Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-04-04
Ii. Ohio Republican State tnrsasi:.
A LARGE AND ENTHUSI-
ASTIC ASSEMBLAGE.
A GOOD TICKET NOM-
"ATED.
PLATFORM SHORT AND
SOUND.
Grant and DenniSOn

SSSNSs
Grant and DenniSOn
The delegates to the Ohio Repub-
lican State Convention met in Col
umbus on Wednesday last at ii
o'clock in the Opera House. Mr..
Rodney Foos announced that Hon.
Alphonso Hart had been selected as
temporary chairman of the Conven
ton. Mr.. Hart upon assuming the
duties of the chair, made short
and appropriate address. The Con,
vention then proceeded to the an
nouncement of ofcommittee on Creden-
tials, on Permanent organization
Resolutions and State Central Com.
mittee. The Convention then took
recess until 2 O'Clock, p. NJ
TheConvention re assembled at the
appointed hour, when the Commit
tee on Permanent organization re
ported. For President, Hon. John
C. Lee, and one vice President from
each Congressional district. The
report of the Committe was adopt
ed. .-s .sa-
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Hon. Mr.. Lee, upon assuming his
duties, addressed the Convention as
follows: ........ - .
Ar. President and Gentlemen of the
Contention is scarcely necessary
for me to say that most heartily ap.
preciate the honor that is conferred up.
on me in calling me to the chair Of thi;
Convention during its work the remain
der of the day. l can but say mosl
heartily thank you.
You are come here to-day with ont
common purpose and that common pur
pose is to lend your voice in favor of the
principles ON which the Republican
party is founded, and which have guild.
ed it through its past history, and viii
attend it in all its triumphant course in
the future.
Certain people have given it ont tha
the Republican party is dead. If it i!
dead, it is composed of more living mer
than l ever knew any dead body TO pos
sess. Laughter and applause 1t i;
said that its work is done. You nigh
| nc ,x-aIl foil tho AI;cc;nparx- nc l,a antar.
upon the borders of India, when he ha
made but few conversions, that his worl
is done, and it is with us as with him
the heather are all around about us
Laughter
This is the year in which the people
of this country are to express theil
voice for President and Vice-Presiden
of the United States. The Republican
party feeling the responsibility of it.
position as the great leading controlling
party of this nation, is convening Stat
conventions throughout the Union u
select its delegates at large, and TO de
clare its purpose and re-.lect the only
man known to this Government that i
capable of being elected President il
1872. [Applause.l There is no use talk,
ing about it; the Commercial correctly
declares the fact when it says the Con
vention meets here to-day as ratifica.
ton Conyention-that's i fact. We are
simply ratifymg in advance what vii
be the result at the Philadelphia Con.
vention when it shall assemble in june
next. And we are simply pronouncin:
in advance what the people of thi
country will ratify in November wbel
they go to the ballot box. Renewed
applause.
| After the very careful, precise ant
| lengthy review of the position, aims
objects and work of the Republican
party which has been given you b,
your temporary chairman to-day, l can
not conceive that L would be treatin:
you fairly to speak upon either Of thest
topics. Allow me to say that l con
gratulate you upon this assembly OF
gentlemen from all parts of the Stat,
met to do the work that is to be dom
here to-day. ..s. sail. y t-..
/ will say to you further that believe
that but speak the voice of all the gen
tlemen composing this Convention,wheI
/ say that we are gratitied-we art
thankful, for the unmitigated bitter at
| tacks that have been made upon thu
present Administration We are CRATE
| full for it because it has resulted in re.
coil, in a repelling OF, all such attacks
and to-day the Administration of Pres
idcnt Grant stands out clear, bold, un.
impeached and unimpeachable. Ap
plause. Do 1 hear coming up the whis
per that he has appointed his father
brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, etc., t.
postoffices? l think do. We'll now
what of it? propose for one to allow
the man that in 1861 plowed his way III
the river and told old Buckner to sur
render, or he would move immediatel,
works until my old namesake took OF
his cap to him at AppomattoS-I say h
may appoint all his relatives that he cal
find in this country and will say moth
ing about it. Applause
And will say another thing: If the,
are opposed to his material, l ventur
they are better material, venture the,
are better material for office than thos
would furnish who are scolding abou
it to-dcy.
Do they say he has accepted presents
/ suppose he has. But have not heart
anybody that has given presents propos
ing to play Indian and call it back agair
The men who have made presents art
not complaining; it is the men wht
didn't make them, and the persons t,
whom they were not given, and wht
didn't deserve them. Applause.[
Do hear that he is going to turn thi
Government into military usurpation
crushing out the liberties Of the people
Go with me back in memory to the day
that that magnificent army paradet
through the streets of Washington, thu
admiration and pride of the whole na
ton, and then at the beck of him who
was their leader kindly separated, eacl
taking his place in the civil walks o
life, and the army was disbanded. DE-
you believe it? Not at all.
Let me call your attention to the fac
that he who was first in the love of the
Sc ,,o,,, n yet Tho haortc af III,