Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-18
+" State Sovereignty Democratic
Mass State Convention"

Pursuant to notice, a so-called "State
Sovereignty Democratic Mass State Con-
vention was held in this city, ON Thurs
day, the 18th inst. Some eighteen or twen-
ty gentlemen, all told, assembled at Naugh-
ton Hall, at about II o'clock A. M. The
meeting was called to order by w. M. COR
RY, of Cincinnati. NJ. III. MITCHELL, OF
Mt. Vernon, was appointed Chairman, and
w. II. MUNNELL, editor of the Hillsborough
Gazette, was made Secretary. A motion
was made to appoint a committee OF thr g
on Credentials. r. HUTCHINSON, OF this
city, was opposed to the motion. AS the
call was for Mass Convention, he thought
committee on Credentials would be out
of place. The mover or the motion said he
had made it, so that the Secretary could
know the names of the members, and that
they might know who were their friends
1t was replied that the Secretary could OBJ
tain the names without the formality OF
Committee. The motion failed. e
A committee of seven was appointed on
Resolutions and an Address, to-wit:-
Messrs. Robert Hutcheson, OF Franklin
w. M. Cory, of Hamilton; Samuel A. Mil
Ter, of Hamilton; Virgil E. Shaw, of Fair
field; d. S. Miller, of Highland; James M.
Hoyt, of Hardin, and DIR. b. f. Welch, of
Madison. i,.n
Mr.. Hutcheson, being called upon for a
speech, made one, the length of which was
In inversae ratio to the size of his audience.
The pith of his remarks consisted in
repeated assertions hat the Democratic
party of the North h d failed to carry out
the true principles of self-government,
which it was the MISSION of the little band
before him to vindicate and maintain. Af-
ter Mr.. Hutcheson had concluded, COM
mittee of three was appointed on Perma-
nent Organization and on Rules and Regu-
lations, consisting of Messrs. l. j. Miller,
of Hamilton; Oliver Brown, of Hamilton,
and John G.. McGuffey, of Franklin. The
Convention then adjourned till p. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
1t was not until after five o'clock that the
Convention was called to order. The COM
mttee on Permanent Organization and
Rules reported, as permanent officers of the
Convention, M. II. Mitchell as President,
w. H. Munnell as Secretary; and the order
of business to be-first, the report of the
Committee on Resolutions and an Address;
secondly, the nomination of State Ticket.
Mr.. Cory, from the committee on. Reso-
lutions and Address, reported a series of
resolutions, which were taken up seridtim,
and adopted. gd rI lrrlu
The committee on Resolutions and the
Address was continued, in order to give
them further time for the preparation of
an Address. ff'f 't .5H ....-
The Convention then nominated the fol-
lowing State Ticket: For Governor, Alex
ander Long, of Hamilton; Lieutenant
Governor, Chiffon A. White, of Brown;
State Treasurer, John G. McGuffey, of
Franklin; Supreme Judge (full term), H.
NJ. Mitchell, of Knox; Supreme Judge
(vacancy), Alexander S. Boys, of High
land; Attorney General, Robert Hutche-
son, of Franklin; School Commissioner,
James NJ. White. of Hardin; Member of
Board OF Public Works, II. NJ. Creighton,
of Madison.
Mr.. Long offered the following resolution
which was adopted: .4-a..,. .s.-
Resolved, That in presenting to the peo-
pie these resolutions and principles we do
appeal to the Almighty.for the rectitude Of
our purposes and the purity of our motives,
and do proclaim that our reliance for sue
cess is upon God. :o-
Mr.. Shaw offered resolution, which was
adopted, recommending the HIlsboro Ga
sette as the organ of the party.
A resolution was also adopted, authoriz-
ing the Chairman to appoint an Executive
Of five persons, who should be
to appoint an Advisory commit
tee, consisting of one person from each
district of the State.
After an animated speech from Hon.
Alexander Long, the Convention ad-
journed.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Owing to the lateness of the hour at
which the Convention adopted its Platform
and to its great length, we must content
ourselves with synopsis of the principal
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The first resolve asserts that the Conven-
ton stands by the sovereignty Of the States
against all schemes for their degradation,
as the only defense against civil and mill
tary despotism.
f The second resolution affirms Jefferson as
the civil chief and master spirit of the Rev.
olution; that his greatest work was the res
cue of the Federal system from destruction
by an Atlantic policy of consolidation in
1893; that we must resort to his counsels
for safety now; that the President is, and
will be governed by the sea-shore states
men, who are bent on an Imperial Republic
with large Eastern capital and remote
outside provinces, and whose aim will be to
Join together political and financial power.
The next resolution is the first Kentucky
resolution of 1859.
The fourth resolve declares that absolute
through acts of Congress, not
IN pursuance of the Constitution, which
ira not Iaws hut decrpes onlv must he