The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-06-24
COLONEL CHARLES ANDERSON FOR
LIEUTENANT-GOV
THE ENTIRE TICKET UNEXCEPTIONABLE
AND DESTINED TO BE TRIUMPH
ANTIY ELECTED.

Last Wednesday was II glorious day for
the Union men of Ohio, at the State Capital
The sturdy patriots of the Buckeye State
congregatcd and throngcd together by
thousands and tens of thousands, from ev-
cry portion and county of the State, in re-
sponse to the call for the 7th inst Never
before did such Convention assemble on
Ohio soil. The days Of l840 were eclpsed.
Nothing occurred to disturb the harmony
of the occasion. There was no discord, no
wrangling no drunkenness, no rowdyism.
All was harmony, order, enthusiasm, patr-
otism. The Convention throughout was u
magnificent demonstration of the loyal son
timent of the great people of Ohio. 1t re-
ilected honor upon the gallant and unfinch-
ing Union men of our noble State and in a
measure obliterated the stigma of the Cop,
pcrhead demonstration fortnight since.
PRELIMINARY MEETING OF CONVENTION.
The preliminary meeting of the delegates was
held in the Athenpum. Hon. Samuel Galloway
called them toorder ut O'Clock, and on his motion
Hon. l.. d. Campbell, Of Butler, was chosen tenn
porary Chairman, and Il. W. Clark, of Clcrmont
temporary Secretary.
On taking the Chair Mr.. Campbell acknowledged
the compliment, and the warm applause with which
he was greeted in the following remarks
REMARKS OF HON. l.. u. CAMPBELL.
FELLOW CITIZENS There never has been in
the history of the proud State of Ohio, an occasion
ON which the people were called upon to assemble
OF more Importance than the present. But a day
gtfnn 1.tn, "A, Al
very flower of our population had been slain ON
the battlefield, there came II proclamation from
the Chief Executive of the United States calling for
100000 volunteers to reprl an invasion upon the
key stone State af the Federal Union and per
haps within the next hour the vast assemb.age of
people here may be startled by information carried
upon the lightnings wings, that the very Capital
OF the glorious State of Pennsylvania has fallen
into the hands Of those who rebellcd against the
Government. And our own Governor has made
call for thirty thousand OF our gallant sons to take
their lives in their hands and gu forth to defend the
Stars and Stripes of this glorious Union. Cheers.
IL is, my friends, lamentsble to reflect upon crcum
stances such these, that there to be found in
the State of Ohio which has enjoyed pre- -emnently
the glories and benefits of tho common Constitu-
ton, vast party, who are. osay the least, in SYM
pathy at this very hour with those who are nvad-
ing that State, and who have struck deadly blow
ut the great cause of civil and religious liberty.
ct Shamo."l Only last week that party assembled
here and presented Ia the people as n candidate
for the highest office in the gift of tho people Of
the State, II man who boldly asserted on the floor
of Congress that he never had aud never would
vote single dollar to all the people to put down
tho rebellion.
Fellow citizens If there is any one fac. better
settled than another in the history OF this nation
it is that il was the intention of those who formed
our Union that it should be perpetual and indis-
soluble. Applause. They gave us II Constitu-
tion, by which It WAS provided that the instrument
itself could bc amended from time TO timo to suit
M aNiu nf tlp IN hl,t thp iina
tercd the minds of those who formed tho Union
that by that Consultation they were embodying
principle by which it might at any time, destroy
itself.
About three quarters of century ago the ter
ritory which is now occupied by the State of Ohio,
and by our sister States extending far away TO the
far West WAS boundess Wilderness unnhabitod
save by the savage and wild beast. The soil was
then unbrokon by the pl0w of the agTiculturSt and
the surface of our mighty lakes undsturbed save
by the ripple OF the Indians little canoe, And
ON the nth day of June, 1887, the anniversary of
which we celebrate now, the wise mon Of the reyo-
luton, who had formed this Union and made this
Constitution provided by an ordinance, that tho in
sttution Of African Slavery should never enter
this vast domain; that il should be forever pro-
hlbted. Our tOretathers, looking hopefully upon
the future Of tLig vast country, left their homes in
the East and came here hoping 10 enjoy forever the
blessings Of liberty and Of tho Union which they
had formed. Soon after, in the year 1902, an ap-
plcaton WAS made by our pioneer fathers that the
State of Ohio might be admitted into the great Con.
tedaracy nf States, She Mas admitted, and she
has prOSpered as no State ever prospored before
Yes, there are those in the South who have as
sailed this Union, and who have declared that they
would destroy the Government under which they
have been So lOug blessed and prOspered | will
not detain you to show how utterly groundesS are
.he complaints which they have made, and how ut
ierly reckless Is the course which they have pur-
sued
Fellow citizens, | trust thai wo have all come
. kp
aud party feeling tha, We have formed the deter
mlnatlon to select ticket Internationally devoted
to the perpctnlty ot our once glorious Union ap-
plausel thatwu Withhold in allowance all the Ques-
onS of policy that have heretofore divided the par
ties OF thS country, aud make but one issue, pro
senting for the SuangeS Of the people, men that
are devoted "a the porpctuty aud mdiSsoubilw Of
our Federal Union, lgpd applause,
LErrEE FRoM ONO soLpIERs.
Hon. William D1unison stated that the Ohio
soldiers Of the noble srmy of the Cumberland, had
nsid meeting at Triuue on the 9th, and appointed
committee to present Iteir wishes on this crisig
before the Convention, At his request, John y.
Caldwell read she following letter, which will ca.
plain itSOlt Il is document Of great importance
TEIgSE, TENS., June y, 1868.
GENTLEMEN iou have been selected by the pp-
reseuatNeS of a very large number Of tho soldiers
/ Of Ohio, now serving with the army OF the Cum.
berand, to attend the Union Convention called to
assemble at Columbu, ON the lIth inst, for the
I Yomination " Go, ernor and other State officers.
We SlnceTsiy hepo that neither the Convention
nor the people Of OHIO VII, Sce. this action o( her
citizen snldey, As formed upon any doslre TO pas
ticipatc, oven in the most remote degree, in party
I OF political strifes AZ home, but solely from most
earnest N,sh that civil State and political action
may be SO oondVoled as 10 contribute To the great
object which oil true patriots, whether citizens or
I soldiers, must have at heart-the maintenance Of
the Government and the restoration of the Union
With parties, as such, We have long since ceased
70 sympathlxe, and ~ day the Army Of the Cum
bsrlsnd has but this patforu Of poliaeal principles
" An unlimited use Of al the energies and all ths
resources Of the Government fOr tEo prosecution OF
] tha war uhhl the rebellion Is subiugated ana lha