The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-02

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During the taking OF this ballot
on motion of n. w. Goodhue, com
mittee of three, consisting OF Good
hue, of Summit county, Lawrence, o.
Logan county, and Smith, of Hamil
ton county, was appointed To wall
upon Governor Hay rs and inform him
of his re-nOminaliOn.
On motion of Attorney General
West, a resolution was adopted COM
IpIimentary To ex-senator Wade.
Gov. Hayes then made his appear.
ance and spoke AS follows:
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GEaTLEMEN
The honor conferred upon me by the
convention, land the very generous
and hearty way in which it has been
done, demand from me most grale
ful anil sincere acknowledgment,
The approval OF my efforts TO dis
charge my official duty, implied in
your tender of denomination, Is
exceedingly welcome 10 my feelings,
/ 4 aSSulc YOU, Will
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. | will, however,
occupy few minutes of your time
in presenting some considerations
which it is my purpose to discuss be-
fore the people with more ample de
tails of facts aud figures, during the
progress of the contest.
Twice since the organization of eX-
isting political parties the people of
Ohio have trusted the law making
power of the State in the hand 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 repetition of it. Two years
ago, in time of reaction which was
General throughout the country, the
Democratic party, by minority of
the popular vote, having large adj
vantages in the apportionlnent. OBJ
tanned complete control OF the Legis-
Iature in both of its branches. They
came into power proclaIming that
tile past ought TO he forgotten;
that old issues and divisions should
he laid aside; that new ideas and
new measures required attention;
and they were particularly emphat-
ic aud earnest in declaring that the
enormons burdens of deb. and tax
alton under which the people were
struggling made retrenchment and
economy the supreme duty oil the
hour. kkaSFEa8s HAE aas
These were their promises and
the manner in which they were kept
is now before the people for their
judgment, Disregar,iing The well
known and solemnly expressed will of
the people, they began the business OF
their first session hypassinS frultless
resolutions To rescind the ratification
| of the Fourteenth Amendment TO
the Constitution of the United States.
They placed on the statue book
visible admixture bills To deprive
citizens of the right Of sufirage-a
constitutional right long enjoyed and
perfectly well settled by repeated
decisions of the highest courts hay
ing jurisdiction Of the question.
They repealed the law allowing,
after the usual residence, the disa-
bled veteran Ofthe Union army to vote
in the township in which the Nation
al Soldiers Home is situated, and
enacted law designed to deprive of
the right of suffrage large number
of young men engaged in acquiring
an education at "any school, semin-
ary, academy, college, university, or
other institution OF learning" To
lpreyent citizens who were deprived
of their constitutional rights by
these acts from obtaining prompt
Irelief in the Supreme Court, they
lpassed a law prohibiting that Court
from taking up causes on its dOckets
according to its own judgment oil
what vas demanded by public justice
in any case, "except where the per-
son seeking relief had been convict
ed cf murder in the first degree, Oh
Iof crime the punishment of which
was confinement in the Penitenti
ary"
) l believe it is the general judg
ment OF the people of Ohio, that th'
passage OF these measures, uncon
stitutional as some of them are, anG
unjust as they all are, was mainly
due 20 the fact that the classes o
3 slcltizens disfranchised by them d'
moi commonly vote with the Demo
. cratic party. The Republican part,
condemns all such legislation, an,
demands its repeal.
II On the important subject of sui