Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-08-20
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From the FifL o0Gh OOnKressiOnal
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MAmurrA. Ono, August Is. lsl

MAMETrA, OHIO, August Is, 1862.
MEssRs EDIToRs Yesterday wa, biz day
10 Marietta. lt vas remarked By some, that
the Fourth OF July must have @ me this ,etr
In August" 80 great was the crowd aid bustle
OF people. The occasion was the meeting Of
tne District Conyenlion, composed OF the GOuu
Ties u Monroe, Washington, Morgan, Athens
and Megs. Lirge Delegations were present
from all the i've counties, with the greatest
unanimity and enthusiasm governing all their
aclionL.
The convention was called to order by Wm.
Lorey, Eq, chairman of the Washington
Coany Central c)mmittee, at l0h O'Clock,
a. M, who moved that the conveullon be or
gaDizcd BY calling Judge H4ywsrd, OF Morgan
county, to the chair. The Judge, on taking the
chair, made handsome ittlei speech, COUNSEL
Ing m"deratioD, which was we'll rece.yet.
One Vice Pfesidtnt and Sec etsry we're elected
from each county which compose the district
Alter the several oommi' tees had m ade their
reportS, the convention adjourned TO meet at
two O'Clock, P M.
Two O'Clock Came with large assembly of
people at the Court House, which soon 1creaeed
80 as to 6ll the house. Just at the appointed
time, the convention was called to order BY the
President. The first business before the meet
Ing was the nomination of candidate TO rep
resent this dstrics In the nexs Congress Little
dimculty was expected In determining who that
should be.
At the opening of the afternoon sessiop.
Judge G. F Buell. moved that the Hon James
X Morris, of Monroe county, be nominated by
reclamation as the Democratic candidate to
represent this district in the next Congress -
This was seconded by a loud response all over
the house. When the Chairman had stated the
question, and asked the members of the conven
tlon II they were ready for il TO be put, the
house fairly shook with the hearty ave that
ascended from every heart Loud aud pro.
loDged calls were made for Morris! Morris! A
committee of one from each county was ap-
pointed to inform Mr.. Morris of bis nomination.
committee reported a set Of patriotic reso.
lutions which were unanimously adopted by
the convention, after which the committee re.
turned, accompanied by Mr.. Morris, who was
loudly called upon for q speech. Mr.. Morris
spoke for nearly an hour with great effect. He
is now member OF Congress, one among the
few in that body who has stood up boldly for his
whole country, aud nothing but his country.-
He has stood fearlessly against that wild fsnat.
icism and corruption that have we'll nigh ru.
ined onr country during the last year.
Mr.. Morris showed up the hypocrisy OF these
no-party men in telling manner. He believed
that our only safety against despotism existed
In the preservation OF party organiz atoms. He
would not, If he could, blot out entirely the Re-
publican party he would only keep them in
safe minority He said that he had been de-
nounced as \ secessionist, when he had never
made but one political speech since the war be-
gun, but had spent much time in making war
speeches to encourage volunteering. He thought
tn n yva n mo tn
thy for the rebels
Mr.. Morris Is very popular in this District,
which makes IL quite prob bile that he will be
elected on the second Tuesday of October
next.
Hon. w. P. Cutler will likely be bis opponent
in this campaign The nexs day after M. Cut
Ter arrived iiom Washington, at the cose of
the session of Congress, he was called upJn to
make war speech, which tlckled him wonder
fully; be thought that honor enough for man
that had made but two speeches III his whole
Congressional course, and they both ranking
abolition, fanatical. Well, of course he did not
know what else 10 speak about, even in war
speech to encourage his countrymen TO enlist
In the army for the protection OF our country.
30 he close the subject with which he was most
familiar, the notorious "nigger.' He told what
acys the present immortal Congress had passed
during the last y ear for the bene6tof his color
ed friends, ell Of which of course we're deserv-
ing Of the. highest praise from his constituents.
From his speech, VIC would hardly know wbeth-
er they had done any thing at all for the people
of the United States He said che object of the
Presidents call for three hundred thousand
more volunteers was 10 sanction these mad Abo-
li,ion acts of Congress. In that speech, Mr..
Cutler did great injury to the Cause which be
was aeked TO forward, and had the people be.
lleved what Mr. Cutler said was the object of
the war, little would have been done yet, toward
filing up the quota OF this county for the war.
Mr. Cutler is an abolitionist of the old stamp,
and we hope to beat him, notwithstanding the
attempt of the last Legislature to cheat the
Democracy out of their due proportion of Con-
gressmen from this State Aware Of the dam.
age Mr.. Cutters late speech did to himself and
h.s party, the Republicans have kept him out OF
sight, not permitting him to make any more
war speeches
The Aoolitionists held their county Conven.
sion this week, which proved to be The most IN
sligo hcSnt sff4ir of the kind ever held In this
place. They tried 10 play the same game at
the no-party business that they did last year;
bnt since that time the people have got their
eyes someahat opened, 80 that every thing did
not 70 Of so smoothly. The Republicans we're
not willing that renegade Democrats should have
the chance at all the spos as they did last year,
while Ihere was not Democrat there who was
not In the same place sst year, looking for some
Office, and there was hardly eorporsl's guard
even Of them. Three out of six of the nomi-
nations made, have claimed to be Democrats up
TO some indefinite past time, previous TO one
year ago, none Of them have pretended to be
Democratic since they sold themselves out to the
Abolltionists last year, merely tor the chance
they should have at the spoils. Great dissatis-
faction is expressed among large portion of
the Republicans, and deteas to them l. certain
PHILOS,