Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-07-17
SsPEECH OF Mr.. vINToN.
oPKNINe Oh TnR oAMPAIaN.

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hr VlNroN was in Zanesyille on ihe 4ih
of July. when the news Of his nomination
as the Wing candidate for Governor reach.
ed him. The. Wings Of GAINESVILLE and
Putnarn asssABlsd es wasselso congratulate
him on she event, which drew from him the
following reply. He was addressed on be-
half Of iheE Wings by Gen. GODDARD,
amids, the greatest enthusiasm;
= Gen. GODDARD said yYfer C0 y4I
Mr.. VlnroN I'll, is >the privilege of The
Wings Of Muskingum county 10. unnounc e.
10 you thai a convention Of The party yesler.
day assembled al Columbus, has nominated
you. with entire unanimily us their candi.
date for The Office OF Governor Of this great
Sale.
r. Whatever personal sacrifices you have 10
make, we irus, 10 that elevated patriotism
(which has always marked your course for
Eyour acceptance Of this rominalion.
/ We remember, sir, with pride and pleas
ure, your long career in Congress, and we
know how nssiduously you devoted your
hthu u'su youf soieHAo " shO uuuus " yout
station. AZ /, i,s.,lr 5srl ,,t.s5 shs, M
Voluntarily retiring from the councils Of
the federal government, we seek 10 place
you at lbe head Of our domestic affairs
with so skiItful pilot, we feel that the ship
Ffofs State, SLSAt sobe launched upon an un,
known sea, will be safe amid the dangers
necessarily attendant upon an unexplored
navigation. Musklngum county gave large
Imajonty againsl the new constitutions. Blu,
IL has received the sanction ot the people Of
| Ohio. his the law Of our noble State and
if Muskingum county may be said 10 be The
las. 10 yield assen. 10 that instrument, be as
sured, sir, she will be the frs, in ready and
cheerful obedience to lis requirements.
II elected iothe honorable post 10 Shich
your Whig fellow citizens iny;ie you, the
period Of your admis;sraiion will be Of
, marked inIeres. 10 the people Of this State.
We believe that no. only may be safely con,
fided 10 you the domestic interest Of the
Commonwealth, bu. also the c.,nduc. Of
2 those more delicate and difficult relations
: which connect US with the Federal Govern
ment. s.
We remember ,ha. il was you. sir, in your
: speech in Congress upon the admission oi
: our sister Iowa, who told the North and
South iha, whenever fanalicism might al.
tempt in one quarter. or violence in anolher
the Grea, Yves, would never perm, this
Union 10 be dissolyed--and we also remern.
= Der .ha, you, more than 10 any other man
is the nation indebted for that grea, safe.
guard Of the Union, the sef.adjusling law
; by which The future apporlionlments ol the
= representatives in Congress are forever sci,
lied by the application Of an ari.hmeical
rule 70 the results Of the several censuses o.
: the United States.
desire no longer to Tespass on your time
), bu, on behalf Of those presen, to pledge you
a mex, Oc,ober, an old-lashioned Muskipgun
4 majority. .fa lya afs J
Mr.. Vin.on replied: M ahws1r
9 Fello,o. Citizens Of the County of Mus
y kingam ~ return you my sincere thanks
n for this demonsu alton Of your kindness
d and mos. especially for the gratifying senti
men,s expressed on your behalf by m,
friend. (Gen. Goddard whom you have dc
lpu,ed 10 address me. II. VISA ~
y In passing through your city on my way
e to the Eastern States, was yesterday in
D. formed iha, The Whig Convention, then as
v sembled a, Columbus, had nominated m
:. for the office Of Governor Of Ohio. Thi
- nomination. coming from SO distinguishes
. an assembage, could no. be otherwise thu
!. gratifying to me, and The more so us j, wa
20 unsolicited and unexpected by me. hav
moi We, been officially notified Of the nomi
nation, but have no doub, notice Of j, wi
ID be communicated 10 me in due time ard !
=. an appropriate manner. For this reason
, when heard you were coming 10 pay you
. respects, doubled in my own mind wheit
or, In advance Of such notice, il would b
le proper for me 10 do more Than simply 10 n
.. .urn you my thanks for your kindness br
I'd The speech that has jus, been made on you
IS behalf renders it impossible for me no. |
a. say something more in reply. Ii offers
le fitting occasion to say one or TWO thing
~ that il may be we'll enough 10 make knowr
Ie One land which am suro will be gra,ifyin
m 10 the people Of Ohio is, tina. having bee
for many years a Representative in Con
r gress from this Slato, ] lake il for granite
n. they are no, ignorant Of my political opin
9. ions | shall noi, therefore, during this car
n vass call them from their firesides and bus
IS. ness, and congregate them together 10 liste
he 10 addresses from me, unless some gre'
n. necessity for il shall arise from some caus
x. no, now foreseen. III"
You have been pleased TO say that III
county Of Muskidgum gave large major
II. " agains, the new constitution, and, iha,
;or she may be saidto be The las. 10 give b,
assent 70 that instrument, she will be first |
:" ready and cheerful obedience TO lis require
mcnis. This, gentlemen, Is precisely ii
an language thai expected 10 hear here in II
gh large and respectable county Of Muskingun
n. which, from the earlies, infancy OF The Stu
N. down to the presen, time, has always exc
,e. led leading and saluary influence upo
,r. our public policy. Like many Of you, ,c
NJ doubled whether, on the whole, the ne
he constitution would be found 10 be an in
he ptovemenl on the old, and, under the inh
'es ence Of that doubt, cast my vote against
;es adoption. When The Convention that fran
I'd. ed this instrument was 10 session my who
ex time was so much occupied in the dlscharl
or, Of indispensable public duties as 10 leav
his me no leisure 10 read the debates Of Il
I'm Convention and leurn The views ofihat bod
'ed When. however, they presented that instr
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