Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-20
Tho ODoDinr CeremonIos.


to the Republican OF, Radical Convention
rather, Ia this city to-day, took place at the
West front of the State House last evening.
At about eight o'clock, the " immortal j..
NJ" mounted the stone projection used as q
platform by speakers, ana addressed quite .
large and attentive assembly. His eloquent
and argumentative remarks on the "press-
ure," and on the right and wrong of North
and South from their respective stand
points, interspersed with illustrative anec-
doteA And pleasant satire, kept the large
crowd quiet and in the best possible good
| humor.
r. After j. N. had, concluded, call was
made for General Moses B. Walker, Of Sid
ney, who is candidate for Supreme Judge
before the Republican Convention. 1tey.
Col. Granville Moody, ofPiqua, rose outhe
steps, and with a loud voice, introduced
General Walker to the audience with high
compliments. General Walker ca me for
ward and commenced speaking, but had
not uttered many sentences before the large
crowd which had been listening seiatten-
lively to j. N. became uneasy, and gradu-
ally left the ground, till the assembly was
diminished at least two-thlrds, leaving but
meagre show E ys@ -
General Walkerwas evidently embarrass-
ed, like one who did moi, know exactly
what to say. His inclination seemed clear
ly to beto make Radical disupion speech,
but he seemed fearful to venture out bold
ly. He gradually, felt. his. way, speaking
cautiously about the caution TO be used In
re-admittlng the Southern States. At
lengthS he ventured on anIanecdote. He
said clerical friend of his had said the
Southern people had two rights the one a
civil, the other a divine right-the former
the right to be hanged, the latter, the right
to be damned. At this voicein the, crowd
said-"That was a pious man", and there
was general murmur of disapprobation
recent action in regard to amending.
Gen. Walker felt the rebuke, and saw his
audience again begin to melt away: He
said he didn't know that he was prepared
to indorse the sentiment, and went on to
COI0Iu6Lu.Iub dCJlOu VI NOHSlSoS Ia OuOiA
the Constitution. He said he did not believe
Congress had right to interfere with the
elective franchise in any State, and in the
same breath justified the withholding of
the right of representation in Congress
from the Southern States, If they should
refuse to confer universal suffrage on the
people within their. respective limits. The
amount of his reasoning on this point
seemed tobe that Congress had no right to
dictate; ,yetit it did dictate, the Southern
States must stay out in the cold, till they
complied with the dictatiOn. .s
At this point in his discourse, the Gen.
erals audience thinned out still more, and
he hastened on to a close. When he had
ceased speaking, few Radicals sang out
for Col. Moody, who rose and said asit was
getting late, he would not detain the audi
ence with al speech. He, however, COM
menced with the bombardment of Fort
Sumter, and went on to treat of the war,
the rebels, their sympathizers, and all men
of whom he had any political or bigoted
dislike, in his usual fierce, declamatory and
denunciatory style, to the disgust of all but
the few who remained to listen to hiswild
and, in many respects, blasphemous, har-
ahgue. An hour after he had promised
not to!make speech, he was still going on
with his TRADE. /.(