Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-04
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Pursuant to notice, the dele gates apbbtoSint-
ed at the primary meetings held in tSeF res
tspeetive townships DdgSatarjagylast mel
at the Conrty House in sMansfield , on, Mon
On 5aBtion,5 t6e Hohg s. S. BloOhE o,
14Shelby. was appolnteds President, and1Al :
drew Stevenson and iGels James Gray, Set !
On motion, 4 committee on Resolution
was appointed, consisting of Jonas Smith,
Coz Bartlabas / IB6rns,t iDanielg Brewer.
jEbsuezers Craig and Ezekiel lChew.rordt 7
| 8.Ehe CopyentOn, then proceeded to open
the poll books returned from the several
townships, and TO 'eountSthe votes, and it
appearing that the persons named below
had received q majority of the votes, they
were declared nominated:. Representative,
Andrew Gerhart; Treasurer, Fl. W. Patter-
SON; CLERK, George b .Harm9Es Proeecutin q
Attorney, JaWi Jenner; Sheriff, Isaac q.
Fair; Commissioner,J j ohm T Keith; ;Infirm-
ary Director, James Campbell. Mr., Ger
hart being called on accepted The nomina-
tion in a neatland well timed speech. %
The committee on Resolutions, through
the Chairman, reported the following reso-
lutlons, Which were unanimously adopted I:
/ Resolued, That we hereby oreaffirm the
platform of principles as adopted at the Sth
OF january Convention at Columbus. II
Res0l1ed,, That we are unalterably oppos-
SO W bllc pOllIlCdl anu SOCldI 6QuallCy Ine
black race with the white, therefore weiare
opposed to the adoption of the proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the State
of Ohio, and shall use all honorable means
to defeat it before the people, ana call upon
allsmen iofall parties toRbi as by theirvotes
to SECURE its defeats and we are also oppos-
ed to all laws which disfranchise the white
man and enfranchise the black man. s'i
I Resotved, That we regard the law of Con-
'gress knownCa as the Military aReconstruc-
ton bill' as unjust iniqaitous, tyrannical
and unconstitutional in every feature, sui
versive of civil liberty and the total ami
hilation of the right of trial by jury, and, if
persisted ins must epd in the DESTRUCTION of
republican government and demand its re-
peal. J,o.rr. . III s,3r, Ga, ...,.r-..-rrr
WHEREAS, During the year 1861 Congress
passed an act creating and making United
States money, commonly calledgreenbaeks,
a legal tender in the payment OF, all indi-
vidual, State and national dues duties on
foreign imports alone e&cepted), and .uo
. WHEREAS, During the consecutive years
of '6l, '62, '63, '64and i65 said currency, be
came can greatly deprecated below the stand
o WHEREAS, During said TIM ne.a interest
bearing bonds, amounting to $500, 100000,
exempt from taxation, were issued by the
United States Treasury, and purchased
7therefrom in said deprecated currency
1Or f---'N' Z -'-'-f o
Il WHEREAS, The people are now. in, addi-i
ltion5tO their burdensemeb taxes, annually
paying the sum of two hundred millions Of
dollars alone as interest on those bonds,
without being able to reduce the principal; ;
therefore, l OF smg9 u .1THsI sdt =
Resolued, That we are in, favor of the
General Government, at once Issuing a suf-i
tcient sum of such currency, commonly
called greenbacks, and proceed to redeem,
the said bonds with the same,in such man
ner as may be deemed best for the interests
of the whole country, thereby equaiizing
taxation. And the amount, as annually
raised for the payment of interest, ibes set
aside as sinking ifund5to redeem the legal
tender notes so, issued.I - -, -, =
. Resolyed, That as an efficient and success
full method Of disseminating Democratic
priheiples,Swe recommend the Democracy
to use. their PERSONAL indueneesand means
ino the circulation, of Democratic ,newspa-
pers, among the people. g
Res0lUed. That we fully indorse the nom :,
nations this day made and hereby pied ge
our undivided sqpport.to the same.Cl9 I q
~. The Convention was then addressed by
Col. Barnabus Burns and Hon. S. S. Bloom,
after which it adjourned. .ii.d 4