The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-01-14
The Governors Message.


G,n,iemcn c' he Sro,e aud
! Hoas, Of Representatives.
! lcongrstulatc the people of the STATE our com
mon constituents, that the period has arrived when
you, their Immediate neghbors and representatives
treSh from your homes, can participate in the duties
and responsibilities vt providing for and protecting
their interests; and tits u source OF great relief to
myself to know that, with your presence. shall
have able counSelors to guide and direct me, in
the discharge of the many cares and rcspou-
shlites resting upon the Executive.
rheN never has been period in the history of
our State when faithful and vigilant effort nt duty
ON the part of the peoples representatives, was
more required than the present. The question of
mans capacity ior self government is vet unset
The gigantic effort of wicked and bad men to
overthrow our beautiful aud heavenly form of gov
| ernment, which existed at the period of your ad-
| journment, has not yet been quclled. We were
given the rcins of our State government, for the
time being by an honest and confding constituency,
with special view to carry out their wishes in
| maintaining the government as handed down to
| them by their Fathers we should look well tnit
them that We do not disappoint their expectations
| They have not fnltercd in this great work but
fully apprecioting the mighty Importance of pre-.
serving our institutions, they have yielded up every
thing with degree of generosity unparalleled in
the history any people. Everything dear to them
has been given TO the cause. Husbands, fathers,
| sons, and brothers have left their loved ones to
brave the dangers of the field of battle and the dis
vases incident to camp life, with a chccrfuness
never before manifested. The mothers, wives end
sisters also have fully demonstrated their claim to
tho love and affection Of these brave and gallant
men. All that woman can do, has been done N
alleviate tho dstrcssCs of our soldiers and thereby
stimulate them to duty
! Such being the character of our constituents IL
is impossible to measure the claim they havo upon
us, their agents. Energy, integrity and purity Of
purpose, economy and industry, arc at least, dus
from us 10 them.
Aside from the claim that our constituents have
upon us for all this, the Only true reward public
servant can win for himself is TO be able 10 claim
when communing with his Maker, an honest and
! vlgllant effort at public duty. IL we cannot claim
this for ourselves, when we shall surrender up our
trust, we will have worked to little purpose.
II is not necessary TO discuss tho question pre-
scnted by this rebellion with the people Of Ohio !;
they have, with great unanimity, determined that
cost what 1t may in time, treasure life, the Union
ot the States, ms handed down to by oug Fathers
shall be preserved unimpared, aud thus handed
down to our children. They will not for one NOS
men concedc that there can be any cause sufficient
TO justify STATE or any number of States, in with
drawing from the Union. Admit, if YOU please
that the authorities Of the Federal Governments for
the time being, were to attempt tn interfere with the
domestic institutions of either Ohio or South Caro-
lima, to the extent even of introducing slavery into
the former or excluding il from the latter this would
not give the slightest pretext for the one thus at
tempted to be iuterfered with, to take up arms
against the Government The Federal Constitution
itself expressly protects The State, thus interiered
with, from injury. Long before any such attempt
o',ar ~ ,Ssoa ,,", 'ie puoP,e u WHOSE hnnuS a.,
mode pointed out by the Constitution hurl the au-
thors OF such attempt from power, and thus rescue
- ,o M ~ -, q u' u Nv suI" n,'en,pt mas peeh
, ". d ,i W. Wy tho reusra' oIheers now IN
beliOn well know President Lincoln has again
and again, in the most solemn manner, assured the
r. L;S nn,. -, a,o in,' ;;I.' ~ , 20, 10 y nY
~ ,ha spavo.ai So ri nj no,"e' ri' a., .ne rgnls
savar.i S,ota TonSi,,, -, ~ -, Sok * '.ss 'ns
% ,aI 70 a U VI ,e 'oysi states, ana
\ hi.f -, III 1aa ;, III 'ner Poi,le" asseu'-
: ,Jd11 q. H.. L. h "k"ti, ~ r "sSu, maui 'nc Sa'ie
trharenc,ro ;thoP .p 80 ". WV po"tn; Mas ho.,
! State ri oLts u,ar, -, =. " ~ W. e pee 'la, 'ne'.
m%noade e,hn t Ioo w oo in.eriereu WIN, tha'
ment Mad ambition and Observation-Disclosures, ,V ~ '.n m
. obtaining place and mower nm tbo nor, ~ ~ - c. r'
II wicked men. was the sole cause. md ali o,ho,
causes alleged by these Leaders ars s;n,rIr d, do
ceve their blind followers ''P'' " N'
To bring these wicked men IN tbe nup;sbman,
they deserve and thereby restore bnrnopv law and
order throughout our common coun,r, tho nonrlo ~
Ohio desire 10 do their f,lI sbnyn III Sm, oppJ ",
that end will bear apy burden that may bc i'm.
| posed upon them
The period since vour adiour,uer, has h,or .,,,o
of great excitement Ahnut tha 6rs, nr L. @
, National Capital was seriously Threatened NV Me
rebel army; and but for the promnt rcsnnna 10 the
Presidents call for more troons wnnIJ hoyo haar
sacked and plundsred The InIl,nt yorm' r,an ne
our State were among the frat IN rnsb m ia
over five thousand nromntIv ossemiIod at Co.
Chase and rendered their Srrvica. 10 thoir bonor
and tho honor of the State itshould bo known tbat
although they thus assembled without nTicnrs' or
military organization of anv lind n NOR n,,io, o.
derly and we'll behaved hody nj mon or snIJio,a
never met tnyether About ,I,'ron ,housond az ,L;s
number were promptly organized into regiments
and sent TO the vicinity of Wosbi,pton Cty wbero
they remained during The term fnr which ,hev
were organizrd. and Il ia nroner r. add naSm,onoa
their biph character for rourngc and rantlnmnniv -
bearing, The remainder were orvoni1ed for dmty
nj Camp Chase and other no;nts Within thn Sta,o
Many of these since tbeir discb,ryn bnyo oona
into The service tnr ,freo woars n m"uu % sunc
The desnoratiou and audaci,v M The rehei oron,,
led them carly in Seuten1bcr IN ,ttnmnt tL. -
sion of our Soutbern harder no rnnsl ,bi Inn,
nudent and wicked movement il hecano Voc"
sary 10 call upon the oyal citizens of the State IN
arm themselves, repair 10 the border. and Jriva
. | back IN. inSolent f,e
Most nobly were these cslls resnorded m Fror,
the fields. work shops. stores Offices and sacred
desks. both old and voung mnst vonnrousIv tmrroJ
out and. armed win Tie same oId raes used bv
the pioneers of the State with the same old hnllat
poucb and nowder horn and wifi thrna daysI 10
tions cooked nv dear motbers and yvivas r'.leJ ~
our Southern border and drove the Gends back and
thus saved tbe SOL we ali 1--we so much and the
Queen City, of which we are all so iustiv proud,
from invasion and destruction. rhn onc,n; lso;ng
this evidence of ralIantry and power were clad 10
abandon their bellisb purpose and retire, tbs nre
venting AN oppoTtunitv Of testing whether or NOT
the old gun was still true 10 the steady and manly
hand of him who held the same
The enemy having tbus retired these natriotic
volunteers had hut 10 return o their Crands
| bann,, Lov,o,ar IN ~ raaactinr - tt;. 80,
aPP', ar; tI ~ tinnJIo I,ni hi t. eii sio
tad % th uorId .Lat g., i, rr
s,,ch ,h, 700 nil ~, ,,op,on,,s a1',,,Sn' '1 ~
HG n,sr, al IL a. ~ - ,asa", .i' 'b' Ps'''
II, + dific,it 49, as,mst PYS @ daouoo or ~