Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-16
Mr.. Blair, of Maryland, here rose and


For PresidenE-Senator Doolittle, of Wis
consin.
[The announcement of the name of Mr.
Doolittle was greeted with storm Of
cheers.
For Vice Presidents, the following:
Maine, Leonard Woods; New Hampshire,
David Marcy; Vermont Myron Clark; Mas
sachusetts, Hon. X. b. Hall; Rhode Island,
Alfred Anthony; Connecticut, Hon. o. r.
Winchester; New York, Hon. Theodore s,
Faxon; New Jersey, General Gersham
Mott; Pennsylvania, Asa Packer; Del
aware, Ayers Stockley Maryland,
Gen. Vickers; Virginia, Hon. John Brock
enborough; West Virginia, Thos. Sweeny
North Carolina, Hon. John A. Gilmer ;
South Carolina, Judge d. j. Wardlaw /;
Georgia, Richard f. Lyons; Florida, Judge
Thos. Randall; Mississippi, G.. A. Sykes |;
Louisiana, Cuthbert Bullitt; Arkansas,
Hon. J. M. Tebbetts; Texas, d. G. Bur-
nett; Tennessee, Thos. A. r. Nelson; Ala
bama, tieorge G.. Houston; Kentucky, Hon.
j. w. Ritter; Ohio, Hon. r. p. Ranney {;
Indiana, Hon. w. S. Smith; Illinois, ID. X.
Green; Michigan, Hon. o. b. Clark; Mis-
sour, Hon. Jno. Hogan; Minnesota, Frank
lin Steele; Wisconsin, Gen. Milton Mont
gomery; Iowa, Il. Johnston; Kansas, j. L..
Pendery; California. VIM. T. Coleman {;
Nevada, Frank Heirfodt; Oregon, Hon. G..
L. Curry; District of Columbia, Jas. s.
Bradley; Arzonia, - Dacotah, J. M.
Turner; Idaho, -; Montana, G. l..
Miller; New Mexico, -; Utah, -;
Colorado, Hon. B. F. Hall; Washington,
Elwood Evans.
For Secretaries, the following: ..
Maine, Jas. Mann; New Hampshire, f..
S. Cutter; Vermont, Geo. ii. SimOnt; Mas
sachusetts, Chas. Wright; Rhode Island,
Jas. H. Parsons; Connecticut, James A.
Hovey; New York, E. o. Perrin, New
Jersey, Col. Thos. S. Alison; Pennsylva-
mia, Henry A. Weaver; Delaware, j. f.
Tharp; Maryland, DR.. W. .Watkins;Virginia,
Henry S. Walter; North Carolina, s. f.
Patterson; South Carolina, T. Y. Simmons (;
Georgia, j. II. Christie; Florida, Judge b.
ID. Wright; Mississippi, A. G. Mayer (;
Louisiana, A. w. Walker; Arkansas Elias
Z. BOndenit; Texas, j. NJ. David; Tennes-
see, John Lellyette; Alabama, g. S. G.. Dos
ter; Kentucky, M. II. 0wsley; OHIO, Z. b.
Eshelman Indiana, Col. C. G. Mattson; Illi-
nois, John McGinnis, jr.; Michigan, Gen.
John G. Parkhurst; Minnesota, Richard
Price; Wisconsin, George G. GOuty; Iowa,
c. d. Parker; Kansas, W. A. Upton; Cali
fornia, Jackson Temple; Nevada, Col. Jesse
Williams; Oregon, AID. Fitch; District of
Columbia, Jas. O'ByrDe; Dacotah, J. Bram-
BILE; Nebraska, Maj. L. Lowrie; Washing
ton, Charles I. Egan.
General Dix, at the conclusion of the
reading of the above report, introduced
Senator DoOlittle, who was received with
the most enthusiastic applause. --.
Mr.. Doolittle, on taking the chair said
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION, AND
FELLOW CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES,
[Cheers] For the distinguished honor of
being called upon to preside over the de-
liberatiOns of this Convention, | sincerely
thank you. 1 could have wished that its
responsibilities had fallen upon another {;
but relying upon that courtesy and geDer-
ous confidence which has called me to the
chair, enter at once upon its duties, with
q desire for the success of that great cause
in which we are now engaged. Among
the great events of our own day this Con-
vention, in my opinion, will prove to be one
of the greatest, for peace hath her victories
not less renowned than war. TApplause. |
And this Convention Is one of her victories /;
NAV not say crowning victory. [Cheers. |
For the first time In six years, a aNational
Convention, representing all the States, is
now assembled-siX long, weary years. As
| look back, oh, what an interval it is of
blood, and agony, and tears! During that
period we have been engaged in the most
gigantic civil war the world has ever seen,
wasting our resources, drenching thou
sand battle-ields in fraternal blood, and
carrying tOfraternal graves our fathers, our
sons and our brothers, by hundreds of
thousands. But, thanks be to Almighty
God, the war is over. [Cheers. Peace,
blessed peace, has come. The assurances
which we here witness tell us that peace
has come, and come to stay. Loud cheers. ]
Oh, my fellow citizens, if the whole people
Of the United States could see what we
now witness, the North, the South, the
East and the West joining in fraternal as
sOciation as friends and fellow citizens, our
work would be already done. [Cheers. ]
If they could have seen, as we saw, Massa-
chusetts and South Carolina-[applause] l.
by their full delegations, coming arm in
arm into this great COnvention-[enthus
astic applause IF they could have seen
this body, greater in numbers and in
weight of character and brain than ever
has assembled on this continent under roof,
melting to tears of joy and gratitude to
witness this commingling, there would be
no struggle at the polls In the coming elec-
tions. [Applause.l When l remember that
it was Massachusetts and South Carolina
that, in the Convention that framed the
Constitution, voted against the abolition of
the slave trade; that it was Massaehu-
sets, in 1922, which, through some of her
men, advocated the doctrine of nullifica-
ton, which South Carolina reasserted in
1888, and in the form of secession again fe-
asserting it in 1860; when l call to mind
that South Carolina fired the first gun in
this contest, and that the veins of Massa-
chusetts poured out the first blood in the
struggle; and when call to mind all these
memories, and at the same time ask the
people of this country to look in on this
Convention and see these two old States of
the Union coming here in fraternal en-
br ce, approaching the common altar of a
common country, ready to make common
sacrifice for the good Of the whole; say
again, could the whole people of the United
States witness all this, there would remain
no further work for us to perform. Loud
cheers. If the people of Massachusetts,
herself could have witnessed it not a single
member would be returned to Congress
from that State-[great applause until he
had given q most sacred pledge that he
would do all in his power to recognize
the equality and dignity OF all the States
under the ConstiGution-[cheer eersl-includ-
ing the sacred and inalienable right of eve-
ry State, under the Constitution, to repre-
sentation in both houses of Congress.
[Cheers.]
Gentlemen of the Convention, shall 20
into no argument on this occasion. [Cries
Of "Go on."I The distinguished gentle
man who preceded me (Gen. Dix has said
all l would desire to say much better than
could say it. L indorse, and take great
pleasure in indorsing, all that he has said,
sentence by sentence, word by word.
LCheers.l .a
Fellow-citizens, unfortunately it may be,
the whole people of the United States are