Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-08-31

unanimously huoPtou ny 'uo DSN'N
Convention which was held in the city Of Co.
lumbup, on the Fourth day Of July, 1862:
In the exercise Of the right guaranteed to Us BY our
Federal State Constitutions, We have THIS day assem
bled together In peaceabs manner, 70 cone9t 'oi tne
common good and rejecting all mere partisan teeng'
IN iye that uttsance to our earnest and speee con
vicous the state Of the country seems 10 ID ~
mands ...a .,
uncensipg and unvaried devotion 10 the Union Of tne
states; ser fulfilling the Djuncin Of inc FAner
our county to cherish cJrdisi' napltuAl, hou iln
movable attachment 10 II; accusomiDg t1emselVee 70
thing and speak Of It as Of the palladium OF theI ponu
cal safety and prosperity, watching Tor us preservuoa
with jealous anxsyi dscountenancns wnaseVsr msns
apapdoned; and Il digpanty ftowning upon the nISI
dawnnE Of every attempt TO alenae any portion oi our
country from the rest or 10 enetp,s ns SAsieu u''
Tcsd soleIy bv tbis love for the Union. and for the
country 60 signally Dressed. and believing with AnoreH
Jackson that the foundations Of me Union muS1 Ee
H. the affection Of the peoples In the ecuriy IL gives 70
life liberty character and property In every qnarer o.
the country and 10 the fra erna attach ens wnoh Ine
citizens Of the several st. tes bear 70 one
bers Of one political family, mutually
mole the happiness Of each other the Denocraoy oI
Ohio have never adopted sectional Platform nor eVSr
ast sectional vote. IL. :, 80.
ro,ism and esteem ng II no dshot or to perpetuNe oy
oeppomIle and concession Union tnAt was Anu
had hitherto been preserved BY ho,e means, ana uu
inc that he power of patriotism might overcome the mad
neHs Of uarty the Dem cracy OF Ohio, IN oonuncion
with The other conservative men Of the country most
earnestly sought to avert our present caiam'ss slu
| preserye the Union, by pesceaole means
But when the fell spirit OF Abotonim AZ tne Noftn
and secessonsm at the South, dsregardins the wishes
Of the majority Of the people Of oota sections rendered
ali eiforts for peaceabe adjustment Intellectual; when
the integrity OF the Union was asSailed BY force and tne
country plunged into civil war; when the President de
clared his intention to maintain the supremacy Oh te
nd N r
nose alone; the Democracy o Ohio, Union men In war
es in peace rallied en- masse to the support OF the
Government From that day TO TINS they nave gwen y
every constitutional measure for the suppression Of the
rebellion an effective support. In the held they nave
constituted and yet constitute moiety II not more Of
he military qaota of the state and mere u scarcely
te ground that does not besr witness TO their heroic
| devotion to the Union. In the National and state
councils they have granted without hesitation all the
men and money demanded BY the Government wnie Ie
as private citizens and voters at the ballot box they nave
given 10 it moral support more powerful BY iar tnan
was ever before given BY party to an administration
elevated to power by political opponents. ana now 70
eyar has beeu "To maintain the Constitution and pre-
serve the Union" party whose whole history Is thus
sgnay illustrative Of Patriotism party .nst nss mus
he sake OF the Republic needs no defense st our hands
against the malignant assaults Of Its enemies and 70 en'
tea to be heard with thoughtful attention Wher It pro-
| claims Its sentiments -
And he time has come wnep, In our judgment, that
proclamation should be res ctfully but distinctly and
earnestly made, g. lit - ,,,,.
entira unanimity soiemny declared that "oongreIN
banishing all feeling Of mere passion and reSenmeA
will recoect only Its duty to tne Whoe 'ounVi tnAt
iris war Is not wagsd their part In any spirit VI OPP
or for any purpose OF conquest or snougauon
or purpose Of overhrowing or interfering with the rights
or established institutions Of those States but 70 defend
and maintain the supremacy OF the Constitution and to
preserye the Union with all the dignity, equality and
rights Of the several States impaired; and that as
soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to
We need not remind you with what sati,faction this
declaration was hailed in the loyal States how 1t served
fill the ranks Of the army to strengthen tns hand Of
the GovernmSn and infuse spirit snd fortitude into
the breasts Of the loyal Of the south who yet oung
to the hove Of sst the Union restored in AL its pristine
vgor and supremacy And mad there oeen no departure
from the spirit this deolaraoD bad doctrines been
advanced In high D1u ntia places subvers7e OF the
most cherhed beTdts guaranteed By the Constitution
to the people had there been no 80
a. to sppa the nation BY magnitude, and were there
no danger Institutions 10 be app ehended IN the
fun and TO be carefully guarded against would not
be necessary for Us now 10 address you.
But the powerful and persistent efforts tnet nave oeeD
Ard are yet icing made TO convert the var into mere
crusade SIave; the fearful strides taken BY Con-
at It's pre- ent session. in nat alrecuon tne yet
more alarming measure pTUpused and warmly dvCcasd
the AudaciUus attempts TO o.oawe the President ~hen
ever he hestaed yield to the demands OF the radicals
the unms that has bean heaped upon auos
Every Heuera In Geld, howev merit riOus, who has
declined to eeome emisSary OF abo iionm; the daily
pronulRation Of doctrines utterly d sruntive OF the
nupcistion Of every CONSERVATIVE man, however loysl
VII does not subscribe to them; all give varnipg that
ought pas unheeded by the people, and require
Of all who desire TO sec the CONSTITUTION maiaained
and the Union perpetuAted an expression OF their senu
ments.
We therefore, the representatives Of nearly or quite
two bundled thousand voters Of the State Of Ohio who
have as deep stake in the welfare Of the country and 10
the preservation OF the Union as Sny other equal mum
Der Of men, the exercise Of eur duty and constitution
Al rahtv and with the desire Of uphoding ins cad OF
tt fraf nnWe az m
ious TO unite ali men, without regard to their former
ty associations who agree with rs in opinion and TO treat
ali loyal who honestly differ from MS with becoming
respect do hereby declare own opinions and those Of
our constituents, as follows:
l. Resolred That we are as we ever have besD the
devoted friends Of the Constitution and the Union, and
we I'VE no 81 mpathy with the enemies Of either.
Y. ResolVsl, That every dictate OF patriotism re-
qures that, the terrible struggle In which We are en-
gsqed fl the preserva ion Of the Government the loyal
people Of the Union should present unbroken trout
and therefore all Efforts 10 obtain, or perpeuate party
ascende cy BY forcing party issues upon them that
sary tend to divide and distract Them as the Abolition
ists are constantly doing, hostile TO the best interests
3 RssoISsd, That the Abolition party, by their de-
pupciaon the President whenever he has manifested
conservative spirit by their srocious defamation Of
our generals who ezposing their lives for their
country and needed and meTted its hearty support
by h. acts and declarations ending to promote insub
ordination in our amies, and want ef confidence IN
their omanders AID by their persistent
all conservative men In ihe loyal btatOs, nympa
tort the rebel cause and encou ased lhem hope
ultimate succeta.
Resired That we have seen with Indignation the |
intimaon Of the Governor Of Massachusetts, that that
state will be slow In furnishing her quota Of troops
less the war carried for purposes Of emancipation
When the nation is straning every nerve and pouring
out Its blood aud he wnir TO preserve i ex
iseuoe Il 10 monstrous that conditional Unous that
places hbolionism above the Constitution, and the sue
cess OF par above the INTEGRITY Of the Republic Ahoud
thus ts head 10 high places and seek to dictate the
dnof of the war
s. RssoIvsd, That while we would mete ont mstit.d
and legal unshment The plotters Of, and leadsrs in
The rebellion, we opposed 10 the oonempla cd sweep
~ aud ndiscrminate Of confsc Iioh and enamel.
paon BY congressional legislation or Executive proc.s'
let We do not believe that such acts would be oonsa
tudonal,
"a. We believe that By driving the rebels TO despsra
iop aud ooLve ting Union the South to Iebels
The, would have the e9eot to indefinitely prolong the
war, afford preext for foreign Intervention, and ron
der the restoration Of tho Union next to- quits iq
possible
id Bs ause II practicable and carried out they would
engsndeT feeling Of bitterness between The different
sections of the Ubion that would be aayed for gen
eratons 10 come and that would be cause
Of danger and disturbance to the public peace source
Of perpetual weakness in the Government and an ever
present ncs nve to foreign powers to interfere In our
domestic concerns and TO promote dsrupon and over
lth. Because they would destroy in great degree
entirely, for many years 70 come the ndusaln
erests Of large section Of the country, and most nr
IousIy affect the interests Of the whole people.
5th Because the immediate and indiscrIminate emau.
paon Of the slaves would be an act OF inhumsnity to
ON Becanse auch an emancipation would throw upon
be border free States and especially upon Ohio an i'm q
1ense number Of negroes 10 compete wI and under q
or the white lnborou Of the btnte and TO connttute