2
=. Stone. and William A. Platt, and to tn
Military State and County Committees
for the valuable aid they have gratuitousl.
rendered the executive in the various OH
ccs they have performed in connection viii
the organizing and providing for the Tant
of the Ohio Volunteers. and to the Secre
tary Of the Treasury of the United State
for the interest he has uniformity displaye
for the promotion of the efficiency and tn
: welfare of our troops.
, In retiring from the trust which re
ceiyed from my fellow citizens, l woul
evince singular insensibility not to acknowl
edge my profound sense of gratitude
them for the generous confidence they hav
: repOsed in me. In entering upon the EH
+ %ecutive Office, 1 unaffectedly declared m
, distrust of my ability to discharge the du
; ties that would devolve upon me. Ihos
duties have been more responsible and CON
plicated than could have been anticipated
[ do not doubt that errors have Occurre
in conducting my civil and military admir-
=. istration: but l am solaced by the r~efiectlo
: that no motive has ever influenced N
which did not spring from an earnest Of
6 sire to promote the interests of my fellC'
: citizens, and to preserve the honor Of tn
!. State and the integrity of the nation.
Regarding the existing rebellion, from /
= commencement, as wholly urprovoked b
= any act of the Federal Administration {
of the loyal States, and organized solely
! destroy the Government, and subvcrt II
: principles associated with the exalted de
TIMES of freedom, and identified with ii
i primary interests of the human race,
felt | would be recreant to the duties el
trusted to me if l failed to exert all n
; powers, and employ all the instrumental
u ties at my command, to support the Fet
eral Government in its efforts to suppre'
: the instruction, and for the maintenan'
) of its constitutional authority.
Returning to the avocations Of priva
! life, at a most momentuous period IN ii
! history of our country, when the nation
beset with pcrils imminent and alarmlnI
1 carry with me a profound conviction tn
the calamities which now afiict our believe
country are the chastenings of a benignal
! Providence for our national and indlvldu
/; sins, and that IN His own good time He WI
: restore to a peaceful Union, under OF
matchless Constitution, the rebellion
"a States, and perpetuate to our latest po
terity, the blessings of civil and rellgi3'
freedom, with which He rewarded the vi
C tue, ths wisdom, and the valor Of o.
= fathers.
WILLIAM DENNISON.
Ezv.erIyE D,PAR 1MrNT, CnLrxpus. OHio.]
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