The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-09-02
tND BY THE SHIP.
Speech of How. John A. Binch1m

Geulsmnn Of He Onion COnrcnti1n
gratefully acknowledge the honor
Of the nomination for Congress which
Won have rendered me, and accept it
in the belief that it is the expressed
will of the loyal people of the 18th
Congressional District of Ohio. If,
gentlemen. you had put in nomination
any other loyal citizen for that re-
sponsihle position. such nominee
would have received my cordial and
earnest support.
In this great struggle for the life
OF the republic, evory man should
forcgo all personal considerations and
selfish interests for the sake Of the
common defense, and the public safe
ty. owe it to myself. ! owe II to
my country, to say that from the first
Of this rebellion 10 this hour, | have
hecn, aud still am, and will be to tho
end, without qualification or condition
for the succcss---thc complete snccess
by arms and laws, in the field and tht
Legislative Councils, Of the cause o
the Union ard Constitution. To This
end ! have given n coIstrnt support
to the present national Administ'a
ton and to the nominees of the I'm
ion organic ,tion here and elsewhere
without inquiring whether the nomi
nccs were Democrats or Republicans
All mon in this hour of trial hav,
have my cooperation and suppor
who, for the sake of the Union. ar,
for the union of all parties, and who
casting aside the faded uniform O
mere political prrtisan7, stand rs one
man for the maintenance of the Gov
ernment, and for the continued mt
efficient support, by men and means
of the heroic defenders by land AM
sea.
OF the ultimate success Of this sa
cred cause.-the cause OF our common
country-I bate not jot OF heart o
hope. The virtue and valor of on
people will save from overthrow on
matchless fabric Of civil polity con
structcd by those grand old me
whom God taught to build for glor
and for beauty.
The arms of our Republic have re
possessed and conquered half the tel
ritory at one time occupied and hel
by this unparalleled rebellion. Til
victorious legions of the Repuhli
have, since treason fired on For
Sumter, planted the flag of the Con
sttntion on the soil of every rebe
State the guns of the Union hav
opened the Mississippi to the Lawful
commerce OF the United States from
its source To the Gulf, and closed i
against the pirate traffic of al rebels
and to day your llyinciblc army, nm
der the lead of Ohio's gallant sons
Grant and Sherman, thunders at tn
gates Of Richmond aud Atlanta. Al
this has beon done under tho admins
tration Of that honest man OF the pno
pie, Abraham Lincoln. This man
TINS faithful and thus tried, rs no ma
ever before in the Republic has bee
tried, having thus far achieved wha
no civil magistrate ever before achei
we'd, the maintenance Of the Govern
ment which he represents against
million Of It's citizens in arms, so tina
after three years of assault, the Gov
ornmcnt still stands strong at home
feared and respected abroad, this MAJ
is, to-day, hunted and assailed by al
organized party in our midst, bccaus
and only because he faithfully KEEP
his oath "to preserve, protect and de
fcnd the Consultation of the United
- States II he had broken his oath
) and followed the bad example of hi
imbecilc predecessor, James Buchan
an, who, at the beginning Of this re
= volt, declared officially. on the 4th q
= December, 1860, that it was uncou
= stitutional to defend the nations iift
I and enforce the nations laws agains
! armed rebellion and treason by arm
les, we would he TO day be without
country or Government. To compass
I hc defeat of Abraham Lincoln an