Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-25
THE NOMINATIONS.
RE PORTS OF COMMITTEES.
THE PLATFORM
SPEECH OF GENERAL MORGAN.


The Representatives Of the Democracy
of Ohio assembled in State Convention, in
the Atheneum, in the city of Columbus, on
Thursday, August 24th, 1865, and were call
ed to order by JOHN G. THOMPSON, Chair
man of the Democratic State Central Com
mittee, at precisely half past ten o'clock A.
NJ. Upon motion of DR.. Fries, OF Hamil-
ton, Hon. G. L. VALLANDIGHAM, of Mont
gomery, was elected temporary President
of the Convention. Having been conducted
to the chair, he spoke as follows: '''
SPEECH OF HON. c. L. vALLAND1GHAM.
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION I'm ac-
ceptir g and thanking you for this honor,
desire to say that it Is only for service dur
ing the temporary organization of the Con-
vention, as | shall have duties elsewhere
to discharge as member. But avail my
self of this, the earliest occasion, to return
nv thanks also to the Democracy OF Ohio
for the nomination conferred upon me two
wears go-[applause] la nomination which
/ accepted then and recognize now, not as a
mere compliment, not simply as the re-
suit of an impulse OF sympathy, but in vim
dication of the great principles Of the Dem
ocratic party and especially of freedom of
speech and OF the press. [Applause.l Cir
cumstances beyond my control, as you are
aware, prevented me from being present
in person. as l am here to-day by the grace
of God and my own free act and will, to
make the fitting acknowledgment. APP
plause.
An immediate duty of this Convention
Is the re-atiirmatiOn OF the ancient and
time-honored 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 Con-
vention is to announce policy with refer
ence to the new and momentous issues of
the day. r.
Foremost among these is the question
of the Union of these States. A direct is
sue on that question is rendered between
our adversaries and ourselves. We are for
"Immediate Union;" they are for Union, re-
mote and contingent. We are to-day the
immediate Union party of Ohio [applausel;
they are the disunion party of the State
il as proclaimed by the leaders of that par
ty, reunion is to be in fact remote and con-
tingent. He who tells you that he is against
the return or restoration OF the seeded
States to the Union for five, ten, fifteen, or
thirty years an indefinite period; is dis
unionist, and ought to be denounced as
such. (Applause)
Connected with this closely, if not insep-
arably, is the living issue, South and North,
coming home to us directly as citizens OF
Ohio, more remotely as citizens of the
United States, having common interest
the question of Negro Suffrage and Negro
Equality. 1t is part 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 to four millions
in the South, shall be clothed Immediately
with the prerogatiye of suffrage there,
through the instrumentality of the Federal
Government and in violation of the plainest,
the fundamental principles of the
Constitution of the United States
1t is aNvwed further that here in our
State snail be so amended as to strike
from it that word ''white" which formed
part of the Constitution Of 1902, as also of
the Constitution as amended in lS5l-I
so as } to confer upon the negro
race in our own midst the right of suffrage,
to be followed by the right to participate
in Office and other political privileges, to be
finally by the unclean thing-mis
Laughter and applanse.] The
other important duty of this Convention is
the nomination of fit candidates to be pre-
sented on behalf of the Democratic party of
Ohio, for the free and unintimidated, suf-
frage. OF the white people of the State.
Great applause.] ilg lf-.-
The Convention will now come to order.
Upon motion of Judge A. G. Thurman,
AMOS LAYMAN, of Franklin, was elected
Secretary. Col. J. S. GRAIL, of
was then appointed Assistant
Secretary. ~. .s
The Secretary then called the several
Districts, when the following
were announced by the respec-
tive Delegations, and confirmed by the Con-
vention: a4 sf7no- '...