Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-05-09
STATE UNION CON vENTION.
"wednesday, june 10, 1897.
STATE UNION COMMITTEE Room

STATE UNION COMMITTEE hOOMS,
CoLuMBUs, OHIO, May ., 1867. J
10 ne linton poteys Of Ohio.
party oa nh,o w ne sI ,n ~ tSe vnion
"WEDNESDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF JUNE, 1867, for
the transaction of business and the nomination
of candidates on the Union ticket for the fol-
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Auditor Of
State, Comptroller of the Treasury, Attorney
of the Board Of Public Works.
The basis of representation in this Convention
will be one delegate for every five hundred votes
east for William Henry smith, for Secretary. of
any fraction of two hundred and fifty votes and
upward In each County.
belmont County will be entitled to seven del
egates.-Ed. Chron.
1t is respectfully recommended to the several
County Committees, to call their meetings for
the selection of delegates, for Saturday, the sth
We invite the earnest attention of all Union
men to the importance of the campaign about
to commence in Ohio, and request their active
and hearty cooperation In its labors.
The amendment which constituted our plat
form last year met with the Endorsement OF the
majorities. Yet, mild as the requirements were
Its naughty rejection by the Rebel States was so
q reactionary feeling in favor Of its subsequent
adoption. The first response by the South to the
when the Rebel sentiment there relied % on the
Executive to sweep loyal Congress from exist
eence by force, and to protect Rebels in their
was followed by the August Philadelphia Con-
ventiOn, the sole object of which seemed to be to
Its rejection followed as matter of course
Absolutely nothing was gained by the offer of
the Amendment save the revelation Of a condi-
ton of feeling in the South which imperatively
demanded more stringent measures.
thae iat ere are bn ye OF m
men in Tennessee loyal to the Constitution 10y
faitHfi men should control the work Of reorgan ae
ization and reformation absolutely our Con,
gress resolved y upon q restoration Of the Rebel
who fought and suffered for the Union in war,
were at last deemed ft to live for 1t and to vote
for IL, in peace, and entitled to the amplest pro-
lection in the exercise of these rights
This new plan OF restoration is now before the
country, and must be n leading issue in the next
campaign. Indications in the South encourage
the belief that this plan will be accepted by the
! q party, and show an unbroken front upon this
| line of loyal reconstruction.
their offers of help they cannot render TO their
allies In the Rebel States, and are relying on
their old constitutional sophistry to distract us.
| Be not deceived by their arguments, for, since
the day when Buchanan declared that he could
find no power in the Constitution to coerce
verbal juggies with the Constitution, to secure
the success of the Rebellion, and to thwart the
object Of the Union Party, which is permanent
Cling closely to the Constitution, but in great
emergencies like the present, interpret its letter
by its spirit. It was ordained "to insure do
nestle trsanquility," sq and ITO secure the bless
prevents prev just restoration must be- rejected e as
contrary to its plain intent
There is no royal road to national harmony
loyal men of the country know distinctly what
they fought for and what they gained, and they
tory II it takes the lifetime of generation.
Slavery, the great cause Of all this bloodshed
and national agony, is dead Let us see that the
dark shadow which its loathsome figure cast
upon us be speedily obliterated and that the
buried Ss away Out Of sight forever. eve This borbar
GUS relic has for generations oppressed and de-
9ns OF tSsr 4Hr feii9T n9t 6n
loyalty in the heart of him whom education has
made q man, and discipline soldier, who can
object to his full acknowledgements
Relax none of that vigilance which for the
past six years has rendered the loyal people of
the field and at home! Our enemies are the
same, and their principles have undergone no
OF their transgressions, nor permit them to car
ry their designs into execution by a victory at
the the exercise Of every eort on bReRaf Of tSs
Union Party, whose cornerstone is justice. and
whose object is national tranquility through
Very Truly Y9%rs %Wln in the @,ts Common Cause,
sAs ahS. TlsMtksAfaMTi y. MkfaITti. Ss'D and T''a''' :
RODNEY FoOs, :
is&A6 q. ASHTON,
3. JAMES ScorT, Lebanon.
1. NJ. g. MITCHELL. Piqua.
8. T. T.. GRISsELL, Upper Sandusky.
@. ID. w. G. LoUDoN, Georgetown.
Z. !. NJ. BARRETT, Spring Valley.
3. II. G. HEDGKs Mansfield.
0. CHAs. =. WICKHAM, Norwalk.
| TO- NJ. II. BRAILEY, Delta.
! IL. Jos. BRADBURY, Kyger.
| r. CHAB. +. SCHEFFER, Lancaster.
49, ID. Fl. WILLARD, GAINESVILLE.
H. Fl. G.. BLAKE Medina.
10 w. p. SPRAGUE, McConnellsville.
49, b. r. CowEN, Bellaire.
II. j. X. RuKENBRoD, Salem.
l8 NJ. r. KEITH, Cleveland.
TO- PETER HITCHCOCK, Burton.
State Central Committee.