The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-01-16
. The Nominations.
General G. W. Morgan rose and 5!

General G. W. Morgan rose and said /:
/ move that Judge Allen G. Thurman,
a Democrat Of the school Of Jefferson, Of
Madison, and Of jackson, an accom- plish-
ed scholar, an able jurist, profound
statesman, a man who, like the CoDssitu-
tion of the United States, is alike sound
in time of@ar as we'll as in time Of peace,
be by acclamaton declared the Democrat
10 candidate for Governor and with Gods
blessing, by the will Of the sovereign peo-
pie, he will be made the next Governor
Of Ohio.
The motion was received with storm
Of applause, and there being no other
candidate, Judge Thurman was declared
the Democratic nominee for Governor, by
q unanimous vote of the Convention, amid
great and prolonged applause.
Gen. j. W. Fitch, Of Cuyahoga, Gen.
Geo. W. Morgan, Of Knox, aud Mr..
Steel, Of Hamilton, were appointed to
wait on Judge Thurman, and inform him
Of his nomination, and request his pres.
ence in the Convention.
The Committee retired, and after a
short, absence, returned with Judge Thur.
man and, through Gen. Fitch, presented
himto the Convention. 2 o'E4
Judge Thurman said:
Speech Of Hon. Allen G. Thur
man.
Mr. PRESIDENT, AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE CONVENTION There is no one
here, l suppose, who does not know that
/ have neither sought nor desired the nom.
nation that you have been pleased to
confer upon me. Indeed l can truly say
that, although more than a third Of a
century has elapsed since l began to take
an interest in public affais, yet / have
never willingly been a candidate for Of
fee. To decline cffice when / could hon
orably do so, has been, as many Of you
know, rule Of my life. That this il
no. merit / am very we'll aware. II ia
rather demeritj for he who devotes him
self to the public service, with an honest
purpose to discharge official duties as
they should be discharged, is more enti
tied to praise than he who gives the pref
erence to his private concerns. And
there is, perhaps, no ambition more laud
able than the desire to gil public station
mot for its emolunents or the qualification
Of personal vanity, but for the benefit oI
the State.
It's not then to take credit to myself
that I mention my lack Of ambition, or
il may be, Of proper public spirit, bul
simbly to account for my unfeigned and
often expressed reluctance to be caudi'
date, But gentlemen, you have seen fl
to decide for me ;and, as true Democrat
l am bound to acknowledge and respect
your authority. And, certainly, no one
could feel more strongly than | do, how
great is the debt Of gratitude / owe you
For, be the result what it may, the honor
of your unanimous nomination is o dis
tinction that any man, however high
might well covet, and the possession oi
your confidence and esteem, fovor Il
which grateful heart could never be in
sensible. Gentlemen, accept your mona
ination, and will strive to prove worthy
oft. s. - =
Gentlemen, usagerequires that l should
say some thing more; but il is not my
purpose to make long speech. You
have much yet remaining to do, and
would not willingly interrupt your pio,
ceedings or unnecessarily consume your
time. The campaign before us will lasl
many months, afording ample opportuni
| " for discussion, in which l hope to be
liable TO take o proper part. But, at the
very outset, I wish to observe that the
return of the Democratic party to power
saavna IN mo aa inavitahla M IL In daaira.