Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-06-27

union State CONVENTION
Entire Harmony and Great
Enthusiasm.
Gen. RI. Hayes for Governor.
Sam. Galloway for Lieut.
Governor, and a Strong
Ticket Throughout.
Concise & Pointed Resolutions
HasSaurek 0pcnstlIe Campaign
Concise & Pointed Resolutions
Hassaurek Opens the Campaign

OOHClSe " rOlnCeQ HeS0lutl0ns
HasSaurek Opens the Campaign
The Union State Convention met a
the Atheneum, in the city of Columbus
on Wednesday, June 10Th. All parts O
the State were fully represented by dele
gates. The auditorium and stage were
crowded with delegates, and the gallery
was occupied by great number of spec
tators. The Convention was called tc
order at 102 o'clock by Gen. b. r. Cowen
Chairman of the State Central Commit.
tee. Gen. Robert G. Schenck was in.
troduced as temporary chairman of the
Convention, and spoke as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: /
thank you forthis honor; and still more,
| from my inmost heart, thank you for
the cordial demonstration with which
you have received my nominotion as
your presiding officer. In such greeting
find full assurance that / am in the
midst of sympathizing friends who will
be lndulgent to any error l may commit.
But I do not apprehend that the duties
of the chair, in body animated by the
spirit which pervades this Convention,
can be onerous or difficult.
| Assembled here from all parts of our
| State to sustain by our declarations and
action, principles and cause which are
very dear to you and to those political
| friends in each neighborhood who have
delegated you to this work, you have no
selfish or merely personal ends to crafty,
and will be able to deliberate, decide, and
carry home speedily to your constituent
cies the harmonious results of your uni
ted labor.
tits not for me to dictate in what your
duties here will consist or what subjects
will demand your attention. They are
understood, appreciated, anticipated by
you all. 1 take it, however, that you
will, as representatives of the Repub-
licans of Ohio, and in harmony with the
great Republican party throughout the
country, reaffirm in distinctest terms
your inextinguishabe love for the Union
and equal rights.
You will record again, as often hereto
fore, your undying gratitude to the brave
defenders of our flag and government,
and your fixed determination to stand
by them and theirs.
You will renew your pledge to give
continued support to the wise, firm pol
icy of reconstruction and pacification,
which Congress, in the exercise of its
legitimate right and duty as the great
law-making power of the nation has sub
mitted to the country, and to the people
of the rebel States. You know we'll that
the very leaders of the rebellion stand
ready at this moment to accept and abide
by the terms of reconciliation and restor-
alton which have thus been offered, and
f1 in re Il
interference of a faithless President who,
having betrayed the principles on which
he was chosen, would now also mislead
to their destruction the unhappy people
of the South whom he processes to be-
friend. In pursuance of this insane or
wicked course on his part, he is even
now seeking, by strained and absurd in
depreciation, which shocks the common
sense of every honest mind, to construe
away and get rid of the obvious mean
ing and intention of the laws the pas
sage of which he was unable directly to
defeat. 1t seems to me not inappropriate
for this Convention, in such contingency,
to demand of all the representatives of
States and people, that they shall be
punctually at their assigned posts at the
National Capital on the3d of nextmonth,
to provide by unmistakable, declaratory
legislation against this attempt to para
lyze the popular will. And l tell you,
my friends, that great embodied will of
the people will yet sweep out of the way
of the march of liberty and civilization
every obstructing agent and every hair
splitting, word-mongering doubter, as
dew is brushed from the grass or as
lighted straws are driven before the wind.
But l must forbear remarks which
detain you from proper business.
l will only add that your principles
being reasserted, and the issues which
into the field again with those whom
you may to-day select to be your stand |
and condidates to achieve
another of those triumphant victories, to
which, thank God and the glory and |
justice of our cause, we have become ac- |
customed in free Republican Ohio.
Mr.. w. T. Perkins, of Hamilton, was
elected temporary Secretary. ]. X.
of Columbiana, was elected
Assistant Secretary. James E. Ferree
was elected an Assistant Secretary.
The Committees on Permanent Or
ganization, Resolutions, and State Cen
tral Committee were then appointed.-
Chas. Hare, of Noble County, represent
ed the XVIth District on the firstnamed |
and r. ]. Bennett, OF Har-
rison, on the last named. The following
Is the
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
1st Dist.-Hon. Fred. Hassaurek.
I'd +" Maj. 9. H.. Blackburn.
Sd +" l.. b. Gunckel. o.
4th " VIM. Allen.
5th Gen. j. S. Robinson.
9Th Hon. n. w. Clarke.
7th l., j. Critchfeld.
9th " Col. Isaac Gass.
9th I" William Lane. ..,. ..
9th T" Hon. j. M. Ashley. .
l1th f" Hon. J. Il. Wilson.
9th A" A. McCrea.
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