Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-07-01
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
REPUBLICAN, STATE CONVEN
TON,

The Republican State Convention,
of which we briefly spoke last week,
was held in the Opera House, at
Columbus, Ohio. The meeting was
called to order at IL o'clock, A.
NJ, by the Chairman of the State
Central Committee, Mr., A. A.
Buttles, who named Hon. Ben
jamin Egglestone as temporary
Chairman. Mr.. Eggleston thus ac-
knowledged the compliment:
II desire to return thanks to the
State Committee and TO the dele
gates for the honor conferred upon
a person SO humble as myself to
preside over you, if only temporari-
ly. l wish to go with you to our
people, with ticket that shall rep
resent the great strength of the
Republican party and its principles
as they stand now and have stood
for the last four or five years. The
Republican party of the United
States saved the Union from de-
struction. The principles Of that
party are as vivid to-day as they
were during the rebellion, and the
interests of this country are based
on the principles of that party
now as formerly in battle. This
organization has been in charge of
the Government during and since
the war. 1t put down rebellion,
and proposes to continue to take
charge of the Union that it saved.
Cheers. Others may go along
with the wagon; but they can't
drive the horses. Cheers. This
is the party that elected General
Grant, who is turning out the
thieves as fast as possible. We
have occasion to rejoice that we are
permitted to meet together to form
platform that the people will ac-
cept. We will hang out our banner
to day, and call on the people to
stand by the Republican standard,
and, as honest men, they will do so.
We have only to set the machinery
in motion to-day, and the people
will indorse what we do. We must
stand by the old principles as we
have stood by them in the past, and
there will be but little work to do
After the transaction of prelimi
nary business, the Convention ad
journed till half after one CLOCK, P
NJ.
On re-assembling, the committee
on permanent organization reported
that Hon. John Sherman had beer
chosen as permanent President o.
the Convention, and on being intro
duced, delivered the following brie-
and admirable address:
GENTLEMEN-I return to you my
grateful acknowledgment for The
honor Of presiding over this Con
vention. Fortunately our task is {
very easy one, for the popular will
has already performed the principa
duty of State Convention by de
signaling some of the standard
bearers of the Republican party O
Ohio in this campaign. They hav'
been tried and found worthy, ane
you will, no doubt, give them th'
highest reward of public officer
a hearty and generous approval o
their official conduct. AS to ou
platform of principles, it is hardl,
necessary for the Republican part,
to do more than to point to tn
wonderful history of the last four
teen years, the events Of which hav,
been moulded in a great measure
by the great party to which we be
long We found all branches o
the Government under the absolute
dominion Of an oligarchy of slave
holders-with jefferson Davis at tn
head Of the Cabinet, Toombs blus
tering in the Senate, and violen
men controlling everything in tn
House Of Representatives, Ever,
public measure depended upol
whether it would tend to extend O
strengthen slavery. To this pur
pose fraud and violence, corruption
and public patronage were marshal
ed under the name and by the Dem
ocratic party. 1t was the turnin.
point in our history, and the issu
was Government for free men or
Government for slaves. The Re
publican party sprang from the pro
testing elements of the old parties
Fourteen years ago the first Repub
lican State Convention of Ohio wa
held in this city and proclaimed tina
all just governments rested upol
the consent Of the governed; tha
slavery was exceptional, contrary t,
the genius of our institutions, ant
ought not to be extended, and tha
liberty and equality before the Law
was the birthright of every Ameri
can citizen. There we took ou
stand, and, in success and in defeat
in peace and in war, through
struggle that has excited the won
der of the world, there we stand to
. day. Slavery and all its incidents
are abolished, and the wonder nov
is that any man could ever have de
Tended so abusive a system. Gu
republican government, tested b.
the severest strains, now no longe
regarded by any one as mere con
federacy of States, proudly takes it
place among the most powerful ia
tions of the world. We have We
only to inscribe upon the Constitu
ton of the United States, and o
= Ohio, what now is the law in mos