The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-03-12

Welsh: 10th, Hon. A. Simmons ;;oc
17th, Gem Anson G.. Cook z 18th has
Gen. .Jas Barnett; 10Th, Hon. E.
Secretsry-Thomas C. ponalsons
Assistant Secretaries-D. r. Lock
and W. P. Fogg.s r,n.. i
On taking the chair, Gov. Lee ad-
dressed the Convention as follows:
Gentlemen of the Convention: I
must thank you heartily for this IN,
deserved compliment. 1t cannot be
otherwise than that this, the largest
delegate Convention that. ever as
sembled in Ohio, is deserving Of
hearty thanks from any gentleman
who may be called to preside over
it's deliberations = thank YOU for
this mark of -Four. confidence, and
while so feel, l know you will par
don me, if but for one moment I I,
turn your attention to the great OBJ
Iject Of this days meeting.
You are here in the :interestzofS
not only the State of Ohio, but of
the great people of these United
States. You are here not doing the
work merely for Ohio, but You are
here doing the work that is initiative
of that which will be the natien,sJ
great work during this year,to. cul-
inmate in November in the election.
Of Ulysses S. Grant as President Of
the United States. (Great cheers.f1
! The people of this nation have. de-as
termined upon the programme. of
4 warfare for the year, and have de-
termined upon it like him who i'm
scribed upon his banners a watchaH'
word from which he would not re- j
cede ) they have determined to slight :,
it out on this line" and they will do :
it. CHEERS. That line, fellow-cit- .
izcns, is strict adherence to, and
bringing to successful consumma-
ton the great and statesmanlike plan
/ of reconstruction inauguratedg and.
partially completed by the Congress q
Of the United States. A part of that.
programme is that this nation will
Iobserve most strictly its pIighted
faith to those who stood by it in its
4 hour of peril, and while it does that
/ it will also say to its every creditor;
we will pay all our debts according 9
to the terms of the contract We
falso, fellowcitizens, are prepared to
say that discrimination shall not be 5
made between those who, with bur ;s
led husbands and buried sons, re-
ceive their small pittance, in the form
Of pensions, at the hand of disburs-s 8
ing officers, shall be compelled to
receive that which is worth but sixty
or seventy cents on the dollar, and
another of the nations creditors
shall receive that which is worth
one hundred cents This people is
4 prepared to say that all our eredi-e
ftors, however their claims may have
d arisen, shall be treated alike; that
i they shall all be paid in good faith,
4 and that the name of this fair land
shall not be stained by single mark
fof reputation. Cheers. 6} 5@.si.
Fellow citizens, I hope I do not
4 trespass when I suggest that you are
8 now about to enter upon the great
est conflict that it has been the priv
ilege of the world ever to. witness.
: There has been on Continental Eu
: rope, shock after shock of armies,
: that have made the earth tremble.
: We have also witnessed the like in
q this country. We have seen the
; smoke ascend, thickening the air
) and blackening the sun, but all these
conflicts, grand and glorious, and
5 far reaching into history, are moth
), ing to be compared. with the great
= moral conflict that, will be waged
, this fall, and which will terminate in
the triumph of those who fought for
and saved this'republie. I (Great APP
z plause.) azalT-5aI 5oasda2 aja bn55
Time does not admit of longer
i talk. The programme that has been
! announced eyinces business, and
4 you will pardon me if I again adj
4 monisf you, as you were this morn
ing admonished by the presiding
officer, that each and every man here,
shall consider himself committee
Of one, to enforce order, that your
), proceedings may be orderly, and
that you may do your work well ),
4 that you may not be ashamed of it,
4 so thatlyour work may be endorsed
4 in October, and endorsed in Novem-i
), Der. (Great cheers sl;sr naafF,lnas
p During the balloting for Secretary
| of State, the President received the
following dispatch: s5,ie.
/ WASHINGTON, D. G. Mar. 4.
4 Chairman Union Coacentson :''s[9 x
4. Impeachment presented to the
Senate. a Trial commences sooa.4s s..
4-5 EGGLEsToN AND WELKER. -r
The news was received with pro-
longed cheers, at the close of which
Rev. Col. Granville Moody moved
that the President of this Conven-
ton reply, as the wish of the Con-
vention "that Congress move imme-iY
ldiately on the enemy's works. 3
/ =, +, The motion was agreed to witt,
great applause. Some one suggest
| ed that Bro. Moody be requested to
pray for the accused President. Mr.
i Moody replied, that besides not be-
ing in the order Of proceedings, it
was a doctrine of the Methodist
4 Church that some people arc past
fpraying for. The doctrineowas as-iE
/ sented toby a. a.round of cheers {aK
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