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

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9th {" us21 Samuel Pike. 2nH 70 'c0Sl
q 9TH f" John g! !Thompsong1 92JbI
4 9Th "sJU HIT. WanFleet.ol 99"9I'ihI
9th JH" 'iz w. w. Rddfeld. n7o1dIi2Vo
10Th i" ii JohnlM Eahg.1aN aJal 7no
1lth .tiE9d James w! NewniahJ 927sl =
4 18th Wayne Griswold! !iaGlT ,5liD
| 18th H" % Il. Harper. ul99 iBOuIiW bnR
14th n Iai John LarwilH9tr .beiaioiv
| 10TH rdl John Cartwright!1 m9dj 10
| 10th 80 John IL Heaton!o yaR 1eflp
| 18th "H G3A. McGregor!- .noloDlls y
| lSth i" Morrison Foster. i5d spn392
10Th JefersoBPalm.' m.'h 'fnsHi tu
| ''. The romInatiSns. y; -, y tr,,
,., ,, FOR GOVERNOR, 10. ,ijal1.q,is
Gen. George w. Morgan rose and said.@ y
Imove that Judge Allen g. Thurman, q y
Democrat of the school of Jefferson. OF
Madison, and Of jackson, an accomplished
scholar, an able jurist profound states
man. man who, like the Constitution Of
| the United States, is alike sound In time, of
war as well as in time of peace, be by ac-
clamatioh declared the Democratic candi-,
date for Governor; and with Gods bless,
| ing, by the will Of the sovereign people, he =
willbe made the next Governor Of Ohio, , y,
The. motion was received with storm Of
applause, and there being noother candi-n
date, Judge Thurman was declared the
Democratic nominee for Governor, by j,
unanimous vote of the Convention, amid
great and prolonged applSuseglir o. ljgiI 5d
Gen.jJ.W. Fitch, of Cuyahoga, Gen!o
I Geo. w. Morgan, of Knox, and Mr., Ste eI,c,
Of Hamilton, were appointed to wait on
Judge Thurman, and inform him Of lis
domination, and request his presence in the .
Convention. lha 'f'''t' ,,i.,.
The committee retired, and after short
absence, returned with Judge Thurman,tO
and, through Gen. Fitch, presented him to
the Convention. 'h mm mm t.'.l ~ .''.,, 2ul J., F"n
Judge Thurman said :brs grf1iaaq G0
d speech of Hon. Allen q. Thurman. POO
q Mr.. PRESIDENT, AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE CONVENTION: There s'no one here, I Z
suppose, who does not know that | have y
neither sought or desired the nomination /,
that you have been pleased to confer upon
/ me. Indeed | can truly say that although Z
more than a third Of a century has :
elapsed since began to take an Interest In
public stfars, yet have never willingly
| been a candidate for Office. To decline Of
tce when | could honorably do SO. has
been, as many of you Know, rule Of nv
! lite. That this is no merit am very well ]
/ aware. 1t is rather a demerit; for he who
devotes himself to the public service, with
an honest purpose to discharge official du-
n ties as they should be DISCHARGED, is more
entitled to praise than is he who gives the
preference to his private concerns. And
= there is, perhaps, no ambition more 1anda-
BILE than the desire to fill public station.
{ not for its emoluments or the qualification
Z of personal vanity, but for the benefit OF /,
, the State. 'il fl..f 70 ~ ihs nhb t'fguh
/ 1t not then to take credit to tny1ssif
(. that / mention my lack Of ambition, or
! it may be, of "a proper public sptrit,
but simply to account for my unfeikned
: and often expressed reluctance TO be a can
didate. But, gentlemen, you have seen 1T e
| to decide for me; aud, as a true Democrat, ~
| am bound to acknowledge and respectlJ
| your authority. And, certainly, no one VI
could feel more strongly than do, how
| great is the debt Of gratitude / owe YOU
For be the resultwhat it may, the honor OF
| your unanimous nomination is distinc--s
4 tion that anyman, however high, might u
well covet, and the possession Of your con- 10,
| tidence and esteem, a favor to which a
| grateful heart could never be bihsensibie, N
| Gentlemen, accept your nomination, and ~
will strive to prove worthy Of 1t. e 9hili snj
Gentlemen, usage requires that I should
4 say something more; but 1t is not my pur-
/ pose to make a long speech. You have
|
not willingly interrupt your proceed
4 ings or Unnecessarily consume yonr,,o
4 time The campaign before us VIII
| last many months afforilng an ample
opportunity for discussion, in which
| | hope to be able to take proper part
| But, at the very outset, wish to observe sh
that the return of the Democratic party to
power seems to me as inevitable as it IS de- y
4 sirable and 1t is most desirable II we wish
1 to preserve and perpetuate efreeinstitutfohs,
and once more see happy, prosperous and ~
1 united countfyAuntted not by materiaii q
force alone, but by the stronger Hgaments
| of reciprocal Affections, mutual esteem. ~
common Interests, and a Cherished beiiefin
| a common and glorious destiny tirlteAn q
How longit may be before the reins OF
Government will again be Id our hands,
y do not presume to say; but that, sooherM
| or later, and at nd very distant day either,
| we will hold them again, aud again guide, ~
| the chariot of State. as we did FORMERLY %
| guide 1t, along the pathway marked out, BY ,
| the Constitutions path Of pleasahtness
and peace-I do not entertain adoubkH Fdt ID
the Democratic party is the natural party
OF free institutioDs-th party whose bfiiift- 90
| clples best harhonize With our forms OF q :
| Government; in q word, the natural
party of this country. Our whole history
| proves this. It was the Democratic sentil
1 ment that freed us from Great Britain: II ,
| was this sentiment that laid the Enhda-oi
! tions Of our State and F'ederaI Govern.
ments; twas this sentiment that gave 10,
| our party 50 long rule aud made fts rule
1 50 beneiicent aud glorious; it was this ~
sentiment that gave TO our conltfy for y ?
1 more than seventy years the prof6undesto
domestic peace the world eVersayY,sO thatof
thatlong period of time IL can truly be OBJ
| served, what cannot be said of any such pe-
riod ia any other country, that IN II nofiiAfi u
! 10 the Republic lost his life for politidal5 5I
otfsnse, no man ever perished in civil war. n
Aud it is not strange that it.was. SOL. Tors;1
\ Democracy administered the. 0overnmenteL
| forthe equal benefit of all rejertlnG
ness, discouraglng seetlQnalism, abstain a
! ing from usurpatiOn, and, with wise ieal-
onsy of power, requlfihg Rlt C0nstftutiohs,
| State or Federal 90, be strictly construed.
It -Aknew, q thels tendency .Iok powsratDis
! steal from the many to the few,a the N
| proneness of Government to enlarge
\ its authority and g the imminent
daugeP Of decentralization; and Il therefore
1 clung 10 our Constitutions IS the great bar
4 riers against the evf It appfehended. It
\ il to-day what it has ever been, the great
| Constitution and Union-l0vlng partyOfthb Z
| country. Itloyes the Federal ConstiEptioh y
! for the glorious events that gave ~ biFths