Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-08-19
Rcnublican State Convention.
Republican state ConVehtloD.
We take from he Ohio State journal
the following account:

vention met in the Theatre and was called
to order by Hon. VIM. Dennisop, Jr., of
Columbus, Chairman Of the State Central
Committee, and on motion, Hon. David
lIeaton of Butler county, was -elected'
Chairman pro tom, and the following
gentlemen were chosen Secretaries: John
K. Green of Hamilton county, NJ. Rider
of Piqua, II. T. Brown of Athens, Isaac
Haslet Of Stark.
Mr.. Heaten, on taking the chair, made
a very neat and eloquent speech.
The following Committees were then
appointed
Committee on Permanent Organize
ton, &c. On Credentials. TONOminate
tState lat large) Central Commute =
! State Central Committee.
We omit the names of the gentlemen
composing these committees, except those
composing the State Central Committee,
which are as follows:
LIST Dist.-Albert Lewis. 81, Judge
Hoadley. Sd, NJ. B. Walker. 4th, Barton
S. Kyle. 9th, C. W. O'Neil, 6h, r. W.
] Clarke. 7th, H. w. Smith. 8th. George
H Frey. Oh, James S. Robinson. 10Th,
is. S. Cook. 1lth, B r. Stanley. 18th,
w. W. Bierce. 18th, John f. Dewey.
14th, J. w. Smith. 18Th, VIM R. Sapp,
18Th, Daniel Applegate. l7th. VIM.
FaIrer. 18Th, Il. V. Bierce. 18Th VIM.
! Siade, Jr. goth, Charles R. Hunt. 21st,
E. R. Eckley.
As soon as the Committees had been
appointed there was a call from all parts
of the house for Seno;or Wade. Mr..
Wade came forward al the call and
spoke for nearly ar hour.
MR.. wADE's SPEECH.
Mr.. Wade said:-A Republican ought
. 10 be always ready to give his evidence
| for the faith that is in him. We know
what We all come here Tor. Il has been
said by the Chairman that since the days
of the revolution no more important
Questions have arisen than those, the
consideration of which has brou yht Us
here. The remark was true and just
No man who has taken cognizance of
of events of late years, who has not been
Impressed witt the fact that the princi-
ries of the Declaration of independence,
the principles which the men of that day
wrote down from their hearts, have been
lreceded from-that there has been a re
action going on. A reaction from the
God given principles of freedom of '76
to those of an opposite character in this
our day.
Here Mr.. Giddings suggested that the
committees which had been appointed
had better retire and attend 10 their du-
ties, and leave the Convention in session
to listen to the speakers.
Joseph NJ. Root said that was all very
we'll, but the committees didn't want 10
retire, they wanted TO hear Mr.. Wade.
Mr.. Wade proceeded. He said he
was trying to call the attention of the
Conversion 10 the reaction which has
been going on for the last ten years
against the principles of the Declaration
of Independence, until now it had reach
ed its worst point, its lowest depth. He
said he believed the Declaration of In
dependence 10 be the voice of Almighty
God speaking through his created
beings in a formula of words. Il
revealed nothing thai was not as old as
the Bible. The self evident truths Of
the universally of mans right to self
government, and yet there are men in
our day, who say that what the Fathers
of the Revolution there declared 10 be
self evident Il uths, were in fact self-eTi
dent lies.
This has been done even in the United
States Senate by a so called Democratic
Senator, and he thought when he heard
him thus speak, that there were signs of
applause from the other Senators of that
party. What would have been thought
of the man who, in '76. had arisen in
their Congress and opposed the Decla-
ration. and had called the proposition
that all men were born equal, &c., a
self evident lie? He would have been
regarded as a tory, and he would have
been as perfect q tory as ever was
tarred and feathered.
Mr.. Wade then proceeded at consider
able length and with great power, TO
show how the party calling itself Demo
cratic, had settled down into The most
arrant advocates Of federalism.
The Republicans Of the olden time
regarded the reserved rights of the
States as their polar star, and their sheet
anchor. Their opponents, who had not
that faith in the capacity Of men for self
government, were called Fcderalisls.-
They were for a strong central Govern
ment, but nothing such as now contended
for by the so called Democrats Of our
day.
Mr.. Wade then went on at q consil-
cradle length, 10 discuss the bred Scott
decision. He spoke of ii as a disgrace
to human nature and as false 10 tie prin-
ciples of the Constitution as it was to
history.
I'VE find we have not time nor have
We room 10 give a full report of this
speech as we intended TO. but We have
full notes Of it, and shall refer to it again.
Mr.. Wade spoke with great carneslness
and with that bold freedom which so
eharacterizes the man in all his personal
and political relations. The speech was
listened 10 with marked attention and
was repeatedly cheered
These old Federal doctrines hare been
persisted in for years. Who is Judge
An old FedeTalist. How is it
with their President? A rank old Fed
r%alist, who said if he had one drop of
Democratic blood in his veins he would
let it out. But be never had any. Youi
might as well try TO extract blood from
oyster. But we will reinaugurate
the glorious old Declaration which was
adopted nearly 80 years ago. We APP
pear here TO reinstate the principles of
The Fathers, and reverse the idea that
Democracy means Slavery.
Mr. Giddings being called upon, ap |.
peared and addressed the meeting. The
glorious old man said that he had been
directed by his physician to avoid excite