Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-08
Democratic Alternate senatorlAA
- I4iHs8n Delegates. si1,s NJ

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DEMocRArTc STATE Elk. Con-: Rooms
=. -I'f7p COLUMBUS. o., Aug. 2, 1856.
O. At a meeting of the Democratic State
Executive Committee held this day, e. 3.
EsHRLMAN, Gen. ,L w. FITCH, Col. Q. D.
BEAM and J. M. EsTRP were appointed AL
ternate Senatorial Delegates to the Phlla-
delphia Convention. olam r.t .s7st .iAs
aoiap JOHN @. THOMPSON, Chm.
u L. E. WILSON, Sec'y. hrf lH
Letter Of Hon. Thomas Ewing.
The letter of Hon. THOMAS EWING to the
Hon. o. H. BRowHINGs that was read to the
JOHNSON Mass Meeting in this city yester-
day (Tuesday), will be found in our issue
of this morning. Need we invite the read
er to read this letter carefully? ., Hon.
THOMAS EWING is one of the really great
men of this country-is so recognized ev-
erywhere. He. was great In the United
States Senate, and his power as lawyer OF
,pre-eminent ability is acknowledged In the
Supreme Court Of the United States. There
Is no lawyer who towers above him. In
the Whig party he was always looked upon
with pride, and his spoken words COM
manded respect and carried conviction. To
the Democratic party organization he new
er gave support. By public speech and
otherwise, he urged the election of Mr.,
LINCOLN to the Presidency in 1880
and throughout the Presidency Of
Mr. LINCOLN he was in the enjoyment OF
confidential relations with him. To fill the
depleted army, he made recruiting
speeches. + We doubt much whether at any
period in his life, Mr.. EWING was ever
friendly to the Democratic party. Early
education, early association, and whatever
prejudice resulted from that education and
association, caused him continually to di-
verge from the Democratic party.
To the world Mr.. EWING no longer looks
for honors. His aspirations tend upward
to that brighter and better sphere, where
the godly find lasting Inheritance. For
his country, however, he has love-love
that would transmit to those who shall
come after him the blessing Of . constitu-
tional and Republican form Of Govern
ment. The words Of sucha a grand old man,
In crisis like the one that is now upon
the country, should arrest universal atten-
tion. There is no rant in his letter; there
Is no levity in it; but it Is a forcible
and mastery exhibition of affairs
as they exist, and it points out
with plain directness, the path in which
the American people should tread. Clearly
does he show, by logic the most powerful,
backed up by authority from the Consti-
tuition, that the present Congress is an ille-
gal body; that its Civil Rights bill, its last
Freedmen's Bureau bill and its Constitu-
tional amendment, will not stand the con-
stitutional test applied in the Supreme
Court Of the United States; that in consid-
Grafton of this, and TO promote good feeling
throughout the cc"-try, each and all Of
them should be repealed at the earliest mo-
ment possible. Furthermore he says, it is
his wish that ''the Republican party" may
return to The path Of Constitutional rectitude."
No man can doubt his sincerity In that
wish. Party association would prompt it,
If no other consideration did; but he can
not consent to wish it success, If it shall
continue In its reckless disregard "Of Consti-
tutional rectitude." Above party success he
puts "the Constitution and the Union.''
These he holds to be all important; to their
| success he holds every other consideration
as subordinate. If, then, the Repub-
lican party and the Constitution and
the Union can not exist together "-that is,
i II one or the other must be overthrown--he
earnestly desires that the Republican party
shall be overthrown. t.G f5ibrIi
He commends the Philadelphia move
ment heartily, and expects great good to
grow out of 1t to the country. -
The RepublIcan johnson Mass
| -nr1 to 500 Meeting. rf5i n.
In full this morning we publish the pro-
ceedings of the Republican johnson Mass
Convention held in this city on Tuesday,
August z, to appoint delegates to the Phil
adelphia Convention. In proportions and
respectability, the Convention was such
that its effects cannot be sneered away. BY
officers who had done meritorious service
in the army It was presided over, and Hon
THoMAs Ewtno, one ofthe greatest men o
this age. gave to it encouragement
Constitutional law and convincing logic
And the Convention was made up II
great part from men who on the field dit
what lay in their power 20 make secession
nullity. Bearing upon their person
honorable scars-no "carpet knights II
any sense---they testify that Presiden
JOHNSON Is pursuing the right policy, AM
the Radicals policy that is destructive Q
Constitution and Union. They esteem 1t N
dishonor to 20 to Philadelphia, there to de
llberate for the good of the country witt
men the Radicals denounce as Rebels
aud . Copperheads." 1t will be seen tina
most Of the delegates appointed to Phila
delphia are soldiers, good and true. S'..9 !
i IIaIf.Fare over the PennEyIyanis
III f Central. u,
BY obtaining special tickets, delegate
Il win be carried from Pittsburg to Philadel
| phiS for hSlfiare. tl2iD aas2do s1s