The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-06-27
A srRoSa ErOkEf THROusHOuT.
Concise and Pointed Resolutions
Manhood Suffrage IndOrsed.

.f.,f COLUMBUS, o., juno 10.
Al Q o'clock this morning the sey- |
erAl county aud district delegations
met at their different places of rem
desyous, for tho transaction Of pre-
liminary business. The utmost har.
many, aud almost unapimity Of prot-
ereuce prevailed.
In tho Hamilton county delegation
there was not a missing delegate, nor
in any other that wo heard Of. tf.
A motion that the vote OF the First
aud Second Districts be cast solid for
Gen. Hayes, prevailed with but two
dissenting votes. Nothing was said
about platform. that being we'll un,
derstood to DO the policy Of the great
National party, as indicated in the
recent legislation of the country,
OPENING OF rue CONVENTION.
Promptly at the hour appointed,
half-past ten O'Clock, Gen. X. B.
Oowen, Ohsirman Of the State Cen.
trail Committee, appeared on the plat
fOrm, aud presented Gen. Robert
Schenck as temporary Chairman Of
the Convention. The General was
received with an enthusiastic round
of applause, who, on taking tho chair
made the following pertinent remarks
which were received with repeated
manifestations Of approval: Ia
GEN. scuENcK's SPEECH.
GENTLEMEN OF TaE CONVENTION
| thank you for this honor and still
more from my inmost heart thank
you for the cordial denomination
with which you have received my
nomination as your presiding officer.
La such greeting l find full assurance
that am in the midst of sympathiz.
ing friends who will be indulgent 70
any error may commit. But do
not apprehend that the duties of the
chair, 10 a body animated by the
spirit that pervades this Conven ton,
can be onerous or difficult.
Assembled here from all parts of
our State to sustain, by your declara.
tions aud actious, principles aud
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 several
constituents the harmonious results Of
your united labor. ,dflrf.
Is it not for me to dictate in what
your duties here will consist, or what
subjects will demand your attention.
They are understood, appreciated an
ticipated by you all. l take it, how
ever, that you will, as represen tatiyes
Of the Republicans Of Ohio, aud in
harmony with the great Republican
party throughout the country, reafIirm
in distinotest terms your ineItinguish-
able love for the Union, and your de-
votiOn to human freedom and equal
rights, aoeao,.nn. vsaif f...,;
You will record agPin, as often
heretofore, your undyiDg gratitude to
the brave defenders of our flag and
Government, and your fixed deter
mination to stapd by them and theirs.
You will renew your pledge to
give continued support to tho wise,
firm policy of recons'ruction and
pacifcation, which CoDgresi, in the
exercise Of its Legitimate right aud
duty as the great law making power
of the nation, has submitted to the
country and TO the people of tho
rebel States. You know we'll that
the very leaders Of the rebellion stand |
ready at this momeut to accept and |
abide by the terms of reconcilia-
tion and restoration which have thus
been offered, aud only hesitate in con.
sequence Of the mad interference Of
faithless President, who, having be.
trayed the principle on which he was
chosen, would now also mislead to
their destruction the unhappy people
of the South whom he professes to
befriend Ia pursuance of this IN
sane or wicked course on his part,
he is even now seeking, by strained
Interpretation which shocks
the common sense Of every honest
mind, TO oonstrue away and get rid Of
the obvious meaning and intention of
laws, the passage of which he was un
able directly to defeat. 1t seems to
me notinappropriate for this Conven,
tion, in such contingency, to demand
Of ail the representatives of States,
and people, that they shall be punctu-
ally ut their assigned posts at the
Capital on the Bird of next
month, 10 provide. by unmistakable
deeIaratory legislation against this
attempt 10 paralyze the popular will.
And | tell you, my friends, that great
embodied will Of the people viii yet
sweep out Of the way Of the march of
liberty and civilization every obstruct-
ing agent and cyery hair.splittipg,
ord-mongeriHg doubser. as dew is
brushed from tho grass, or as lightest
srraws are drigen before the wind.
But / must forbear remarks which
ietain you from proper business, II
will only add that your principles be-
ing reasseried, aud the issues which
you present clearly defined, you will |
20 into the field again with those
Nbom you may to-day select 70 be
your standafd- bearers and candidates,
% achieve another Of those triumph
lut victoties, to which, thank God
md the glory and justice Of our cause,
80 have become accustomed IN free
Republican Ohio, ae aEts
conmlTrEE ON REsoLuTIoNs.
The following is che Committee on
Resolutions: !: atys X
lst Dissriet---Hon. Fred Hassaurek.
I'd Major G. blsckburn. K
"a Lewis r. Guucksi II