The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-06-08

Judging from the past, to declare that
we are opposed to what they may do
in the little brief future in which they
may have the power of the nation,
[Applause.
Fellow-citizens, let us recur for n
moment and take n retrospective
glance of what has occurred during the
last few years. When the late war
broke out between the two sections, the
leaders of this party in congress pas
sed with great unaminity a resolution
that the war was to be prosecuted for
the purpose of maintaining the supre-
macy of the constitution and preserv-
ing the Union, not for the purpose of
conquest or s~ubjugation. But after
four long years of stricken battle, IN
which untold millions of money were
spent and thousands of the best lives
sacrificed for the purpose of keeping
these States in the Union, when the
misguided foe laid down their arms,
we were told that the States were out
of the Union, and the same bayonets
laid down by the foe have been used
for the purpose of their subjugation
and degradation, and for the purpose
of destroying the Legitimate reserved
rights of the States and the rights of
the people. Applause
Again: Look at the manner in
which they have treated the soldier,
who went forth and laid down his life
in defence of that flag. They con-
tracted with him that if he would go
forth for the purpose of fighting these
battles 70 keep these states III the Uni
on, they would pay him the enormous
amount of thirteen dollars in gold.
After he was SEN to the field and af-
ter he was wounded, had bled and d.
ed, they issued, instead of the gold,
manufactured yags, called greenbacks,
and paid him off in deprecated cur
rency, leaving his family, his wife and
children, either to strive or depend on
the charities of their fellow citizens.
Again, the capitalists of the coun-
try who didn't go forth to fight, issued
the fve-twenty bonds that they said
should be paid in groenbacks, and at
ter they had defrauled the soldier by
paying him in deprecated currency,
they now propose and are in the act OF
carrying out n proposition to pay those
who paid in greenbacks in gold re-
versing the proposition, paying the
soldier who was to have gold, i'll cur
rency and the capitalist in gold, who
was to have the currency. Every act
of legislation has been one of oppres-
sion ; and without going into details,
aud arraigning this party end specify
ing the various charges, which would
consume too much time, l only recur
to these and to the fact that they have
oppressed the honest industry of the
country by their high protective tariffs
and by the in justice and inequalities
of their entire revenue system, by
wh:cA the rich arc made richer and
the poor poorer.
Fellow citizens, they have destroy
ed the independence of the Judiciary ;
they have assaulted by their Congress,
the powers of the Executive Depart
ment of the Government; they have
also stricken down the reserved rights
of the States. [ regard it as the mis-
sion of the great Democratic party, to
bring about these reforms, and restore
the Executive Department to its legi
innate functions under the old consti-
tuition !; to restore the Independence
and purity of the judiciary to what it
was in the times of old. when such
men as Marshall gave honor to a seat
on the bench, 1t is the mission of the
Democratic party 10 restore to the
States the rights that have been wrong
fully taken away from them. 1t is
the mission of the Democratic party,
I trust, to heal up the bleeding wounds
of the war, and cause to be forgotten
the animosities that were engendered
by that conflict; TO restore to the
hearts of the people n fraternal feeling.
for without that there can be no per-
manoncy in the union of the states.
And when. these shall have been ac-
complished facts AMI the rights of the
states shall have been again restored,
and when ~fraternal feelings shall pre-
vail between the people of the sec
tions, then we may sing, i'll the lam
guage of the poet:
GA union of likes, a union of lands,
A union of states, nom shall sever;
A union of hearts, a union of hands,
And the lag of our country forever"
[Applause.l
NOMINATIONS.
VIM. T. Cessna, of Hardin, g. J.
Beam of Preble, VIM HeiSley OF
Cuyahoga, and Emanuel Rothe, OF
Hamilton, were put i'll nomination
for Secretary of State. On the second
ballot Mr.. Heislev received 1S5 votes
and was declared the nominee.
SUPREME JUDGE.
Richard A. Harrison of Madison
county was on motion, declared the
unanimous nominee of the convention
for Supreme Judge.
COMPTROLLER.
MessrS. +. M. Cozad of Warren,
J. II. Heaton of Belmont, J. K. New
conner, of Lorain, and E. G. Denman
we're named as candidates. On the
third ballot J. III. Heaton was declar-
ed the nominee for Comptroller.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
VIM. Spencer of Licking, and B.
f. Churchill were announced as candi-
dates. On the second ballot VIM.
Spencer, having a large majority OF
the votes, was declared the nominee
or the Board of Public Works.
THE PLATFORM.
The Committee on resolutions hav
ing completed its labors by this time,
Hon. George w. Andrews of Licking,
Chairman of the same, submitted the