The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-07-02

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his party friends for Governor o
Ohio.
We said the Governor road hi
speech. He had, in anticipation O
his denomination, prepared il with
caro-studied every fno--submit
ted It 10 his friends for their appro
val-sent it TO the Journal Office
whore 1t was put in type, and Oh,
proof sheet was carefully read, cor.
rectcd and revised in the Governors
room, and hence tho statements
made by Governor Hayes are mol
to be regarded as spoken on the i'm
pulse Of the moment, without tho
or time TO seek tho truth, but as 9
deliberately prepared effort, intend.
ed, by hirself aud his friends, TO be
the Key note Of the campaign--itf
statements TO DO regarded as facts
not TO be gainsaid.
We have no time, and II wo had
time, our space would not allow us
to expose all the misstatemcnts and
ti.llacies in tins campaign speech
This will be our duty and our pleas.
urc hereafter, But wo cannot res
train from comment on n single par.
agraph. The Governor says:
4" During the canvass which resulted In
the election Of the late Democratic LeRisla-
ture, the Republicans were charged with
heving used $500, 900, raised for the rolici
OF soldiers families, TO pay the State debt,
and This charge was insisted upon, notwith.
standing ma njority Of the Democratic mem-
bers had supported the measure. The idea
was everywhere held out that II the Demo-
cratic ! arty was successful this money
would be restored 10 .he relief fund and ex-
pended Tor the benefit Of the soldiers. The
failure TO redeem this pledge Is aggravated
by the fact that the Legislature, BY strict
ly party vote in the Senate, refused 10 pro-
vide for the support Of soldiers, destitute
orphans at, ,Iomes 10 be established without
expense 10 the State, by the voluntary con-
tributions Of patriotic and charitable peo-
pie"
We hold this fact in regard TO
public men. lie who, from mistake
or ignorance, puts forth thqtas true,
when, If he had taken the trouble TO
ascertain he would have found % be
false IS just as much guilty Of false.
hood as if he had manufactured the
statumont ont cf whols cloth and
hence as ignorance of the law OK.
cusos no man, so ignorance of mat
ters OF fact, found in the Legislative
journals and IN the public docu-
ments, is no excuse TO q Governor
of OHIO.
In the extract gwen, Governor
Hayes churges that q majority OF
the Democratic members OF the Ohio
Legislature, which, without war
rant Of Constitutional law, filched
from the soldiers, tho widows and
the orphan children Of those who
fell in battle or died of wounds &c.
ceived in defence of the country
eight hundred thousand dollars OF
money, raised by taxation for their
support, gave this swlndle thor sup
port. This we deny, and this charge
we pronounce an untruth. Ap.
pealing 10 tho Legislative Journals.
where the vote by yeas and nays is
recorded for tho truth Of our asser-
ton and tho faislty of that of Gov
crnor Hayes, we say, that not one
single Democratic member vOted for
tie Slcindie-EvERY VOTE IN ITS
FAVOR BEING THAT OF A NEGRO
SUFFRAGE RADICAL
Here the question of veracity Is
broadly and strongly made. Eth.
or we state falsehoOd, or else Gov.
Hayes does. The recorded rote rM
brand the fdisiferi
Again, Governor Hayes says that
+" the Legislature by q strictly party
vote IN the Senate, refused to pl O.
vide for the support of soldiers and
destitute orphans, AT Homes TO be
established without expense to the
State, by the voluntary contrlbu-
tions OF patriotic and charitable peo-
pic" This, too, Is uEtruel No
SUCH VOTE WAS HADl II il had, no
such u result would have been gwen.
1t is equally untrue that the De.
mocracy stood pledged to restore
tho eight hundred thousand dollars
stolen from the Soldiers Relief Fund,
WE say stolen, for that is theft which
is improperly and without warrant
of constitutional law, taken from the
poor and the helpless, When the
late Democratic Legislature met,
two years had elasped since the
eight hundred thousand dollars
raised by taxation for the relief OF
the crippled soldiers, and the Or
phans and widows of those who
died for their country, was tilched
from them. During these Two
years, poverty and want had thin
ned the ranks of those to whom tho
fund belonged by death. Stripped
OF their support by the heartloss acts
of that Radical Legislature, urged,
AS its members were by tho State
officers, TO seize and TO confscate the
'uhd FOR their support, the hard
wintcr ot 1867 sont many OF them,
want oflife's necessaries to
iDtpmely graves. The remainder,
ew in numbars, were PROVIDED for
by the several counties. 1t would |
AXE year TO collect the tax, and
or the county officers 10 report the |
lumber Of them needing the relief,
md as the Auditor Of State reported |
bat fow, if any, remained to whom |
he rehof ought to be granted, the
wlndle remains unatoned for. The
'eople will provide tho punishment.
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