The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-10-09
For the Ohio Democrat.
TO THE PEOPLE OF TUSCA.
RAWAS COUNTY.

regret that duty and Justice alike
demand that / should, in this manner,
address you. But l am informed that
some base men are making divers false
charges in respect TO the matter OF my
receiving money to hire substitutes for
drafted men. In every case where mon
ey was furnished | procured a subSti-
tute, and upon presentation of my re-
ceipt | delivered the proper discharge
issued by Col. Baird, commanding the
post Or where | failed to obtain the
substitute, and my receipt was present.
ed, refunded the money. No man has
been put to any trouble on my account,
nor for any mistake c0l2mltted by me,
but by reason of the imperfect manner
in which the hooks were kept in camps,
drafted men, who had their discharges
in their pockets, were troubled.
All men of sense do know that | had
no right to NEEDLE with the books in
camps. All these base charges are a
malignant effort to do me injustice.
Since the war began | have never
charged one cent for my services rem.
dered professionally, or in military mat
tiers, for drafted men or others. while
soldiers | have not one cent Of any
soldiers money, nor never had, tor my
own use or benefit.
am also informed that SOME men are
base enough to still charge that | have
not performed my pledge in reference to
the 25 per cent. for the benefit of sol.
diers' families. have, each quarter,
left in the treasury the money, subject to
the control of the Commissioners, who
were. by law, charged with the duty Of
providing fund to support those fumi-
lies, and if anything more is required to
make the application, have had no no.
tice of the fact. am, and always have
been, ready to do anything required to
make such application. But | deny
that anything more is required by law.
Yet anything that may be asked will be
done promptly,
On the 25th of August addressed
Judge Okey on the subject, whose an.
swer is herewith published
CAMBRIDGE, O., Sept. |, 1868.
D. w. STAAIBAUGH, Esq: Dear Sar:
Yours Of the 25lh uIt. has been received.
| remember very well that at the Feb.
ruary Term, 1862, while holding the
Common Pleas in Tuscarawas County,
| fixed the salary of the Prosecuting At
lorney of that County for that year.-
The sum allowed was only four hundred
dollars. An arrangement had been
made in that County, unde" which the
County Officers elected in 1861, had
agreed to pay into the County Treasury
onefourth Of the fees or salary they
might receive. As it would be vain
thing for the Prosecuting Attorney (who
is raid entirely from the County Treas
ury,) to draw money from the Treasury
and Immediately pay it back, the salary
Of the Prosecuting Attorney was liked
with reference to this fact; aud it was
the d stinct understanding that you were
to retain the sum allowed TO you by the
Court, and that by this allowance one
fourth of your salary was left in the
County Treasury. This was well nu'
derstood at the time and my recoicc.
tion of the matter agrees entirely with
yours. Sincerely
JOHN W. OKEY
challenge my enemies TO point to
an act or word Of mine, by which any
soldier or his family was injui ed or could
be injured. | have withheld nothing
that was demanded for the soldiers or
their families since the war began.
ID. w. STAMBAUGH