Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-21

a.. an absence Oh everything aPPAO1Ai
enthusiasm In the Convention. Declare.
n1et tions that even one year ago would have
= ~ made,the old Atheneunn resoundwlth cheer
I'M, aft6g cheer. little more than attracted at
ing tehtioi., 10 us II appeared that there were
~ ~ not nearly as many young men In attend-
I'VE, S anceuonl this Republican Convention as
"a thaFe used b be at former Republican Con-
,inI vebtSons.d The Represents tatton was made
lot upchiefy from middle-aged and old, men.
Thismay account for the absence of en-
an thusissm!lo niol wa baeIb oi n5iio
tb With Reference to the nomiuatioh of Sec
la retaTy Of State, there WAS considerable feel
~ inTd There was alaFge number In the Con-
ed veiitI0ntheaf4S one-halEthat desired the
be notiiinatisa of military man for that office.
~ Two considerations undoubtedly prompted
n theAdesites one was to make practical their
re profession oflfriendship for the men who
" had fought the war to a successful coDclu-
y sion: hhd,dn the languageVf theDspeakers,
n Dn haAsavedfthe Union:ith the other was, that
* thenofifnaeoii Of some such man was es-
g sential to the defeat Of General Ben. LIE
!. FEVER. nHhreei military men were an
nounced casi candidates for nomination--t
d Gen. WILpss, Gen. RoBISRoN and Gep! BAN-
9 NrNaI Before balloting icOmmenced, the
! nameof Gen. BANEING was Withdrawn by
'e the Knox county delegation, and, in do
y insso, declared thelrwish that some gallant
: soldier should be nominated. AS the
! bah0ting proceeded it was discovered that
I General WuDEs had more strength than
8 Geno ROBINSON : though at the end of the
baIlotInke aud before the result was an
no1aced, 1t was evident that Mr.. SMITH,
the present inclmbent had majority over
all contestants,d Il A rApidchanginG ofyotes
from Gen. RoRINsoN to Gen. WnDEs follow
ed,,and at one time the indications were
that Gen. WnDEs would be the nominee.
About this time considerable feeling sprung
ups The charge was specifically made BY
a delegate that he was satisfied that the
balloting had been inaccurately kept, aud
he insisted on another ,bal1ot-that the one
taken should be set aside-intimatin
strongly that the friends OF General
Wff.bgEs would not abide the nomination
unless Il were retaken- The friends Of
Mr.. SMITH, feeling confident in their
ability; iIto Nominate him, acquiesced
in the 'rTequest, of the friends Of Gen
erst iiWnDEs. The, result was, that Mr..
SMIHH received the nomination byamajor-
ity u sIi4eg No enthasiasm followed the
au191ncehent Of this result, The soldiers
in the conyention and their friends evil
dently -fsltthht they had not been used as
they should have been In a. Convention the
controlling members Of which had been
loud and continuous In their professions Of
friendship for heySoldiers1i The names OF
the gentlemen presented asthe contestants
of Mr., SAITH for nomination, were each Of
them we'll qualified to discharge the duties
of the office creditably to themselves and
to the State. 'iol'Ao 1D9y ssool2 ',A,li Y
ApiIitary officer was then presented as
a candidate d for nomination. aseSupreme
Judge; but he did not secure as strong a
support as Gen. W1BDEs received for Sec
retary Of State Judge SoOrT, the present
incumbent, was h0minated. - -. I, - y
JOHN NJ BLRRERF was nominated for
reelection to the Board OF Public Works,
witho1h much 1ppogition Il ET q II
These candidates all live In the same sec
tlon Of the State-lh hamilton, Highland,
and Batter. bihnoiqs bss woa sayls.s1 st
The resolptipns are brief They indorse
the Constitutional amendment passed by
Congress = Not even an implied commend
alton to the Presideptis is given. He is ig-
noIed. completely. As it is generally
kn6whti What he ConstitdtiOnal amendment
copMmplates4the making ofYoters out of
the Negroes and the'taking of the privilege
of voting from the Southern Whites-we
shall not grope in the dark this campaign.
The logic thSf ran through the speeches OF
Jude6 H61DEY, Hon. PETER oDIfS ana Mr..
HksszUREkFwgs chat the negro Is entitled, 4
by every cacnssidefationa Of right and Jus
ticsgD0 En9he nghts ana privileges chat
thesWhiRe ihAnuanjoysa Gheoidea that the
BIack man isinfefloy fHths scale Of crea
tloR 70 The White mar. was ridicnled as a.
Democratic absurdlty, land WashabOut the
onlything thht received nseapproach-
inkenthusiasr1l,i sas bua S1oJ .adJlAi dSA
UIotssue BeVwo1n The tNO parties iSmade
up. TBss Republican party .is ismarshalIed
by civilian ana &HAai6AkO The Demo-
GRATIS party u n6atShalled by . gallant sol
dler-a man who by reason ef his courage
and pEchy( nom thkl lconditiSn Of "a Hri-
vat6 rose, BY regular graduation, aud WITH
out the aid Of pOlitiOallinH to Brevet
Briaadler General. He is fighting now for
what1 ~ Oh lhKtksn-l6f khs bfeSeFfFa-.
tion of the Union and the maintenance of
the Constitution. Inthe War, he and Pres
ident JQHNppg were soldiers for the same
great cause, and for the same great cause
they 1fe tSha1g B-dk. Themis buuau!
ity In the soldier who passed through war;
there Is none in the stay -at-home politician
VIII ElllttiadhisugighbpEss hpw@anpidlsr'
tor Secretary QG state b. Supreme Judge
could not receiFe a An0fplnatiOn In the Re-
publican STATE Egpysnt09 chat sxtplIed
sALMoF n Etgg tthy EFesse seStand wissst