omo. 



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licntion to tin- interests of 



ition. Mill began in c.irne-t his political 



P under the piVMUcln", i,|' Nnr\ac/. It 

 v. ..iiid I..- diliicult I follow liiin in detail through 

 flu- intricacies of Spanish politics, hut in all 



intrigues pints and counter-plots of the. 



unfn, ,rt, h.- bore a con-picuous part. 



in tho mean time he had been appointed direc- 



1 of tin- infantry by Narvac/, who 



|>rime minister. This position he held 

 until is,")!, when lie was dismissed at the in>ti- 



D f Narvaex, who had begun to fear him 



ival. lie thereupon went over to the op- 

 position, and, the part he took in the intrigues 

 against Queen Christina becoming known, he 

 :-ihed and obliged to i-eek safety in 



:ilment. In .June, 1S5-J-, he placed himself 

 at the head of a revolution, but being defeated 

 in Vicalbaro, retired to Andalusia, where lie 

 took sides with the progresista party and pro- 

 mulgated a proclamation demanding the per- 

 petual banishment of the queen-mother, the 

 emancipation of Queen Isabella, the restoration 

 of the Constitution of ls:;7, and the carrying 



. other popular measures. Before the fate 

 of this movement could be decided by force of 

 arms, the Queen called upon Espartcro to form 

 a ministry, and, in company with him, O'Don- 

 nell made a triumphant entry into Madrid on 

 July 2'Jth, and was soon after appointed a mar- 

 shal, and made Minister of War. In July, 1856, 

 o'honnell procured the dismissal of Espartero, 

 and secured the presidency of the Council for 

 himself, lie immediately closed the Cortes, 

 proclaimed martial law, abolished the National 

 (Ju.ird, and took the most speedy measures to 

 suppress all attempts at revolt. In 1859 he led 

 the Spanish troops in the war* with Morocco, 

 and brought the struggle to a speedy and siic- 



d close. For his services in tola war he 

 was honored with the title of Duke of Tetuan. 

 lie still continued to take a leading part in the 

 affairs of the kingdom, and in 18G5, on the res- 

 ignation of Xarvaez, was made President of the 

 Council and Minister of War, a position which 

 he again yielded to Xarvaez the following year. 

 Since that time he had not participated actively 

 iu public affairs. His death was universally 

 lamented throughout the kingdom. By order 

 of the Queen, his remains were brought to 

 Madrid and deposited in the royal chapel, with 

 imposing ceremonies. Marshal O'Donnell was 

 tall and imposing in appearance, simple in his 

 and habits, as much a statesman as a 

 scholar, one of those men whose services are 

 never appreciated till years after they have left 

 the scene. lie was married, and leaves one 

 daughter. 



OHIO. The condition of Ohio during the 

 year has been one qf uninterrupted progress and 

 prosperity. The Legislature met in January, 

 and continued in session until April. The 

 most important acts passed were, one submit- 



;o the voters of the State a proposed 

 amendment to the constitution, allowing suf- 

 frage without distinction of color; and another, 



creating a Board of Health in all the- cities of 

 tale. 



l>cmocratio State Convention assembled 



unary 8th. Allen (i. 'lh> 

 was nominated for (lovcrnor, and I)a\id S. l.'hl 



fi-r Ueotenant-Gorernor. The Commit' 



lion* reported the following, which were 

 unanimously adopted : 



1. That the Democracy of Ohio adheres to the prin- 

 ciplrs df the party as expounded by the fathers and 

 approved liy experience.- ; that, in accordance with 

 thc.-i- principles, we declare the Federal Government 

 is a government of limited power, and that it pos- 



no powers but such as urc expressly dei< 

 to it in the Constitution ; that all 



d to the States or peo) .-ly ; that a 



strict construction of the Constitution is indispensa- 

 ble to the preservation of the right. 1 of the States 

 and people j that the Federal Government is unfitted 

 to legislate for local concerns of States ; that the ten- 

 dency of the Federal Administration is to usurp re- 

 served rights of the States and people ; that freedom 

 of speech and of the press are essential to tin 

 ence of liberty. The Constitution is a law for rulers 

 and people, equally in war and peace, and protects 

 all classes of men at all times ; no doctrine is more 

 pernicious in consequence than that any of its pro- 

 visions can be suspended during anv exigenev ; that 

 tlie rights of the people to peacefully assemble and 

 consult upon public affairs is inviolable ; that the 

 military should be in due subjection to the civil pow- 

 er ; that a majority have the right to govern the 

 minority, and have indefeasible rights ; and that 

 frequent recurrence to the first principle! is essen- 

 tial to the safety and welfare of the States and peo- 

 ple. 



2. That the States which lately attempted to secede 

 are still States in the Union, and have been recog- 

 nized as such by every department of the Govern- 

 ment ; that being thus m the Union, they stand on an 

 equal footing with their sister States, with equal 

 rights ; that it was a thing unknown to the Constitu- 

 tion that Congress had the power to deprive a State 

 of reserved rights and reduce it to a territorial condi- 

 tion ; that therefore the exclusion by Congress of all 

 representation from ten States, their proposed exclu- 

 sion from the next presidential election, and reduction 

 to Territories, are unconstitutional, revolutionary, and 

 despotic measures destructive to the rights of those 

 States and also to every other State in the Union, 

 and part of a plan to nullify the Constitution, virtually 

 overthrow State governments, and erect despotisms 

 on their ruins and establish a tyrannical minority over 

 a majority of the American people. 



3. 'That Congress is not an omnipotent law-making 

 power. 



4. That the people have suffered too long exactions 

 of high protective tariffs, and we demand that their 

 substance shall no longer bo extorted from them to 

 fill the pockets of Eastern monopolists. 



5. That unequal taxation is contrary to justice and 

 sound policy. We call upon the governments of the 



.1 States to use all necessary Constitutional 

 means to remedy this evil. 



6. That the radical majority, or so-called Congress, 

 have proved themselves m favor of negro suffrage by 

 forcing it upon the District of Columbia, n-rainst the 

 wish of the people, and by forcing it upon all the Ter- 

 ritories in violation of the Constitution ; . that we are 

 opposed to nesrro suffrage, believing it would be pro- 

 ductive of evil to both races and disastrous conflicts. 



The Union Convention was held at Columbus, 

 June 19th, for the nomination of State officers, 

 and declaration of a platform. General I'. H. 

 Hayes received the nomination for (iovernor, 

 and Samuel Galloway for Lieuteuant-Gov- 

 ernor. 



