The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-06-03

dleton, Hon. william :. Groesbeck am
Hon. c. l.. Valandigham were place,
in nomination, but were scverally with
drawn.
FIRST BALLOT.
Whole number of fvotes....................... ~
Necessary tO choice.
George W. McCoOk received ........iN
Thomas Ewing received.
Durbin Ward received d.................. n
William >. GroesbeCk received. !
William Allen received ................ ]
There being no choice the Secretarie!
called the vote for
SECOND BALLOT.
Whole number OF ~
Necessary To choice.
George w McCOuk received ........gi
Thomas Ewing received ...............l9l
Durbin Ward received. ed...................
William Allen received ......~......... |
William s. Groesbeck received. |
The President announced that Hon
Geo. w. McCook, of Jefferson, havin!
received the requisite number OF votes
was the Democratic candidate for Gov
crnor.
Mr.. SA,eich, of Fairfield As frienc
OF General Ewing and one Of the dele,
gates from Fairfield county, which pre-
sented his name to this Convention
and on behalf Of General Ewing,
move the nomination Of George W
McCook be made unanimous.
The motion was carried 10y aCcIama,
ton and enthusiasm.
NOMINATIONS FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
The following gentleman were put il
nominations s. F. Hunt, Of Hamilton
David NJ. Wilson, OF Mahoning; Hon
w. D. Hill, Of Delaware, and David
A. Houk, OF Montgomery.
Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Wilson declined to
be candidates, and Mr.. Hunt rendered
his decination, but his candidacy was
insisted upon by his friends The bal,
lotine proceeded, several delegations
changing their votes after the roll had
been called. The result was finally
announced, as follows:
Whole number OF fvotes..............
Necessary to a choice. ,...... ~
David A. Houk.
SPEECH OF GENERAL MCOoK.
The committee appointed to wait
upon General McCook, here returned
with that gentleman. Being introduced
TO the Convention, he was received with
loud applause, and spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman, and gentlemen Of tie
Convention | appear before you now
simply to return my thanks 10 the
Convention for the honor you have con-
ferred upon me by your nomination, and
for the confidence which that nomina-
ton implies on behalf Of the Democracy
in myself.
have fixed, long and well consjd.
cred opinions upon all questions Of pub
lie policy which divide political parties
in day, and they are known, and pretty
well known, to the Democracy in the
State OF Ohip. ! have also very clearly
defined opinions upon tie three ConSti-
t,ltionaL amendments which have been 20
much the subject OF discussion recently
in the State Of Ohio. ! have decided
opinions as TO the duty OF the Democ.
racy Of this State, and Of the country, in
regard to these amendments, but can
not, my fellow citizens, discuss them
here to YOU in this atmosphere at
this hour in your deliberations, since
am informed that this hall has TO he
surrendered in little time. Without
entering into a discussion OF them,
without entering into any debate upon
them, permit me TO cay that, in my
Judgment, and | believe in the judg-
ment OF the Democracy Of the State Of
Ohio, the Thirteenth Amendment to the
Constitution OF the United States abol-
ishing slavery was and is the just and
natural consequence Of the first gun fired
at Sumter. Applause 1t was rati-
fed, moreover, my fellow citizens, by
the States Of this Union when the peo-
pie OF the States crowded the Legisla-
lures and voted on the amendments
and it is only these pretended friends OF
the blacks, it Is only these friends oi
the DIaChs hHO nave ever CduHfu a
doubt TO rest upon that amendment by
their subsequent conduct which declared
that these were not States, these South
erD States were not States when this
was adopted, but merely
dependencies unknown
and unrecognized in the Constitution.
There and there only, and by that and
by that only has any doubt been cast
upon the Thirteenth Amendment to the
Constitution.
And now for a moment let me tax
your patience for word upon the Fif.
teenth Amendment Voice-"A word
upon the Fourteenth Amendment"
No, sir, ! pass by the melangt OF the
fourteenth, with Its specialties, its par
ticularities, its limitations and pro-
provisions for future legislation. have
not time to enter into that or to discuss