The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-07-08
speech Of John Brough at Cleveland.


return
home, and to express their sense of his
nomination us candidate for Governor. lie.
l,--ds Band did their best in the way of in.
strumontal music, while a club OF our most
celebrated Cleveland vocalists gave an ad.
.toual charm to the scrcuadc. After mt
sic 10y the band and patriotic speeches by
the club, Mr.. Brough was called out. He
was introduced to the assemhlage by the
Hon. Amasa Stone. Jr., and was addressed
as follows 10y George A. Benedict, ESD, of
the Cleveland Her0R:
MIR. Brough: Your ucighbors and
tricnds have assembled hcrc this evening
10 give expression TO their feelings Of per.
sonal and political regard felt toward your
SELF rs well aS to indorso your nomination
Toy the Union Convention, 10 the Gubcrna-
torial candidate Tor the next campaign.
We doubt not that You will pass through
tho approaching contest with success aud
honor, and that YOU will take your seat in
the Gubernatorial chair with the confident
assurance of grand political triumph
Mr.. Brough said
Personally, my friends. desire to thank
You cordially and warmly for this tcsti-
mony of your regard. But would bc ar.
rogatiug a great deal to myself, | would he
guilty OF great thoughtlcssucss and vanity,
did not attribute some of the kindly en-
thusnsm with which am met tonight to
tho noble cause which Won have called
upon me to represent There was one
point upon which would express my
agreement with the party against whom
we are about to fight They dcnouncc the
Government because it's civil and military
authorities have, rs they say, sent ont of
the State man whom those authorities did
not wish TO see at the head of the State
Executive. feel equally rcstivc under the
dictum which has madc me candidate
tor Governor, since | am hv no means
pleased with the tyrannous decree. AS |.
however, am disposed to Weld to any pop
uiar law or decision and to show no rebel
houS disposition, acQuicscc in the nomi-
nation but must say, ~ did the late Hon.
Silas Wright. when nominated for the
Governorsnip of Now YorN, that " can
only give " reluctant consent to serve. ."
There are many heavy burdens of business
pressing upon me, yet though could dc.
sire to bo left to tend to them there are
many circumstances which compel mo TO
ylcd to the wishes of the people | therc-
fore accept the standard Of the party. and
shall bear it unilinchingly throughout tho
struggle; and whether to victory or defeat.
it shall be for those who have placed it
III my hands to determine. Cheering.
Yet a word in relation to personal mat
ters, though what have already said is
somewhat personal. have been, and shall
probably be, still further injured 10y abuse
and misrepresentation rs to my past polit-
cal career and doiugs.
| have for five and twenty years been
"a al i,tp
should have learned but little were not
able to receive my portion OF partisan cal
umny without being disturbed. wish,
therefore, to correct II point in history,
moro than anything else The present
time and questions seem to demand that
party lines should be obitcralcd, that plat
form distinctions should be laid aside, and
still ! would desire to show that have not
wandered from my party. as my enemies
seek to demonstrate. have been a Demo-
crat these many years, and yet moderate
men, men of yesterday, read me out of the
party. They say that in lSlj | left the
Democratic party for want of an Office.
told MIR. Polk that he was my best friend
tor had | not been relieved of public du-
ties then, should never, perhaps, have
lelt the turmoil OF politics and instead of
having accomplished something which
might make me entitled to be considered a
useful and honorable citizen, might havo
degenerated into Il tricky, timeserying
politician. Thoy say that | left the Demo.
cratic party, and yet for many years | WAS
connected with the Cincinnati Eitga5er,
which was rumored among those, who
were thought to know, to he the leading
organ of that party.
would say another word. Once when1
had the honor to he connected with the
finances of the State, AZ Auditor. in 1912,
the question was raised by certain parties
whether the law which had been passed in
1920, Coniining the receipts from the Ohio
Canal to the payment of interest which
was due those who lent money TO build
that public work, should not be repealed.
Certain other men to whom the State owed
money, GoHd fde perhaps, clamored for
payment and II resolution was introduced
into the Legislature to repeal that law, to
take away the security which those who
had helped to build the Canal then held
and to suffer the State interest to go by de-
fault They reported then that there was
q man in the State Auditors office who was
opposed to the swindle, and that he had
declared that his right arm should wither
Hp sooner than have it employed in draw
ing up the necessary papers to carry it out
A large ina Orty voted the measure down,
and that is the history of reputation in
Ohio. The men who led in the movement
were men of ability. They could mislead
the people to some extent, bat the masses
after all discovered the right and adopted t.
1t is just so at the present time.
Democratic Convention has met at Colum-
bus, and has adopted what we all consider
rs an unwisc course. They havo set forth
doctrines which are entirely wrong and
they attempt to force the people to believe
them; but they will not succeed The
masses are, at the bottom of their hearts,
truly loyal; they are honest in their sup
port of our Government they are desirous
to put down the rebellion. At present
some may be mscd but they will soon
have II more serious and thorough opinion.
Mr., Thurman the other night attempted TO
make point with the people, on this wise
" How could they be induced TO believe in
the doctrines of men who villfied their
opinions, their motives, and th0ir inten-
tiOns? Mr. Thurman is wrong. 1t is not
tho people who are to blame 1t is those
who set themselves forth as their leaders.
The great Democratic party is loyal. They
will act aright they think Alright. | have
been reading to some friends letters from
Democrats in various portions of the State
and what they say proves my assertion
The people just now are deceived by cries
that Peace could be made, if only the
proper men were in power to promote
efforts in that direction" | desire peace
as much Us any one; but say TO those gen
tlemen who propose it, that | want honor
with that peace, and guarantees for its fu-