Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-06-14
Correspondence Between Col. Moore,
Provost Marshal OF Louisville, KY,
ana Prentice, Editor OF tho Louis
Vile Journal.
the Louisville Journal, June l0.l
HRADoUARTKRs PROVOST MARSHAL [
LOUISVILLE, KY, June @, 1863.

From the Louisville Journal, June 10.l
HEADQUARTERS PROVOST MARSHALL
LOUISVILLE, KY, June O, 1863.
To the Editors Of The LouiSoiHe Democrat:
GESTLEMEN-I have the honor most respectfully to
quest that you discontinue your attacks and re6ection
measures Of the Government.
1 am, gentlemen, very respectfully, your obedien
servant,
ORLANDO II. MOORE,
Colonel and Provost Mashal.
This note appeared in the Democrat OF yes
terday, and we find that similar one Was sent
to ue. Ii Ia too silly and absurd thing to get
angry at We wonder what under the moon
can be the matter with Colonel Moore. He
dumbfounds u, but hasn't found us dumb, nor
will he. He has seemed to us courteous and
intelligent gentleman aud officer, but this thing
OF his, which WaB cent upon his sole RESPONSE
hility, beaLd the devil and cock-fghtipg lie
gems t. have good heart; perhaps his heart
can't be beaten; but one would thiDk his head
had been beaten all hollow. His notification to
us, We presume, Was the last act Of his Provost
life, fer he was superseded even before il reach
ed us-his second supersession within q few
weeks. Hegave us his dying words as ProVo:t,
uttering them in the agonies and contOr,ioDs of
official dissolution. As he has been ordered to
the head of apart of regiment, we suppose We
may nov venture to do little free talking,
unless he thinka that, as Colonel of half a regi-
ment, he has the same right to govern news
papers that he had as Provost Marshal, and ehall
march his regiment against the Journal Office
for the first supposed offense. Let him charge
our Office at the head of his fraction of com
mand II he chooses; we will charge him nothing
for the charge!
We might ask this ex-PrOVost why, in taking
such grave step rs warning newspapers what
they may or may not publish, he failed to con-
suit General Boyle, or some other superior au-
tbority, but undoubtedly he hasn't asked him
self. We don't suppose any Provost ever made
such little burleeque Jupiter of himself be-
fore. Colonel M. knew that all oil the bitter
antl-Administration papers on the north of the
Ohio we're allowed to como by thOusands in .
this city and into all parts OF Kentucky, and
yet, without attempting to shut out that Tide, he
actually contemplated laying his petty finger
upon the Loulsvile Journal, which has done,
and Ia doing and will DO more for the cause of
the Union, than Eve hundred epaulet- Hearers
like himself have done or will ever do The
Union State Convention in this city adopted
resolutions against the war policy OF the Admin
islralionj the whole Union State ticket stands
upon those resolutions; the Union candidates
for Congress- stand upon them; tue Union can
didates for the Legislature will stand upon them,
and OF course We could not defend the action OF
cur own Convention or vndcate the position of
the men OF our State ticket or Of our candidates
for Congress or the Legislature without oppOs-
ing the war policy Of the Administration, and
yet, ior such opposition, Provost Moore, if his
ProVostship had lived long enough, would have
undertaken to sentence the Louisville Journals
head to the guillotine basket. We have seen
great many official asses, and now We nee one
Moore.
Let all small officials be careful lest, in
trying to kick newspapers, they oy mistake kick
the bucket.