Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1865-08-30
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION,

! ~SI S~- AAOHSNoyI AuS5usb AEGu, AOOOj
aad we're called to order by John G.
Thompson, Chairman of the Democratic
State Central Coumittce, at precisely
half past ten o'clock AN. Upon motion
Of DR.. Fries, Of HamiItou, Hou. C. L.
Vallandigham, of Montgomery, was
elected temporary President of the Con-
vention. Having been conducted to the
chair, he spoke as follows
GENTLEMAN OF THE CONVENTION In
accepting and thanking you for this
homer, 1 desire to say that it is only for
service during the temporary organization
of the Convention, as shall have duties
elsewhere to discharge asa member. But
avail myself of this, the earliest Occa-
sion, to return my thanks also to the
Democracy Of Ohio for the nomination
conferred upon me two years ago--Tap-
plRUse "a nomination which | accepted
then and recognize now, not as a mere
compliment, not simply as the result of
an impulse of sympathy, but in vindica-
ton of the great principles of the Demo-
cratic party and especially of freedom of
speech and of the press. Applause. ]
Circumstances beyond nay eORtrol, as you
are aware, prevented me from being
present in person, as I am here to-day
by the grace of God and my own free act
and will, to make the fitting acknoWledg-
ment. Applause.
An immediate duty of this Convention
is the re-sfirmation of the ancient and
time-honorsd principles of the Democratic
party. What those principles are it is
not necessary for me TO repeat. They
are known to you all. Another duty of
the Convention is to announce a policy
with reference to the rev and momentous
issues of the day,
Foremost among these is the question
of the Union of these States. A direct
issue on that questionis rendered between
our adversaries and ourselves. We are
for " Immediate Union )" they are for
Union, remote and contingent. We are
to-day the immediate Union party of
Ohio Iapplause they are the disunion
party of the State-if, as proclaimed by
the leaders of that party, reunion is to
be in fact remote and contingent. He
who tells you thathe is against the return
or restoration of the seeded States to
the Union for FIVE, ten, fifteen, or thirty
years an indefinite period, is a disunionist,
and ought to be denounced as such
(APplause.)
Connected with this closely, if not in
separately, is the living issue, South and
North, coming home to US directly as
citizens Of the United States, having COM
mon interest-the question of Negro
Suffrage and Negro Equality It is part
of the avoWed policy Of the leaders ofthe
party to which we are opposed, to in
sist that the negroes just set free to the
number of three to four millions in the
South, shall be clothed Immediately with
the prerogative of suffrage there, through
the instrumentality of the Federal Gov
ernment and in violation of the plainest,
the fundamental principles of the Con-
stitution of the United States. 1t is
avowed further that here in our own
midst the Constitution of the State shall
be so amended as to strike from it that
word "White" which formed a part of
the Constitution Of 1902, as also of the
| Constitution as amended in 185l--so as
to confer upon the negro race in our own
midst the right ofsufFrage, to be followed
by the right to participate in Office and
other political privileges, to be followed
finally by the unclean thing-miscegena-
ton. laughter and applause The
other important duty of this Convention
is the nomination of fit candidates to be
presented on behalf of the Democratic
party of Ohio, for the free and unintimi-
dated, Suffrage of the white people of the
State. [Great applause.
Upon motion of Judge A. G. Thur
man, Amos Layman, of Franklin, was
elected temporary Secretary. Col. Us.
Grail, Of Riohland, was then appointed
Assistant temporary Secretary.
The Secretary then called the several
Congressional Districts, when the follow
ing Committees were announced by the
respective Delegations, and confirmed by
the Convention. [The Committeeman
from the 4th District are as follows :
On Credentials-W. Y. Marquis, of
Logan. On Permanent Organization,
Rules and Order Of Business-Jacob
Baker, of Darke. On Resolutions-COl.
John H. James, of Champaign. To Sc
Iect State Central COmmittee-D. L.
Bush, of Shelby.J
Uponmotion of Col. Ramsey, Of Hardin,
all resolutions offered in Convention were
ordered to be referred to the Committee
on Resolutions, without reading or de-
bate.
The Convention then took a recess
until P. NJ.