Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-27
Message of Gorernor Todd. of 90.

Message Of G0Dern0r Todd Of Ohio.
CLEVELAND Ohio January THE message Of Gov.
Todd delivered to the adjourned session Of 'he Ohio
Legislature, yesterday In reference TO the yet IN
crushed rebellion hs urges the fulment OF the duty
which be crisis forces upon No cause was sua'
cient TO justify State in taking up arms against he
general government
Even Rad the authorities of the general government
nterfered with The domestic institutions Of Ohio or
South Carolina to the extent Of introducing slavery in
the former or exc ing it from the latter would nave
been no cause 10 take up erms tbs would not give
the slightest pretext tor armed ressenee But snch
attempt was made or thought o., as tne authors ara
leaders of the rebellion well know To bring these men
10 the pun hment they deserve and to law and
order the people Of Ohio wiling TO bear any bur
dens that may be put upon them
Ohio has one hundred and fifteen thousand two hun
dred volunteers sixty thousand Of whom are 10 the field
Twelve Thousand have been drafted niO the service,
but part of these enlisted afterwards for three years
The remainder have been diminished by various Causes
until only about two thousand four hundred have been
drafted into the serviea The GovernOf recommends
thorough organization Of the militia, and the es alb
lishment Of a school for military instruction.
Ths Governor also juses the suspension Of the writ
Of ha5sas corpus advocates the passage Of law pun
ishing resistance, and also law allowing soldiers TO
vote The balance Of tue message devoted to State
affairs.
Message Of Coz Burton, Of Dela'0are.
Governor Burton, of Delaware. has sent in his mes
sage to the Legislature Of that State He begins by
de ploring the civand sanguinsTy the depreciation
of the currency and the other evils that have been
brought about by the fsnatica Madness Of the North
and the folly of the South and expresses the fear that
the ers Government viii leave the country without
hope restoration Of the Union by It's emancipation
measures.
He also condemns the emancipation scheme in equiv
oesl TERMS declaring emancpsted compensation uneon
situtionai while it would Be paid deprecated If not
utterly worthless medium 1t would De an act OF Ia
justice the white man, who would then be taxed TO
support negroes.
zation il also denounced as a wild and visionary
scheme impracteable as Il IS old Il would produce q
too radical change and break p the ocal system of the
South The argument that the government has con
aNlHa Nil Hr rNnn
for emaneipated negroes Il aaln reiterated ne etn
not appreciate how ths rebellion is TO 0e crushed by
emancipation but takes great comfort and hope at the
result Of recent NOrthe elections
He then refers his action az the time Of the first call
for troops by the President. H declined to furnish
them because Of the nOn-exisencs Of militia law con
ferring sue authority the Executive He, however,
issued procs nation for the formation of home guards,
which formed Some Of them te dered their ser
to the United States and were accepted He al
ludes the dissrming of the State and dsbandng Of
Others Of these companies and the arrest Of Of
their members, as an arbitrary infringement upoH the
Allusion is made to theertr, session Of the Delaware
Legislature, consider the quest which had arisen,
but which adjourned without any action upon the sub
iect The order for the draft is spoken Of and the fact
that the enronen made in every hundred but one
CBaltimore hundred) is pointed 20 with pride
The unwarrantabe and unconstitutional arrests Of
peaceful and loyal citizens horihes She Governor, as
also does the unlawful and unprecedented Interference
with the by the Introduction Of armed troops into
the State the day Of election who kept al nearly
every voting place in the State. he P5ssb
exigency justify such action They had right to
come into the state. Il not infringement upon
the rights Of the citizens but slander upon the eharac
ter of the State
To prevent such occurrences in future he recommends
the passage of act making penal osuse for Rny
person TO be within mile Of election held in the
state either commanding armed force being CON-
manded SUCH whether they be of the United States
forces from any other Stale, or belonging 10
every such oense to be made indctabe in proper
court and punishable with fne and imp is0nmenL
The enlistment Of home guards by the United States
government to within the State, Is also sdverted
to in severe terms, and upon it he desi,e action.
The rest Of the message is taken up with matters Of
an entirely local nature.
Message Of Go0 Curtin, Of Pennsylvania.
Tm message is very brief and is devoted almost en-
tirey to State affairs:
aPennsyl7auis,' Gov. Curtin says, has furnished
more than hundred thousand men for the war; in
Guiding militia under the call Of Ilth September, two
hundred and fifty thous md The appointment Of
commission 70 prepare efficient militia system is re-
commended. A statement follows of the amount Of ord
nance arms ammunition