Weekly national intelligencer., 1864-03-31
DEMOCRATIC srArG CONVENTION OF OHIO

la the State CoIyeation Of ths Demoe Of Ohio held
at Coumbus On the rs uitiin Nh ot MI Vaian
disham presented one o bs delegates tor tho state
at large to the Democratic n uaal Convent ON.
The first ballot resulted ia the cleo ion of Messls William
Allen, Allen q. Tburtnau, and George III PsudleOn
On That ballot Nr vall,ndsbam fell shprC 2ls yot@s,
Will IN Ranuey iradi hm Al vot-r The NIX hsi,tt
confard TO these two gsn'leoe WHEN Jaego hanney
was elected. lie rrcevee 2I6 4d Ac Vuandig CHAM 2l2
votes II has srce horiatvely announced that
the If Mr. vallandgh,m presented to the Con.
vention not only without but again his express consent
He not a candidate. The Hon. George 4. Pugh and
Thomas W. BARLEY chosen Senatorial delegates by
scclamatiOn.
/ The nominations made for State officers are w W..
Armstrong (present ncumben for Secretary Of State
Judge p Van Trump for Supreme judge (long term D
for second candidate for Supreme Judge Judge Whitley
and in third candidate is necessary, A. St Clair
Boys L. R. Critch6ed (present incumben for Attorney
General w. g. w. Prentiss for Comptroller Of the Trea-
sury; A. s. Ramsay for School Commissioner; and vii
liam Larwll aud Charles Boesel for Board of Pubic
Works
4 The Committee Resolutions reported the following
for the consideration Of the Convention, viz: s
RESOLVED, That the Democratic party is now as it ever
has been devoted to the Constitution transmitted to
by the trainers Of that instrument and exponnded by JEFF
raon Madison and Jackson and construed in the Vir
gnia and kentucky resolutions of 1898 and l799 and
construed in the report thereon in the Virginia Legislature
and that for the maintenance of the Constitution and the
of the Union formed under it, here did
the fathers Of the Republic, pledge fe fortune and
sacred honor
Res0ped That would hail with delight any and every
honorable effort toward restoration, tho normal cond-
tOn Of this Unonto wit internal peace and harmony and
faternal affection between the several States composing
itand regret that the Of the present Admin
isratiOn prevent Puch desirable result and are
therefore, uncompromsugy opposed to its continuance
in power
Resoiyed That opposed to the prosecu of the
for the subugatou of States for the purpose Of
divestng them Of their sovereignty, infringing i'm
pairing their constitutional rights and being satisfied that
ts continued prosecution for such objects will in the end
prove the utter destruction of civil liberty We there
FORE demand the immediate Inauguration of peaceable
means to obtain honorable settlement and the restora
ton Of the Union under the Constitution
Resolved That the mob spirit now abroad in land is
the natural and inevitable result of the voeons Of the
Constitution and the laws by the party in power and
we deem this proper occasion to to people the
warning, of Washington against awlessness in Govern
ment and people The tyranny Of the present Adminstra
ton has sowp the seeds from which reapng
harvest OF crime. s5 >ts i Er
The report was unanimously adopted with cheers and
shouts and the Convention adjourned with cheers for the
Uuion and the Constitution.