Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-09


brated in this city by large portion of the
Democratic Delegates to the Convention, at
the Neil House, last evening, to do honor
to tAe memory OF him Who, neXtto wash
ingtpn, oceupiesBheI blghfst gplEqel In the
hearts of his countrymei, ANDREW JACK
son. '''Ell E,'is't ,,l..l
Mr.. Failing had prepared for the event
in his most lavish nimner. The spaciods
hall, which had been suitably arranged for
the occasion, wa flied at an early, hour
with the delegates from the edlfferent cotin-
ties in the State, and rdignitaries, cit-N
liens and strangers-tnct In honor Of one
of the bravest of our enation'sNheroes and
the most brilliant of his victories. lrzS'
The following were the officers Of the
eVenlpgiJ1 n 1nam,itss ldi jgd7 ,bysol1'
-sIuoi la uui PRESIDENT, l0maQ lHhoiig
HoN. GEo.oW Mo0oOK, of Jefetson.
', ~ VICE PREsrD w. ,,, -.' ,.', ','
Hon. JOHN f.. .FoLLETT, of Licking, grd
Hon, II, j, GODFREY, of Mercer.or .fP
HoN.W. ID. HILI- of Defanre,dI Efg .lo
Hen. SILAs II. WRIGHE of Hooking. iir.,
Hon. S. +. DowDNEY,. of Clermont, .,is1
.eni3 lids SECRETARIES hagu 3a1m lllu
Hon. JOHN Y. GIsssNER, of Richland. 20
Hon. GU. BEAM, of Preble. HN I'H 'l
Hon. w. II. BAKER. of Fairfield. s,il 'Iu'.
After jnstice had been done to the ample
banquet spread before those in attendance'
the toasts were read and responded to- as
.indicated: Ih I.'"o '-ea 'Yld ~" sHo
I-t LH-Ll -
Southern vaor achieved our lsst great victory over
our ancient Toe. Letits anniversary be marked by
renewed effor s 70 once more bind together, by the
ties Of mutual affection, the people OF all the States,
To this toast there was no response. s,rI
2. Andreio Jacksonville Peoples model of
President. His honesty and genius Identified him
with the rights Of the masses and he had tile cout-
age TO defend and maintainth in peace and In war
He larght tue foes Of his country 70 respect Amed
can valoE and .he Congress Of the republic to ro-
Toast drank in silence, ,",.t XXX g...,,
3. Tie Democratic Partyr-Its Principles ara the
only coIreit basis of good government, A depa ture
from them led TO our Civil War and calainities.
nothing but urn TO them eau cave the Liberties
of the People and the linton OF the States, aud 70,
impoverished country. f.t.:f
Response by Hon. g. J., Yallandighams
We were unable to procure an abstractOi
Mr.. Vallandigham's eloquent and appropri-
ate remarks. II Mr., vallapdigham will
write them ont we shan take pleasure in
publishing them.
4. The Constitutionortss Uait.d States. .-Ffamed
BY the wise and pure men of the Revolution it can
not be inpr0ved BY modern thinkers.
Response by Hon. Frank II. Hurd.
Nearly eighty years ago body of men
assembled. in Philadelphia under eircum-
stances Of~the gravest Importance. They
were delegates IRON the States which then
constituted the United States, and had been
convened to correct defects which existed
i'm the old articles of confederation, and to
form more perfect Union. Upon their
deliberations seemed to depend tile desti-
mics of the Republics of North America.-
They met as friends.r Though each dele
gate was the representative OF sovereign
ty, their only desire was to bind together
in closer bonds of friendship and consent.
those who had labored, and suffered in
common cause. They had just emerged
from seven years. contest. The power
OF the British armies had been employed to
conquer them. Though almost half of the
population called themselves "loyal men,
though the treason Of Arnold had almost
betrayed one of their strongholds, though
the ambition of Gates had worked to
destroy the confidence of the people
In their great leader though their, armies
were poorly fed and lily dressed, and had
left bloody marks on the snow of Valley
Forge. yet they had been triumphant, and
werefree men. They had been unitedin the
DAYS of darkness and war, and they desired
to remain united when the sunlight of
peace had burst upon them. 'ill 8 6 .eAl'
There were diverse interests to be recon
ciled in that Convention. There was the
New Englander, whose characterwas SYM
bolized inthe cold and sterile rocks which
drove back the waves OF the ocean from his
shores. There was, che passionate South
erner, whose blood drank in the rays Of his
summer sun, and whose soul was as tull of
generous impulses as his soil of lluxufiaDt
vegetation. There were men wholowned
slaves and those who thought it sin TO
hold any. Upon thousand subjects there
were differences ofopinion. Sid bitter
ness and prejudice were banished from their
councils. There was no Charles Sumner
there,Dor Thad. Stevens. ThinkYou that the
Constitution would ever have been framed,
had the delegate from Massachusetts, read
Summers ornate essay on the barbarism OF
slavery, or hada delegate from Pennsylva-
MIA INDUCED in those words OF bitterness
which daily fall from the lips of Thad.
Stevens in the Congress of the United
States. The fanaticism. Of such men would
have defeated the measUfes which the
craftsmanship of others had 'proposed. A
spirit of Kindness prevailed Ia their de
liberations. They kiiew that union With
out the consent OF those united, was n1ockI
cry, and their effort was TO unite by COM
promise, not to repel by harshness. AS a
RESULT of their labors, the Constitution OF
the United States was framed. 1t was the
compact between the sovereigns who were
the parties to it, No citizen ofsany State
was bound by. its provisions unless 1t had
been ratified by his State! No force was
employed to affect the feeblest sovereign.
1t was a pure matter OF choice on
the Ipart of q eaehoa which itpiwas
alone to determine whether any of its
bowers should be delegated to be exercised
by the agent which the Constitution ap-
pointed When IL was adopted 1t became
Tie Constitution fol. the State as we'll as
was that instrumeIt Which the State had
adopted as a, CONSTITUTION for itself. ~ = = q ?
BY this INSTRUMENT Che people Of these
States have been United for eighty years.
Usnally it'has been Administered 'uhderthe
doctrine of strictconstruction of its proyi-
5ioos, Few, If any defects were imag gi1ed
10 existin it until the breaking out of our
late civil strife. During the period Of the
observance of what itprovided, the States
attainedla most wonderful prosperity. The
numberrO of soYereiglties that, became par
ties to the compact Increased from thirteen
TO thirty-two,f No State. Consultations
were Ioyerrldde1 by the str9ng ,arnl of
the Federal Government. None oG the
guarantees 7. of qthe N liberty, of d, the
citizen were. violated. No State Courts
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