The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-09-13
Union State Convention Columbus,
Thursday, Sept, 9th, 1861.

MllCntll, Ol OlHClnuhN'Is uppOluN'u tCul-
porary Chairman, and John q. Groom, of
Columbus, Secretary. The usual Com.
mittees were appointed. .........
The Committee on Permanent Orgaui.
cation reported, through its Chairman, as
follows For President Of the Conven-
tion, Thomas Ewing, The name OF Mr..
Ewing was received with rapturous ap.
plause. Vice Presidents were reported
from Districts as follows:
lsl, Jas. Watson I'd, Thos. Spoouer I;
Sd, VIM. Eishelleyer; 4ih,W. A. Carey (;
9Th, f. Graham (; 9th, f. Y. Fitch 7lh,
Doct. Toand 9Th, j. II. Jones 9th, o.
Bowen 10Th, T. Dugan ; 1lth, II. D.
Smith 12th, ]. r. Stanberrv 18th, j..
w. Beekman l4th,J. II. Boynton f; 18th.
D. w. Stambaugh 10Th, j.. s. McEnleff;
l7th, Jas. Smith, 18th, B. f. Letter; l9th,
r. Hitchcock 2Oih,A D. Kibbee; 2Ist,
}. A. Bingham.
SECRETARIES.
j. NJ. Coffinberry, Chas Hare, Joseph
L. kissinger, Simon Wolfe, Chas. G. Muir.
dock, +. G.. Lewis.
Mr.. Ewing made very pertinent
speech, practical and right to the point
In the course Of his remarks, he said
"Now, Gentlemen, the only method by
which the power Of the Nation can be put
| forth is through the arm Of the lawfully
constituted authority of the country. III
any other mode we are powerless.
AS to the manner in which the proper
authorities are 10 proceed, different per.
sons, again, have different plans; some
think This, and some think that. Now all
this is of no avail. We can't throw of
the legally constituted authorities. In
order to support the Nation we must sup
port the Executive of the Nation. (Grea!
applause.) The :ime may have been
when il was otherwise. But that time is
not now. When our country and its
Capital are threatened by hostile force
of armed rebels, it is not the time to refuse
our support 10 the National Executive -
Now force must be met by force.
| remember,at one time, when rebellion
threatened the country, aid when Gen
Jackson planted his foot upon it, that I,
with twenty other good Wings, called
upon the old General TO assure him Of our
support of his measures to crush out in.
cipient rebellion, and l would do so again
| (Cheers.)
Under the troubles that so grievously
assailcd our country, here has been mucl
Ct elimination and recrimination. Tn,
Republican has said 10 the Democrat, ,yol
have brought these evils upon us an,
the Democrats have replied TO the Re
publican, you did it. Blu! it seem TO NJ,
that the representatives Of party had bet
ter Just agree to close and balance &C
counts with each other. (Laughter anC
cheers.) But the fact is, my friends, tn
origin OF this rebellion is with neither o
the two parties, as such. The source o
the evillies much deeper down and furthe
back than all this. From tn. time tha
Gen. Jackson planted his foot upon nulli
: fication in South Carolina, in 1888, tber
3, has been general progress in the school
j ing for rebellion in that State. Wth;l
that time whole generation ofyoung me-
;, has there been reared up and educated t
= disunion. She is disunion State. An,
J, the fact ia now unquestionable that she cal
@ be kept in the Union only by the stron!
. arm of power; and would stretch ou
that arm with an unhesitating frmness
and force her to remain. Immense ap
plause.) Other States have been by de
grees, seduced from their allegiance t,
some extent, by influences similar to thost
which have proved so pestiential TO Soutl
Carolina. You all remember the wilC
buccaneering that was. sci on foot in l840
c when organized bands of young men in
. vaded the Island of Cuba, in which in
: vas;on an unfortunate and misguided
nephew Of the venerable John G. Crilteu
= den was taken prisoner and gRrroled.-
!. Now, these young men and their assoc
If ates and sympalhisers, trained to liv
II without labor, many of them poor and n
of them proud, became the "Knighs {
the Golden Circle, "a secret organizi
lion--set on foot TO carry out their de-
- perate and vlainous plans. But this we
4 put down. They organized anew, an
n were again put down, but not till after
n desperate struggle. have converse
with Judge Campbell, U. S. Judge i
Alabama, on this subject, and he informe
me that so strong and so violent had be
come this secret organization, that he eS
pccted on some OCCASIONS to be violenlI
torn from the bench and cast into ih
g waves of the Gulf. These secret con
spirators then turned their attention {
the North to educate a political school i
their desperate doctrines. They sougl
to distract the country on the subject {
,s slavery. They SO far and so well mar
a aged their Vaccinations as to break u
II the Democratic party at Charleston. b
{ this rupture they SO weakened the poll
lc cal power Of that party as 10 bring Rbor
T. the election Of Mr.. Lincoln, and thor,
!, npon seized upon his election as prele,
,t for disolving the Union.
We also heard much about the AZ
20 ministration going too far and doing tc
as much. My objection is, on the 9th,
m hand, that TIE Government has been tC
10 long g-suifcring and patient. My voiC
u, u would have heen given to stop the pr,
-, 80 ceedings Of the rebels at once upon the
r. rearing Notifications a. Fort Moultyie-
n. Yes, my friends, think the Administr
I'd iion, if mistaken in anything, has mac
so the mistake of waiting to long, and HI
of not at any time been too strong in i
movements. Cries Of that's So