Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-19
CorrressionaI Nou,InutIon..

The Republicans Of the Eleventh Congress
sioaal District have nominated the Hon. n a
Van Yorhels, of Athens County, for Congress.
The nominee IS the editor of the Athens Mes
senger, a man of fine talents, tried integrity,
was formerly an active Whig, and was the eI-
cellent Speaker of the Republican House of
Representatives two years ago. He viii do
honor to Ohio. The present Republican in
cumbent, Mr. Horton, declined denomination
on account OF his private business. The Dem
o,rats have nominated c. D. Martin, of Fair
field.
The Republicans of the Seventh District have
nominated the Hon. Thomas COrwin for Con
gress, on the eighteenth ballot of the COnven-
ton. The district is composed of the Counties
of Warren, Clinton, Madison, Fayette, and
Green The candidates before the Convention
were Mr. Corwin, of Warren, Harlan of Green,
and Harrison, of Madison. Mr.. Denny, Editor
of the Lebanon Star, was net 4 candidate, his
name having been withdrawn from the canvass.
Mr.. Harlan is the present incumbent The first
vote stood Corwin 81, Harlan 80, Harrison 10.
son T. a motion to make the nomination un-
animous received a few negative votes from
Green County, and the Convention adjourned
with three cheers for Tom CorWin.
The confess in the Convention was warm
The objection urged against Mr.. CoTwin WIS
that he had not borne the bruut of the Repub-
ican fight heretofore, though Col Hopkins, of
Warren county, in presenting the name Of Mr..
Corwin stated, by authority, that he stood on
the Philadelphia platform After the nOmina-
tion Mr.. Corwin was called out at the Morrow
House by the delegates After expressing his
qualification to his old constituents and their
descendants for their renewed expression of
confidence in him, Mr. c. remarked substan-
tally as follows:
He said he was very well aware of the stormy
times that many people anticipated would have
to be encountered by rePrePFesentative in the
next Congress, but he scouted the idea of
dissolution OF the Union, saying that the Demo
cratic party had received such 4 rebuke by the
defeat OF LscOmptOE, that the South could not
fail to be convinced of the viii of the people of
the North. He thought generous and magnan- |
imous pen suasiOn, and mid coneiliatory meas
ures, now that they have been SO sorely re-
buked, would be the best policy Of the North
In allusiOn to Kansas he said he thought il 4
would have been wise in the Democratic party |
to have acquiesced and acknowledged they 1
hau committed wrong, eonfessing to the people I
and asking TO be forgiven; but instead of that /
they had threatened to commit suicide by en-
deavorng to persuade the people that because
Kansas had refused to come into the Union
shack led hy the chains of slavery therefnre she
does not want to come IN at all. God help them, /
said he, if they take that position when Kan
sas presents herself with free Constitution,
and they refuse her admission; if they should be
blnd enough not to reI cal the penal law which
they framed to prevent Kansas coming IN ex
cePi as a slave State that Is the last of the
Democratic party in Ohio. Not man in
America-no, not single man believes that
Kansas does not want to come in.