The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-02-10

rescue a loved one from lchesrless. vlglo ana
almost certain death, win ever abide in ths
adulation or official benediction, annot chan
the stern, unrelenting truth which u TO be
heard throughout the bounds Of the Stale.
But even this neglect5is aggravated by ths
gross want Of attention to the public
interests. John h. Morgan was worth as .
prisoner q corps of soldiers in the field, Hip
operations had been of the greatest damsge %
the Union cause. The authhxities thought nc
for his ~safc-keeping to confps him in the sn-
itsnsiaIy: Il gas gerry rare that = pEIsoltf
The usual and safe arralgemsats az he
prison were.dispense with, eud Tode1rxansn.
ments substituted The result was, Mor6n1
The executive authority failed to
bring him back. And what seems an upusu-
al precaution, the mode of his escape was COZ.
cealed, by Tod's orders. from persons rho By
law were entitled to examine it. Todss smes.
sage, however, pretends to account for tho es-
cape in the conclusive remark that the neg-
ligence arose from a misunderstanding some-
where. The truth of the matter may never be
known. Tod's pretences to executive distinO-
tion departed With the willy dangerous shiess
tain"
In civil affairs Tod's acts of omission and
commission are equally demonstratiye of inca
pacity, neglect and dishonesty, Thsyconsift. ;
principally, in pardoning criminals whos had
been cor victed of violating Law, and in violae
ting the law himself.
His pardon of criminals Cor adoubtfuInusB
of guilt, !" Recommendation of worthy citizens"
"on account of good conduct p "because sssn-
tence too severe = and such ike reasons, esinre
no executive discretion whatever. L ii not
only a violation of duty but an assumption Of
power which strikes at the utility Of courts
and the criminal laws ofthe State. -
By the 9th section of the law relating %
elections, it is made the duty of the Go1etnof.
in connection with the Secretary ofState, and
in presence of the Attrrney General and Ard.
itor of State, to countout the vote for eeflain
State officers. This Tod wholly neglected @
do, in last December. He was pressit, bus
left before it was done, and paid no attsntion
to it.
Not a bond given by an officer, nrt psn-
tract of the State has been presented az this
office, by the Executive during the past. year.
for examination and approval as to its sui ien-
cy or form, nor in any manner broughk tU my
NOTICE. s Tf
One cf Todis Pay Agents under the allot-
mcnt law of April ID. 1862, upon his raaurn
from the Army with remittances of soldIers,
money for their families, was found TO be ade-.
faulter to the amount of s1fs 20. Tho dsf-
Cl60Cy pdSS6Q II huultUE OuiCE 00e w. -
tected in the Comptroller's Department. To
make up the deficiency, Tod drew a check on
his Military contingent fund. The transaotirn
may be fonnd on page 1l3 Of the Auditsria
report, as follows: 1852. April 9Th nG4 J.
Young, deficit in allotment account, S1l9s2 81
Besides being a breach of faith on the part Of
Tod's Agent, it was a violation of law on ths
part of Tod, and the State was ~defrandsal Of
the amount The money is yet in the banda
of Young or Ted. tt
The sale OF the States interestin the Penn
sylvapia and Ohio Canal presents the mosf
startling piece of corruption to be found in tbs
history of the executive officers of any Stats.
This sale was made by Tayler and 1Kennon,
Auditor and Secretary of State, and in the
absence of and without consultation with ths
Attorney General, who was also a member Of
the Board of Sinking Fund Cotnmissinners-
The State owned S420, 900 in stocks Of this
canal. Tod was largely interested in, an AZ
I am informed, President ofthe Cleveland and
Mahoning railroad. The canal and the rail-
road ran parallel, and were rivals in TRANSPORT
alton. The railroad company owned a eonsids
cradle portion of the stock of the canal, and,
could control the election of its Board OF Man,
ayers. 1t was to the interest of the railroad
to increase the price of carrying freight on.
the canal, which was done and this would re-,
duce the receipts of the canal and the value.
of the stock. The design in purchasing the
stock of the State was to destroy the canal az
q rival, and give the railroad the monopoiy-.
Tod, therefore, being one of the owners of the
Mahoning railroad, having reduced the ya'he
of the stock, by q connivance with other au-s
thorities, and by selecting an Agent 10 con.
ceal his interest in the transaction purchased
the stock owned by the State for S25s000.-
Kennon was an appointee Of Tod's. Tayler
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in the right OF his wife, and as trustee for
other parties, to a lar ye amount. 1t is need
less to show that the destructidA Of the canal
increased the price Of the railroad stock. The
whole 100000 was thus sold to Tod, and by
his connivance against TIE State whose inter.
ests he was sworn to protect. At the time Of
the sale Of this stock, there was in the Treat
ury of the Canal company the sum of Biz.
139 %, one-third of which belonged to the
State as REP: esentine S42D, 600 which wfe
one-third Of the stock issued by the company.
The sale and transfer of the stock to Tod car
ried with it the amount dpe the State, Of this
being the sum of s87 $40 "A which was 81.
379 ~ moro than the stock had cost The Rail
Road Company. The result Of this transac.
ton is startling. Tod got the 1870 600 Of,
stock for nothing, and made $2,379 ~, of
clear gain in the transaction. These facts will
appear more fully and satisfactorily in the
Report Of the Senate committee and speech
of General Bierce (then a political friend If
TODD, who was its Chairman. Tod, the Tad
ing spirit in this fraud, was enabled to perpe-
trate It with impun:ty. Where was The Sem
ate of last winter who had this subject oefore
them Perhaps engaged in discussing the
important question of informing the Attorney
General Of his election ! The people wers
thus defrauded out of s422,8 n ~ by asGoE-
ernor who was und err the most binding obliga-s
ton to prevent this fraud, that is known
among n ca.
Why pursue This subject 2 Almoet seventy.
thousand dollars of contingent fund 2 "nili-
tary contingent fund, ""extraordinary military
contingent fund.- has been expended by the
late. Governor during the year, in every con-
ceixahle wau ). From HAYS distillerY at Co