Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-03-26
The Governor Of Ohio Proven q
Liar--Lett ter from DIR. OIds.
To His Exc cheney Governor Tod

10 MS Excelency Governor I0d:
SRA friend has called my attentio,
to your speech in the Union mass meet
ing at Pixies Opera house, in Cincinnati
on the evening Of the 23d inst, as re
ported in the Cincinnati Daily CONNER
ciol of the oath inst.
Had this been the speech OF citizer
Tod, instead Of his Exceliency Governor
Tod, should not have felt called upor
to notice it but when the GOVERNOR
Ted, forgetful Of the dignity of his ex.
alted position, stoops to gross misrepre.
sentations in reference to a matter which
is soon to be made the subject of Judi
cial investigation, whether it be for the
purpose of forestalling public opinion Of
to intensity the malignity and hatred oI
his new political associates toward ar
humble citizen of the State, whom Gov
ERNoR Tod has made the victim of hi:
persecution and despotism, l hope and
trust that there is still enough of the
"freedom of speech" left in this country
to permit the citizen, without being made
the subject of still greater persecution
and more fearful despotism, to expose
and refute your Excellency's .prevarica-
tions and Misrepresentation.
The Governor Tod SAYS: "On the
same day that presented DR.. Olds' case
to the Secretary of War, asking him for
Gods sake to put him gently out of the
way till l could raise the quote of troops
called for from Ohio, | invited Mr.. Ran
ney, Mr. Jewett and others to take the
stand for the war and volunteers"
Again the Commercial reports your
Excellency as saying: "The Governor
referred to the condition of the border,
and the threatened invasion of Ohio at
the time he was advised that DR.. Olds
was making speeches denouncng the Ad-
ministration ana the war, discouraging
enistments and threatning that any at
tempt to draft in his county would be re-
sisted. / looked into the Constitution,
said the Governor, and found there writ
ten in letters as bright as gold, This
Government can sustain ITSELF He could
not cite the exact article or section in
which it was to be found, but it was there
substantially, and SO telegraphed to the
Secretary of War to remove DR.. Olds
temporarily, until we could back Kirby
Smith and the other scoundrels from the
border and raise Ohio's contingent; and
like faithful and patriotic officer he did
it. Great cheering and Kisses for the
Doctor. When the border was clear
and the people left safe, then | ordered
that Dr. Olds should be set at liberty.
and he was"
In these extracts from your Excellen-
cy's remarks, you have fixed the precise
period at which you asked the Secretary
of War to order my arrest, viz: on the
some day that you "invited Mr.. Ranney,
Mr.. Qewett and others to take the stand
for the war and volunteers"
Your invitation to Mr.. Rannev to take
thestand for the war was on the 18th of
July last, as your Excellency will see by
looking into the Ohio State Journal OF the
18th of that month, which contains Mr..
Ranney's reply to your invitation. In
order to save your Excelency the trouble
of hunting it up. l will copy it for you:
"CHARoN, July Is, 1862.
"Governor David Tod, Columbus Ohio:
"DEAR SIR: Your telegraph of yester-
day has just been forwarded to me at this
| P'oSS' SoihO hOIO WV udyS ago 10 tTY
several important railroad cases which
have been long time pending. and for
the trial of which special term of the
Court has been convened. | am now in
the midst of them, and cannot leave un.
til part of them at least, are disposed
of. The United States Circuit Court has
commenced its session at Cleveland,
where l am relied upon in several m alters
very important to the parties. IT, under
these circumstances, you can designate
some one else to make the tour with
Messrs. Ewing and Galloway, it would
greatly accommodate me, without, L
think, any public detriment. If, how
ever, you should think differently, 1 will
use my utmost endeavors, as soon as |
get to Cleveland, to have the Court post
pone my business there, and comply with
your request. feel as strongly as any
one can the necessity for giving the Pres
ident all the force that he deems necessa-
ry, and of doing it promptly.
Every truly yours,
"R. P. RANNEY."
This letter OF Mr.. Ranney is dated the
18th of July. In it he says "Your tel
egraph of yesterday has just been for
warded to me at this place" Your tel
egraph then was dated the 18th of July,
and you say, "On the same day you
asked the Secretary of War to remove
me gently out of the way" On the 18th
of July then, your procured the order
for my arrest.
1t is very strange that, with all the
statistical information in your posses
sion you could possibly have desired,
your Excelleney should have involved
yourself in such gross inconsistencies
for you then remarked that you "was
advised that DR.. Olds was discouraging
enlistments, and threatened that any at
tempt to draft in his county would he
resisted Iou represent this discourag-
ing enlistments and resisting the draft to
be the crime or offense for which l was
gently removed out of the way.
Now, your Excelency must know that
either the one or the other of these state
ments must be untrue. For, at the time
when you invited Mr. Ranney "to
take the stump for the war and vol
unteers," to wit: on the 18th of July
l had made no speeches in which | had
made allusiou to either enlisting or draft
ing, for the very best reason in the world,
viz that, between the I'd day of july