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OHIO. 



Resolved, by the Union party of Ohio in convention 

 assembledj That the National Eepublican Union 

 party, having preserved the integrity of the country, 

 haying defeated the atrocious attempts lately made 

 to inaugurate appeals to arms and civil war from the 

 legitimate results of legal and constitutional elections, 

 and having placed American nationality on the solid 

 foundation of liberty and the rights of man, will elect 

 to the Presidency of the United States, next Novem- 

 ber, a man under whose administration will be com- 

 pleted the great task of reconstruction on the basis of 

 nationality, liberty, and true democracy, and who, 

 with firmness, yet with moderation, with justice, yet 

 with charity and liberality, with unswerving loyalty, 

 yet with prudence and statesmanship, will heal the 

 wounds of the war, reconcile the hostile elements, 

 and, by his wisdom, economy, rectitude, and good 

 faith, will restore those sections of the country, which 

 rebellion has desolated, to prosperity and happiness, 

 and, with the hearty cooperation of the people's rep- 

 resentatives in Congress, will establish the relations 

 of the several States to a regenerated Union, and to 

 the blessings of everlasting domestic peace. 



Resolved, That, at this juncture, the eyes of the 

 country are directed to one man who is eminently 



r lined, by his character, position, antecedents, and 

 universal confidence which he enjoys, to secure a 

 triumphant election next November, to terminate, 

 when in office, the present state of transition and sus- 



Eense, and to guide the nation to a new era of good 

 ieling, and to restore confidence. 



Resolved, That with Ulysses S. Grant as our candi- 

 date for the Presidency, and Benjamin F. Wade for 

 the Vice-Presidency, and the history of the last seven 

 years for our platform, we may confidently appeal to 

 the loyalty, patriotism, and intelligence of the AmBri- 

 can people. 



Resolved, That the chief obstruction to the pacifica- 

 tion of the country has been the persistent opposition 

 of Andrew Johnson to the reconstruction of civil 

 government in the rebellious States under the au- 

 thority of national legislation, by keeping alive the 

 spirit of rebellion, and reviving the hopes of a resto- 

 ration to political power of its great ally the Demo- 

 cratic party. 



Resolved, That we approve and applaud the action 

 of the House of Representatives in the recent exercise 

 of the high constitutional prerogative by the impeach- 

 ment of Andrew Johnson for high crimes and mis- 

 demeanors in office ; believing it to be the constitu- 

 tional function of the Senate, sitting as a court of jus- 

 tice, to finally determine every question of law and 

 fact arising in the course of the prosecution, we in- 

 voke ^from all parties a peaceable and law-abiding 

 submission to its judgment in the case. 



Resolved, That by the indecent haste and precipita- 

 tion with which the Democratic Legislature of our 

 State rescinded the resolutions ratifying the fourteenth 

 amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 

 and thus condemned the propositions contained in 

 said amendment propositions which the people of 

 Ohio, after a full and exhausting discussion, had en- 

 dorsed with over forty thousand majority the Demo- 

 cratic party has again manifested that its restoration 

 to power would put in jeopardy the results of our 

 great struggle, undo what has been accomplished by 

 the war, and again plunge the country into disorder, 

 confusion, and the dangers of secession, disintegra- 

 tion, and perhaps a war of races, and that, to avoid the 

 calamity of a Democratic victory, it becomes the duty 

 of all true lovers of their country to unite, disregard- 

 ing for the time being all side issues or questions of 

 minor importance, until the danger of a fatal reaction 

 has passed, and the fruits of the war are permanently 

 secured by the election of a loyal, reliable, and -pa- 

 triotic President. 



Resolved, That we cordially approve the determi- 

 nation of Congress to retrench the expenses of the 

 Government, and that we urge upon the national 

 Legislature the necessity of the strictest economy 



and the reduction of the army and navy, and the 

 thorough revision and simplification of our system of 

 Federal taxation, so as to equalize and lighten the 

 burdens of taxation of the people. 



Resolved, That the Eepublican party pledges itself 

 to a faithful payment of the public debt, according to 

 the laws under which the five-twenty bonds were is- 

 sued ; that said bonds should be paid in the currency 

 of the country which may be a legal tender when the 

 Government shall be prepared to redeem such bonds. 



Resolved, That we heartily approve the policy of 

 Congress in arresting contraction, and believe that 

 the issue of currency should be commensurate with 

 the industrial and commercial interests of the peo- 

 ple. 



Resolved, That justice and sound policy require 

 that all property should bear its equal share of public 

 burdens, and that this principle ought to be applied 

 to all United States bonds hereafter issued, by mak- 

 ing them liable, by express provisions of law, to taxa- 

 tion precisely as other property. 



Resolved, That we urge upon the National authori- 

 ties the propriety of initiating negotiations to establish 

 international rules of expatriation upon the basis of 

 our naturalization laws, so that each nation shall rec- 

 ognize naturalization by the other as terminating the 

 former allegiance and conferring all rights of citizen- 

 ship ; and we affirm the duty of the Federal Govern- 

 ment to extend adequate and equal protection to all 

 its citizens at home and abroad, native and natural- 

 ized, when in the legitimate and peaceable exercise 

 of their legal or natural rights. 



Resolved, That we reiterate, to the soldiers and sail- 

 ors of the Republic, our expressions of heartfelt grati- 

 tude for their heroic sacrifices and services, which 

 will forever be held in aifectionate remembrance by 

 the American people, and that, while we call upon 

 them to sustain at the ballot-box the great cause 

 which their valor and endurance have saved in the 

 field, we pledge to the maimed who survive, and to 

 the widows and orphans of those who fell, the public 

 faith for the payment of all their pensions and boun- 

 ties. 



Resolved, That we remember with pride and satis- 

 faction the services of that noble patriot and states- 

 man, and son of Ohio, Edwin M. Stanton, and that 

 we hereby heartily indorse his recent official action 

 in retaining his position as Secretary of War, and 

 trust that his great experience and ability will be 

 continued at the head of the War Department. 



At the State election on the second Tuesday 

 in October, the Republican candidates were 

 elected. The whole vote cast for Secretary of 

 State was 516,747, of which Sherwood re- 

 ceived 267,065, and Hubbard 249,682, thus 

 giving the former a majority of 17,383. 



On the 19th of October, an address issued 

 from the rooms of the Democratic State Exec- 

 utive Committee, to the "Democracy of Ohio," 

 which, " without pretending to deny that the 

 results of the recent elections were injurious to 

 the best interests of the country in the defeat 

 of local tickets and many patriotic Democrats," 

 declared that there was " nothing in those re- 

 sults to justify despondency or excuse any re- 

 laxation of the efforts of the Democracy in be- 

 half of the. cause of justice and constitutional 

 liberty." After showing that the Democracy 

 had gained "ten or fifteen thousand votes on 

 the State ticket," and in 1864 polled 18,000 

 votes more at the November election than at the 

 October election, the address closed by implor- 

 ing the "gallant workers and voters of the Dem- 

 ocratic party to keep right on with the work 



