The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-09-12


Especial to the Cincinnati Gsze!tej
CoLUynUs, Sept. 3.
The Uuiop Convention net at II o.
clock Tbos. Mitchell Of Hamilton coun
Ity was chosen temporary Chairman, and
Mr.. Groom of Franklin, Secretary.
The President, on taking the chair. re.
turned thanks for The compliment, which
was no ordinary one.
This was no ordinary political Conven.
ton. One duty was, it is true to select
Candidates, but that has been performed
for half a century before; that is but part
Iof our duty. We meet under circum-
stances which never called US toeether
before.
The whole frbric Of the Government is
shaken to its center. The fac is desc.
Grated, and in our midst are many who BY
capl lulation. are disposed to sustain trai-
tors IN tn" destruction Of our Constiu
'ional Liberty. lie urged brevty and
unanlmity. He wanted the anuuncis,ion
by he Convention OF a single proposition
namely that have Governmant, and
j2st Il IS Threatened and W. mean 10 re-
NC. back to the people that our country
shall be preserved and that eysry one who
is moi for The Goy-rnmen, is agalns, it.
W oeyer hesits,es at !his time ia an enc.
my OF the Government. H was Tor no
submission to. OF compromise with trai.
tors.
The speech was received with tremen-
dous cheers. The committees were thsu
Appointed on credentials, permanent or.
gaaizalion. and resolutions and the Con.
vention adjourned ill two O'Clock.
Tod will be nominated By reclamation.
The prospects about other candidates
mixed.
AFTERNOON SESSION,
The Convention re.assembed at the
th-ater but adjourned 10 the CAPITOL
steps.
The Committee on Permanent Organi.
zaton reported Thos. Ewing for Presi.
dent and one Vice President from each
Congressional District, and three Sea.
Ielaries
Mr.. Ewing on taking the Chair, said he
deeply appreciated the honor conferred
on him. The Convention was one oil
great Importance, being the embodiment
OF Povement the most momentous.
The nation is in situation tie most diff.
licult and trying in its history. We meet
as the representatives of the people, to ex-
press their will, feeling, and purposes and
give voice TO their behests. 1t is their
purposes to support the Government, and
put down rebellion. To do this, force,
physical and moral, must be employed,
Men have different views as 10 the prop
er means to be employed 10 effect this
Different persons have different opinions
This is to be expected; but the only
method by which the power Of the ma
ZION must be exercised is through the
arm of the lawfully constituted aulhort,
o. the country. Some NAV b. dissatisfied
with the Government, but We cannot throw
of the Government. Those who do not
support the Executive do not support
the Go vernmen t. The TIM my
have been when itwas Otherwise. but il
was not now. When our capital ia threat
ened by hostile force Of armed reb.ls is
no the Iimc to refuse our support to the
Nationa Executive. Fore must now be
met with force. He remembered a time
when Soulh Carolina in her Nullifcalion
Act threatened re ellion. lie has always
opposed G II. jackson. but at that time
he and twenty other good Wings went to
him and gave in their adhesion.
The ship of State is among breakers
The master Of the vessel cannot save her
alone. He did not propose to enquire
what Lincoln had done or what Buchan
an hal done. He proposed to let that ali
pass. Our duty now was to save the
country, and that can only BE- done by
sustaining the executive. He wanted all
past feelings and prejudice laid side
He had belonged to no party since 1854
ut he now belonged to the parry of the
pc pie. Let Democrats and Republi
cans balance their accounts and begin
new He alluded to the cause OF the
re ellion, and said neither party was di
rcctly to blame The base OF the diff.
Guilty lay deeper. Ever since 1888, South
Carolina had been educating her sons in
the heresy Of rebellion. That State will
neve, come back OF her own accord, but
she must be brought back by the strong
arm of the Government. He then refer.
red to the procet dings o'the Democratic
Convention at Charleston as one stop TO
ward rebellion; said no State except
South Carolina had declared BY the voice
of the people in favor of Secession.
He bad heard many objections to the
present Administration. Ills only OBJ
lection was, it forebere too long, and did
not put forth its whole strength soon
enough
On the question of the suspension Of
the writ of h beas corpus by the Prosi
dent, he could not say whether ia all
cases il was strictly according 10 the
Constiiuticn--'o the letter os the Iaw;b
this was no time TO- stop and question
such authcri,y. He lhongbt the wri I'd
NOS been suspended in hal the cases lha
it ought to haye been This was the
only objeGtl}n, H. concluded by say
ihs hat those who fail to support the
Eteculire ail to support Tie Constitu
lion and laws.
The Committee on Resolutions made
the io,'owing unanimous report;
Res5lve2, Thai The ptpsent dsplorsble
civi wal bas been forcsG upon the coun-
try by the Disunionists in the Southern
States, now in revolt agsinst the Cousti-