The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-08-29
General Durbin Ward-The Con-
pressiOnaI Convention.

gressiOnal Convention.
The Democratic Convention held at Ham
ilton, yesterday, evincing sincere and pa
trotic purpose to cooperate with all Con
servative men who desire the immediate
restoration of the Federal Union, nominat-
ed for Congress General WARD who was
JOHNSON delegate from this District to the
Philadelphia Convention. The resolutions
passed by the Convention are admirable in
style and sentiment, and are such as no
Conservative man, whether Democrat or
not can fail heartily to endorse.
The Democracy of the District, cOmpris-
ing l5,OOO voters, have thus given evidence
of their sincere aud honest purpose to pro-
mote the great and patriotic end now first
in the hearts of all true Unionmen, to-wit
the restoration at once of all the States to
their constitutional relations in the Federal
Union.
We will not permit ourselves to doubt
that this action will be properly responded
TO by the conservative men throughout the
District. n
The record of General ScIENCK and his
known principles and temper, as public
man, are justly obnoxious, rs we believe,
to majority of his constituents. The peo-
pie of the Third Congressional District are
not In favor ofnegro suilrage-they are not
in favor of q tariff that rules the industry
of the West to pamper the manufacturers
of the East-they are not In favor of the
exclusion of the Southern States from the
Union7-they are not in favor Of violating
the Constitution of the United States to
crafty the mhallowed feelings OF personal
malice aud revenge-they are not in favor
ora man who will seek TO serve them at a
fixed and stipulated compensation of three
thousand dollars q year and then demapd
and take two thousand year more without
their CONSENT H.'f. l
General DuRBIN WARD has been long and
favorably known TO the people throughout
this District. He did not beset the Presi-
dent for n field officers commission at a pay
of three or four thousand dollars year, as
General SCHENCK did, before taking up
arms in the late contest but he shOuldered
his musket and entered the ranks as pri-
vate soldier at thirteen dollars a month.
He rose thence to the command of regi-
ment, which he gallantly and ably led until
permanently disabled by wounds received
In the service Heiost the use of his left
arm by severe wound, received at the
battle of Chicanauga, and afterwards went
into action, with his arm powerless at his
side, in the command Of his regiment.
or General WARDS political principles,
it may be said, that like thousands OF
others upon the dissolution OF the old
Wing party, he at length found afliliation
with the Democracy, He was delegate
TO the Charleston Convention, aud there
there supported Judge DOUGLAS.
He is now an ardent and sincere sup
porter of the reconstruction policy of Pres
ident JOHNSON, and opposed to all the de-
structive schemes of the Radicals In Con-
gress and as such Is accepted by the De-
mocracy as suitable candidate ut this
time for Congress in this District. Upon
this great, paramount issue, General WARD
stands where the Democracy now stand
and with the sincere assistance of all con-
seryative men, who desire the maintenance
of the Constitution and the Federal Union,
we expect to elect him as the representa-
tive of the Third Congressional District to
the Fortieth Congress.