Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-28
From the Hillsboro' Gazette. Oct. q ]

Hon. ALLEN @. THURMAN-HIS CLAIMS
TO. AND QUALIFICATIoN FOR, THE UNITED
STATES SENATE.-Few me in Ohio. or else
where, have known Judge Allen G. Thur
man longer or more 1avorably than the
writer OF this article, and no man living
or dead ever supported him with greater
zeal, or with more disinterestedness
throughout his political career. From
early life we have known him well and in
timately, and are therefore prepared to
speak of his merits, his high qualifications
for office, his unbending honesty and in
tegrity, his high moral character, his mod
esty and merit, from atull personal knowl :
edge of the man, and not from rumor re-
port or hearsay evidence. We know the
man of whom we speak, and knOlu that we
speak truly in what we shall say of him.
without any wish or intention to dispar-
age the claims character or standing of
any other gentleman who may aspire to
public favor.
AS friend, neighbor, a kind-hearted.
benevolent citizen, Judge Thurman comes
up to the highest mark upon the standard
OF true merit; as lawyer and statesman,
as Judge, a jurist an orator. and a pa
triot, he has no superior in Ohio. His high
moral worth, his unswerving integrity.
his acknowledged talent, and his remarka-
BILE suavity of manner, have given him a
stron ger hold upon the affections of the
people Of his native State than any other
man; and for this and other reasons we are
led to believe that those who supported
him so manfully in the late canvass, would
like to see him elevated, now that he is
beaten for the Gubernatorial chair, to a
seat in the United States Senate in prefer
ence to any other whose name may be pre-
sented to the Legislature.
Since he first entered uron public life he
has always been our choice for any posi-
ton to which his fellow-citizens have
sought to elevate him; and we have pre-.
ferrpd him and supported him, for the fol-
lowing, among other reasons:
We have been personal and political
friends for the past thirty five years. From
his youth up, we have always admired his
talent and noble bearing; and without any
other motive than desire to elevate a
Young man of true merit and requirements
to positions that he was eminently quali-
fled to ill. We have been his firm and un-
faltering friend through life; and, at no
time in the past, have we ever felt that he
deserved our support more than at the pres
ent moment.
We have supported him for the reason
that he is man OF modest merit, who has
never vet asked the people for any office
, Office has sought him or. rather, the people
have uniformly thrust office upon him, and
often at times when it was great sacrifice
to him to serve them. He has never vet
whatever, with his own consent, nor has
he ever yet filled an office, except at a
great personal sacrifice; and we happen to
know that he accepted the nomination for
Governor, in the late canvass, at a time
when no man in Ohio had an idea that he
had ana chance Of success arhateUer; and we
also know that no man ever made (undeI
the circumstances, such noble, gallant
and successful campaign-a campaign that
has not only astonshed the people of Ohio
but one that has filled the Democracy OF
all other States of the Union with joy I'M
speakable.
We know, too, that he will never ask the
people for any office, and that he will con
sent to hold none, unless it shall be con-
ferred upon him without solicitation upon
his part. He is Democrat of the true
Jackson school, who will not seek office,
and does not feel at liberty to decline ii
when thrust upon him. For this trait of
character we admire him, and have
always supported him, as matter OF
choice.
We know that, as a matter of personal
choice, Judge Thurman prefers the enjoy
ment of his own domestic circle, and the
joys and pleasure of private life, to the toll.
the turmoil, the strife and veXations OF a
life at the National Capitol; but his friends
and they number legions-arC resolved