Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-08-18
SPEECH OF COLONEL ]. N. CoNNEL1

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Colonel John NJ. COnnell was then
called for. Judge Thurman, bypermiss-
ion of the President, introduced him,
and in doing so paid him very high
compliment as a lawyer and a public
man, His great success as a lawyer at
a bar of Lancaster, made up Ofsuch men
as Thomas Ewing, Henry StanberyI
Hooking Hunter, and such as these, was
a sufficient cOmmendatiOn to entitle
him to the position OfAttOTney General,
an Office he will wOrthily fill after the
1st OfneXt January.
Colonel COnnell came forward and coll
graduated the immense assemblage be-
fore him on the work of to-day, the NOM
inatiOn of Hon. George H. PendletOn,
who will be the next Governor of Ohio,
He was the very man for the times; the
man to lead us to victory. We shall
carry the State overwhelmingly, said
the Colonel. The last good wheat crop
we had, the Democracy carried the
State. The wheat crop is better this
year than it was in 1862, and of course,
we shall carry the State by much larg-
er majority than it had then.
The Colonel then pronounced the most
eloquent eulOgy on General Rosecrans
| ever heard. He cOntrasted him, who
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| Grant, the great public mendicant, who
| has grown immensely wealthy. He
then passed to the discussion of the acts
and measures of the Radical party, and
/ to portrayal of the Democratic pros
poets, at the coming election. He pre-
dicted a glorious victory for PendletOn
and the Democracy in October.
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ward, and said he only appeared to min
gle his voice with the multitude assem-
/ bled to rejoice that the day dawn of de-
| Iiverance for the tOiIing masses was
clearly discernable in the political hOri-
zOn. ''I had the honor of casting a ma
iOrity of my county in the State COnven-
! ton for the nomination of that gallant
| soldier and true patriot, General Rose
Grams, and am here to night to say that
| that county will now give to OhiO's fa-
vOTite son, George H. PendletOn, the
/ largest majority that she ever cast for
any man. Two years ago a man was
nominated for the second place on the
| ticket by our opponents and he declin-
ed, / mean the Sam. Galloway, a man
who, by one fourth of a cen tury of pub
lie life, had become a tower of strength,
| to supply his place man so obscure, that
! the masses of their own party did not
| know whether it was General John Lee
or the Confederate General Bob Lee,
| for Just at that time many of the rebels
! had become repentant rebels and were
! placed as saints in the Radical calender.
| When our nominee declined, i'll less
! than five hours consultation, his place
! is supplied by the ablest statesman and
purest patriot our State contains, and
one who will be triumphantly elected.
We now appeal to the intelligence of the
people, and will try the great questions
which now concern the welfare of the
people at the ballOt-bOX. We still pos
sess the freeman's weapon, the ballot.
! Use it, my friends, for the honor and
welfare of our beloved State. The bal
| lots! how silently they fall, like snow
flakes, on the land, and execute the
! freeman's will as tightening does the
will of God. Act wisely, and prove the
power of the weapon still left us by the
power of the ballot. Drag forth these
! bOndhOlders, the drOnes Of society, who
are opposing us, and read to them the
Divine sentence, "In the sweat of thy
! brow shalt thou earn thy bread.'
After Mr.. CaIIen had concluded his
very effective speech, the meeting adj
iOurned with three times three for Hon.
George H. PendletOn, the next Cover
nor of Ohio.
The speeches were all applauded to the
echo throughout.
There is general satisfaction express
ed by all, and the leading men of the
State are confident of the election ofPen-
dIeton by 1000 majority. Dispatches
from all parts of the State announce
that the Democrats receive the nomin-
alton with enthusiasm, and will give q
hearty and unanimous support.