Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-07-28
OUR CANDIDATE FoR GOVERNoR.

u II :
Maj. Gen. J. D. Cox, the Union candidate for
Governor of Ohio. in the Ohio State Journal,
from the pen Of the editor W. T. GOssEsanL,
Esq. , .
Gen. Cox was born in the city of New York.
is about forty years of age. In early youth he
was brouht to Ohio, and like the lamented LIN
COLIN, and the honOred JOHNSON, owes his sue
cess in life, to his own well directed personal
efforts Without fortune OF adventitions pEes-
tge, he has literally worked his way toeminence
and honorable distinction. While vet a mere.
youth, we hnd him engaged in teaching sthe
young idea IN one OF the northern counties Of
the State, and becoming identified with An
drews COwdery, Harvey Lord and other emf
neUt contemporary educators of our youth
While importing instruction TO others. be was
interchangeable IN storing his own mind with sol
i'll and useful DOwledge:--overcomin obsta-
cles that would have dismsyed young men of
less resolute purposes, he graduated with honor
at Oberlin College. one of the most thorough in
stitutions of learning in the West. He soon
qualified himself for practice at the Bar, and
settled at Warren, Trumbull county, and imme-
dlately took a prominent position with the dis
tinguished Bar of that district.
In 1860 Gen. Cox was elected TO the Senate
of Ohio, where his talents and requirements
were brought into requisition, and his ready
business habits placed him in a leading position
in that body. It was during bis Senatorial
term that treason stalked through the land, and
rebellion reached its hateful front; and General
Cox labored incessantly in aid Of Governor DEE-
sIsoN IN raising Afganizing, and sending to the
held the gallant Volunteers whose deeds have
reflected so much honor to themselves and re-
nOwn to the State. FROM the ability displayed
by him in infusing order and system among
Volunteers, as a Brigadier General by State sp-
pOiDtment, it became manifest to the friends of
Gen. Cox, that the field was, in the condition
of the country, the appropriate theatre for the
exercise of his talents, and accordingly he was
prevailed upon to accept Brigadier Generals
commission, and was from the President en-
trusted with the command of the citizens SOL
dlers of Ohio, then TeheaTsing their first expe-
rlence on the kaDawah and the Gauley. He
applied himself diligently to requiring theo-
retical knowledge of the principles Of his new
profession, and was soon prepared to reduce
them to practice His previous education
greatly facilitated this work of preparation. and
Gen. Cox soon stood among the foremost of his
military associates some of whom had been ed
ucated and trained to the occupation of war
His name became prominently identified with
the military operations in West Virginia, and he
was called with his brigade to active service on
wider field. For gallaDtry and good conduct
at Antletam, be was commended by Gen Nc
CLELLAN, and recommended for promotion, and
another star glittered from his shoulder He
was transferred to the military district of Ohio,
aud thence to East Tennessee, as body officer
of the 23d Army Corps, where with his men he
tested the stern realities of soldier life divested
of its romance. when the soldier and his host Of
brethren shared this common provender
In January, 1863, Cen SoHoFIELD took COM
maud Ofthe army, selected Gen. Cox as his Chief
otStaff and took the offensive. The army was
then called to take part in the grand advance
upon Atlanta; and the command Of the Sd divis-
ion of the 23d Army Corps was assigned to Gen.
Cox. The United States Senate having neglect
ed TO confirm his nomination as Major Gener-
al, the star won At Aptietam was taken from its
fellow which had been conferred at the opening
of the war. During all that remark kable advance
Gen. Cox sustained his high reputation as an
able commander After the fall of Atlanta. he
succeeded temporarily to the Command of the
Army of the Ohio, in the absence ofSCHoFIELD, D,
and at a critical period handled his eommsnd
with admirable skill. Passing out from Chat
tanOoga, Gen. SCHoFIELD Joined his forces with
those of Gen. Thomas, whom Sherman left TO
~dO the agreeable" to HOOP The part born by
Gen. Cox in the march through Georgia and
Tennessee, and his share in the bloody field at
Harpeth river and Nashville, are matters of his
| tory. To him belongs in no small degree the
credit of the signal defeat of the rebel army at
| Franklin. From Tenn. we trace his course to
North Carolina; and Fort Fisher; Wilmington,
NewberD, Raleigh and Kinston acknowledge
| his presence and the powers of his Command
At Goldsborough, Gen. Cox having been again
appointed Major General, and that appoint
ment having been confirmed by the Senate was
by order of the War Department assigned to the
command Ofthe corps; this promotion was made
| at the earnest request of Gems. ScHoEIELD and
SHERMAN-having been fairly won. With two
exceptions he Is the only volunteer officer who
having attained SO high a position at the close
Of the war finds himself in the full enjoyment
Of his military honors. with full confidence ofhs
brother officers and the admiration of his entire
command.
| As lawyer, Gen. Cox was able aud success
| ful. As Senator. clear in his apprehensions
| and wise IN his conclusions. In debates ready
courteous and convincing. No topic was 70 ab-
| struce for his cOmprehensiOns, none so subtle
| as TO elude his grasp. In his intercourse with
| others he is gentleman without ostentation. OF
habits without reproach, and morals altogether
above suspicion. He is every way calculated
to adorn the highest position in the State; a
man of whom the people of Ohio may well be
proud Of
On the 10th of October next, they will honor
| themselves by trlumphaDtly hailing him as the
| GovERNOR OF ONO, and Chief Magistrate of the
| third State of the Union