Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-15
The sth Congres.IonaI Di.,rict.

The Republicans OF the Sth- Congress
sional District met in Convention by Dele
gates, at Gallon, on the Sth, and nominated
General JOHN BEATTY, of Morrow county,
as a candidate to fill the vacancy in Con-
gress from that District, occasioned by the
death of Hon. G. 8. HAMILTON. The Con-
vention adopted set of resolutions. In
the Whereas" they ascribe the murder of
Mr.. HAMILTON to "a sad dispensation, of
an all-wise Providence" Starting out
with "Whereas" SO absurd, if not inn
pious, it would have been glaringly
out of character for the resolutions
to be otherwise. They resolved that
they regard the death of Mr.. HAMILTON
las great public loss" If it was through
the s'dispensation of an all-wise Provi-
dence that he came to his DEATH" is it be-
coming us to look upon it las a great pub
lie loss?" If it is admissible for us to look
upon it in this light, the conclusion follows
inevitably that there was necessity for
the infliction by san all-wise Providence
chasten the public heart. By. the recog-
nized revealed will of Him who is. over
and above all, we are taught that
such is the object of ..sa great
public loss" But the politicians who
so resolved did not draw from It that
lesson of wisdom; for. if they had they
would not have resolved to plant them
selves ''..firmly and squarely on Congress-
sional Reconstruction" If the doctrine be
accepted that the Almighty chastens the
public heart and tempers the public judg-
ment through great public losses, the OBJ
lject must be that there shall be amendment
Improvement. There is now upon
the country "a great public" calamity.
About three millions of people are on
the verge of starvation in the South,
and throughout the North there is
such distress among business men, me-
chanics, artisans and 1laborers as has
not been known for thirty years. This
condition of affairs is attributable to ''Con-
gressional Reconstruction" The War had
caused desolation and poverty in the
South, but had the War been pleasing in
the sight of the Almighty. as claimed, and
had the Congressional Reconstruction y
been in accordance with His will, there
would be no such calamity upon our peo-
pie.
They resolved that g the history of the
Democratic party exemplifies the necessity
for the perpetuation of the Republican
party" Does it. indeed {? Under Demo-
cratic rule, there was peace between
our people. No blood was shed
in civil strife; no men were inn
prisoned for the expression of political
opinions; not one woman, innocent of
crime, for an alleged political offense was
hung: compared with now, the taxes were
nothing; compared with now, corruption
in high places was imperceptible. Civil
authority was everywhere paramount, and
the military subordinate. Prosperity was
our normal condition. And yet deliberate
ly, cody, almost in the very presence of
the corpse of the murdered HAMILTON, we
are told there exists an absolute necessity
for the perpetuation of the Republican
party" in power. fe 5eoH
In the face OF the verdict of majority Of
one thousand nine hundred and forty-tDo votes
at the late election against Negro Suffrage
in that District, they resolved that "the
mission of the Union Republican party u.s."
among other things, TO ESTABLISH EQoAL-
IrY." ro5s-
General BEATTY accepted the nomination
OH this platform, and on it he must be sue
cessful or defeated.