The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-08
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CON-
VENTION
At Columbus, chic, July 1, 1862.
SPEECH OF MARTYR MEDARY.
Nominees and Platform.
VAhANDIGHAM'S TORY SPEECH,

delegation was fat affair, quite spiritless. It
was held at the room of DIR. Fries. Judge
Carter and Robert Moor were put on the Com
mittee Of Resolutions. DR.. Fries and r. K.
Csx on the State Central Committee,
Vanandigham's speech last night is much
commented upon. L was not what was ex-
pected of him. He is on a fresh scent Of some
sort.
The convention is not largely attended.
Vallandigham's district is the only one that
sent crowd. The delegates from other quar-
tiers are scattering If 1t wasn't for the 4th
the town would be very dull.
The strong men on the COMMITTEES on Reso-
lutions are mostly of the old Breckenridge
stripe.
Among the committeeman are Vallandig-
ham, Judge Thurman, Judge BARLEY, p Van
Trump, Judge Ranney and Judge Burchard.
Thus far the element of sympathy with re-
belion is not so strongly apparent as at the last
Democratic State Convention in this place.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention, in the afternoon, assem-
bled in the shade of the Capitol building,
There was very large crowd in attendance
and the heat was excessive.
Sam. 1edary was made Permanent Presi
dent. He opened his speech by stating the
honor of being made chairman was unex-
pected. In speaking of the Democratic Con-
vention he said he hoped there was nothing
| reasonable in the word Democrat If there
was not there was nothing reasonable in that
| Convention. He was astonished at the i'm
| putations cast upon the Democracy. He
would take the opportunity to vindicate him.
| self, and Ia doing so would vindicate them.
| He said be had been charged with disloyalty.
| God knew if he was not loyal nobody
was. He paid taxes and supported the gov
eminent. He had a son in the army whom
/ he had supported for six months in order to
| get him into the service without cent from
/ the Government. He had a son-in-law who
stood by Lyon when he fell at Springfield.
| And yet he was charged with being a traitor.
He had his opinion. Medary proceeded to
make vehement speech, violent in gesticula-
! ton and bitter in insinuation. In some parts
he was absolutely ferocious. He gave old
| Simmons, a Rhode Island, the gun contractor,
4 the benefit of his attentions. Medary said he
| feared that foreign intervention was at hand.
| He had that day received a most extraor-
| binary confidential letter from a source little
expected, in which he was warned, that prob
ably within thirty days proclamation would
be issued from Washington, proposing the
dissolution of the Union. He was exceedingly
emphatic to the effect that he would never
! no, never consent to the disruption of the
| URion of the States. To this sentiment the
Convention responded with earnest enthusi-
asm. Medary pledged the Democracy for the
Union always, and it was pretty generally
proclaimed that the Democracy were the only
real simon pure, adhesive, everlasting Union
men. On the conclusion of Medary's speech,
it was ordered that q dispatch be sent to the
| Democracy assembled at Harrisburg, assuring
| theu8 that the Ohio Democracy were doing as
they In Pennsylvania were, and that the Con-
| vention here was the largest Democratic dele
gate Convention ever held in The State, and
not county absent.
There was a call for the Platform before the
nomination of candidates, bat the usual order
was reversed, and the Convention proceeded
to nominate ticket. The candidate for
Judge of the Supreme Court was first NOM
mated. There were 376 votes cast. Judge
Ranney received about three-fourths of the
ballots and his nomination was made unan-
imous. Judge Obey received the highest
number of votes, Of Judge Ranney's competi-
tor'. W. w. Armstrong was nominated by
reclamation for Secretary of State.
i [By Telegraph
For Superintendent Of Public Works, Jas
Gamble, Of Stockton.
For School Commissioner, G. w. Cathcars
Of Montgomery county.
The report of the Committee ON Resolu-
tons was then read by Judge Thurman,
After s. preamble of considerable length the
following were adopted:
4 THE PLATFORM AS ADOPTED.
LIST. ResoEued, That we are, as we ever have
been, the devoted friends of the Constitution
and the Union, and we have no sympathy
with the enemies of either.
I'd. ResolUed, That every dictate OF patriot
ism requires that in the terrible struggle in
which we are engaged for the preservation OF
the Government the loyal people of the Union
should present an unbroken front, and there
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ascendancy by forcing party issues upon them
that necessarily tend to divide and distract
them, as the abolitlonists are constantly doing,
are hostile to the best interests of the country.
Sd. That the abolition party, by their de-
nunciation of the President, whenever he has
manifested conservative spirit, by their
| atF0eious defamation of our Generals, who
were exposing their lives for their country,
/ and who needed and merited its hearty sup
! port, by their acts and declarations tending
to promote INSTRUMENTATION in our armies, and
want of confidence in their commanders, and
by the persistent representations of all con-
sentative men in the loyal States as sympa-
thizers with the rebels, have given immense
aid and comfort to the rebel cause and en-
couraged them to hope Tor ultimate success.
4th. That we have seen with Indignation
the intimation of. the Governor of Massachu-
sets, that that State will be slow in furnish
ing her quota of troops unless the war. be car
ried on for sne purpose os emancipation, when
the nation is straining every nerve and pour
ing out its blood and treasure like water, TO
/ preserve its existence. 1t Is menstrous that a
conditional u nionism, that places abolitionism
above the Constitution, and the success of a
party above the integrity of the Republic,
should thus rear its head in high places, and
seek to dictate the conduct Of the war.
9TH. That while we would me out merited
and legal punishment to the. plotters of and
leaders id the rebellion, we are opposed to the
contemplated sweeping and indiscriminate
acts of confseation and emancipation by
Congressional legislation and Executive pro-
clamation; because, lst; We do not believe
that such acts would be unconstitutional; I'd. We
! believe that by driving the rebels to despera-
ton, and converting Union men at the South
int, rnlnlr fo.r ,rld hrrzc hn nfaiant in