Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-09-16
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Indignation Meeting.

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| indignation Meeting.
PURSUANT to call In the words following:
"THE CITIZENS
OF McConnelsville. Malta, and vicinity are re-
spectfully requested to attend an
INDlosATIoN MEETING,
to be held on the steps of the Court House,
On Wsdnssday Eusning, S,pt. 10, 1862,
70 exp SO the feeliogs Of the people OF Morgan
county with reference to the ineult offered the em
In the appointment of the Major of the 9Th
Regiment, and the eupersednR of our fellow.
citizen, F. ". WOOD, who Is now in tho ser.
vice OF his country. Good Speakers will be
present. VS." ~
"John Hanna, Chas. Robertson, VIM.
hawkins, j. H. Brown, N. M Brent, Enoch
Dye, ID. G. Pinker!en. R. Stanton, R. d Hopoer.
=. A. MeGaw, Geo P. Morris, Worley ADAM
lanes b. Welch, H. Spence, James Luton. ].
q; stone, Herbert johnson, Erastus Hutobins,
Milton Seaman, James M. Gaylord, Joseph
Kelly Jesse Seaman, Jacob Adams"
the citizens of this place mot AZ ,ba Con,,
50o;s, hOase, on "wednesday evening, at the time
On motion, Hon. John E. Hanna vaa ca,Isd
retary. "pp'-AeN Se''
"a motion, Col. VIM. Hawkins, {. A. McGav
and Hon. David Holbrook, were appointed q
committee on Resolutions.
Inc President briefly stated the object of the
meeting py referring to the fact that he was
member OF the Military committee of this
county; that said committee had been appointed
oy the Governor Of Ohio; that they had been
requested Dy the Governor to meet the Military
committees OF the other counties composing
this military District, to select officers for the
S'th Regiment; that the officers were selected
and reported to the Governor. That the Gov
ernor, without any consultation with the Mill
tary committees OF the District, has exercised the
power OF commissioning officers for said regi-
ment' and that the 97th had now gone to the
neld without one princpal eld officer recon-
mended by the committee. That this proceed.
Ing on the part of the Governor was an insult
10 the people Of the District, and especially to
the people OF this county, because in super.
seolng our felioW-citiseD, Capt. F. W. Wood,
wno W haa been selected by the committee as
Mger OF toe Sth, the Governor commissioned
q man outside of the District.
The committee on Resolutions reported aa
follows: "'
WHEREAS, Our fellow-citizen, Capt. F. w.
Wood, was regularly and properly designated
and recommended by the Military committee
o. OF TINS District for the Office of Major OF the
sHn regiment of Ohio volunteers; and, where
as, we nave learned with surprise, regret, and
ieeiings OF Just indignation, that he has been
thrust aside, and that another from different
military District, and without any such recon-.
mendation, has been commissioned in his stead; {;
therefore,
Resolued, That although, ss a man, citizen,
soldier and an officer now on the tented Held,
the character OF Capt. Wood needs no defense
or Iauoation from us, yet as citizens, enjoying
the repoSe and comforts of home, and Justly ap-
preciatlng ss we do, the patriotism, the sacrifices
and the gallant and noble services of our SOL
diers now In the service and In defense Of IN
outraged Government, we shall ever regard IL
as duty we owe them, to watch with vigil
lance,and repel vithjust resentment any attempt
70 oisparage their honor, or infringe their
ngnls' without respect to the source from
WHICH such attempts may emanste.
Resolvtd, That whilst we shall at all times
render due Difference and respect to the chief
magistrate of Ohio, and award to his public
acts just measure Of confidence, we neverthe.
Less, In view of the foregoing facts, declare, on
oenalf OF the good people Of wide spread
community, that the executive act by which
captain Wood has been supplanted. and his just
expectations disappointed, was neither required
or Warranted by any considerations due to the
puoiic service, or the success Of our national
cause But on the contrary, the act was In its
nature arbitrary, unjust and dispsrsging to
captain Wood, wholly irregular, aud no less
aoverse to sound, national policy, than IL 10
offensive to an enlightened public sentiment
upon the question OF the adoption of the reso-
lutions, Col. VIM. Hawkins, C. A. McGsw and
n. d. Hopper addressed the meeting, and In
eloquent speeches denounced the insult and out.
rage Perpesrated on the people Of the county by
the Governor. :
The points made BY the speakers were these;
That while We we're willing to bear ell and do
ell for the cause Of our country, still Il is our
right to resent such q fagrant swindle. We
bad sent our sons, brothers, fathers, husbands
and frlesds TO the army With distinct under
standing that Captain Wood was to be one Of
their officers After the regiment had been
raised, each county responding to the call Of the
Governor with an alaority hitherto unprecedelt
| ed, the Governor deliberately insulted all who
were in the regiment, all who had been engag-
ed In raising the regiment, BY placing over
them men whose names had never been men
toned as officers until after the ranks OF the
regiment bad been filled up. Each speaker
urged upon our soldiers cheerful and faithful
performance of their duty, but claimed the
right OF our people to resent an insult, from
whatever source IL may emanate. .' 3. q
Want of space prevents us from reporting
further the remarks Of the speakers. 5J .
On motion, II was resolved that the proceed.
Ings Of this meeting be published In the papers
OF this county, that the Zinesville Courier, Ohio
StatesHssn, and the OHIO Stale Journal, be 70.
quested to publish the same, and that copy be
sent to Governor Tod. ID
Thereupon the meeting adjourned.
JOHN E. HANNA, President.
LEWIS HAlrER, seoretsy. l5 % 'I'
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LETTAR FROM GOVERNOR TOD, IN ExpLANA.