Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-23


The CONFERENCE.-The Union State
Convention which assembled at Column
bus on "Wednesday, was one of the largest
delegate Conventions ever held in Ohio.
Its proceedings we're harmonious, and
the ticket presented is one that will COM
pare favorably with any of its predeces-
sors, Major-G General JACOB d. Cox, of
Trumbull county, was nominated for
Governor by reclamation, amid the great
est enthusiasm. ANEREw G. MCBURNEY,
of Warren county, was nominated for
Lieutenant Governor on first ballot
SIDNEY S. WARNER, Of Lorain, was nom
mated for Treasurer of State; VIM. H.
WEST, of Logan, for Attorney General;
JACOB BRINKERHooF, of Richland, and
JOHN WEIGH, of Athens, for Supreme
Judges; JOHN A. NORRIS, of Harrison,
for School Commissioner; JAMES MOORE,
of Coshoeton, for Member of Board of
Public Works; and RODNEY Foos, of
Clinton, for Clerk of Supreme Court
the following resolutions were adopted:
The Union people of Ohio, grateful to
Almighty God for the overthrow of the
rebellion, and the preservation of the
National integrity, for the blessings of
peace, and for all the favoTs which He
has vouchsafed unto us as a people, do
ResotUe, LIST, That the name and fame
of Abraham Lincoln stand out from the
history of the epoch unrivalled and alone,
and while we deplore his untimely and
cruel death and Yenerate his memory, 1t
becomes us to initiate his wisdom, frmness
and moderation in the treatment of Vexed
questions, and especially to initiate his
example in waiting for the solution of
difficulties, to be furnished by the progress
of time and the logic of events.
I'd. That President Andrew johnson,
by his unwavering devotion to the Union
through years of the severest trial, has
now our highest confidence that re
cheerfully endorse the policy of his ad-
ministratio1, looking to the restoration of
peace and civil order in the so-called Sc
ceded States, and that as Union men of
Ohio, we will give him our hearty and I'M
divided support.
Sd. That the thanks of Ohio and of the
nation are due to the heroic men OF our
army and navy, whose labors and suffer-
ings have saved the Republic. We honor
our martyred dead, and jOyfully welcome
to their homes our returning veterans.
4th. That the thanks of this ConYen-
ton are due and are hereby rendered to
the loyal men and women of Ohio at home
who have so nobly and literally sustained
and cheered our brave soldiers in the
field, in their trying efforts to maintain the
national authority, in conflict with armed
rebellion.
9th. That four years Of %sanguinary war,
with its fearful sacrifice of life and
treasure, forced upon us by the slave
holders rebellion has demonstrated to us
and to the world that slavery and its IN
stitutions are irreconcileably opposed to
freedom and free institutions and all the
teachings of history, the dealings of Prov
idence and cur own bitter experience point
u~nerringly to their overthrow and eradi-
cation as our only safeguard against the
recurrence of like evils in the future.
9Th. That while we are anxious for an
early reconstruction of fraternal relations
with the insurgent States, we demand
that such reconstruction shall be at such
time, and upon such terms aswll give un.
questioned assurance OF the peace and