The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-05-31
Republican Ratific cation Meeting at CO-
| lumbus.
Speech OF Governor Chase,

Speech Of Governor Chase,
There was a Republican Ratification
Meeting at Columbus Tuesday evening
which was addressed by Gov. Dennlson
and Ex. Gov. Chase, The Speech of Gov.
Chase is thus reported by the Ohio State
Journal:
My FELLOW CITIZENS: Iu this mighty
gathering. and in this all prevailing en-
thusiasm, | see the issue OF the Campaign.
The manner in which YOU and your lei
low citizens throughout the country re-
spond 10 the nominations made at Chlca-
gois sure prssage Of success. and con-
Igratulate You upon the cheering prospect
refCre us. The connection of my own
name 10 the Natioral Convention with the
nominations for the Presidency renders it
proper that | should say that ] was placed
in that attitude by the action of the Re-
publicans of Ohio, very large majority
of whom in their S ate Convention pre-
sented my name TO he Republicans Of
the Union rs their chose for the Presl-
dency l regard the expression OF the
State Convention as the law for the State
delegation and SO regarding it. had ex-
, pectvd Of it the same unity OF action that
characterized the course of the New York
delegation in the support Of Mr.. Seward,
Of the Illinois delegation in the support
Of Mr.. Lincoln, and of the Pennsylvania
delegation in support of Mr.. Cameron un'
der similar in,tructions, But with the
final choice Of tffe Chicago Convention
, am entirely satisfied; with its declaration
of principles l am satisfied. Every prin.
ciple in that platform | have publicly
avowed and advocated for many years;
and its declarations still meet with my
cordial concurrence.
It his been said that the nomination
8 of tain candidates might have cndan
o &c ea the success Of Ike cause we all have
so Il, ucb at heart. God forbid that my
nomination or that Of any other mai
should imperil the the triumph Of Repub
n lican principlesl Those principles are
. dcarcr 10 me than all merely personal COO
), siderations, and l rejoice that, although
II | was not nominated, my principles were
It aud that they have 80 true and 50 faith
;. full a representative In the coming contes
Il as Abraham Lincoln, of.Illinois.
.e The doctrines of the Republican part,
n are about to receive triumphant win
: dicalion at the hahds of the America
st people. They and those who have ad
!. voca,cd them, have heretofore been per
= sistently misrepresented; but let Inc sa
10 that even the slave holding States them
t. selves, under wise and patriotic Rppub
ID lican administration, will soon discove
Ct the error into which they have been lie
g. by these Interpretations. For myse
cherish no hostility toward the peopI
TO Of the Southern States. | would ne
n. deprive them Of single right guarantee
n TO them by the Conslitution-nor doe
10 the Republican party propose to do sc
,e 1t sim ply contends for freedom i'll til
ID Territories. against the Southern deman
D. 10 introduce slavery there. 1t believe
/. that freedom and free labor will best de
r. vcl0pe their resources, and contrlbut
" most to the welfare and happiness {
: those who may emigratc thither IRON tn
i. slave State as we'll as from the free.
OF the former there is comparatively sma
It class Of shareholders, while the great ms
Of jority of white Inhabitants are nun-sl'
he veholders and poor. We contend tbi
os the Territories should be opened to tl
he poo. omigrant, whether from tho Mort
II. or the South, and that thus shall be pc
ed petuated true popular sovereignty,
,s which the majority shall govern, rathC
.ts an class control. In the Souhel
,.t States there are thousands, kept dow
ia by poverty and social distinctions, wi
long for schools and churches, and f
,st unrestricted opportunities of self.oultu
n. and elevation in the social scale. We r.
ga pubicans propose, by keeping tho Territ
%. ries in reserve, for them. 10 furnish the
,or these advantages; and it is a very fort
,.s nate and significant circumstance III
90 this leading idea of the Republican cree
rs @ is so we'll represented by our candidate
~. w. Ths life OF Mr.. Lincoln furnished :
If illustration Of the operation Of that ido
hs His grard paronte were natives Of Virgin
70 ia, his parents Of Kentucky, and they o
10, poor.-Youpg Lincoln left the unfriend
40 atmosphere Of slavery in his native Sta
,at and removed to Indiana, where he oou
nv breathe free air and carve out for Limsf
= moro favorable destiny. Had he new
made that removal, it is scarcely prob
,e. BILE that, hampered by the difficulties tn
surrounded him, he would have risen
he tho high position he now occupies belo
or the people Of tho nation. But he car
over on to FREQ soil, where generous syI
~ palhies awaited tho aboror, and help
las him on in his upward career, Rising
he his own noble efforts, he IS today t
Ia. chosen Presidential candidate of the Il
A., publican party, aud on the 4th o. Mar
~ next he will bo tho duty chosen Pro
'cn dent Of .ho United States.
nd Ofthe nominee fr Vico President
of can truly say that no is eminently wort
ry. of the confidence roposed in him. ha
the served with him long in putli, life, a
nat have known him well. He has beet
ih- lite long Democg9t--not, OF the mode
- type. but of the school Of jefferson a
ing Franklin. His Democracy is not Of Il
po- kind which consists in subserviency
of .ho dictates of a slaveholding class, a
nal whose highest manifestation is in t
,rd aacrity with which its devotees will cha
.cu a runaway niggor; but that Democra
ais upon which our institutions are basse
of which towering sublimely above the s.