The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1845-09-02


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R REPRESENTATIVE CoNvENTIoN.-We congratulate
our readers upon the result of the Representative
Convention, held at Charloe on Wednesday last.
1t was one of the most respectable Conventions
we ever attended. S. YEARIcK, Esq, was called to
the Chair, and we were pleased to see our brother
of the quill preside with SO much dignity and
impartalty. w. CARTER g. w. A. BROWN, Esqs
were appointed Secretaries. On the fifth ballot
ing, HORACE SCOTT KNAPP, Esq, of Putnam, re-
received as votes; w. J. JACKSON, Esq, of Henry,
received II ]. NJ GILLESPIE, Esq, of Defiance, re-
ceved a. Mr.. Knapp having received majority
of all the votes (66) was declared nominated. A
resolution was afterwards passed that he receive
the unanimous vote Of the Convention, which was
carried
The nomination of Mr.. KNAPP to the House of
Representatives from this Legislature District will
impart joy to the incorporating democracy
of the entire state In the selection of Mr..
KNAPP it is evident that moral, political, and
intellectual worth have been alone looked to,
considerations too frequently lost sight of and
trampled under foot by expediency politicians
and partizan wire-workers. Mr.. KNAPP only
few years ago, came into this community
withou; wealth, without rich and powerful friends,
in short, without any of those advantages
calculated to confer influence, or command
support But with a mind richly stored with
political truth, and popular equality-sympathi-
zing with the masses by whom he was surrounded
possessed o! energy which knew no limit, ,othe
than complete success, he gave heart, soul, and
hands to the great work of radcalreformaton in the
currency, of which many of the boldest of that day
spoke only in whispers. The apostle, and advo-
cate, of doctrines considered by many of that day
impolitic, and even dangerous, he looked to the
constitution as the text book of civic truth, and
confdings with the heart of democrat and man,
in the integrity and intelligence of the people, he
announced boldly as the leading article of his
creed return to the currency of the constitution
the substitution of purely metallic currency for
the deceptive trash which then inundated the
state.
From that day.o this, he has been the unwavering
advocate of the same great truths, and while
others, some even who occupied the highest of
fees in the gift of the People, through fear, or
corruption, have shrunk from the conflict and
gone back to the flesh pots of federalism, Mr..
hNAPr, cooperating with the generous democracy
of the North West, has organized an army whose
watchword is success, and who will never rest
satisfied until Ohio Bank paper is numbered
with the things that were.
AS the advocate of these doctrines, Mr.. KNAPP
has been nominated; as their advocate he will be
elected, and as their advocate he will command
an influence with the honest men of the Legisla-
ture, that will be terror to the Lahms, the Olds,
and the Lakes, of the Bank power.
In these remarks we do not mean to leave the
implication that Mr.. KNAPp's competitors are not
attached to a sound constitutional currency. All
we believe are so, and some WI know are strongly
favorable to all efforts designed to root out from
among the corruptions and frauds of paper
money. And the proof of this will be found in
their hearty support of the nominee of the conven
on given through their friends, at the ballot box
in October next.
But not only in selecting manly, firm and
capable man, as candidate for Representative did
that Convention perform its duty; but it added
as vote of instruc ons, OF rather as the ex-
preston of the will of his constituents to
him in the right performance Of his le-
gisative duties, series of resolutions, introduced
by Ben. Metcalf, Esq, and unanimously approved
by the Convention, which in vigor, boldness, and
.adical truth have not been surpassed by the pro-
,eedngs of any Democratic assembage in the
State. They show that the Democracy of the
District comprehend fully that higher and more