The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-08-07
Gen. VIM. H. Gibson.


This gallant soldier of the Union army
and eloquent Republican orator received the
unani nous nomination of the Republican
Congressional Convention of the Ninth
District, at Clyde, yesterday. A number of
ballotings were had, aud warm contest
took place among she champions of the
several excellent candidates whose names
were before the Convention, either of whom
would have represented the District with
honor to himself and constituents The
fact that the final result was concurred in
with enthusiastic unanimity is creditable
alike to the nominee and the delegates and
augurs the success Of the Republican ticket
in the October election.
It is said the Democrats intend nominat-
ing A. n. jackson, of Bucyrus. We hope
they will do so, and thus give ps their rep
resentstiye man and square stand-up fight
between the gallant soldier of the Union and
his stay-at-home, draft-oPposing and en-
listmert-discouraging COPperhead opponent.
Such a contest IN that District will awaken
the patriotic enthusiasm for the Union,
which could at the same time take care of
home sympathisers with rebellion, and send
full quota to the Union armies in the field.
The Ninth District Nomination.
From the Cleveland Leader.l
After protracted contest, the Republican
nomination for the Ninth Congressional
district has fallen upon General W. H. Glib
son of Tifiu, Seneca county. No ADLER or
more eloquent candidate could have been
nominated, and the unanimity and enthusi-
asm with which his nomination was received
by the convention is an earnest of the cor
dial and unanimous support which General
Gibson will command from the entire Re-
publican party of the district. General
Gibson is at present the most prominent and
able lawyer of Seneca county, and is well
known throughout the state as the ablest
and most eloquent campaign orator in Ohio.
No man can so euchain an audience with
his eloquence or move them. as pliantly at
his will as "Bill Gibson" as he is familiarly
known to the people of Northwestern Ohio
His first prominent Office was that of Treas
urer of Ohio, which he held during the sd-
ministration of Governor Chase In this
Office he succeeded his brother-in-law John
G.. Breslip, a Democrat, and was persuaded
by him to conceal for a time a serious
defalcation in the Treasury, which had
resulted from the speculations of Breslin.
The defsleation was dispOFered, but the
false Breslin had escaped to Canada, and
Gibson had to bear the brunt of the blame
The weight Of this bore him down for some
time, but he fully atoned for his fault by
the gallant service which he did as Colonel
of the 49th Ohio infantry during the war.
He is now ffty-three years OF. age.
The ninth District ig one of the most de-
batable in the State, and probably viii be
the field of the warmest contest. In 1864 it
gave Buckland (Republican) a majority of
1,794. In 1865, for Governor, it gave a
Republican majority of IL. In 1866, it re-
elected General Buckland by l ,2s7 majority.
Last year, under the weight of the various
adverse interests which ran our majority
down to less than three thousand in the
State, it gave between one and two thousand
for the Democracy. General Gibson is
under pledge 10 redeem the district and we
believe that. he will do it. lie is going to
work with his sleeves rolled up, and will
give us an old-fashioned canvass. lie will
speak in every township in the district be-
fore the close of the canvass. and we miss
our guess if he is not elected By over a
thousand majority