The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-19
MoNDAY. IUsE Ie, Ise5.



from the canvass for the G~overnorship
lesves but one candidate prominently be-
fore the people for nomination to that
Office BY the Union State Convention.
That candidate is Msjor-G General Joseph
Dolson Cox, OF Warren, Trumbull county.
livery good msn is rejOiced that a man so
distinguished for bravery in the field, for
statesnsnship at hone for cultivation Of
mind and purity Of morale, should be
Iure of nomination. We say sure-fOr
while an army delegation two hundred
strong viii cast q solid vote for their gal
liant comrade, we know Of no candidate
who will divide the home vote against him
We have heard the names of Generals
Schenck and Garfield, and Messrs. DelAno
and Galloway suggested IS candidates but
neither of these gentlemen sIe in the field
for the nomination. It msy be accepted
as q certainty, therefore, that General Cox
will be the Union nominee for Governor.
General Cox il one Of the ablest men in
the State. Though yet a young man, he has
occupied positions of great pr, mineDcs and
importance, with scceptability and success.
When the war broke outh e was practising
law st Warren, and was recognized as one
Of the best lawyers in North Eastern Ohio,
He was also q leading member of the Ohio
Senate st the commencement of the re-
baliou, and TO his influence, in conjunction
with that of Garfield, Monroe and q few
others, it was owing that Ohio took so en-
ergetic and patriotic 8 position in support
of the government General Cox was COM
missioned B~rigadier-G General at the very
outset of the war and has since served
without intermission and with brilliant
success. Though q volunteer general he
ESCAPED the blunders and odium into which
that class of leaders have fallen, by avoid
inc tina ignorance which was its cause
in most cases. he devoted him
selt with great energy to the study OF
military science, and with an ease and YER
satiIity espe tally characteristic of him,
soon obtained complete mssterShiP over it
To-dsv there are few West Point gradu-
stes more thoroughly conversAnt with
strategy and tactics than General Cox.
He went through the campaign in West
Yirginis, snd commsndedlth b valleys OF
the Ksnawhs and Gauley. He was also q
psr,icipant in the battles Of South Noun
tain and Antietam, and wss recommended
by General Mcclellan for promotion for
conduct in the former battle. In accord
ance with this recommendation he was
nominated by the President for q full hs-
jor Generslship, but owing to the large
number of nominations in excess of vscan-
eias be vss not confirmed till nearly two
wears after. From Maryland he went tc
West Virginia. and thence to East Ten
nessee. He served with distinction
throughout the Atlanta campaign, and
won fresh lsurels in the battles Of Frank
liz and Nashville. BE went
with his corps, the Twenty-Thr
from Nashville to North CsrolinA and il
the capture of Wilmington and the BATH
of Kinstou added still more to the brillian
CIV of his fame. Since then, he hss assumed
command of the 23d Army Corps Genera
Bchonsld bzuurnios commander of the de
psrtment of North Carolina. BE is 8 gen
tlemsn of talent and culture, a Statesman
of experience, q soldier cf distinction. Hl
principles are beyond reProsch. He vii
command the undivided support of the
army. and is we'll known st home In ever,
section of the State-Lo Northern Ohio b,
residence, TO Southern Ohio from hsvln
commanded at Cincinnati and in the KS
nawha valley. Being newtO etice, he rs
offended no class of our citizens BY nece'
sAry but unpopular acts, such as 1t falls !
the lot of every honest Governor 10 pei
form. he can probably call out a large
vote THAI any other man in the State, an
is Just as sure to be elected as he SIC B
nominated.