Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-08-28
The Convention of Yesterday.

Our readers will find elsewhere in this
paper sufficiently full report of the pro.
cecdings OF the called Union patty
State Convention which assem- bled yester-
day in this city, to enable them fully to
understand it's doings. 1t enacted the
farce Of re.a affirming the platform Of the
so.called Union Convention Of Sept. 9th,
1861, while the Fusion Legislature last
winter secuted the proposition to give it
their endorsement, and the Radicals in
! Congress were equally emphatic in their
| rejection Of it, And after the approach.
| ing election, the authorized spokeomen of
Of the Fusionists, in the Legislature. in
Congress and everywhere else, will treat
it with the same disregard and contempt
that characterized their action toward
it alter the election last year, up to yes
tcrday.
The resolutions which express conf
lcnce in the National Executive, and COM
mend the Executive Of Ohio, ale all right
in themselves, if understood as not (cith.
e, directly or Indirectly approving the
mis- ,hevious and radical action of Con.
gress or the wicked and unjust enact.
| ments Of our State Legislature.
a The last resolution, complimentary tc
our volunteer army, is proper and de-
n served but there can be no sincerity ii
. its adoption by Convention of the par
r ty whose Legislature refused to pass {
aw allowing he soldiers to vote.
In point Of personal character an,
qualifications, we take no exceptions t.
y the gentlemen composing the ticket nom
" mattel, In both respect, it is a fair ticket
" but in point of ability it is not equal t.
g the ticket nominated at the Convention
E Of July 4th which in all respects come
d up 20 the old .JcfIersonan standard-th
nominees all being "honest, capable, ant
= faithful to the Constitution
: In point of numbers, spirit and enthu
c siasm, the Convention yesterday was q
/, complete future, the delegates present
e themselves Icing the judges. When it
convened, before dinner, in Naughton's
= Hall, including spectators, there was not
!, a sullicien. number to more than half fill
v the Hall, and in the afternoon, when the
Convention was in full blast on the cas-
terrace of the State House, it presented
70 very lean appearance. Every person pre-
o sent, who had witness ed the deliberation
of the 4lh Of July Convention at tn
same place, was struck with the Ineager
y, aess and want Of energy and force in th
. meeting Of yesterday, as compared will
the numbers, enthus asm and determine
ton of the great asscmblage Of the Dem
> ocracy Of Ohio.
Y 4 ln I,1nrnt,u IN NJ n pn N
versaton expressed their fears as to TIN
/ result in October, while there was not
. rejecting and observing spectator present
7, who did not feel, and many expressed tn
}. sentiment, that this so.called Union par
d y was, to use common phrase. "abou
played out" The people are satisfied
, with its performances, and on the Secon'
t tuesday in October next, will rende
t their "erdct against it, by rolling up al
overwhelming majority for the ticket 0
n july 4,h.
We ae satisfied that the ticket nomin
: ated on yesterday will be beaten. 1t IL
only question as TO the majority tina
will be thrown against it, and that shoul
!. be made as large as possible. The lar
ger the better for the cause Of the Unlor
:. Hence, Democrats and all good and con
nj servative men, no matter by what nam
i they may heretofore have been designated
' should go to work with will, and striN
to swell the majority for the sound Cor
atitutiona Union ticket, headed by thi
IN eminent jurist, Rufus L. Ranncy. L'
u. all good and true men who are Tor III
N old Constitution, and the restoration c
- the Union go to work heartily, and pei
-, form their whole duty from this time un
" y, til the Second Tuesday in October.-
" Statesman Of FJjdoy.