Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-07-26
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\ ocratic State Convention which was held 10 this
city on the Fourth Of July, 1862, as reported for
The Dayton Empire:
j ,Gentlemen-It has Just occurred to me that
when appeared here little while ago to- ask
g favor Of you, We: To take my name from the
list Of your nominees, | was uncivil In not
thanking you for the Partially you manifested
10 giving me the nomination unasked for
While, my friends, do not want your Office,
| still esteem the favor. cast my lot with the
Democratic party of this State before was a
voter, in the good old days Of Jackson.
have seen great deal Of the party since that
time. Il has been kind 10 met IL has done
me thousand fold more than justice on all oc
casIons, and beg leave to say that return
you my sincere and unfeigned thanks for this
repeated confidence In me. had hoped, and
it is cause of sincere regret that 1t Ia other
wise, that could have been left free from any
connection with the ticket to be elected this
fall. Three years ago you made Il nv duty, by
designating me aS your candidate for Governor,
70 visit many Of the counties Of the State.
have NOT seen many Of you since; but you will
lremeuber that warned you that fanaticism at
both ends Of the Union was dragging you on 10
civil war. bloodshed and destruction. The terri.
BILE realization has come upon usj we are 10 the
midst OF horrible war. The stsrIling fact stares
Us iu the face, that hundfeds and thousands of
our friends on the field of battle-not less than
one hundred thousand, have gone to that bourne
from whence no traveller returns One hundred
thousand fresdes have had the pail Of death
drawn over them. If we may place confidence
lin the statement of the Chairman of the COM
mittee of Ways aud Means In the House Of
Representative, we are In debt already more
than one thousand millions of dollars. With
the increased debt Of Ohio, and our share Of the
National debt, a mortgage siresting upon the
property Of the State of not less than one hun
dted millions of dollars. Is It not time for
freeman to ask those in power, Waterman what
of the night Is there treason in that7 Let
me cay to you, my fellow citizens, that great as
Ihese- sacrifices are, and wonderful as they are.
If they are made for the sole purpose Of uphold
ing that glorious fabric Of government to which
Washington put his name, they are not too
much. If, on the contrary, this enormous ex-
4 pense is made, and the blood foWe, to under
II mine that glorious old fabric, then every drop
of blood that is shed is but infuslng poison into
the body politic; and every dollar that is contri
buted goes to forge the chains Of yourselves and
your ohlldren. What then is our plain duty .
) An Executive Is In power that we did not contri
|, oute 70 elect bus he is none the less our Ex-
, ecutive; he wields the power of Govern
: men'' ana IL ID our O0Vernmen'' tnank Soo'
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and that the Executive shall lift aloft the ban.
ner of the Constitution, and 20 before us, as be
: 4 Was elected 70 do. Plainly and simply We have
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OF nfe py ntk1r suHs mey iS.u us 70 tue narDo
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