New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-08-16
Democratic staty Convention OF Ohio.

This body met ct Columbus on the 7th, and after
organization proceeded at to the dispatch Of
business. The Convention was very largely at
tended, every county being represented. A union
| upon a State ticket with the Republicans was re-
fused full ticket placed in the field, and the fol
| lowing resolutions were adopted
The Democracy and other Union men of Ohio
! in Convention assembled, adopt and declare the
| following resolutions as the basis upon which they
appeal to all patriotic Union anl liberty-loving
citizens, to unite and rally in support of the ticket
| this day presented:
| Ecsoiyed, That the civil war by which our coun-
try at present distracted is the natural offspring
| of misguided sectionasnl, engendered by tanat-
ical agitation North we'll as South, and that the
| Democratic party have equally opposed the eX-
tremists Of both sections. and having at all times
| zea!Ously contended for the administration of the
General Government within its Constitutional limits
that party is in way responsible for the calaH
| tiles that have resulted from departure from its
| doctrines and disregard of its warning and ad-
| vice.
| q That in this national emergency the dcmoc-
| racy and other Union men of Ohio, banshing all
| feeling OF passion resentment, will reColleCt
only their duty to the whole country that this war
| should not be wagcd in conquest or subjugation,
| nor for the purpose OF Oyerthr0wing intertar-
| ing with the rights OF established institutions of
the States, but to defend and maintain the supre-
macy of the Constitution, and to preserve the
Union with all the dignity, equality and rights of
| these objects are accomplished, the war ought to
| cease.
g. That while we deem it the duty of every cti-
| zen to support and sustain the Government, con-
sttutionally administered, we recommend that the
legislatures of the several States adopt the proper
measures for calling national convention for the
purpose of settling present difficulties, and re-
| storing and preserving the Union.
| f. That the corruption, extravaganza, incompe-
| tenCy, and avorilism shown in the administration
! of the war departments of the State and Federal
| Government deserve and receive our unqualified
| condemnation, and ought to be Immediately cor
| rected and reformed
s. That the volunteer soldiers who, at the call of
their country, promptly went forth to do battle in
| defence of the Constitution and laws, and in many
| cases have been compelled under inexperienced
| officers are entitled to hearty thanks for the
gallant manner i'll which they have discharged
| their duties.
c. That the privilege of the writ Of habeas cor
pus is one of the great bulwarks of freedom and
| that no citizen can be legally deprived of the
| benefit thereof, except by Congress, and then in
case Of rebellion inyasion,. when the public
safety may require it, and that the late atteiupt OF
| the President of the United States to suspend the
| privilege of the same is unwarranted by the Fed
eral Constitution.
| The Cincinnati Commercial says the -" "Conyen
| ton was the most respectable in the talent, char
| acter and department of the delegates" ever as
sembed in the State.