The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-06-08
LETTER FROM COLUMBUS.

THE OHIO UNION STATE CON
ENTION- ACTION OF TEL
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTION!
RESPECTING MIR. CHASE.
COLUMBUS, May 70.
The Union State Convention for 1856.
has passed into history The record o
its proceedings is fore your readers
Marked by no unusual incident, there
was but little else to dc than get through
the routine business and adjourni anC
this was done in the most exemplary man
ner. If any disturbing element existed
the adrolt management of experienced
politicians, who shaped its course, and
marked out its line of action, effectually
suppressed it. The Convention had nc
offices to dispose of that appealed par
ticularly to the greed of any man doing
4 business more than street grocery, and
Us for the honors-well, twenty years
hence hcw many Of the men and women
OF that day will rer Hber who was made
Secretaryof State. or Attorney General,
or Supreme Judge, in the year Of grace,
1864?
But the men and women of that day
will wonder that a Convention of the loyal
men OF Ohio met and adjourned without
recognizing in some marked manner the
services to his country, of Ohio most
distinguished citizen, the Honorable Sal
mon p Chase What had Mr.. Chase
done, they will ask; that the people of his
own State should fail to make mention,
by resolution or otherwise, of his name?
We may as well put the facts on record
."for the benefit of posterity"
The sense of the Cor vention was deci-
dedly in favor of the reelection of Mr..
Lincoln to the Presidency. Of that there
is no dou' t Tae endorsement of the
resolution nominating him for that honor,
could not have been marked by more
enthusiasm Had Mr. Chase been acan-
didate tor that office before the Baltimore
G INVENTION, the reticence of the Ohio
touching his per r'ensl and
political merits. would have been under
stood. But Mr.. Cha e declined long
ago, and is counted out of the field
Neither the Cleveland nor baltimore Com
will take his name, unless
unable to agree upon MIR. Lincoln or
9 any other man. There is not the least
doubt, then, that complimentary resolu
tien would not only have been appropri-
ate, but it would have met the hearty,
appreciation Of the delegates.
To understand this matter, it is neces-
sary to go behind the record of proceed
pgs in convention. Upon the appoint
ment Of thesC Committee on Resolutions, It'll
was moved and garfield that all resolutions
be subm tied TO the committee, without
debate and acted upon by them. When
.he committee was in session, and while
The resolutions were yet in embryo, M
P. Gadtil of the Seco I'd District, offered
The following for considerations: 81
if'- ResolDetl, That Ohio regards, with
proud approval her distinguished citizen,
5ilmon z. Oh e., who, during the most
gigantic civil war ever known has so con-
rolled and directed the finances of the
nation, as to supply the necessities of the
contest, sustain the credit of the Cove
nent and preserve healthful eond ION
Of the currency and business Of the peo
ole.''
Do you see any thing inappropriate or
Indeservsd in that? Do people OF Ohio
refuse to say SO much for man, upon
whose shoulder, more than those of any
man, in the Cabinet or out oil it, rests the
gigantic proportions of this struggle, and
upon whose financial ability, as much as
upon the bavonets of our glorious soldiers,
depends the salvation Of the Union!
Put that to vote in the Army of the Cum
berland, or the Army of the Potomac
suy where, where there are blue Jackets
to vote or fight, and the response would
be one long and loud affirmative.
Mr.. Gaddis supported the resolution in
an earnest speech. G. K. Watsons from
the Ninth District, opposed it, as did the
Hon. John A. Bingham of the Sixteenth
District Hon. Abner kellogg, of the
Nineteenth District, spoke warmly in fa-
vor of reporting the resolution to the
Convention for adoption, and Hon. Peter
Odlin, of the Third, made a brief speech,
and by all accounts, pertinent one in
its behalf George Keek, OF the First
District, was neither flesh nor fowl, and
while not individually opposed TO it, didn't
really think it would be polite, all things
cons idered, to indorse any man in the
Cabinet. Mr.. f. Archbold, of the Fif-
teenth District, opposed it oil the ground
that should admit him at once to the
warmest embrace of the copperheads. 1t
wouldn't do to introduce MIR Chase h,-
cause - greenbacks !" are going down, and
may be, in a. year so, will fall entirely,
and thon the party would be held le-
sponsible for this paper issue
There were but twelve of the commit
tee present during the, discussion on this
and counting noses, they stood
seven to FIVE for the resolution, but the
minority contriyed to get sub-commit-
tee appointed to draft the resolution, and
tt ey set down upon Mr.. iGaddis' bantling,
and squashed it irrede mably. -
, Hon. John A. Bingham was one of, this
wheel within wheel, and has the homer,
/, believe of drafting the res olutions,
which, in the main, are unexceptionable
The resolution, with regard to the part
Ohio has taken in the war, originally
referred only to her representation in the
field. Mr. Gaddis amended so az to in
cluae the word Cabinet, coupling there
with Mr. Chass's name. 1t will hardly