Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05
SENATORIAL CONVENTION.
Re-NominaiiOn of Senator Knox,

ate for the ensuing term. Allnougn
the morning was rainy and disagree
able, yet full delegates from both coun-
ties were present to perform the po-
litical duty assigned them. After din
ner and the usual county caucuses the
delegates and many others repaired to
the school building the place designa-
ted for the meeting of the Convention;
Mr.. D. A. Hollingsworth of the Dis
trict Committee called the Convention
to order, and announced that Maj.
Isaac Holloway of Flushing, had been
selected to preside over the delibera-
tons of the Convention.
Mai. Holloway after thanking the
committee for the honor conferred upon
him, assumed the duties Of the chair.
On motion, w. B. Hearn of the Cadiz
Republican and w. A. Hunt of the
BELMONT CHRONICLE, were chosen
Secretaries. The chairman OF the dele
gates reported full quota of delegates
from both counties.
Nominations now being in order, DR..
J. NJ. Todd of Bridgeport, by instruc-
tions from the Belmont County caucus,
in pithy and amusing speech, an
nounced the name of Hon. Samuel
Knox, as the unanimous choice of Bel
mont County. J. T. Schofeld of Barnes
vile, moved the nomination of Hon.
S. Knox by acclamation, which was
seconded by Col. Lewis Lewton of
Cadiz, and carried amid uproarious ap-
plause. The chair appointed Lewis
Lewton, DIR. j. NJ. Todd and w. A.
Hunt committee to wait upon Mr..
Knox who was in town, notify him
of his nomination. Thecommitte per-
formed their duty and returned to the
Hall in short time with the Senator,
who upon being introduced by the
Chairman spoke as follows:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen ottAe Convention,
1 cannot do less, in accepting this
nomination at your hands, in receiving
this renewed expression of your conf
dence, to return to you and through
you to the intelligent constituents
whom you represent, my profound
thanks. / feel the more thankful,
knowing as do, there are many gen.
tlemen of the Republican party in the
District, who are well worthy of occu-
pying the position l do to-day-and
feel all the more thankful for the gen.
erous spirit and the unanimity with
which it has been made. Aud you
may feel assured, that in the future as
in the past, all my best efforts will be
given to justify the confidence you
have bestowed upon me. My feeble
abilities will, trust, at all times and
in all positions, be devoted to the ad-
vancement of the best interests of all
the people; to the promotion of honor,
honesty and economy in the admins
tration of the affairs of the State, and
to the maintenance of the Integrity
and efficiency of our common schools
the crowning glory of the State-in
giving free education to all the chill
dren of the State, free from the control
of sectarian bigotry.
The history of the past demonstrates
the necessity of watchful care over our
institutions-that wrong should be con-
| fronted before it becomes a giant evil;
but it also demonstrates what a patri.
otic people can do when aroused by an
impending crisis, as was done when the
aggressive spirit of slavery grasped for
the reins of government.
The Republican party which arose in
its might stayed the almost triumph
ant march of the oligarchic idea that
capital should own labor; that the nor.
NAL condition of labor was slavery; and
when this idea materialized. into form
and shape, and reared its head in a gi-
gantic rebellion, fired on the flag of the
Republic, endeavOred by treason and
force of arms to tear down this beauti.
full fabric of "Union and Liberty, one
and indivisible"-w armed revolt
sought to rend this government into
fragments, and rear on its ruins an EN-.
pire whose Corner stone was slavery
the Republican party did not hide it.
self behind paltry excuses, in effect
that the Constitution was a rope ol
sand; that no power existed to coerce
State-a State in rebellion; that the
heresy of State sovereignty was vital
part of a great unwritten law of the
land, which makes State greater thar
the sovereign will of the nation, great
er than the supreme, the organic law o.
the land. 1t sought no such miserable
subterfuges. But like true patriots
lovers of their country and its unity
believers in the supremacy of the Con
stitution of the United States, and the
, laws made in conformity thereof, the
great party of the Republic, with Lin
coin as its leader, met the foe; enc
though the conflict was terrific, though
the nation trembled beneath the tread
of hostile armies for four long years
the armies-the batallions of the Re
public were finally triumphaut-tht
Union was restored. The Republican
party proved itself the nations bull
; wark.
At this point we are often reminded
that we are speaking of the past-tha
we should let by-gones be by-gones
But can we as good American citizens
as lovers of our country, forget the past
with all its hallowed associations, with
all its trials, vicissitudes, triumphs ano
glories. Can we forget that "history
is philosophy teaching by example, ,
tiidG IL lo Jul uuty, do WSll as OuI uo
/ light as Republicans, to often recur t.
the early days of the Republic, anC
trace its history down to the present
time; to the grand old patriot sire:
who inaugurated and consummated the
Revolution of 1776; to the seven year:
war of Independence, which trieC
mems souls; to the glories of Saratoga
and Yorktown; to the grand funda
:, mental principles and purposes fol
which they pledged their ''lives, theil
fortunes and their sacred honor" to the
second war of Independence, in which
the proud mistress of the seas" wa.
taught that America had rights upor
the highways of the deep which she
dared and would maintain; to the vic
tories on land and water, and to hel
paramount place among the nations o.
the earth. Are not these lessons tC
which we should fondly recur-lesson;