The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-05-10
UNION STATE CONVENTION.
Wednesday, June 20, 1866.

STATE UNION COMMITTEE Rooms,
1 COLUMBUS, O., May j, 1866.
To the Union Voters of Ohio:
The annual State Convention of the
Union party of Ohio will be held in CO.
lumbus on WEDNESDAY, the Goth DAY OF
JUNE 1866, for the transaction Of business,
and the nomination of candidates on the
Union ticket for the following offices -
Secretary Of State, Judge Of the Supreme Court,
and Member Of the Board Of Public Works.
The basis of representation in this Con-
vention viii be one delegate for every five
hundred votes cast for JACOB d. Cox for
Governor in 1865, and an additional dele
gate for any fraction of two hundred
and fifty votes and dupwards,an granting to
each County not less than two delegates.
(Wyandot county is entitled to three dele
gates, under this rule.]
The several counties arc requested to
hold their meetings for the selection OF
delegates, ON Saturday, the 9th day of June.
We invite your earnest attention to this
call, and beg you Will send up delegates
who shall truly represent the wishes and
best interests of the people. Five years
ago, the Union party was organized on the
all-important but simple platform of the
preservation of the Union and Govern
ncnt. To it the loyal and earnest men of
ali parties everywhere rallied, and have
ever since sustained it.
Five years of earnest cooperation and
labor together have made us friends. and
taught us many valuable lessons. which we
shall do well never to forget. They have
taught us that violent party spirit and Bit
ter partisan feeling are great evils, and
tend to mislead the judgment; that while
we have the power and patriotism to crush
great and wicked rebellion. we need the
exercise of charity and forbearancc. to
overcome passion and prejudice; that
eternal vigilance is the price of liberty -
that every step of our progress in the re-
cent great struggle, has been marked by
the finger Of Divine Providence.
Is the work for which we joined hands
completed? True, the war is at an end
and we rejoice at the return Of peace; but
the same political issues and great nation
al questions are before the country now
that have stirred mems minds and hearts
for several years past; and new and i'm
portant questions, involving the credit and
character of our Government, at home and
abroad, must be settled and established
For what have the brave men of our coun-
try periled life and fortune, if not that a
free peoples government and the integrity
Of the Union should be maintained and
perpetuated, and the right and doctrine OF
secession forever abandoned?
These cannot be fully accomplished with
out the united efforts of the good. the wise,
the loyal and true-hearted men of the State
firmly standing together, as they have
done. for five years past. Ignoring false
issues, and all appeals to passion and preju-
dice, let us meet in council, resolved fo
stand by the principles which have guided
us during past years of trial, and nomi-
nate for Office men who have advocated
and fought for them; and with the true
spirit of patriots, and the Divine blessing
success and victory will as certainly fol-
low our banner in peace as they did in
war.
BY order of the State Central Committee
Very truly, your friends
a9 In the cause of the Union.
o.. RUSH r. SLOANE, Chairman,
WIN. e. DAVIS. Secretary.
94'- s-.t Union State Cen. Committee.
EoSl9' GEO. b. WRIGHT. Chairman,
~ % JAS Sec. & Treas,
- -iN State Union Ex Committee.