Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-07-01
fidence and support of an honest

fidence and support of an honest
and patriotic people. Cheers.]
''5. That the Republican party of
Ohio is in favor of speedy estab-
lishment of Soldiers Orphans
Homo in Ohio applause], not only
as an act ofjustice to the many poor
and helpless orphans of deceased
soldiers, but as recognition of
the patriotic services of their faith
ers in the late war, and for the pur-
pose of redeeming the pledges made
by all loyal people to protect the
families of those who fought and fell
in the cause of human liberty and
right"
Previous to the adoption of the
Platform, Governor Hayes was in
t-oduced to the Convention, and
delivered. the following speech in
his admirable manner, which was
frequently applauded, and carries
terror into the camp of the Democ.
racy. We commend its careful and
thoughtful perusal. ~
SPEECH OF GOV. HAYES. -
Mr.. president AND GENTLEMEN
The honor conferred upon me by
the Convention, and to the very
generous and hearty way in which it
has been done, demand from me a
most grateful and sincere acknowl-
edgment. The approval of my
efforts to discharge my duty, implied
in your tender of a denomination, is
exceedingly welcome to my feelings,
and is accepted, l assure you, with
the deepest gratitude.
The circumstances of the occasion
do not permit me to enter upon any
extended discussion of the topics be-
longing to the canvass for which we
are now preparing. I will, however,
occupy few minutes of your time
in presenting some considerations
which it is my purpose to discuss
before the people with more ample
details of facts and figures, during
the progress of the contest.
| Twice since the organization of
existing political parties the people
of Ohio have trusted the law max
ing 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 a repetition of it.
Two wears ago, in time of reac-
ton which was general throughout
the country, the Democratic party,
by a minority of the popular vote,
} having large advantages in the ap-
portionment, obtained complete
control of the Legislature in both
of it's branches. They came into
power proclaiming that the past
ought to be forgotten; that old
issues and divisions should be laid
aside; that new ideas and new
measures required attention; and
they were particularly emphatic and
earnest in declaring that the enor-
nous burdens of debt and taxation
under which the people we're strug-
E Cling made retrenchment and econ
omy the supreme duty of the hour.
These were their promises and
, the manner in which they were kept
now before the people for their
, judgment. Disreg arding the well
and solemnly expressed will of
Ohio, they began the business of
their first session by passing fruit
less resolutions to rescind the rati-
fication of the fourteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution of the
t United States.
They placed on the statute book
visible admixture bills to deprive
. citizens of the right Of suffrage
E constitutional right long enjoyed
and perfectly well settled by repeat
ed decisions of the highest courts
! having jurisdiction of the question.
, They repealed the law allowing
after the usual residence, the disa-
= bled veterans of the Union army
= to vote in the township in which the
National Soldiers Home is situated
, and enacted law designed to de-
, prive of the right of suffrage large
o number of young men in acquiring
! an educating at ''any school, semi
i nary, academy, college, university,
or other institution OF learning" To
prevent citizens who were deprived
y of their constitutional rights by
these acts from obtaining prompt
; relief in the Supreme Court, they
passed law prohibiting that Court
from taking up causes on its dock
cts according to its own judgment
> of what was demanded by public
} Justice in any case, ''except where
q the person seeking relief had been
= = convicted of murder in the first de.
u y gree, or of a crime the punishment
of which was confinement III the
Psnitentiary."
I believe it is the general judg-
ment of the people of Ohio, that the
passage of these measures, uncon-
S stitutional as some of them are, and
unjust as they all are, was mainly
: due to the fact that the classes of
i citizens disfranchised by them do
i not commonly vote with the Demo
cratic party. The Republican par
l. tv condemns all such legislation,
), ), and demands its repeal.
On the important subject of suf-
fraee, Gen. Grant, in his Inaugural
! Message, expresses the convictions
;, = of the Republican party. He says /:
1.-The question of suffrage is one
which is likely to agitate the public
: so lono as a portion of the citizens