, 1876-06-20
~ believe the nomination uf Gov. Hayes would
gvc lis mora strtngth, taking the whole country

| IL large, kutl 4lly uIilGT iitikft.
| rIlB EARLY HISTORY oF GOV. HAYES
Ia summed is!n few briGs paragraphs. llI' f,lll
.'ntnc T. Rutherford Blrrfari liaycs-lluther-
ford nfter. Its father, and BIrclarl after Ills
hnm County, Vermont. but cmiEratci 10 Della
ware, Oh!at In lsl7, whero tho Governor was
born Ills progenItors were Scotch, the frnt
s 0earE eigsalnE to Confs oh, is
Wi1o eane To- Anerscn still earlier, tn l63l.
Daniel AM.tin, Israel Smith, and Elt". b!relard
thcss i anything in bluo Giood It i ali IL 70 The The
| credit and i,inor u uov. Hayes.
IL 1910, nfter thorough primary preparation
n tie Delaware achools, Gov, Hayes went Into
enso hss eiass sSs s s' a1th"ne Ws IT ''S'
.TnH YouN0EaT MEMnER.
That anne year ho began tl,e study Of the law
| with Thonlas Sparrow, Of Columbus, stori:
Tom EwIng, inm Corwfn, Kufus p. Kanncy,
and, William Allen. ~ ISIS, the Governor
graduated IN tlic Law syhovl q Harvard, was
H"t;ea f to ahs as wtS II n Mfts akaa H sn
| at Fremont, .. lu lsi9, liG rcln1yea i1 Gin
Of Clillicot,Ic. In 1856 he declined q nolnlna-
ton for Judge of the 1lamton County Com-
mon plcas Court Two years nttcrwnrdss, how
ever, lie yielded to the per6uasfots Of his friends
ninl launched out uo1i The STA Of public life by
bcconlInE City Solicitor Of the Cincinnati COURTS
Al III WIS hltEaA IA
The Ticket. lie continued In Office I'LL tlle apriug
uf 1861.
When the wargloul lowered over the Union
In 1861 Gov. Hayes felt Its sllalow Upon his
soul. To Stnhley Matthews he said: This Is
just and hecuhsary war; T. demands the whole
| power Uf the country, mud prefer to 70 Into IL
ii know n1n ttrdie or be killed. Il, the course
Of II, tatcr than to lye thsougha,n aitcr with
out tuhing uMy turt tnlt.' So lcRild Ills buson
r,tn NEcuu1TtSa or nEolMEN7.
In, q short tisne its quota wus filled,
iaPyy a ~ mutual smgs Eosasran. es's
Colonrlcy. Matthew's bcsamc Ltsutcnnnt- Colo
nel and iiayes alalor. Il was numbered tne
a assxnca 1 to ty Wi t Ws aray IL VIZ
! gnia. Whtelaw licd, Ut Tic eiusc VI the War,
was made the historian Of Tint regiment, aud
In that history VII be found its great achieve.
service ut Carnlfux Ferry llc wns promoted to
bo l.fcutcnant-Coioncl;. for like ucr!torious
service
| AT SOUTH MOUNTAIN
he was made full Colonel, md assigned to tic
| Ssvcnty,.ninth Infumtry, hut declined to leave
his old command. Shortly aftcrward he
was inalo Colonel ol tlis Twenty-thir1.
For. continued exhibitions u bravery he was
bluyetel Majo>Gcnctal fuf "brlyery iii the
urll," not ns Il rewurl fur pArtisaG service, ns
llnppcned to more than QUO Colonel and Driga-
| HlEf-l}GUHfAl qlttf AJlulCW vOlt6Qu DQCNluE
President,
IL Tic snrjnr of 1865 there was n lu1l In the
c,nn1iS,, pp,nIH5st - ~" c',fn,ierntns n Vtrrna,
e ,.':;,,, .rs tI ,, HaH .,.',i
tiu ilt} ouesLs s WIZ aa ,n w." ~ ,,55
to short respite. Ay,natel " noble Impulses
and hearty appreciation Ut his brave services,
/ tho personal friends of Gen. Hayes demanded
tilut.Ie, too, sboull take Il furlough aud ubtatn
] Winrhrstnr> on,i nnnnImansjv md nnth1sias,ie-
si,v ,,neaui ~. wv f,iiut'''s s:,n,t,n.
a''J p'escu t!!e lo!'p"il.e iesoiut1on: .-.
Rtsolred, That den. Hayes in addition 70 pos
srrains Che ability and rtalcsinaneh necessary ~
qualify hiM In all eminent degree fur Chief AahA.
tra,e q tho sseat Suite q oio. Is solder unsur,
| four years III this army, earning hfs ptolnutlon
from Mnjur In onc " tho Ohio regiments to hls
present petition.
| Th,E waR the frat e1,rre.tton of bis nn.nc for
f.nrnr,,nr mil mtt wi, II IN .Gtnrat ,rntynt from,
S IL, H.. ,nt,,,,nit,,, ~ IStt lit frirntls NJ
r,im",,nn, f' ~ no,mtnntn1l lin f,r f.onrrrna to
.nIt mt,,,inntI"m IL nisn rntcr1I vi'"rons
| "iuei Ho,iis'useu ~ "teo I'tc,Ste = n6o!ous
sinss u s .ns rn'r @ n aa ve Sr
| the army ut this time to clGCtfUnccr for COn-