The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-07-11
DEMOCRATIC STATE CoNyEN.
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DEMOCHATIC SEAlE CONF bN-
TtON.
The Vallandiphsmers OF Ohio
met at Columbus, last Friday, the
4th, and nominated the following
ticket: -
Judge of the Supreme Court
Rufus 4. Ranney. Of Ouyahoga.
Secretary OF State--W. w. Arm
strong, Of Seneca.
| Attorney General--L. r. Critch-
field, Of Holmes,
School Comiuissioner-~Chas. w.
II. Cathcart, OF Montgomery.
| Member Of the Board Of Public
Wotks-Jamee Gamble, of Coshoc
ton.
1t was purely a Breckintidge af.
fair. Medary was President, and
Vallandigham was the manager Of
the entire concern. lie made the
great speech, appointed the commit.
tees and directed the business Of
the convention. lie caused to be
drafted and passed the following
resolutions
1. Resolved, That We ate, as we ever
have been, the devoted friends OF the Con
stitution and the Union, and we have no
sympathy with the enemies Of either.
Il Q. That every dictate OF patriotism re
Lquires that, in the terrible struggle In which
we are engaged for the preservation Of the
l0overnment, the loyal people Of the Union
should present an unbroken front; and
Therefore all Efforts 10 obtain, or pefpe,uate
party ascendencd by forcing party issu es
upon them that necessarily tend to divide
and distract them, as the Abolitionists are
i constantly doing, are hostile to the best IN
terests Of the country.
! This resolution contains more
downright, double distilled impu-
Idence than was ever before crowded
into the same number Of lines
Last fall the Republican party with
the desire Of uniting both parties on
tho platform OF tho Union and the
Constitution, invited the Democra-
cy to meet in convention, and drop.
ping party names tor The time, select
q ticket rom botn parties, and elect
it without canvass Of the state.
This generous offer was refused, and
Vallandigham and Medary called a
strict party convention aid nomina.
ted strict party ticket. The Un
ion party nominated mixed ticket
and elected it. From the beginning
Of tho War tho very men who draft.
ed this resolution, have labored night
and day to keep up their party or.
ganization, no matter how much
damage the great cause received.
8. That the Abolition party, by their de.
nunoio,ion OF the President whenever he has
man Tested conservative spirit, by their
atrocious defamation OF our Generals who
were exposing their lives for their country,
and who needed and merted its hearty sup.
port, by their acts and declarations tending
to promote insubordlnation IN our armies,
and a want Of confidence in their command
ers, and by their persistent representation
OF all conservative men in the loyal States,
ns sympathizers with the rebels, have given
immense AID and comfort TO the rebel cause,
and encouraged them 10 hopt for ultimate
success.
We call especial attention to the
above. Not Locoioco paper in
the North but has denounced in the
bittorest terms every act Of the Ad.
ministration-every successful Gen.
eral has been pursued with the per
tinaci'y of the blood hound, in fact, q,
they have systematically endeav ored
10 weaken the confidence OF the peo-
pie not only in the President, the
Generals, but in tho fighting quail
ties OF the men. This resolution is
tho qnintessence Of impotence.
4. That we have seen with indignation
the intimation Of The Governor OF Massa-
chusetts, C that that State will be slow in fur.
nishing her quota Of troops, unless the war
be carried on for purposes Of emanci patton.
When the nation 10 stIaining every nerve,
and pouring out lis blood and treasure like
water, to preserve its existence, it is mon
strous that a conditional Unionism that
places Abolitionism above the Constitution.
and the success Of a party above the integrl-
ty Of the Republic. should thus rear its head
in high places and seek to dictate the con.
duet OF the war.
How glib these secessionists talk
OF conditional Unionism." For
over o year these identical gentle
men havo opposed the war, and
why! Because they feared that in
The struggle slavery would be- injur.
ed--they have made their support
OF the Government depend entirely
uron the attitude it assumed on this
Question. Last fall we heard one
of tho Committee that drew up these
Resolutions, acknowledge. in a
peech, that he had opposed the
war, but. since Fremont's removal,
satisfied that slavery was to TO un.
molested, he was willing to aid and
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