Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-08-31
&C., &c , &c.

! The Representatives of the Democracy
Of Ohio assembled in State Convention, IN
the Antheneum, in the city of Columbus,
on Thursday, August 9th, 1865, and were
called TO order by John G.. Thompson
/ Chairman of the Democratic State Central
| Committee, at precisely halfpast ten 10 clock
| A. W Upon motion of Mr.. Fries, of
| Hamilton, Hon. {. j. Nalandigham Of
| Montgomery, was elected temporary prcsi-
dent of the Convention. Having been con
Quoted to the chair, he spoke as follows;
SPEECH OF HON. c. Il. vALLANDIGuAM.
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONvENTIoN:--In
accepting and thanking you for this honor,
| | desire to say thatit is only for service dur
ing the temporary organization of the Con
vention, as ] shall have duties elsewhere to
| discharge as n member But | avail my
self of this, the earliest occasion, to return
my thanks also to the Democracy of Ohio
| for the nomination conferred upon me two
years ago applause "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. Cir
cumstances beyond my control, as you are
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person, rs | am here to day by the grace Of
God and my own free act and will, to make
fitting acknowledgment Applause
An immediate duty of this Convention is
the re-aiirmation Of the ancient and time
honorcd principles of the Democratic party
What those principles are it is not nccessa-
ry for me to repeat. They are known to
! all. Another duty of the Convention is to
announce policy withrcttrence to the new
and momcntous issues Of the day.
Foremost among these is the question of
the Union Of these States A direct issue
on that question is tcndcred between our
adversaries and ourselves. We are for 'im-
mediate Union" they are for Union remote
and contingent. We are to-day the immc-
diate Union party Of Ohio applausel: I: they
are the disunion party Of the Statc--if, as
proclaimed by the leaders of that party, re-
union is to be in fact remote and contingent. |
lie who tells you chat he is against the re
turn or restoration Of the seeded States |
to the Union, for five, ten fifteen, or thirty |
years or anlndehnite period, is disunionist, |
and ought TO be denounced as such. Can !
plauSc.
Connected with this closely if not insep |
arabIy, IS the living issue, South and North
coming home to us directly as citizens Of
Ohio, more remotely as citizens olthe Uni |
ted States, having a common intercst--thc !
question Of Negro Suffrage and Negro |
Equality. tt is "A par Of the avowed policy |
OF the leaders Of the party to which we are |
opposed, to insist that the negroes Just set |
free to the number of three or four millions ,
in the south, shall be clothed Immediately |
with the prerogativc of suffrage there. |
through the instrumGntaiity of the Federal |
Government and in violation Of the plainest,
the fundamental principles of the Constitu-
ton Of the United States. 1t is avowcd
further that here in our own midst the Con
stitution of the State shall be so amended as
| to strike from it that word white" which
formed IA part Of the Constitution of 1902, as
also Of the Constitution as amended in 1851
so as to confer upon the negro race in our
midst the right of suffrage, to be followed
! by the right to participate in office and 9th
er political privileges, to be followed finally
| " by the unclcan thing -misccpcnation.
Laughter and Applause The other i'm
portant duty ofthis Convention is the nom
nation Of fit candidates to be presented on
behalf of the Democratic party Of Ohio,
| for the free and unntimidaled suffrage of
the white people of the State. Great APP
! pausc.
The Convention will now come to order:
Upon motion of judge A. G. Thurman,
Amos Layman of Franklin, was elected
temporary Secretary. COL j. S. Grail, of
kichland, was appointed Assistant tempo
rary Secretary
The Secretary then called the several
Congressional Districts, when the following
Commlttcewas announced by thc respective
Delegations, and confirmed by the Conycn-
ton: