The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-07-02

| motion oil M. w. GOOdhue, q cOmmlttet
of three, consisting of Goodhue of Sum
nit county, Lawrence of Logan county
and Smith of Hamilton county, was ap
pointed to wait upon Governor Haye
and inform him of his denomination
On motion of Attorney General Yves
a resolution was adopted complimentary
to ex-senator Wade. -s-era-
PLATFORM
The committee on resolutions
through Major W. r. Sapp, reported a
follows:
ResOlVed, That as citizens of the nation
representing the republican sentiments Of al
honored commonwealth, we regard with sin
cere satisfaction the fidelity evineed by Gen
eral Grant to the Republican party, and tht
policy, both foreign and domestic, of his ma
tionsl administration, and pledge our cOrdia
support to the measures inaugurated to 10.
sure Cancellation, economy aud justice a
home and command eosiderstiOn and respec
abroad.
! ReSolved, That we hail with pride the pa.
triotic and constitutional declaration of Gen,
eral Grant in his inaugural address,. thai
while he will, in all subjects, have a policy
to-recomn:end to Congress, he will have none
to enforce sgainst the will of the peoples
sentiment which assure the country of ar
executive administration founded on the ad.
ministraiiOn. of Washington and Madison,
and that viii secure to Congress the unres
tricted exercise of the constitutional func-
tions, and to the people their rightful control
of the government.
Resolved, That the abolition of slavery
was national and necessary consequence OF
the war of the rebellion, and that the recon-
structiOn measures Of Congress were meas
uTes well adapted to effect the reconstruction
of the southern states and secure the blessings
of liberty and free government, aud as a
completion of these measures, aud, finally,
believing in lis essential justice we are in
favor of the ratification of the Fifteenth
amendment TO the constitution of the United
States.
ReSolUcd, That the late Democratic general
assembly, in its reckless expenditures OF
public money, its utter neglect of the busi-
mess interests of the state, by failing to enact
the wise and much needed financial measures
providing for the assessment and equailiza-
tion of taxation, prepared by the commits
.siOner appointed by the preceding General
Assembly; its hostility to our benevolent
and literary Institutions; its failure to carry
out the repeated pledges of the Democratic
party to secure economy in the state; its ex
traordinary length of session in time Of peace,
resulting in an expense to the state amount
ing (fOr the pay of its members) to more
than double that of the preceding General
Assembly; IFS malignant attempts to difran-
chise disabled soldiers and citizens of the
state; its attempt to take from the general
government the right to pursue, arrest and
punish those who violate the laws made 10
pursuance Of the constitution of the United
States, and the vicious act Intended to de-
strOy the power of the nation to preserve and
protect the liberty and safety of its citizens;
has shown the Democratic party unworthy Of
the trust, confidence and support Of an hon
est and p5triotic people.
ReSOlUed, That the Republican party Of
Ohio is in favor of a speedy establishment
of soldiers orphans home in Ohio, not
only as an act of justice to the many poor
and helpless orphans but as recognition of
the patriotic services of their fathers in the
late war, and for the purpose Of reclaiming
the pledges made by all loyal people to pro-
tect the families Of those who fought and fell
in the cause of human liberty aud right.
ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR HAYES -.
The Governor was introduced just
after the reading of the resolutions, met
with most enthusiastic reception, and
addressed the convention as follows: g
Mr.. President and Gentlemsn:---The
honor conferred upon me by the Convention,
aud the very generous and hearty way in
which II has been done, demand from me a
nest grateful ana sincere acknowledgment.
The approval Of my efforts to discharge my
official duty implied in your tender Of re-
nomination is exceedingly welcome to my
feelings, and is accepted, assure you; with
the deepest gratitude.
The circumstances. of this occasion do not
permit me TO enter upon any extended dis.
cussiOn of the topics belonging to the cam
vass fJr which we are now preparing. l
will however occupy few minutes of your
tine in presenting some considerations which
il is my purpose 10 discuss before the people,
with more ample details of facts and igurese
during the progress of the contest.
Twice since the organization of existing
political parties the people of Ohio have
trusted the law making power of the State
in the hands of the Democratic party. They
first tried the experiment twelve years ago,
and such were the results that ten years
elapsed before they ventured upon repiti-'
Jion Of it. Two yesrs ago, in time of re-
action which was general throughout the
country, the Democratic party by minor
ity of the popular vote, having large adVaat
sges in the spportionment, obtained COM
plete control of the Legislature in both of lis
branches. ghey came into power proclaim
ing that the past ought 10 be forgotten; that
old issues and divisions should be laid aside;
that new measures required attention; and
they were particularly emphltic aud earnest
in declaring that the enormous burdens of
debt and taxation, under which the people
were struggling, made retrenchment aud
the supreme duty of the hour.
These we're their promises, and the man
ner in which they were kept is now before
The people for their Judgment Disregard
ing the well known and sOlemnly expressed
will Of Ohio they began the business Of their
sssessiOn by passing fruitless resolutions
20 rescind the ratification of the 18th amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States. ..n
They placed on the statute book visible
ldmixture bills to deprive citizens of the
light of suffrage constitutional right long
,njoyed aud perfectly we'll settled by repeat
ID decisions of the highest court having jur-
sdictiOn of the question. 49,.
They repealed the law allowing, sf.er the
Usual residence, the disabled veterans Of the
Union army to vote in the township in which,
he National Soldiers Home is situated, and
,nacted law designed to deprive of the
i0bf Of suffraua q lor0a ,,trr,l,ar 80 ,zo,1Dr,
Den engaged in acquiring an education at !
ANY school, seminary, academy, college, !
or other institution of learning"
70 prevent citizens, who were deprived of
heir constitutional rights by those acts,
rom obtaining prompt relief in the Supreme
court, they passed law prohibiting that
ourt from taking up causes on its docket,
to its own judgment, of what was
demanded by public justice in any case, 'ex
ept where the person seeking relief had been
onvicted of murder in the first degree, or of
crime the punishment of which was con-
lnement in The penitentiary.'
! believe tits The general judgment of the
leople of Ohio that the passage of these
measures, unconstitutional as some Of them
re, and unjust as they all are, was mainly /
us to the fact that the classes of citizens
by them do not commonly vote
nth the Democratic party. The Republi-
an party condemns all such legislation aud
emands its repeal.
On the'impOrtsnt subject of suffrage, Gen.
rant, in hil Inaugural Message, expresses
he convictions of the Republican party.
Le says: "The question of suffrage is one
kelly to agitate the public SO long as por-
on Of the citizens of the nation are ezoiud-
j from its privileges 10 any State. 1t seems
, me very desirable this question should
e settled nOw, and Ientertain the hope and
zpFess the desire that it may be by the rati-
cation of the Fifteenth Amendment to tbel
oustitutiOn, /,
During the canvass WHICH resulted il the
entin.l ~ Lha laln NeInncralic LrcisIai11re