The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-02-11

-IFFsm the Mt. Vernon Banner.
Choice Tidbits. from Gov. Tod,s on
" cial Correspondence
His sloyal and patriotic" proposition, in h
y letter accepting the bogus "Uninn" nomin
"a ton for Governor, to place the United Stat
again under the dominion of England, in ca.
We should fail to subdue the South bJ3 for,
of arms his declaration, in his Inaugural A,
20 dress, that eff this Uni ion cannot be preserve
we will be compellgdy to resottAto some 9TH
form of government, a dcspetism, of course
and thereby confess that our fathers were mi
taken in Ginning tortheir children ability
o govern themselves )" his declaration to the &c
2 itor of the Lancaster Eagle, that I. [Davi
Ted am to be the judge of what you ma
n1a6d may Dot say Constitution land LAWS no
withstanding " and his anneuncemeatsin hi
recent DE, sage to The Legislature, that 9Th
: question of MINIS capacity for self-governmen
= is yet unsettled these are not the onl
t gems, by considerable, which "His Excellen
D cy@1 has contributed to POLITICAL literature
: Ting bis, master. Lircoln, in tyranny, he ais,
.ftapfs him in the Hitsapd humor line, In tn,
st@Goyernor's Message and .Aceemranyins
\ documents, Daapamphlet of l52p pages printed
3 by authority off hes Legislature there is a SC,
lection from his "voluminous CORES pondence,'
making5331Fages, esof uclLleefe5ssaispatch
4 procla nations and Acknowledgement provo Of
interest 10 zhe. people of our State" From
this AinferestiHg2eefre4PandeBee,ft perusal
propose making some choice extracts that our
readers may also enjoy the humour of our
faceticus Governor. -
In the case of Col.sRodaeyr4Iason, "a Re
publican politician, of Champaign county, who
was dismissed from the Army for the surren-
der of GAINESVILLE, Tennessee, to the Rebels
the Governor sent the Following ntelegfam %
the Secretary Of War: 4
COLUMBUS, ONO, Aug. rs, 1892
k9t WashiagioMh, q. aGa.h -
The gallant. people of Ohio are mortified TO
death over the rumored eowardice of Colonel
Rodney Mason, ofthce7 lst Regiment O.tv
l., and, in their behalf, 1 demand that he
have aTfaiE but speedy trial, and should he be
convicted of cowardice. that the extreme pen.
altyfof the law inflicted apoh him for in that
event we cannot endure even his foul carcass
HuponJour s0iliEAug Ga 6ankd TART
DAVID TOD, Gorermor. a
1rsfoul carcass of Rodney Mason i stA1 movsd
ing about on Ohio soil, where 1t pleases. II
alma detteris dated@A-Cofunibus Aug. 18th,
1862" to ExsGov. Dennison, then at Wash-1
gtonGity,s heaoopeludesdhss=sE
ASayat6Ssetetafy Sta1tod that 7 am in fne3
health and 10 good spirits, and as calm as al
s Here is-aFother telegram aol Stanton :
COLUMBUS, ONO, Aug. liz 1862.
ToNE.EN.2 Stanton Secreiiry Of Rar, Wash
ington, O.oC-: a04
l have ever twenty thousand (2o.0OO) men
IN, campo without blankets or clothing They
can be purchased in Cincinnati. 1t is due to
ny eallantgboys that you order them .pur-
chased. These wefeIafl ordered BY ne on the
sevepth Cd of JUL. II know. not where the
fpulti is Jandzit IS weA4 do not. would
whip the ielloW if he was as strong as Samp-
son.
. DAT1pToD Governor.
Here is one "short and sweet :, -
COLUMBUS, ONO, September 8, 1862.
To Capt. j. H. Dickerson, Cincinnati, o.:
For Coils sake, furnish our Ohio troops
low in Keptscky, with canteens. GBTf /;
IL DAVID TOD, Governor. .
,FromSthe next one, addressed to 4sanyother /,
ian,' 1t may be inferred that he was after the
Eeiny with a sharp stick ar 3
CINcaNNATI, QHIo4 Sept 2 1862. I
q Ben. P Runkle, or any other Ohio
Colonel at Falmouth, Ky, Falmouth. Ky !
1 m iasthisecity forZthes night Please adj,
Use nrelof the whereabouts and condition Of !
he Ohio troops. and of the enemy. )
EE DAVID TOD, Governor. !
He seems to have been more anxious to find /
ut the condat,on than the position or location I
f the eneniS for he teleernphed as follows : n
CINcINNATI, ONO, Sept. 2, 1862. v
. MajJo0rr3Generall Wright louisville, KY. o
sWesare really without any reliable sinforma- v
on as ztdHtheA condition OF: the enemysvI s
opc you will be seblc to return tomorrow. IL
Just return to Goklmbus=in The morning.
,aTlyk1It1 DAVID TOD G Governor.
"A most s. inspiring and comforting sdlispatehs ]
l Y EztegIazx ed .s5Gis somE 5s1os Bs-D7sf Il
iav ed GeLuNBUss 0HJe, Sept. 7, 1862. 5
Gapt9G! WesBmifh, G~alIipolis. OBJ: .ss7 !
I baye your dispatch of last night. Will =
the best I can for you. Can say yet what :,
rat viii be- Stand firm and show your blood. =
hould you fall, viii escort your remains =
'me. DAVID TOD, Governor. n
The e3sisthe last we shalEgiFeSat pres II
It, and it will do to. cap the climax. 1t will K
seen by it that David Tod as Goyernor, of te
hio regarded hisjpfisdmtie4E spd authority ii
extending over Kentucky and Kentuckians, D.
d orderedt hom to-be treated according to u
$ directions. Who, after this. will DENY 20
atDavid Tod is q wanderful great and SHIRT %
NIT ads h 7odHsa tsta sdA sboEisss3 q N
i45 bnACoIuMBts, Oafo, Sept Il, 1881 4
.4Nai GenaH WEishs cinssipnats 0;S4 b,
You will have-a very large force Of minuter e
IN, or sq1irTethuhtcrs, by this time, and 81
osasnnds DnUrE VIII arrive To-day and fo-mor1 al al
v. AS a class, they will make the best.ssol- On
sss ia the worid. Allow me to suggest, that. ma
q cali upon them to Solunteer f r thirty (30) I"