Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-08-22
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Hon, PHILADELPHVANT TRUMP
DsisRea ,bsjoss iAs Convsnsioa Mat NoninGts
Ilisthim for COmmoa Pleas Judge, IN 1852
' IL 10 but iastice to Judge VAN TRuMR and t
the Democratic party to re publish his speecl
before the Convention by which he WAS nominal
cd for tie position be now holds. He ia on
candidate for Supreme Judge, and is denie'
active participation ID the political canvass :
This speech will, therefore, be read with re-
newed intesest-by the. people of Ohio. Its forc'
and appropriateness will be recognized now Al
we'll ss in 1862. Itis as follows: , d
. o. aa. ~ s'' THE ePKroH. % aH ~ 81
! I, Mr.. Presidsnt, and Gentlemen Of The Conp.a
ton :--For the very distinguished honor which
you have inst conferred upon me, by my unan.
imous nomlnation, aa the Democratic csndiy
date for Judge Of tho Court of Common Pleas
of this subdivision OF the Judicial District, ]
tender you my most profound and grateful
Acknowledgements. This fattering testimonial
Of your friendship and pegatd, is not the less
gsa.ifyIngp nay, 1t is for that reason, the most
eminensly grsteiul to my feelings, because Of ite
|being -Mhoiiy ynnsolicited on my part.=-I neither
expected or desired any position before the peo.
|ples which Wonld lake me from that quiet and
tepose which isi'much more. oopgenial TO the
lpresent temper of my mind and ccircumstauees
than the turmoil and excitement Of political
osnvassaa Indeed, these are times In which no
man need be durioes to mingle Ia the strifes
aad bitter feelings of political campaign;
times, too, which make eminently tfus and
fofoible the maxim, that "the post Of honor il
| the private stallion" Aud yet there comes tt
most men, 10 some period Of theil
lives, % time when they must yield their owr
linclinatlcns, and even their interests, to the
Wishes and feelings Of Others. You have de-
cided, thss this Is q period In which should
yield my own inclinations to yours. Il aoknowl
edge the force Of the obligation; and accept the
nomination promptly, unreseryedly, thankfully
with full appreciation of all its responsible
ties, at o period end under circumstances which
require something more than mere physical
courage to be Democrat, l accept IL in the
spirit with which ithas been rendered; not as o
reward for mere partisan services; not iu any
Ifac,ious spirit Of party organisation; but as an
indeysemeRt of an honest Independence In stand
| log mp for the riRhs amid theWhirlRind of, ex.
cIiement and ianaticism which rules the hour,
and as Ye6uke TO that spirit of yindcsive ha-
tired and persecution which has been showered
upon me by nearly the whole macs Of the Re
publican party here, for no other reason thar
that have modestly but firmly exercised the
common right Of an American citizen to think
and spsak Of the acts and doings of ths
seyoants Of tbs people. How losg yor
and=I shall be permitted thus to thinl
and speekpf the official eets of those now seat
cd In the1h High places Of the 9 Government; how
soon the gag upon the freedom of speech ant
the ffeedomlofltho press shall change from 9
partial TO- universal order of things, producct
bbysecret midnishs ordera from the councils O.
thenntion--the history ofthe nextfeW month
must determine for the American people. 1
btsis greet sight, baptized In blood aud guafan
teed q ris by she dearest proviaions of the Con
sitution under which we live, thus to think ant
10 speak Of she administration OF the Govern
|iment; lie 20 be wtested from the people, at Q
time and In d crisis when IL is most ,impor
tAnt and essential that it should exist unim
paired and unrestricted, why then We have bu
the mere skadoto of liberty, q mere eaSicatuy,
Of Constitutional government; aud go fat as real
genuine, practical freedom Is concerned, yor
| might Just ,as we'll Hive under the despotism O
Joseph Of Hapahurg, OF Austria, as that Of Abra
ham Lincoln Of the United States Of America
| Any manly and independents etrictures, eithe
upon the blunders or the oorrpptions Of the Ad
ministration, are at onoe distorted into tysaso,
and disIoyalty tothe Gopernmsnt, BY . set o
craven syoophants and infotmers, who are al
ways ready, whether In peace or ln war, to
3 & ea0rook the pyegpant hipges OF the knee
- Where thiift may follow iawninep lA.&s o.
LgTA refusal % sh9ut7 7hpssnnahsltp to the unconsti
/ ftutionat aots and usnrpaHons OF The President
such as no monarch of England has dared Il
assume since the iron reign of the Tudors, il
denounced as sympathy soith rebellion, or branded
90 aid, and comfort 10 traitors, and he who dare
10 think aud act for himself as becomes tht
loyal citizen Of free government, is huntet
down with oil the rancor of that fell spirit o.
persecution, which has made the history o
other times, but similar controversies, the grea
land marks and beacon lights in She struggles o.
the people for the establishment, or the main
tenance, ofacivil and constitutional liberty. Th,
great principle for which the Democratic park
10 now struggling 10 this government, is no ney
thing In the history Of mankinds IL is 90 olt
as the e .st, dawnings ,of civilization; II fs, th,
old and Oft repeated contest between 6popula
privilege on the one side, and executive usurpa
tion on the othet-the rights of the Peopl
against the Oas Nan PctssT ~ hen used to orusl
out the, Liberty Of the iadiyiduSl Citizen. II i
| the. same principle Ior which Hampden bled an,
Sidney suffered; and il lie 10 as much danger now
fnpon theshofesof free America, and In govern
ment of plainly written constitutions, as ever I
NAsi tbe atormieet daysvhsn Charles legionl
and CfomHhllia sQuRdroas met In she deadly
shock ofsbattle on the devastated plsins ol
/ fEngIand, tw61 iiandred years ago. And what
great qpestion was 10, which shook the Engliaf
fhrone and broughtAhelhe of CHARLES to The
| block faoWhat was IL that gave up that greal
bad minister, srsfotd, TO the Justice of viola
lied law, and tho, vengeance of, ipeulted iprivi
Iaegs ,dtEaslt the auestlo Of private citizens By
secret ofders'fr6h the prisy council around thu
throne, 2. pfoceas unknpWn 10 the laws, and In
Ietitaiiohs ofeEnglandI and as time, too, wheI
that country was reeling under the ferc,
surges Of civil commotion. And yet we, th'
lAmetiesqs spsople, With the best educated mass
90 the world ever saw-ia the nineteenth 0entu
lry7-in the full blazsof modern civilizations
and under Constitution which clearly define
the mode by which o citizen shall be depriyel
Of ,Ihiszpersonal liberty, without reference Il
time Or circumstance made subject to th
despotic will Of one mon, and daggeds In th
dead hour Of midnight, TO the cells ola distan
lprison- houses for crimesl uuspeelfed, withou
lthe privilege Of counsel, and 10 the very fac
/ Of opsn eoisrts end npobstYucted la,c,. ~ =
n i * b Ls-sa--.----- s'Can such things be, i
t7am And overcome m like sumner cloud, Z
- Without our special wonder2 ~
IL III crime or dialoyal practlces have bee