Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-08-30
ov. TRIMBLE's LETTER or AccEP
TANoEoFHIs NOMINATION.
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GOV. TkiMbLES LETTER OF ACCEP-
~ TAEoE oFHIs NOMINATION.
HILLsBoRo', o., Aug Iiih, 55.
Messrs. Trad KELLY, JAS. r. SrAx-
Berry, A. BANNING NORTON AND E. P.
NoRros-Gentlemen: Your letter per-
lsonally presented lastevening at my resz
iaence, informed me that a mass eonven.
zion Of the friends of the American
cause in Ohio. assembled at Columbus
on the 9th inst. has unanimously nomi-
mated me as candidate for Governor
Of the State. and urging me to accept
such nomination-together with other
letters and messages from my friends
10 che same s.eEfeet-surprised.-me, and
for the night disturbed that repose
which. for many years. / have enjoy
ed in the shades Of domestic retirement.
The nomination has been made with
out any consultation with me, or the
knowledge or consent of any person au-
thorized to speak in my behalf; against
my own personal wishes, and with the
full knowledge on the part Of the con-
vention that was not a member Of the
party represented by them; and there
fore when this morning l announ-
ced to you. as / now do. that although
it might have been more expedient to
present some other name, or my name
under more suspicious circumstances.
nevertheless, being satisfied, that at
this crisis the use of it may result in the
accomplishment of great public good,
and cannot result in any possible harm,
Iwaive all personal considerations, and
trust the use of it, as a candidate for
Governor, to the people of Ohio. in the
full confidence that they will not destroy
or tarnish the humble reputation which
they have awarded me for past services,
and that after an acquaintance of hall
century they Will not impugn my mo-
tive. --' I.-.i.
The very fattering terms used by you
in communicating the proceedings of the
Convention, and their resolution confer.
ring the unsolicited honor of nomina-
ton, awaken in my bosom feelings of the
warmest gratitude for the high appre.
citation expressed for nv past life, and
no language can more forcibly express
that gratitude than for me to say, that
1 ask nothing more, if when the crisis
is over, and all the business of life is
done, it could be truly said, as you now
say in complimentary language, that 81
have been true American, a lover ol
the Union, supporter Of the Constitu.
ton. and well-wisher of Free Institu.
tions." If to have always been the
firm and { hope consistent advocate
of Civil and Religious Liberty, of the
rights of Conscience, the cause of TEN
perance. Education and Religion, ant
of Progress and Reform, as known anC
defined by American laws. Constitu
tons, and the Bile; and If to have beer
always ready to guard and defend thos,
causes against any foreign or domestic
malign influence-by the amendment o
the Naturalization Laws, or otherwise
if these constitute true American
then l claim to be one. DBL. Ti D..
If always to have advocated Nation
al principles, broad enough to compre.
bend, cherish and protect all the varied
interests of the different States in oul
great Oonfederacy, and have been at nc
time member of any other than Ma.
tional party, and the supporter OF none
other than men of National character a;
and to have abhorred any sectional par.
ty, constitute a lover of the Union, then
| have endeavored to be such. II to
have believed and ever maintained that
our form of Government, as established
by the Constitution of the United States
and the Republican constitutions of the
several States, constitutes the most per-
feet system of we'll regulated power and
we'll balanced restraints, as between the
citizens of the several States, that could
be devised by man, and that such form
of Government and the laws enacted in
pursuance thereof, as interpreted by the
Courts, afford to each citizen full pro-
lection and ample encouragement for
the development of all his high endow-
ments as free agent, then such belief
and humble advocacy constitute me a
supporter of the constitution. tI
If to have emigrated at an early day,
with all my family, after the emancipa-'
ton of our slaves, from slave State, to
an almost unbroken, free territory, and
constantly thereafter to have labored to
uphold and spread the area of free ter
ritory, for free white men and free labor,
by all constitutional means; and if to
have maintained and ever to have voted,
(when in public life, that it was the
duty of those w..o had power in our
State to aid the development Of all the
resources of the country by the judi
cious encouragement of internal i'm
to aid the industry and Ia
Dor of the citizen in the transaction of
his business, the support of his family,
and accumulation of a competency, by
securing to him sound, safe and con-
vertible medium of exchange, in a ma
ture of good bank paper on sPecie-banks
under State control-to protect the cit
izens from unjust, unequal and oPPREss-
I'VE taration, by retrenchment and the
most rigid accountability from those who
disburse the public money-if to con-
troll, but at the same time, not to perse-
cute corporations-to preserve the puri-
t,r Of the hnHof- -hor and nrnfnct oil the ]