Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14

try, will correspondingly increase our detesta.
tion of that class Of mousing politicians with
soured and distempsred souls who devote
their energies to impair aod undermine the con-
6dence reposed by the loyal 10 the belea 1uered
government, aud batten upon the misrortunes
Of honest effort TO meet the Vaccinations OF
treason Men with whom party success, aud
party pelf is the achme Of ambitn. Read it.
TO THE PEOPLE OF OHIO.
respond to my nomination by your rep.
resentatives in Convention at Columbus on
the 9th inst. intelligence of which has this
day been officially communicated to me, and
in the acceptance Of the same. it is meet
, should express to you my sense of The obi.
cation which this high honor confers. Lam
guage fails me in this attempt, as l can
conceive Of no more distinguished mark of
your confidence at this critical iuncture,
| through so intelligent and patrioit a con.
vention Of representatives assembled from
all parts Of the State, rejecting the senti
ments of all political parties, as well as of
! the highest interests and most important
concerns involved in what may with truth
be termed struggle for our national exis.
tence
Believe me when | assure you filly ap-
preciate the vast responsibility attached to
the position of Chief Magistrate Of our State
at this critical period Of affairs, aud duly
sensible of my own demerits, and were it
not that rely upon your generous iorbear.
snce l should hesitate 10 accept what your
distinguished impartiality with such
unparalleled unanimity has assigned me-
Without going into discussion OF the
circumstances and events which have
brought about the present alarming and
unhappy condition of our national Affairs
as these must now be apparent tOall,-I
will content myself by saying that the issue
presented 10 us as people in this saugui
nary struggle forced upon MS by the ambi
tious and designing leaders of the southern
rebellion, is, that of mans capacity or self
government The whole question to be
tried and settled in such a way that moth
ing in human power can ever disturb
or change it again, is then, 'Wheth,r man
is capable of governing himself Should it
not be shown when every resource and sac.
rilice has been made-aud | would exhaust
every means in our power first ere yielding,
then in order that we might have ou' rights
perfected and our liberties preserved in
some degree approaching the perfection Of
our hitherto impregnable system Of free
government. would consent TO bs taken
under the protection Of our once so called
Mother Country or any otherpower capable
of maintaining for us the respect Of the ma
tions of the globe.
That we shall evidently succeed in set.
Ting this question to the satisfaction of oil
the world beyound the hitherto expressed
doubts and suspicious of foreign potentates
statesmen and presses have not the remot.
est doubt, but that we shall he reqsired to
exercise all Of those higher attributes of
which man is capable, patient and perserv-
ing purpose inhexibe will, mistaken forti.
tude and unshrinking courage the already
written experience Of the past few months
has indicated Aud it is the source of the
{ heaTtiest congratuIation that We cal aIrea.
dy point TO the brave deeds and daring and
glorious actions of our noble volunteers Thus
early, aud feel within onr hearts, that the
number of these invinciblc soldiers has only
to be increased and their welfare AMI com
fort considered and cared for to the utmoS,
,
Of the success which though it may je tenn
poraTiIy interrupted must eventually perch
upon onr banners
1t is the duty of every man who csn beal
arms at this juucture. imperi.iye NECESSITY
alone preventing, when his efforts should
be given in another direction toward,
strengthening the cause and aiding tie gov
Grnment,-to rally to the standard of hi:
country and be counted among the heroe!
Of the greatest as it will be the most extra
, ordinary revolution since the world began
The struggle Of our ancestors was for self
: government, our struggle is TO mainInin it
S and under the blessing of the same Goo
who smiled upon Washington and his bare
footed and half starved comrades, tce WiL
do IL!
Those who cannot aid the cause 10 The
field may yet do much while pursuing theil
ordinary avOcationS the snews of war are
needed and these they may help to contrib
ute every man as far as bis means will
warrant, and there should scarcely be
limit 10 this, when it is considered that i
= our government is destroyed property will
have lost whatever value free institution
and enlightened laws conferred. In thi
view, the national loan, based upon sucI
security as nnderlifs tbe exiStance of tht
Federal governmsnt and the value of sl
property, and to which DO other species o
security can at all approximate in value
should be as literally subscribed to as 81
much of lien on life for what is lif
worth without liberty? And is not liberty
to be purchased and secured at every cost
The character Of the national loan is suct
that nearly oil classes may participate in it,
subscription, and it is better that ten meG
should subscribe to q thousand dollars O.
its notes, than that the honor aud prof
should fail to one.
Our system Of taxation may require rev
sion as it now operates, some escape who
should be found, while others suffer whose
burdens should be lighrened. Equally
that like the dews of heaVen-each may
bear in proportion, his just share is wbat
is required, and what it shonld be our ain
| to secure.
=, The uDprepared state in which the open
| ing of the war found our State Government
naturally created many obstacles, no little
confusion, much delay and many trying and
peculiarly annoying difficulties to both the
| EYpputiVa and tho naonla nm happv n