Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-14
on COLUMBUS, o.. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY A. 1868.

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would have been the first and last choice
of Wisconsin in the New York Conyen-
tion--even as, under like rcumstapces. he
would have been the first and last choice
of the entire Convention. -f-ff nd, f..rl-,,1l l
- Few can estimate the high courage, the
noble spirit of self denial, the moral gran
deur of the man who has as repeatedly as
firmly refused, when pressed upon him, the
honor which millions have coveted in vain.
of leading the Democracy of the United
States to victory and power. Still less the
number who can estimate the courage, the
self denial, the moral grandeur of the man
who has at last surrendered the predeter-
mined purpose of his lite on the altar OF his
country. g,lis,r9 ra.s.,, ---.,.,s E-.s..,.s.
A patriot, whose record though exposed
to the blazing sunlight of high noon, be-
trays no spot or blemish (; statesman |
whose career is but a long history of hon
orable and effective labor for the good of
the people; a citizen, the purity of whose
personal life was never dimmed by the
breath of f,slauder--yerily, is he the man for
the hour. Match him riyfa "a ID. Vs.,
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~ jtFrom the Lexington seKy.) Gazette.l re- d
=, The nominees of the Convention have
every thing 70 recommend them to the con-
fidence of the American people. Govern
or Seymour is statesman of experience
and known ability. He filed the highest
executive Office of his own. great State in
difficult times and under the most embar-
RAISING circumstances, and never was the
office more ably administered. His integ-
rity is above all suspicion, and surrounded
by venal politicians and corrupt dema-
gogues as he has been all his life, he has
kept himself above all reproach and even
a nf anr nrlti m .t r
Hon. F. P. Blair, jr., the candidate for the
/ Vice Presidency, is native of this State
and has been familiar with politics from his
youth up, and served with distinction in
Cong ress from the st. Louis District. Prob
ably no soldier in the Union armies saw
more service during the late war than he
did, but when the war was over he came
( promptly forward as the defender and pro-
h tector of those from whom he had received
7 a parole. In Missouri he has become to be
regarded as the champion of the Conserve
atives against the proscriptive policy OF the
most inscriptions Radicals on this conti-
nent, and SO bitter was this Remuneration
of their meanness and wickedness that they
refused him the right of suffrage, and he is
to-day a disfr2nchised man according to
the laws of that negro loving common
wealth. .'t9G7sH 'o CT aH
The ticket is one which can be elected,
and as this is the only thing which the Con-
great satisfaction. We have already heard
some who have heretofore acted with the
Radicals Intending to vote for the Demo-
cratic nominees, and we may look for such
an uprising of the people against Radical
tyranny and Radical corruption, as has
not been witnessed during the present CEN
tury, ..,,r-...r ~ - ~ ~,
tFron the Lexington tKy.) Observer and Reporter.l
Governor Seymour is a man of the most
commanding intellect. OF unimpeachable
private character, of calm and prudent tenn
| pei, and firm and resolute will. His ad-
ministrative ability is of the highest order;
as was shown during the war in the trying
| and responsible duties of Governor of New
| York. He is just the man to take charge
of the confused affairs of the Government
| at Washington, clean out the nest of thieves
and robbers who are now there intrenched
| behind the protecting power OF Radicalism
and re-establish systematic order and
|, just responsibility, and strict accountable
i ity of all the agents of the Government in
| the discharge of their duties.
| General Blair. is distinguished soldier
whose military record is unstained by the
acts of authority which disgrace the his
tory of SO many of the Federal officers II
their treatment of the helpless people o
the South, whom the fortunes of wa
4 placed in their power. he is as distin
l. guished for his magnanimity toward those
against whom he fought, as for the gal
lantry he displayed in the fight He wa
the first Federal soldier, Or citizen sfwht
i dared publicly to raise his voice in favor o
i a generous and magnanimous policy to
ward the Southern States at the close o
the war; and denounced in the most un
measured terms the vindictive and inhu
man spirit which, characterized the polio.
adopted by his party. He was the first no
only to denounce, but to personally resis
fl,a slQUlglatl01
adopted by his own State against citizen
of Southern sympathies. Although he wa
II not included in the prescribed class, n
made their cause his own by refusing
! to take the Infamous test oath, which b
could have taken without scruple, by whic
u he was debarred from the practice of hi
4 profession, as we'll as from the freedman
privilege of voting-and raised the ques
} ton in the courts, by exposing himself t
indictment, and sueing the judges of cleo
i ton for refusing to permit him to vott
He had for years before the war, and dur
/ ing the war, been a prominent member {
the party against which he is now arraye
, and his quarrel with his party grew OF
of this generous and magnanimous chan
/ pionship of the principles of right and jus
, tice in behalf of the oppressed people OF tl
5 South. There is no man in the Union
i whom the Southern people owe a large
: debt of gratitude than to General Frank
i Blair.
II Beside being soldier OF distinguishe
record, he is a statesman not inferior in cs
: pacity and sagacity to any man now b'
sI fore the country for any office. But /
. has one quality which peculiarly fits hil
, for the responsible position for which he
} proposed in the critical times that are lik
l to come upon the country. That is bolt
g ness and unyielding determination. q
s has fighting resolution; he never surrer
5 ders while he can fight. This is the sort
l man the times require. ,.-
Al IFrom the New Albany Und0 Ledger.]
III HOratio Seymour.
5 The Democratic National Convention, j