The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-10-17
SPEECH OF GOVERNOR HAYES
After his Election.

Gen, HAYES on DelnB caIIeu out
on the evening Of the llth inst, 20
receive the congratulations Of his
friends, responded in a neat little
speech as follows:
FELLOW CITIZENS I hardly know
what the facts are in regard to the
close contest we are now closiug up.
You have always heard, a' proverb,
that figures don't lie. IL occurs to
me that the man who was the author
Of that saying, could not have bocn
familiar with election returns in Ohio,
or he would have changed his prov.
crb by striking out the word not,
and inserting some other word, 40
that il would declare figures often do
lie.
Feeling the uncertainty OF these
things, | accept your congratulations
with some little allowance. Howcy'
or, II gives me opportunity to say enc
OF two things that, perhaps, ] may
as well say. shall say nothing that
Il will be necessary to take back, iU
case the result should be different TO.
morrow.
One Of the agreeable facts in con.
nection with this contest is what has
transpired in tho debates between the
distinguished gentleman who was my
competitor, and myself. II has al
ways been my desire in all political
contests, so TO talk and so to act, as
to give no just cause Of offcuse to any
reasonable adversary. Aud l am
proud to know by the public speech
es Of Judge Thurman, that he has
felt toward me, during this canvass,
as a man feels toward fair and cad
did adversary and may say to you
that that is my feeling toward him
| feel that. whatever mistakes he has
made In public life, in his conduct
toward me he has behaved like q gen.
tleman.
Another word, personal TO myself:
Great difficulties have arisen in the
Second District, in consequence of
the vacancy caused by my resigna.
tion-dificulties between my friends,
which very much regret, And |
assure you Il had known such
trouble would have arisen in the Dis.
tricl, | would not have been n candi
date for Governor, hut would have
retained my place in Congress, l
could not have supposed any such
thing would have occurred between
members Of the Republican party,
prominent enough TO have claims for
the candidacy for Congress, as would
be adversaries after the nomination
by the Convention aud not suppos.
ing il, knew there were men enough
in the party to represent that Dis
trict far Nbler than / did. In saying
this, | cast no reflections the public
know how | voted, aud advised 9th
ers to vote.
1t has been satisfactorily demon.
strated, that although Hamilton coun.
~ is opposed to colorcd suffrage, by
four or Ave thousand majority, that
the candidate for Congress, aud the
only one opposed to colored suffrage
in this contest, most respectable
aud cstimablc gentleman, Mr.. Roeme.
lin, received but ono hundred votes,
while the suffrage candidates received
over 10000, Hereafter no body il
this county can ever riso up and find
fault with mau because he sin tavol
Of negro suffrage, because both particI
have indorsod the mou who wcro no
gro suffrage candidates. [ChoOrs.
Ono word as TO tho issues. The
Union party have been in favor
of maintaining inviolAte the faith ot
tho nation, They will continue to
stand on that plank to the end
! [Cheers ThOy believe that the pa
tional credit was AN important part ot
tho national power, in its last strug
gle aud the good namo Of the nation
is, under all circumstances, to b,
maintained, Again, it is probable
from tho complexion Of tho Legisla
ture. that three.ffth vote cannot b,
obtained to submit again tho coloro,
suffrage issue for many years to come
and therefore eannot be in any can
vsss before tho people for lonl
time. In the meantime we shall hav
the experience ofother States in thi
matter. But on this you may rel
that tho Union Republican party vii
be in tho future as it has been 10 tn
psst--the party Of progress, the par
ty in favor Of human freedom, tn
party iu favor ofequal human rights
the party in favor Of giving to all tn
governed an equal voice in the Gov
ernmeut aud although il is defeatc
this year, We remember that in 1861
10 the very pinch Of war, We wer
beaten in Ohio, Pennsylvauia, au
othor States, by majorities far large
than any given against us this yeal
Aud wo remember also that in iS6
our msjOrities were without paroll,
in the political history Of this cour
try. What happened then | anu sur
Is TO happen now, aud next year, III
l great year vf tho Prcsidentia election
will see US again united with SOC
/, majority in Hamilton county an
10000 in the State Of Ohio. TGrei
cheers, during which the Gensral r,
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