The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-07-01
ESTABLISHED IN
/ MARCH, 1S47.

! De Sulded by wisdom and harmony, anC
! that in the coming October election youl
/ labors here and in the canvass may be
| rewarded with that degree of success
/ which shall again turn the ewes of the
Nation to Ohio and make the tax-ridden
and oppressed citizens of every section
once more rejoice that the voice of Ohio
pronounces in favor of honesty, effcien
| cy and Democracy.
Without further detaining the Con
vention, or attempting to discuss the
questions that may be put to issue by
you, am ready to proceed with the
business of the hour
At the Republican convention Ex-Gov.
ernor Noyes was made permanent chair
man, and made the following speech:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONTENTION: thank
you very heartily for the unexpected
honor of being called on to preside over
your deliberations to-day. trust every
thing you do will be done in that spirit
of concIliation, practical good sense, and
enthusiasm, which have distinguished
the Republican party of Ohio. This
large convention, composed of the very
best men of Ohio, the earnestness with
which you have discussed the propriety
of these nominations, and the zeal with
which you have discussed the declara-
ton of principles, all indicate that the
spirit Of the party is alive and ready to
assert itself, and that the Republican
party of Ohio is determined, appreciating
the situation, to march to victory next
October. 1 hope every person here will
be prepared to make personal sacrifices
OF preferences, and that you will all agree
to select in your wisdom such candidates
this afternoon, as will, on the whole,
balance the advantages and disadvan-
tages, and promise to secure US the lar
gest vote at the coming election. l trust
your platform will be such as will appeal
to the patriotic sentiment of every lover
of our State and country throughout the
broad limits of Ohio.
l do not choose here to indicate much
of what in my judgment your platform
ought to contain. | think there ought
not to be very much in it, and that this
year we should go forth to battle in light
marching order, carrying as few weights
as possible, l believe you will indorse
the excellent and patriotic administra-
ton of the President and his advisers.
l believe you will indorse the spirit of his
recent letter, in which he declares
against a third term. l trust you will
declare against any union of Church and
State IN this country. Applause. I
trust you will enter your solemn protest
against the recent action of the Demo
cratic party when, under the lash of the
Catholic priesthood they did its behests
LApplause. trust you will revert with
pride to the past history of the Republi-
can party of Ohio, which, after being in
power twenty years, was indorsed by all
committees of the Democratic Legisla-
ture, and by the Democratic Chief Magis-
trate of our State. l trust you will con
trast this with the record which the
Democratic party has made in the last
two years, wherein they have overturned
our puL-.c institutions, to the great det-
rimeng of those institutions; wherein
they have IN interest OF party sacrificed
what was dearest to. the people of our
State.
l trust you will contrast it with the
action developed by their Investigating
Committee in the last legislature when
votes were for sale at 800 head, and
when the Democratic committee so re-
ported. We find in the interest of party,
the Democratic Legislature, taking up
the delinquents man by man and exon
Grating every one of them.
Again, thank you for the honor you
do me. l beg of you, gentlemen, in the
earnest spirit of doing what is best for
the Republican party, and in doing what
is best for your city and section, appre-
ciatlng the significance of this election
to proceed to your duties, and when you
return to your homes, as we all shall in
few hours hence, let US determine to see
to 1t that the action of the people here
shall be endorsed throughout the limits
Of our State.
At the Democratic convention Ex-
Judge Ranney was made permanent
chairman, and made the following
speech:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CoNvENTIoN-I return |
you my most heartfelt thanks for the |
7ery unexpected honor in being called |
lpon to preside over your deliberations
can lay no claims to it, either by expe-
ience or ability to discharge the du-
les of this place. But it would be un-
andid in me not to say that have no
ears whatever of being able to guide the
of this body-of such
,ody of delegates-in such manner as
hat everything shall be done decently
nd in order. From the faces 1 see be-
ore me, many of whom l have not seen
or many years, l feel the confident as
urance that every gentleman in the
!
5 aided in every possible way, and that
ur work shall be done in manner sat
sfactory to the people of the State.
One hundred years ago at this hour,
ur fathers were engaged at Bunker Hill
n a deadly conflict, in a conflict with
ne of the most powerful kingdoms of
be earth, whose navy whitened every
ea, and whose army was deemed irwin
ible. Your fathers were few and poor
nd scattered from Massachusetts to
eorgia through comparative wilder
ess. They fought this great power, not
Dr. aggrandizement, not for wealth not
0 promote personal ends, but they
ought to establish certain great princi- ;
les-the equality of all men before the
lw; the right of all men to pursue their
heir own judgments, when that happi-
nd above all, the right to worship God
to the dictates of their own
onsciences. [Applause.1
In that conflict they laid aside upon
he altar of public good every proposes {
ion and prejudice and difference of opin- {
on that did not point to the main thing {
0 be gained by the contest. There was l
Massachusetts, Catholic !
Iaryland, Episcopal Virginia. There
-as Hancock and Carroll and George
Washington differing in these respects; /
evertheless they laid aside all these diff
erences of opinions upon the altar of l
ublic good, and engaged in this contest,
Lodging their lives. their fortunes and {
heir sacred honors. LApplause.
1t was by such sacrifices as this that
our fathers made that contest n grand
uccess, During the height of it they
mbla2oned upon their banners these
reat principles of the equality of man, of
lis rights as Il man, of the right OF con