Year: 1861

Sulu- theil OFulndIy dfOCdIlUuS, III


sinews Of war are needed, and these the


may help to contribute, every man a


far as his means will warrant; and ther


should scarcely be limit to this, whe


it is considered that if our Governmen


is destroyed, property will have los


whatever value its free institutions an


enlightened laws conferred. In thi


view, the National loan, based upol
such security as underlies the existenc
of the Federal Government and tn
value of all property, and to which N
other species of security can at all ap
proximate in value, should be as lber
ally subscribed to as SO much of a liel
on life. for what is life worth withou
liberty? And is not liberty to be pur
chased and secured at every cost? Th'
character of the National Loan is sucl
that nearly all classes may participate
in its subscription, and it is better tina
ten men should subscribe to 1000
of its notes, than that the honor and
profit should fall to one.


Our system of taxation may require
revision; as it now operates some escape
who should be found, while others suffer
whose burthens should be lightened-
Equality-that like the dews of heaven
each may bear, in proportion, his just
share, is what is required, and what
it should be our aim to secure.


The unprepared state in which the
opening of the war found our State
Government, naturally created many OBJ
stacles, no little confusion, much delay,
and many trying and peculiarly annoy
ing difficulties to both the Executive
and the people. [ am happy to believe
that these obstacles are now mainly re-
moved.


1t shall be my aim to give the utmos
support to the National Government,
conceiving the doctrine of secession to
be entirely destructive of our national
existence, without which it will be i'm
possible to govern ourselves, regarding
the original compact of the Federal
Union not one of States, but of the peo-
pie, and adhering to the never to be
shaken belief that they-the people
and by this l mean the people of all the
States, of their representatives fairly
elected and delegated and assembled in
National Convention-have alone the
right, after the most liberal and enlarged
debate, to determine it's future destiny
Believing that the masses of the South
still leve the Union, and would, were
they left untrammeled and unforced, de-
clare tomorrow their will for its con-
tinuance, 1 utterly repudiate the mon
strous and wicked plea and petition of
the ringleaders of this conspiracy, and
would argue for war eternally until they
are brought to condign punishment, and
their misguided followers restored to
reason aud brought back to a recogni-
ton of the true purposes and intentions
of the Federal Government, from which,
by artful cunning and gross misrepre-
sentations, they have been mised and
blinded. | pray the time may not be
long in its approach when our deceived
Southern brethren shall be restored to
their allegiance, and the more efiectuaIly
the war is prosecuted to this end the
speedier the hour will come, when we
shall behold the Union as it was-as it
was intended to be-as it must and shall
be-not pillar withdrawn from its
magnificent temple, not a star erased
from its glorious constellation.


l recognize the full spirit and indorse
in every word, sentence, and as a whole,
the platform, simple, pure and honest
as it is, upon which [ am placed, and
with the best energies with which [ am
endowed and am capable, shall aim to
carry out its just and righteous princi-
Piles, and that our brethren of the South
may see in it and in this my indorse-
ment, having hitherto been counted
among those who were their warmest
and most devoted friends, the sincerity
and truthfulness Of our purpose in our
war for the Union for the sake of the
Union, shall go forward, if elected, cf
which can have no manner Of doubt
and elected by such unparalleled ma
jority as shall convince the world how
Ohio can act when the Union is in dan
ger and its existence threatened-bury-
ing all party passions and prejudices,
yielding up all political predictions,
believing in the dying words Of the
great Illinois Statesman, that 'Who-
ever is not prepared to sacrifice party
organizations and platforms on the altar
Of his country does not deserve the sup
port of honest people" l shall 60
forth to the discharge of my honest du-
ties, strengthened by the justice of our
cause, and relying upon the charity of
all good people who, aware Of the in
firmities to which all men are subject,
will not expect too much from any one,
or such thing as perfection; and with
a single purpose to maintain the honor,
dignity, reputation, and if it pleases
Heaven to add to these, so that Ohio
may rank second to none in her loyalty,
her liberality, her courage, and undy-
ing devotion to the Government of our
fathers-the Union, one and insepara-
BILE, now and forever


DAVID TODD.


Cleveland, Sept. 8, 1861


BIack Days.