The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-10-24
PRESIDENTIAL.
Ohio Democracy NOminates
George HI. Pendlet0n.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, of the 22d
inst, presented the name Of George III
Pendleton, as the choice ofthe Democra-
cy of Ohio and the Northwest for the
next President of the United States.
The Enquirer enjoyed great celebrity as
being the leading organ of Douglas IN
1860. In about six months the National
Convention of the Democratic party
will meet for the purpose of selecting
their candidates for President and vice
President of the United States, in COM
mon with the Democracy of other
States. Our friends in Ohio have o
preference, and that preference we pro-
pose to express; it is preference that
none who know the sentiments OF our
people, who have seen it manifested in
many different ways in the local press,
in private letters, and in political Con-
ventions, will dispute. In the name OF
the victorious Democracy of Ohio, who
but the other day sent greeting to the
Democracy of the Union that Ohio was
redeemed from the rule of fanaticlsm,
that she had vindicated the Constitu-
ton and arrested the bold career of the
madmen who have been trampling upon
the rights and liberties of the people;
in their name we this day seize upon the
honor of presenting the claims Of Ohios
native son, Hon. Geo. II. Pendleton, to
the Democracy of the country as Ohio's
choice for the high office of ofPresident OF
the United States. He is not only Ohio's
choice, but he is the favorite of Ken
tucky, who will send full delegation
for him to the National Convention;
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Mime
sofa will not be behind Ohio and Ken
lucky in their devotion to Ohio's noble
and trusted statesman. He is by all
odds this day the strongest candidate IN
the Northwest, and, We have reason to
believe, in the United States. Hepos-
sesses in great degree the Democra-
tic popular confidence which was given
to Stephen A. Douglas, and upon him
has fallen in the Northwest the mantle
of that eminent man. A gentleman, q
scholar and statesman, whose history
and character are known to the country
and everywhere recognized and respec-
ted by all parties; in the very prime Of
life, with mind Injured to cultivation
and study, with the habits of pro-
found thinker, the experience Of the
tried legislator, eminently sound njudg-
ment, eloquentlin the expression of his
thoughts, candid il his political views,
with an integrity that was never ques-
toned, he is that model Of President
which we had in the early days of the
Republic. With him as our candidate,
standing upon the platform of the con-
stitution, equal justice to all sections of
our common country, with equality to
all, special privileges to none, the same
currency for the bondholders, that the
people ere compelled to receive, the
prompt payment of the public debt as it
falls due in the legal tender of the ma
ton, the immediate restoration of the
Southern States to the Union, with their
full share of Representatives in both
branches of the Government, as guar
anteed by the Constitution, and univer-
sal amnesty for all political offenses;
with such n platform, and George II.
Pendleton as its exponent, we will
sweep Ohio by so, 900 majority, and also
the country, as we did with Franklin
Pierce in 1852, when the conqueror of
Mexico, General Scott, was the candidate
of the opposition.