Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-02-07
Union Republican State Oonvon-
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February ], 1858.
10 tie Union Republican Voters o
Ohio;
at a meeting Of our State CeRtral
and Executive Committees in the Sen
ate Chamber, at the Capitol, al which
were present by invitation the officers
of the State Government, the Union
members Of the Legislature, and
prominent and influential Union ci.i-
zens from various portions of the
State, It was resolved to hold the an
nual State Convention Of the Party at
Columbus on WEDNESDAY, THE 4TH
DAY OF MARCH, 1858
This Convention will make nomina-
tions of candidates on the State Tick
ct for the following offices, viz:
Secretary of State;
Judge of the Supreme Court
Commissioner of Common Schools
Clerk Of the Supreme Court and
Member of the Board of Public
Works.
The Convention will also make
choice of Four DELEGATES AT LARGE
to the National Republican C0nFen-
tion to assemble at Chicago, May 20,
1868, to nominate candidates for Pres
ideut and Vice President Of the United
States at the ensuing Presidential
Election The Convention will also
nominate TWO ELECTORS AT LARGE
for President and Vice President, and
transact such other business as may
come before It.
The Committee would recommend
that the meetings in the several eoUn-
ties for the selection of delegates, be
held on SATURDAY., FEBRUARY I'D,
and that, IF the several county meet
ings SO desire, they select their dele
gates with a view to the appointment
of DISTRICT DELEGATES 20 the Ma
tioual Convention from their several
districts, when they shall meet at the
State Convention at Columbus.
The basis Of representations IN this
Convention has been determined TO be,
one delegate for every four hundred
votes cast for Governor Hayes in 1867
and an additional delegate for any
fraction of two hundred votes and up
wards in each county.
This basis will entitle Delaware
County. which gave Gov. Hayes 2,727
votes, to 2 delegates to the Conven-
ton.
The attention of the Republicans of
Ohio is most earnestly invited to this
call in TIE hope that it will receive
their prompt attention.
The campaign of 1868, in the issues
it involves, is one of the most if not
the most impo ltaRt we have ever been
called upon to engage In. Many of
the questions growing out Of the late
war are unsettled. Their proper set
tIement depends entirely on the Re-
publican party, and our defeat In this
campaign will be the surrender of the
Government into the hands of the par
ty which brought on the war. Shall
the destructive policy of that party
again become the policy Of the nation 7
We mus&, judge our opponents not
by their present professions alone but
by their past actions. The same in
fuenee which In 1861 preeipitated the
rebellion, and for four years waged. a
.treasonable war, still rule its councils
and Will shape its policy should lf re-
turn to power. In illustration of this
we have the action Of the majority of
the present General Assembly in res
ending the ratification of the Consti-
tutional Amendment and the prOpOs-
ed instructions to our members Of
Congress to vote for the repeal of the
Reconstruction acts.
We must have patience in the labor
of reconstruction It is not the work
of a day. The Vaccinations of q per-
fduoUs Executive, aided by a power
ful and determined party, largely com
posed of defeated rebels, have served
to delay the execution of the wishes
of the loyal majority of the country,
but cannot prevent it, if we are as
faithful to our trust in the future as
we have been in the past.
Reverses may meet us IN the eEeeu-
tion of our policy now, as they did
during the war, but they must not
cause US to falter in the course marked
out. Rather should they nerve Us to
energy and more determined
effort
The result of last falls election has
been most happily modified by the re
cent glorious victory won by the gal
lant Republicans of the 8th District.
Let their spirit animate all the Dis
tFicts, and the campaign of 1868 viii
be as cheering In its results as those of
1858 and 1864.
Very truly your friends in the cause,
B. r.. CowEN, Chairman.
JAS. WILLIAMS, Sec'y.