South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-18

in exercising his right to judge o
the election and qualifications o
members of the body he belonged
TO, would he not be bound to ex.
clude any claiming election or oval.
ifcation under these void amend
ments7
Equally unpopular is the rhetori-
cal expression of our eloquent lea
der, Mr.. Groesbeck, that war
legisl ates' in the sense that shall
CIV politicians have given it, War,
ultima ratio of tyranis, "~legislates
generally rs the despOt does. 1t is
the law of brute force, and is its
own executive, and he who IN quo
ting this expression thinks IT
mean that free people r bound
to aeq1iesce In and approve the
despotlc Legislation" or forced re-
suits of war, forgets the thrill of
Joy and hope that flashed through
the country when Jul supreme ju.
dietary wiped out wars fearful
crime in Legislation" which filled
the prisons of the land with offense-
less and defenseless citizens, arrest
edand confined under war orders.
War is ever savage and cruel, ard
when it "~legislates," its enactments
are brutal, and mist cease tc have
effect whenever peace returns TO
permit freemen to deny their val
idity.
This theme is too great for
lengthy review in a communion
ton like this. 1 have but suggest
ed q few salIen. points to awaken
the attention of the people. The
Democratic party has been stunn-
ed and paralyzed by the strange
acton of Its convention, and as yet
no one has spoken out to relieve its
apathy.
L take this opportunity TO send
out this note of warning. awaiting
myself of the chance your letter has
gwen me of making my response
more significant, by Isl thereof,
than If l had volunteered to address
tie public from an individual stand.
point.
With hope still for the future Of
the great party of defense ofthe
of the citizen, and ofthe sep
afate States. and of the only true
Union, as the fathers made II under
their old Constitution, 1 an, with
great respect, your obedient SER
want, JOHN NJ. CoENELL.
In q more recent letter, bearing
date of August 14tb, Col. Connell
says:
Was McCook actually nominated
During the recess after the noni-
of McCook had been declar-
Ell, a few quietly questioned 1t. The
excitement of the remaining hours
of the Convention prevented Inves-
LEGATION, ard 1t was hoped that a
publication OF the votes by coun-
ties would show where and how
the differences between private
aud the announced aggre-
gates bad occurred. But the vote
counties has not been published,
rise to saspicions that it has
been suppressed, and the official
tally sheets destroyed. The total
number Of delegates vas 491- Ac~
cording to official report all thedel-
present voted for or agsins:
the resolutions. 365 for. 129 against
the correct aggregate Of
494.
Immediately after this vote. bal
began for Governor, when,
according to The Official announces
ment, thirty-one delegates failed or
refused to vote,.,as but 463 votes
weresreported by the chair as hav-
ing been cast, divided Is follows:
1877; Ewing, III; Ward, 81;
Groesbeck, 1; Allen, 1. Several
Kept tally. and before the
announcement of the vote,
1t was known that Ewing was ff-
teen votes ahead of McCook, and
had received POI votes. On the
ballot, according to the
official count announced thirtyeight
delegates failed or refused to vote,
aggregate beng 456 votes, of which,
reported by the Secretary, Nc
Cook received 254; Ewing, l91;
scattering, II.
By private tally kept by two
gentlemen known for their accura-
cy, and 10 high esteem, personally
and politically in thisi State, the
whole vote appears to have been
cast, divided thus: Ewing, 2413, Nc
Cook, 1891; scattering ID. IL az
pears, therefore, that the vote was
incorrectly announced In aggregate
and IN detail.
The evidence is strorg against
the fact of McCouk's nomination,
and nothing will tend to rebut it,
but the publication of the names of
counties whose delegates the Seere-
tary reported to the President as
not voting ON either ballo. for
Governor. If This can not be done,
the sooner the State Central Com
mittee call u new Convention the
better.
1 have regretted ever since wri-
ting this Communication that
yielded to the urgent request OF
General Ewing to suppress Its
publication, for it now appears that.it
would have been better for both Ew-
ing and McCook to have had the truth
boldly told at once than to hide it,
until drawn from the bottom of the
we'll by political antagonists
If the Chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee will publish
the private tally sheet kept by him as
corrected by comparison with two 9TH
ers when he was at Lancaster, and by
kilograms from Ross and Highland
Counties, l am SATISFIED that 1 will
show Ewing's nomination on the sec
ond ballot.
Under al circumstances, l feel sorry
that | have been driven to write so
much about an unfortunate matter,
wb;cb 7 incidentally mentioned in call