The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-07
Meeting Of the Democratic State
Convention.
The PlAif0fi,l as Reported
nnd Adopted.

ana adopted.
domination Of STATE OfRCes anu
Adjournment,
Tho Democratic State Convention, in
accordancs with the call of the State
Central Committee, assembled in Co.
iufibns on the ist inst
TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION
At the hour of eleven o'clock, c. n.
Allen, ESQ, of Steuhenville. chairman
of the State Central Committee, called
the convention to order.
Mr. I A. Corcoran, of Cincinnati-I
nominate Hon. D. j Callcn, of Mercer
county, the young champion of tie De
mocracy of Ohio, as temporary chair
man of the convention.
The motion was put by the chairman
of the State COMMITTEE and unanimous
ly adopted Mr., Callen advanced to the
stand. and was received with loud cheer
ing He addressed the. convention as
follows:
SPEECH OF HON. D, j. CALLEN.
GENTLEMEN or THE CONVENTION: re-
turn you my sincere thanks in the name
of the young Democracy of Ohio, for
the honor yod have conferred upon me
We meet to-day to organize for the
grandest struggle that ever enlisted the
strength, the sympathy and the hearts
and the arms Of men; we meet to or
ganize for the coming battle in October,
which we confidently believe will re es
tahlish the constitution of our fathers,
under which civil and religious liberty
is not only deiind, but protected by the
judicial tribunals of the country. If We
do our work we'll TO oday--and no man
can doubt it, looking over the delegates
assembled-tlic entire state and the
great west will re-echo back the shout
of victory which we have lately heard
from the great empire state Of the east
t Applause
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
Mr.. Corcoran, of Hamilton, from the
committee on permanent officers and
rules, made the following report from
that committee:
FOR PRESIDENT,
Hon, Lewis d. Campbell. of Butler.
.Secretoty- d. c. Balentine, of Clark
county.
Assistant Sccrckn,les-Jonas Smith,
OF Riclland; r. O. Rote, of Ashtabula !;
P. G. Griffin, of Ross j. r. Clymer, of
Crawford; r. F. Hurdburt, of Delaware
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
The chairman designated Mcssrs. Cor
coran, of Hamilton, and Cunningham, of
Allen, AS committee 10 assist MIR,
Campbell to the platform. lie was re-
ccived with enthusiastic cl;eegins.
Mr.. Campbell, ON coming forward to
the stand, was introduced 10 the Con
yention by the temporary Chairman. Mr..
Callen, with the following remark;
GENTLEMEN OF rM- Ccsyr:TIoN: AZ
ter thanking you for the good order pre-
served during the time that | have pre-
sided as temporary Chairman, | intro
duce to you man that is known in the
! history of Ohio in the past, when the
nation was divided by two great parties ;
but when the attempt was made to sub
rert our Republic and free institutions,
Gen. Lew. Campbell could not long hes.
itate, aud found his place in the ranks
Of the Democracy. Applausc,
lee SPEECH of HON. L. D. cAMrBELL.
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: ac-
knowledge my high appreciation of the
honor your kind confidence confers up
on me, in choosing me to preside over
your deliberations. The cordiality oi
your greeting excites my grateful sensi.
bilities. 1888
/ We have assembled as the representa-
tives Of two hundred and fifty thousand
voters Of the state of Ohio, known as
4 the Democratic party, to organize the
political campaign Of lS70-to unfurl
4 again their broad banner, and inscribe
/ upon it the tenets of our political faith
In measuring the importance of this
struggle in which we are about to enter
we should not conine ourselves to the
consideration of the fact that we are tt
nominate three or four candidates fol
state offices, but we should bear in mine
constantly that in addition to these three
or four, nineteen members of the FEEDER
/ al Congress are to be elected. And al
though you may carry your state ticket
: it does not follow that the great reform.
the country calls for can be carried on
unless you shall acquire the federal pow
7 er that will enable you to control th'
acts of Congress. Let 1T be borne il
mind, too, that the selection has an ad
ditional significance, from the fact tina
: the members Of Congress that you vii
/. be called ON to elect this fall will holt
over until after the next presidential
election, and, perchance, in the event o
the election being thrown into the Hous
of Representatives, may have devolvet
upon them the choice of the next Pres
ident of the United States.
!. 1t would, gentlemen of the conven
ton, be an act of iinpeftinence in me t
, suggest or attempt to dictate to yo,
what should be the character of thi
campaign. For my own part, shall b
quite satisfied if, in your wisdom, yo'
see fit simply to declare, IN genera
terms, that we are opposed. to all tina
the Republican party has done for tn
last five years [applause], if in addition
to that you will declare that you are op
posed to all they are now doing; for o
the last two acts of any Importance, on
Z. is an act by which they have made tn
(. most magnificent grab Of the public do
: main that is known to the history o
legislation; and the other is to SEM
bayonets into the States for the purpos
of controlling the ballot box at the en-
suing election; and it would, perhaps
be quite safe, judging from the past, t
!, declare that we are opposed to wha
they may do in the little brief future il
which they may have the power of tn
nation. Applause.l
Fellow citizens, let us recur for a mo