The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-01-11
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the Governors Message, we are unable
to publish i, without the exclusion Of
more important natter. We clip the
Following comments upon the Message
from the Crisis:
The opening portion If the Message 10
devoted o4a statement of the financial
condition ofthe statessia which eonpso-,
ton tho Governor directs the attention Of
the Assembly to the ine%ficicncy Of the rev
enue lavs, BY reason Of which . hrge
amount Of property now escapes taxation
which should bo..brought upon the dupli-
cate ; and intimatsd that the revision Of
the system should be done by q committee
or commissioners durihgthe recess. There
has been. expended from the extfaordina-
ry contingent fund s6T,22S ,2s, mostly TO
relieve sick aud wounded soldiers the
balance on hand is SlO6,s1 49, The
Governor discusses ths soldier agency
business Of length,
gOf The benevolent institutions the mes
sage speaks in the usual terms announces
that the apprOpriations::fo for their nainte-
nance must DO increased, and recommends
an increase in the salaries Of their Off
GERS. The estimated cost of the new
Deaf and Dumb Asylum building, the
erection Of which was directed at the last
session, is $685., 900. The superintend.
ent considers it practicable to inclose the
building during the present year, but for
this purpose asks an appropriation Of
$500 900. Liberal appropriations are
also required for the new IdiOtic Asylum,
The Governor mentions a conflict Of
opinion between the Fund Commissioners
and himself in regard to the appointment
of financial agent 10 New York. The
act in relation to Fund Commissioners
provides that, "the agent Of the State, as
herein provided, shall be appointed by the
Governor Of the State, onlthe recommend
alton, in writing, Of a majority of the
Board Of said Commissioner Of the Sink
ing Fund,Ifor the term Of two years, and
may be eligible to reappOiatment. Gov
BRouaH used his own opinion about the
matter and construed the law to mean
that the agent was eligible to r~e-appoint.
meht sciithom the recommendation Of the
Fund Commission ers, and he so reap.
pointed Mr.. RUSSELL. The Commission.
ers very properly objected to this and re.
fused to recognize any of RUssELL's off
cial acts. A sharp correspondence arose
between the Governor aud the Commiss-
toner's, upon thesubject, viii Oh is given
in the appendix. The Governor was
worsted in tho, controversy but consoles
himself with the unctious reflection that
the Commissioners were defeated in the
election. ae' e8t sll h7n W.. ttioa
A consider able portion of the message
is devoted to o discussion Of the land
grant for the maintenance Of an Agricul-
tural College, under the act of Congress
giving landscrip to the States o Agricul'
tural education. The Governor recon-
mends an;increase in the salaries of pub
lic ofio ers, and submits q table showing
that the salary Of the Governor in Ohio
is much less than in almost any other
State. He declares thatso far as his own
wishes or aspirations for the future are
concerned he has not the slightest pecu-
mary interest in the matter-from which
it is inferred that he will not be o caudi-
date for reelection. oval c,H ao.l ea.
The Governor treats at length Of the
Organization Of the National Guard and
the call which he made upon them for
one hundred days service, declariug both
remarkable successes and creditable per.
formances. He thinks the State derived
much credit, and the General Govern.
ment much benefit, from the hundred
days campaign. He also states that the
Guard was useful in preventing an odt.
break Of the Sons Of Liberty last sumner,
in regard to which he afirms the people
were very much alarmed. The Govern.
Or thinks that the presence Of the Guard
and the publication Of a'proclamation by
himself were the two things thatprcvent.
ed a revolt o fthe people aud in this con-
n%sction he repeats sicboice BIZ Of polite.
al slang, in use during the fallcampaign,
about sdisloyal persons'' and .ensmies of
the Government 1sI GA yayaua slcc
In regard to the rebellion the Govern
or is explicit, but not particularly origin.
al.9 &c thinks our strength in all the 81
snents ofths rebels has Diminished
He thinks he can sec the end Of the re.
bsllion: It's suppression is only d ques.