Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-08-18


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SPEECH OF HON. MILTON SAELOR.
NJ. P.esideaf and Gentleman Il find
mvseIf tonight unexpectedly occupy
inc a most honorable position. Until a
few minutes ago, I had no thought of
being called upon to respond first on
this occasion, and in one sense to act
as spokesman for the honorable gentle
man who has this day, by the action of
the Central Committee, been made the
standard bearer of the Democracy OF
Ohio. Of course there is no time on
such an occasion to discuss the great pO-
liticaI issues of the ensuing campaign.
Indeed, I scarcely know what to say,
and vet I have something to say. L
have something to say by way OF con-
graduation. Most heartily, my fellow
citizens, do I congratulate the Demo-
cratic party of Ohio upon the issue OF
this davis work bv the Committee to
whom the destinieS of the party have
teen intrusted. Most heartily do l con-
gratuIate my fellow Democrats that,
when the brave and gallant and ever
honorable soldier and gentleman, Cen
eraI ROsecrans, found it inconsistent
with his other obligations and duties to
accept the high position which had been
rendered him by the Convention assem-
bled here Il month ago, and whose de-
clinatiOn was received with universal
regret, they found a substitute in that
great leader of their party and eXpOun-
der of its principles, Geo. H. PendletOn.
l congratulate them that inthe present,
as ever in the past, he has been found
ready at the call Of his party to sacrifice
his comfort and his convenience, his
desires and his interests, yea, every per-
sonal and selfish consideration, and to
accept the leadership i'll the great con-
test upon which we now enter. His ac-
uuiescence i'll this demand is alike hon
OrabIe to himself and his party, and the
latter ! now congratulate that the brief
winter of our discomfort, OccasiOned by
the declinatiOn of General ROsecrans,
is thus made glorious summer by our
rising sun. As [ have said, this is no
time to discuss the great issue before the
people in this campaign. There is no
time to discuss the bank SWindle, the
tariff swindIe, or the fifteenth amend
ment outrage; there is no time to plead
for righteous currency, for equal taxa
ton or free trade, or for the reserved
rights of the State; but there is time to
say that the wrongs committed by the
party i'll power smell to Heaven, and
that the great masses of the people have
decided upon its overthrow. There is
time to say that the labOTing men, the
mechanic, the farmer, and various pro-
ducers of the State, who have been
cheated and robbed by unequal and un-
just legislation, have decided that to the
iniqUitOUs party in power time shall be
no longer. / congratulate you, therefore,
my fellOW-citiZenS, not only upon your
noble and gallant standaTd-bearer this
day chosen, but also upon his bright
prospect Of success. I am no true pro-
phet, unless i'll January next you are not
again assembled at this, our beautiful
capitol building, to witness the inaugU-
ration of Mr.. PendletOn as Governor of
of Ohio. With him for our leader, and
his subordinate Generals, aud COlonels,
and Captains, and Lieutenants, and
within u whole host of privates whom
no man can number, victory must perch
upon our banners, even though we fight
principalities, and powers, and spiritual
wickedness in high places.
SPEECH OF HON. \. G. THURMAN.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Sayler's
speech Judge Thurman being called,
came forward and said:
There are, my feIlOw-citizens, num-
Der of speakers here tonight from
abroad; and whom you have never
heard. AS a citizen of Columbus I owe
them the courtesy to occupy very little
of your time so as to afford them ample
opportunity to address you in manner
befitting the occasion l shall, therefore
speak to you only few minutes. My
voice is familiar to you all, and if you
want to hear it again, you shall do so to
your hearts content, after | get back
from Il little trip, required by q previous
engagement, and by regard for my
health, and that of my family. 1 will
be back among you i'll time to do my full
share of the labOrs of the campaign.
FellOw-Citizens, your State Commit
tee have, in my judgment, done not
merely a good, but great work to-day.
They have nominated as the head of
your ticket a statesman, Il scholar, a
man of large experience of unsullied
honor, and one who is every inch a gem
tleman. Thep have nominated him not
because he sought the office, but because
the office sought him. And here let me
say what you all know, that the name
of George H. PendletOn will excite, not
only in Ohio, but throughout this whole
Republic an enthusiasm equal to what
any name in the land could excite, and
most sincerely do [ believe he will be
elected. You would have succeeded at
the election two years ago, had you be-
Iieved success was possible. ItWas your
want of faith that defeated you then,
but no such incredulity will defeat YOU
now. You feel that if success is a pos
sibility, your patriotic efforts will make
it a reality. All the signs are auspici-
Gus, I think. l can't be mistaken in
saying that the country is not satisfied
with its Radical rulers that even those
who placed them i'll power are disap-
pointed in the Administration; that it
is not what we expected it to be, and
what the welfare of the country reQuir-
es it to be. Look at the late elections,
whether the results in Virginia and Ten
nessee can properly be called Democrat
ic triumphS or not. | think it can not
be truthfulIy denied that they and the
Kentucky elections are the handwriting
on the wall, that says to the Radical
leaders You have been weighed i'll
the balance and found wanting. Your
rule i'll this land is at an end.' Go to
work, then, my friends, with hopeful
hearts and Industrious zeal, and success
will be your reward. What Il spectacle
is presented here tonight! Our oppO-
nentS expected us to be wholly demOr-
allied by Gen. ROsecrans' declinatiOn.
Let this days work, let this great meet
ing, assembled upon an hours notice,
be our answer. We would Il am sure
that / could have supported ROsecrans
with my whole heart, for know him to
he an honest and able man, and | be-
lieve him to be a good Democrat. But
for reasons entirely sufficient; reasons
honorable to him, and honorable to the
Democrat party, he has declined the
nomination, and already his place is fill
ed by the potent name of PendletOn,
and the party is on its march to victory.
But it is time for me to stop, and once
more bidding you to be of good cheer, /
bid you good night.
! REMARKS OF HON. J. f. M'KINNEY.
Hon. J. + Mckinney was next called
for, introduced, and made u very fOrci-
bic and logical speech. He spoke of the
great strength of the Democratic party,
and its proud history; its achievements
in the past, and its prospects in the fu-
tuTe. He discussed the proposed Fif-
teenth Constitutional Amendment, and
the questions that grew out Of It-negrO
suffrage, and Chimes immigration and
suffrage He appealed to the labOring
men to vote for the Democratic candi-
dates, who are opposed to these Outrag-
es. The Radical tariff, which enriches
New England at the expense of Wes-
tern labor, was handsomely ventilated
and mathematical; PendletOn and
greenbacks, the Tallying cry of the
Democracy were strongly indOrgpd and