The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14
CON ENTIoN
O Tie Ohio Democracy.
A Large and Enthusiastic Gathering.
Hon. VIM. Allen for Governor
A FULL TICKET NOMINATED
A PLATFORM OF THE RIGHT STAMP
ADOPTED.

era House in Columbus, on Wednes
day, the 9th inst, was one of the larg
est and most enthusiastic politica
I gatherings ever held in thsState.-
Every county was fully represented
and the tried and true men from al
sections were on hand to testify theil
devotion to the principles of the faith
ers of the Republic, and to demon
strate that though often borne down
by defeat, the Democratic party is not
dead, and has no design to abandon
its organization or its principles. 81
At eleven O'Clock, John q. Thomp-
son, chairman of the Democratic State
Executive Committee, called the Con.
vention to order. He said: -
GENTLEMEN 1t becomes my pleas
ure, as Chairman of the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee, to call
the Representatives of the Democratic
party. and liberal-minded men of the
State to order in convention assem-
bled, to put IL nomination ticket to
be supported by the people of Ohio,
and in order to proceed at once to
business, will state that the State
Executive Committee have recon-
meRded the Hon. Samuel f. Hunt of
Hamilton county, as temporary chair
man of this Convention. Cheers. T.
The question is on agreeing to the
recommendation of the Executive
Committee. 4E ~
The recommendation was unani-
nnusIu aOPaQ6 fO-
Mr.. Hunt, upon taking the chair,
spoke as follows;
SPEECH OF HON. sAML F. HUNT
GENTLEMEN OF THE CoNvENTIoN
appreciate the distinguished compli-
ment having of been called upon to
preside over the deliberations of this
body. 1t is a recognition which as
sures me of the generous confidence
of the Democracy of Ohio.
We have assembled To-day as con-
vention with constituency. In eY-
cry county, in every township, in ev-
cry school district in this great State,
there are hearts that beat in sympa-
thy with the work of this hour. Ap-
plause.l A party is not creation it
a growth. 1t is not of to-day, but OF
yesterday and tomorrow. It must
have a belief, a creed, a purpose, a
| destiny. 1t must arise in the necessi-
| ties of the time. There must be Ell
ther a great grievance to be redressed
or a great principle to be established.
The Democratic party is the out
growth of that feeling of insecurity
which the old Federal party inspired
when it manifested tendency for a
centralized government, and when it
sympathized more with power than
with the people. With It the national
question of unity is based upon the
internal question of liberty. With it
Statehood is civil freedom and CEN
tralization is political despotism. It
maintains that the State can only be
preserved in the integrity of its own
separate existence by strict construc-
ton of the powers of the general
government, by the exercise of an en-
! lightened patriotism, and by the cul-
tivation of an enlarged spirit of ma
tionality. 1t cherishes the faith of the
fathers, and teaches fidelity to the
Union, fidelity to the constitution, f.
deity to the rights of the States, fap-
plause,l fidelity to the rights of the
citizen. 1t insists that the only way
to maintain the government is through
the State-the Eonly way to preserve
the State is through the citizen-the
only way to protect the citizen is
through equity and justice to all men.
TAppIanse.1 In the State it IS the
party of people against poWer-in
the Union it is the party of local self
government against consolidation
Its teachings are SO broad in their ap-
plication-so beneficial in their influ-
ence-so comprehensive in their pa
triotism that they embrace the whole
country. Applause.l '-t a
With every English jurist and
statesman from the first year of the
reign of Edward III, when the Par
lament of England reversed the at
tainder of the Earl of Lancaster be-
cause he could have been tried by the
peers of the realm, it has contended
for the rights of the citizen against
arbitrary arrests. 'sssittt4i
It stood forth in the full glory of
its manhood when the supreme tPi-
bunal of the land indicated its posi-
ton by declaring that when the courts
are open it is a time of peace in judg-
ment and in law. Applause. These
principles have not outIived their
| usefulness. They were born for the
whole life @of the nation-for the
whole day of liberty They will
maintain their vigor and power so
long as the States have free govern
ments and the Union shall be a free
Republic. They will perish only
with the Constitution itself. APP
plause.l tt aea IT, 81 % 3gl5a.isa
1t has, been WeH,sa that for more
than two generations of men this par
| ty largely ruled the States and nation,
and bravely and honestly met every
great qestion of principle and policy
without once changing its name or
striking its eotors. I Applause.]o T. It is
the truth of history that when it no
| longer retained power the calamity, of
civil war came upon the country. aud
the scandal of Credit Mebilier and
corrupt and iniqnito4s legislation dis
honored the halls of Congress. 1t
now demands, in the name of all the
people, a thorough reform in govern
mental afRairs. 1t now demands peace
and order and stability of govern
ment in all parts of the land, and
adopts for its policy the teachings of
history and philosophy by believing
with Edmund Burke that Providence
has deereed yexation to. tyrants and
poverty to rapine, and that by eonsld-
ering their fellow citizens in a hostile
light, the whole body of the nation
becomes less dear to us. ECheers.l +
Phat party appeals to US to-day for
our confidence with its long aud glo-
rious history of the better days of the
Republic; with its ancient and abid-
ing love for our free Institutions /;
with its continued devotion to the
principles of constitutional liberty,
and the privileges. of the citizen, with
its faithful adherence to the rights of
the States, and the maintenance of the
federal authority under the Constitu-
tion, and with It's teachings of patri-
otism and craftsmanship that have
contributed SO much to national honor
and paterial prosperity, and which
can alone secure the blessings of good
government. EApplause.1 Shall this
grand old army, inspired by the mem
cries of splendid triumphs and great