, 1863-06-20

due TO hrave and patriotic soldiers ia the f3el
end everlasting ehame and disgrace to any citizen
Of party who withhe1ds 1t; that sympathlzins with
the amy In ts hhi dships and proud OF its Ealla,t.
try, the lovers Of the Union will stand by It. and
will remember, aid and support those who are dis
ab'td, and the families Of those who fail fighting
Rs1eirfd, That conading,in the honesty, patriot
ism and good eense Of the President, we pledge to
him oqr auppost Of bis earnest efforts to put down
ReeeIred. That the present Governor. David
Tod, is an honest, able public servant and that his
official conduct dereryes and receives theappEoba>
ton Of all loyal people.
The resolutions, each and all, were received
with hearty applause, and, at the close of
the last, three rousipg cheers were given for
Governor Tod, with more unanimity and ear
ne6tness than usual on such occasions.
SENATOR wADE's SPEECH.
4 unanimous shout for Wade brought him
to the stand.
He spoke with much enthusiasm and en-
erEy, and gave great satisfaction to the audi
ence. He bad received many favors from the
people Of Ohio, for which be could never be
sufficiently thankful, and he was today placed
under renewed obligations to them. He did
not. however, suppose that the convention
wished him to argue the prupffety Of the reso-
lntions. They we're manifestly proper; and
he would only say In conclusion with them,
that he regarded this convention rs the most
Important, that t-had ever assembled in the
state. unbappily, the American people we're
divided on questions so radical, that 1t seem
ed impossible they could ever be reconciled.
1t Was the difference between freedom nnd
despotiam. We were fighting for the old
Constitution, which guaranteed every right,
@ and under which we had prospered continu.
ally. No man could Fay that the Government
had rested heavily on him, and least Of Ill
conld those who have rebelled, for the party
with which they worked has nearly always
oeen IN the majority and had things their own
way At the time they rebelled, they had
GWo.fhirds Of the Congress, the President and
Cabinet. The history Of the world furnished
their own legislation.
Mr. Wade then sketchcd history Of seces-
sion In Congress, and showed Aow utterly
causeless was their conduct. Nothing hut .
predetermfnation to set up for themselves
could account tor It. Abiding to Vallandig-
ham's opposition to the war, he made the
probable supposition that he might be madea q
member of fhe Confederate Congress-, and. #
80, 1t might be interesting to know whether
he would refuse to vote supplies to the rebel
army, as he did for ours. # he did, it would
cost him his neck, and justly too. Next, he
showed very forcibly how tho peace party
were aiding the South and protFacting the
war; tho Convention held here Last week, and
Its spirit and results, was the most direct en-
cou1agcment for the rebels, as Its influence
would be to strengthen their determination to
hold ont till the diyided North would be com
peued TO yield But lie bad been greatly en-
couroged by his recent visits in the army Of
the Potomac; the soldiers were oil in good
heart, and only waited another opportunity to
strike the enemy fatal blow, with which
they seemed likely to be favored very soon.
As to the policy Of tho Administration, he be-
1ieved It would be ecquiesced In entirely very
soon. Progress in that direction had been
very rapid for some time People were not
slow in agreeing to allow negroes to run some
Of the rick Of battle, and their freedom would
follow naturally enough, although the work
seemed to be slow, When the country
emerged from the contest, it would be into q
purer atmosphere than heretofore, Weought
not to expect peace until slavery. the cause Of
all our troubles. waa trampled In the dust.
We could not look to q iuBI God, and nsk Him