Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-07
ohio Democratic Convention.

hC DCtHOCtdCl mCt III OOnN cilllOu III July
the 4th. to nominate a State ticket and to give
expression TO their sentiments upon the great
issues of the day. Gov. SAMUEL MEDARY was
President of the Convention. The Ohio States
man in noticing the proceedings remarks:
Every county in the State was represented,
and many of them BY immense delegations. and
the nominations and the addresses and resolutions
will, w think, meet the cordial approval and
support of the conservative men of Ohio, of all
parties. as they did the unanimous sanction of the
Conventions:
The following ticket was nominated:
Judge of the Supreme Court, Rufus p. Ranney;
Secretary of State, VIM. W. Armstrong;; Attor
ney General, Lyman X. Critchfeld; School Com
missioner. Chas. w. II. Cathcart; Member of the
Board of Public Works. James Gamble.
THE PLATFORM.
To The People Of Ohio:
In the exercise of the right guaranteed to us
by our Federal and State Constitutions, we have
this day assembled together in a peaceable man
ner to consult for the common good, and. re-
jecting all mere partisan feelings. to give that
ntterance to our earnest and sincere convictions
that the state of the country seems to us to de-
mand.
The history of the Democracy of Ohio is a
record of unceasing and UNMARRIED devotion to the
Union of the States; ever fulfilling the Injunction
of the Fathers of our country, to ''cherish a cor
dial, habitual and immovable attachment to it;
accustoming themselves to think and speak of it
as of the palladium of our political safety and
prosperity, watching for its preservation with
jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever might
suggest even a suspicion that it could, in any
event, be abandoned, and Indignantly frowning
upon the first dawning OF every attempt to allen
ate any portion of our country from the rest or to
enfeeble the sacred ties which link together the
various parts"
lncited solely by this love for the Union, and
for the country ii so ~signally blessed, and believ-
ing with Andrew jackson that "the foundations
of the Union must be laid in the affections of the
people. in the security il gives to life, liberty.
character, and property in every quarter of the
country, and in the ~fraterDal attachments which
the citizens of the several States bear to one an
other as members of one political family, mutu-
ally contributing TO promote the happiness of
each Other" the Democracy of Ohio have never
adopted a sectional platform nor ever cast a sec
tional vote.
Actuated by this enlarged and elevated spirit
of PATRIOTISM, and esteeming it no dishOnOr 10
perpetuate by compromise and concession a Union
that was formed and had hitherto been preserved
by those means, and trusting that the power OF
patriotism might overcome the madness of party,
the Democracy of Ohio, in conjunction with the
other conservative men of tine country, most
earnestly sought to avert our present calamities,
and to preserve the Union by peaceable means.
But when the fell spirit Of Abolitionism at the
North and Secessionism at the South, disregard
ing the wishes of the majority of the people of
both sections, rendered all efforts tor a peaceful
adjustment Intellectual; when the integrity Of the
Union was assaulted by force and the country
plunged into civil war; when the President de
clared his intention to maintain the supremacy
of the Constitution by rms and to employ them
for that purpose alone; the Democracy OF Ohio,
Union men in war as well as in peace, rallied Ell
masse to the support of the Government From
that day to this they have given to every consti-
t~.tional measure for the suppression Of the re.
bellion an effective support. In the field they
have constituted and yet constitute a moiety. il
not more. Of the military quota of the State
and there is scarcely a battle ground that does
not bear 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; while as
private citizens and voters at the ballot-box they
have given to it a moral support more powerful
by tar than was ever before given by a party u
an Administration elevated to power by political
opponents. And now, in this sore hour of oul
country's trial, its motto IL, as it ever has been,
ITO maintain the Constitution and preserve the
Union" A party whose whole history is thu:
signally illustrative of patriotism, a party thai
has thus sacrificed all mere partisan prejudice anc
feeling, for the sake of the Republic, needs nc
defense at our hands against the malignant as
saults OF its enemies, and is entitled to be heart
with thoughtful attention when it proclaims ii
sentiments.
And the time has come when In our judgment
that proclamation should be respectfully but dis
tinctly and earnestly made.
A little over a year ago. Congress, with al
almost entire unanimity, s~olemnjy declared tina
Congress, banishipg all feeling Of mere passion
and resentment, will r~ecollect only its duty TO th'
whole country; that this war is not waged OF
their part in any spirit of oppression, or for any
purpose Of conquest or subjugstion, or purpose o.
oyerthrcwing or interfering with the rights or es
tablished institutions Of those States, but to de
fend and maintain the supremacy OF the Consti
7 'ution. and TO preserve the Union with all th'