Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-07-12
THE CANVASS IN OHIO.


selection of their candidates to be placed before the
People for the higher Offices in the State Govern :
ment For the Office of Gorernor, especially their !.
candidate is man Of large experience and strong
intelligence, and equally without fear and whsut,
reproach. One might search the United States,
throughout and not find his superior in all the3
qualities OF good citizen and of wise and up
right egi sator Il has made happy to discover,
in this selection, proof that the Wings Of Ohio un-
dersand the true interests Of their State and Of the
Union, and mean to sustain them.
In the GAINESVILLE Courier Of the 5ih instant wei
hndhe following remarks upon the subject 10 every
word of which we cordially assent
"M VISroS nomination unsolicited and
by himself Retrsg Of choice from arGuoua course Of
public duty which bad much impaired his health bis pus-
pose snd his wish had been ID privas life, bur- u
the present position Of hs affairs Of the State he feH
bis duty to dobey the public voice that asks the asanee
Of bis experience in launching The ship Of State upen thoi
unired waters where will be her future pothwy We honor
Mr. Vrs1os for this sacracs Of private psdeeion .hs.
public good Erogy Of sleh man is srpe,auous. His
pas, life furnishes abundant material r the highest praise, \
and the people Of Ohio consult their Interests they wlL
make him the mex, Governor os the Stare"
The canvass opened in Zanesyilse on the 4t1 IN -
stan. by gathering Of the Wings Of hatpaceand the ;.
vicinity soon the nomnation was made known,
to them and their calling spcu Mr., NINTcs, who
happened to be on visit at srela,ive'sin Putnam
on which occasion he was introduced to the as =
seablage by Gen. GoDDARDs who, in so doing,-s
happily aluded in general ernsso hlS character
statesman, and with suitable emphasis directed
attention to one or two particular actions during
his long Congressional career which Asd been pro- =
T,ct; of fba
try at large. Mr.. VINros's reply was. BRIEF the =
first part Of il being confined to questons'of State
concern, the merits Of the newly adopted Constu-
ton, &c. His closing observations; however, re-
Serred to the relations Of the Stasesto each other
and to the Union ); and, looming from so emnent a
citizen, must command UNIVERSAL attention
sYou have" said he, done the honor advert in
very complimentary and gratifying speech delivered
by thoHouse of Representatives the bill admt,he
Of Iowa and Florida into the Union. That speech
delivered period Of pne tranquility and before the
feelings and passions The public lad been excited
BY the agitation Of the question Of the annexation of Texas
and the other great disturbing, aEd unhappy
hat since flowed from that astheir common
and primary Ihad besn led 70 fleet what influence
the great Valley of the Mississippi, in which dwell,
destined to have the s,ab,y Of tho Union. My
fecons conducted the concleson thathe and
abiding power ofthe Union be found nhat
great heart Of tire country which lies between the Allegheny
and Rocky mountains; that tofs representation it
must hold in cheek the Centrifugal tendencies IF the
extremes, both the atlantic and Psse and especially
on the former ocean that Nanse duty Of overriding
necessity ourselves, had made the guardians Of the in
egrity of the Union. And however the political elements
have been agi.asd and disturbed, still adhere with
abiding faith every opinion then uere5 5by Bot enough
has since ranspired satisfy acooi and rejecting that,
in the performance of the high duty anGdesny Of guarding
the integrity Of the Union, hifs rssst euct from all
others aahul observance Of the reqsirrmenscfthe Con-
stitue, must orsres be eqsaLy -sady and ,cngto
repec all the rights that secred to then, instr-
nlent IT oBsERvAScsoF THIS RunE,
THE coUNrnF,
CAN PRESERVE NATIONAL