The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-07-29
THE GREAT UNION MASS MEETING
Ar TOLEDO.
OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Speeches by Hon. John BrOugh, Hon,
Geo. W. Julian, and Others.

The first of the series of Union meetings
appointed by the State Union Central Com
mttce. was held in Toledo on Wednesday
last. Large delegations of Union men were
in attendance from the surrounding coun-
try all actuatod by one impulse that Of
comforting with their brethren on the vital
questions at issue.
The exercises were held in the Grove, at
the corner of Broadway and Williams
street where large crown had gathered,
at - o'clock. There could not havo been
less than five thousand persons present.
Tho meeting was called to order by Hon.
James NJ. Ashley, and Hon. James Myers
was chosen President. On taking the chair,
Mr.. Myers made IL few brief and pertinent
remarks, thanking the audience for the
honor conferred upon him, and pledging
himself to sustain the cause of free gov
crnmcnt.
The following gentlemen were appointed
| Vice Presidents D. Il. Smith, j. L. Pcase,
J. j. Manor, Luther Whitney, Lucas county;
Joseph Cable, Samuel Durgin, Fulton; p.
w. Norris, w S. Morrison, Williams w.
o. Ensign, Fmdlay Strong, Defiance; John
w Myers, w. \. Shook, Paulding w.
Sheffield, Charles IIorning, Henry; c. NJ.
Godfrey, George Skinner, Putnam; +. d.
Peck, Judge Tullcr, Wood.
The Secretaries, selected from members
of the press in the District, were: Messrs.
Waggoner and Riley, Lucas Brown, Raul
ding Hunt, Putnam Chaplin, Wood War
wick, Defiance; Star, Williams; Bayes,
Fulton; Hague, Henry.
Hon. John Brough was then introduced
to the audience by the President, and spoke
over two hours We only give II synopsis
of II portion of his remarks:
FELLOW CITIZENS Il am glad to meet so large
an asscmblage ofpcople of the Tenth Congressional
! District, but my rejoicing is not unminglcd with
regret that cannot meet YOU otherwise than in the
attitude in which am now plnccd. 1t has pleased
your delegates in the recent State Convention to
place me before the people as II candidate Tor the
, office of Governor. ! had desired it otherwise.
When several years since retired from political
life, hoped to act less prominent part than that
, how assigned mc-and would have preferred to re-
main humble soldier battling for our com
mon cause, and that some one older, more capable
and better qualified than myself should have been
leced for the position. Personally, regret TO as
sumo the duties incumbent upon II candidate but
= the circumstances now are such that all must ne
ccsSarilv make personal sacrifices, and no one Is at
i liberty to decline making them. In making COM
t mon cause with all Union men, have no ulteriur
designs it is my desire to seek the retirement of
private life after the present rebellion is crushed
But until that is done it is the duty of every citizen
= to sustain the Government in all its measures.
We are now in the midst, and, hope, approach
ing the end, o civil war-acivii war lneXcusable
in its commencement, and unparalleled III the
srcngt and vigor with which thas been conducted
and il is our duty to that it is finished in such
a. II manner ns To prevent recurrence OF anything oi
the kind hereafter. What have we to say in jus
= tiication of ourselves? ? Have we provoked the
p war; have we commenced IT, or have We failed do.
ing everything to avoid it? The responsibilities o
e this war res wholly with the South; it was nau-
=. . gnrated there, long before Abraham Lincoln was
| elected President and that event had un more tC
c do with the commencement ol the war than the
A succession of the Emprrnrs ut China, Ii WAS a
mere prccxt. The lust for political power on thc
l. part OF Southern men was the sole cause. They
n saw, with dismny, that the increase of population
III the North was filling the halls of Congress witt
I men who did not symputhi.c with their institutions
l. and, year after year, they sought prccxts for get
ting into their own hands the Icins of power. Or
the part of the North, everything has been done t'
S conclac them They presented new system Of
/ rercnuc and tariff, aud we yielded 10 them, and
adopted their thOorioa They claimed they had II
+ peculiar institution with which We had nothing I,
:
j" we yielded To their demands They asked for Il
= fugitive slave law, to protect this institution AN,
; we granted it in moment. They asked us to guar
antcr the enforcement OF this law in the free state
o and did s0 ia II Mumont. But all this iii,
, not satisfy them.
IT They demanded that their institution Should h,
G. recognized everywhere and at all times, md TIM
no free State should be admitted into the Union I'm
49, less there was corresponding slave State am
T. thRt the Government must acknowledge uand pro
~, tcct It, with ali hltghcnMg Influences, IN all th
virgin territories of the WcSt. We did not yield t.
vt this demand, for forhcarancc was mt an end.
IN The old Democratic party had staggered like
drunken man under the loads which tho south la
no placed upon its back, and at Charleston they londe
il with an incubus which bore it down.
In tho campaign Of lald they gave the Ciu
AT cinnat platform, with tive plnnks IN IT more ha
" we had ever hcinlc had in any platform; but ht
they given MS Douglas it would have hocn less di'
OF tastctUl--yet he was refused. In 1860, at III
o., Charleston Convention, they brought forward
y piaitorm pledgng the Democratic party to the do,
us tr!ne of The right 0t the Stakeholder to take Ii
" slaves anywhere within oar territory. They lpc'
= that Northern Democrats could not return hon
iR and advocate that platform before their ConStit,
onts, without politically burymg themselves
, dscp that they would never again be heard froi
until the Day OF Judgment IT, Pcrchancc, the
- even made their appearance on that occasion
Laughter And in that Charleston G0nyouGo
SS Ex-senator Pugh, in one OF the most beautifr
he SpecrhcS he ever delivered in his life, declare
- thai no pomocat could stand on the platform thei
w presented by the south. but THIS was part
he their policy they desired 10 divide the Democrat
party aud obtain the nomination ot two Democrat
hV candidates. This the, a"cw wOHld ScrurC II
AN election Of the Republican candidate, aud enaL
, them to raise the cry of sectional man." whic
" they could use as prctcNt for the rebellion alrcad
to resolved upon and with which they could excl
L. the pfojudiues aGi influence the passions OF ii
" masses Of the Southern pcopi3
nj They did not wish the election Of such men d
ny stephen A. Douglas or James Guthrie they pr,
al
u as then tAcr long cherished plan could be, wit
.tC some show of plauSihiltY, carried out Tho Sout
was AT that time prepared for civil war-theN 4,
o. sired l1 hasten il, but thur5 were lions in the
m path for the removal Of which they made prepar'
,,i tions. There must b. some preteNt Cor tbs TO,
W. deed they contcmplated--thc constitutional guard
nd and barriers must be broken down, They resolve
an 10 strike down the Democratic party, which Ia
." always stood between them ard their dcStinl
Sc They sought 10 load 1t with an incubus So OdlOt
Inn thati would be defeated aud for this purpose the
Insisted upon their extreme measures at the Charle
'r- ton Convention. That Convention was more rtspo,
M Sible for the election OF Abraham Lincoln, than III
- pco pie OF the Norlhcu States,
'N They had no pr1t,Nt for rebellion in ls56, for q,
crythlng had been conceded Ia them--rcSoluton
candidates, &C. but had it been otherwise had Il,
chanSu not given bond and security that majo
ity OF the mtmbcrS Of his cabinet should he tlvo'
'I able 10 tho South, the same state nt affairs WhiC
M We NOW witness would have blen nauguratcd
thai time, What did they do thenl They pr
'u' men in official stations who used every means
mt strength their hands aud prepare them with in
plemeutS and resources tor the approachng COniiV
81 During that time, the Secretary of the Navy ";
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