quarters to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1861 he was urged to become a candidate for Governor on the Union ticket, but declined to do so, although he heartily supported David Tod. The canvass of 1863, as has been noted, was made under difficult conditions, but the result of the election proved an inspiration to the whole country. He greatly assisted President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton, and was highly esteemed by both these eminent men. His health failed under the terrible strain of his official duties, and while temporarily at his home in Cleveland, in August, 1865, he was taken very ill, and after excruciating suffering, borne with great fortitude, the end came. He was, perhaps, the ablest of Ohio's three distinguished War Governors Dennison, Tod and Broughand will long be remembered as both a patriot and statesman.

Charles Anderson, Lieutenant Governor and Governor, was born near Louisville, Kentucky, June 1, 1814, and died at Kuttawa, same State, in November, 1895. He was a brother of Major Robert Anderson, the hero of Fort Sumter. Educated in a liberal manner, Charles Anderson graduated at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1833. He studied law and was admitted to practice in Louisville in 1835. turned to Dayton, Ohio, soon after, and resided in that city ten years, during which time he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Montgomery County and also to the Ohio State Senate. He then made an extended visit to foreign countries, and on his return. settled in Cincinnati, where he remained for eleven years, going in 1859 to Texas, where in 1860 61, because of his faithfulness to the Union, he was imprisoned in San Antonio, but, fortunately, soon escaped through the connivance of friends. He came North,

enlisted in the army, and was commissioned Colonel of the Ninety-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, by his friend, Governor Tod. He was severely wounded at Stone River and was obliged on that account to resign his commission. He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1863 and sworn in as Governor after Governor Brough's death. He was not a popular official, and did not aspire to the gubernatorial nomination in 1865. He removed to Lyon County, Kentucky, after the expiration of his term of office, in January, 1866, and remained a resident of that State until his death.

James H. Godman, State Auditor, was a native of Berkeley County, Virginia, where he was born October 19, 1808. In 1812 his father's family removed to Fairfield County, Ohio, and in 1818 located in Franklin County. The son subsequently became a resident of Marion. He was educated in the common schools and admitted to the bar in 1828. In 1835 he was elected to represent Marion and Crawford Counties in the lower house of the General Assembly. He was a candidate the following year, and again in 1837, but was not re-elected until 1838. In 1840 he was elected to the State Senate, representing Crawford, Delaware and Marion Counties. He served as a Captain in the Union Army during the War of the Rebellion and was wounded three times at Fredericksburg. He was nominated and elected Auditor of State in 1863 and in 1867, and held many other important public trusts after retiring from that office. He died at Columbus in 1895.

Hocking H. Hunter, Supreme Judge, was a Buckeye by birth and education. He was born at Lancaster, August 23, 1801, and died at his residence in that city, Feb

remarkable then, that at times like these, there is found in our midst a vast party composed of men who are, to say the least, in sympathy with those invading the Keystone State, and who are seeking to destroy our civil and religious liberties. Only last week this party nominated, for the high position of Chief Executive of this State, a man who has declared on the floors of Congress that he would not vote one dollar to put down this rebellion, thereby consenting to the destruction of the Union. If there was one thing our forefathers desired it was that this Union should be perpetual. They never entertained the idea that at any time it might destroy itself. It is utterly absurd to believe that they did. I hope we have come together to unite upon a ticket that will advocate the cause of the Union, and represent only those who are in favor of the perpetuity of the Union.

Some discussion took place as to where the Convention should be held in the afternoon. It was finally decided to meet on the east terrace of the Capitol, a great esplanade capable of seating thousands, and a committee of three was appointed to make the necessary arrangements.

Governor Dennison announced that he had two communications that he was instructed to present. They were from Ohio regiments in the Army of the Cumberland and were read amidst great applause:

TRIUNE, TENN., June 9, 1863. GENTLEMEN: You have been selected by the representatives of a very large number of the soldiers of Ohio, now serving with the Army of the Cumberland, to attend the Union Convention at Columbus on the 17th inst. to nominate a Governor and other State officers. We sincerely hope that neither the Convention nor the people of Ohio will deem this action of their citizen soldiery as formed upon any mere desire to participate, even in the most remote degree, in party or political strifes at home, but solely from a most earnest wish that civil, State and political action may be so conducted as to contribute to the great object which all patriots, whether citizens or soldiers, most have at heart-the maintenance of the Government and the restoration of the Union. With parties, as such, we have long since ceased to sympathize, and to-day the Army of the Cumberland has but this platform of political principles: An unlimited use of all the energies and all the resources of the Government

for the prosecution of the war until the rebellion is subjugated and the Union restored. Though divided by all the party distinctions of times past, we are to-day a band of brothers standing firmly and unitedly upon this broad platform. We ask of each other no reason why we are so united, but we gratefully accept the fact and let that suffice. We do not discuss whether slavery be right or wrong-whether the slaveholder or the abolitionist is the primary cause of the rebellion; it is enough for us to know that the rebellion now exists and that we are bound, by the heritage of the past and the hope of the future, to put it down. We did not refuse to sustain the Government before the Administration inaugurated the policy of emancipation.. We will not desert it now that it has. The efficiency and continued harmony of your army depend in a great measure upon the State Government at home. It has pleased the Government to give us, while yet in the field, a voice at the polls. While eminent civilians at home will doubtless be proposed to the Convention as candidates for the Gubernatorial chair, from whom a choice might be made that would command our cordial support, still, if such choice can not be made with harmony we beg to suggest the propriety of a selection being made from among the many eminent public men Ohio now has in the field. Such a candidate, while being thoroughly acquainted with every want of the soldier, would, at the same time, possess equal ability to administer the domestic affairs of the State. For such a candidate we can safely pledge the undivided support of Ohio's more than one hundred thousand soldiers. Once more we call upon our friends at home to stand firmly by the Government and its army. Mistakes in policy, if any such occur, are but the straw and foam that whirl and disappear on the broad river of Nationality, sweeping on majestically and undisturbed beneath them. Under this Administration the American Union is to fail ingloriously or to be so firmly re-established that the world in arms can not shake it henceforth, and none but traitors can withhold their support. Whatever will aid in crushing traitors is orthodox with us, regardless of what old political textbooks say. We ask you to unite upon our simple platform. The shifting scenes of National life are now changing with electric swiftness; old ideas, theories and prejudices are being hurried into their graves. With the stern realities of the living present we must grapple boldly and act earnestly, or history will write over our National tomb that we of the North were unequal to the hour in which we lived. Let us labor on then, patiently and zealously, each in his separate sphere of duty, you, as citizens, surrounded by the blessings and quiet of home, striving against traitors there, we fighting less dangerous foes on the fields which lie be

tween them and the homes we love so well. On these fields of carnage now, we hope, by the blessing of God, to re-establish our noble form of American Nationality that shall yet bless the world as no government before has ever done. This, with you, we hope to enjoy when we have laid aside the character of soldiers and have again entered the walks of peaceful life. With highest regards, gentlemen, we have the honor to remain,

Very respectfully your obedient servants,
GEORGE P. ESIF,

Colonel 14th Ohio Volunteers,
FERDINAND VANDERVEFR,

Colonel 35th Ohio Volunteers.
DURBIN WARD,
Lieutenant Colonel 17th Ohio Volunteers.

The reading of the first communication was frequently interrupted. The Convention was perfectly wild with enthusiasm," says the State Journal, "over the noble and strongly patriotic sentiments of our brave soldiers in the field." The interruptions were so long and frequent that it was many minutes before the reading could be finished, but when it was, no motion was necessary, as a thundering "aye" endorsed its sentiments, and the soldier delegates were cordially welcomed to seats in the Convention.

The names of the members of the various committees were announced, as follows: Credentials: 1. George King, Hamilton. 2. Samuel C. Newton, Hamilton. 3. Lucius A. Cochran, Montgomery. 4. William H. West, Logan. 5. C. P. Edson, Auglaize. 6. Mills Gardner, Fayette. 7. Henry W. Smith, Madison. 8. Philip Man8. Philip Manchester, Delaware. 9. Moses M. Greene, Sandusky. 10. Dresam W. H. Howard, Ful

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Permanent Organization: 1. Benjamin F. Stone, Hamilton. 2. David T. Woodrow, Hamilton. 3. William Huff, Preble. Joshua Saxton, Champaign. 5. John F. Hinkle, Hardin. 6. James H. Thompson, Highland. 7. Richard D. Harrison, Clarke. 8. James Madison, Union. 9. Alexander McPherson, Huron. 10. Morrison R. Waite, Lucas. 11. William Nash, Gallia. 12. Samuel M. Penn, Ross. 13. James Harvey, Licking. 14. Jefferson Sprengle, Ashland. 15. Chester R. Rhodes, Washington. 16. John F. McPherson, Guernsey. 17. Solomon Lind, Stark. 18. Samuel W. McEwen, Summit. 19. Charles R. Hunt, Trumbull.

Resolutions:-1. Alphonso Taft, Hamilton. 2. Ferdinand Meyer, Hamilton. 3. Lewis D. Campbell, Butler. 4. William Wilson, Darke. 5. T. E. Cunningham, Allen. 6. Reader W. Clarke, Clermont. 7. Edward F. Drake, Greene. 8. James Olds, Morrow. 9. Joseph M. Root, Erie. 10. James M. Ashley, Lucas. 11. Henry S. Neal, Lawrence. 12. P. B. Ewing, Fairfield. 13. Columbus Delano, Knox. Harrison G. Blake, Medina. 15. William P. Sprague, Morgan. 16. John Hance, Tuscarawas. 17. Ephraim R. Eckley, Carroll. 18. John P. Robinson, Cuyahoga. 19. Benjamin F. Wade, Ashtabula.

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State Central Committee; ---1. Thomas H. Whetstone, Hamilton. 2. Maxwell P. Gaddis, Hamilton. 3. Nathaniel C. McFarland, Butler. 4. John Riley Knox, Darke. 5

Franklin, were appointed a committee to proclaim each decisive act of the Convention to the expectant multitude on the outside, and so some semblance of order and quiet was at last secured.

For Governor, Nicholas Patterson, of Hamilton County, amid great enthusiasm, named John Brough, of Cuyahoga. Charles L. Little, of Carroll, placed in nomination David Tod, of Mahoning, with hearty responses from many delegates. The ballot was taken amid impressive silence. The whole number of votes cast was 409, with 205 necessary for a choice. Of these Brough received 216 and Tod 193. The result was greeted with great applause, and Henry C. Armstrong, of Hamilton, moved that the nomination be made unanimous, and this was done with great enthusiasm.

For Lieutenant Governor, the following were named: Benjamin Eggleston, of Hamilton; Samuel F. Cary, of Hamilton; Columbus Delano, of Knox; Nathan W. Potter, of Columbiana; Charles Anderson, of Montgomery; Samuel Shellabarger, of Clarke; and John Quincy Smith, of Clinton; but the last two named were withdrawn before the balloting began. On the first ballot, Cary had 138 votes, Anderson 91, Delano 81, Eggleston 71, and Potter 31. On the second, Eggleston and Potter were withdrawn and 416 votes were cast, of which Anderson received 229, Cary 142, and Delano 45. The nomination of Anderson was made unanimous.

The announcements for Auditor of State were: Thomas J. Larsh, of Darke; Samuel M. Penn, of Ross; Oviatt Cole, of Medina; and James H. H. Godman, of Marion. While the ballot was being taken the names of Larsh and Penn were withdrawn and the result showed an over

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whelming majority for Godman, had 325 votes to 80 for Cole, two for Penn and one for Larsh.

The announcement that nominations for State Treasurer were in order was responded to by cries of "Dorsey," "Dorsey," "Dorsey," from almost every delegation. James M. Ashley thereupon moved that G. Volney Dorsey be unanimously nominated and the question carried before the Chair could put it.

The names presented for Judge of the Supreme Court were: Luther Day, of Portage; Hocking H. Hunter, of Fairfield: William Lawrence, of Logan; John A. Bingham, of Harrison; John Welch, of Athens. It was announced that William V. Peck positively declined a renomination, and for that reason his name was not before the Convention. Day and Welch were withdrawn on the roll call that followed. Hunter received 203, Bingham 137, and Lawrence 63 votes; whereupon, the nomination of Hunter was made unanimous.

For Member of the Board of Public Works, John W. Sohn, of Butler; John M. Barrere, of Highland; Levi Sargent, of Tuscarawas; Charles W. James, of Hocking, and James Haskell, of Washington, were presented. All but three were withdrawn as the ballot progressed, and the result was announced: Barrere, 211; Sohn, 158, and Sargent, 17; and this nomination, as were the others, was made unanimous.

Senator Wade, Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, presented the platform amidst much enthusiam. It was as follows:

Resolved, 1. That the calamities of the present rebellion have been brought upon this Nation by the infamous doctrines of nullification and secession, promulgated by Calhoun and denounced by General Jackson in 1882, but reiterated by the Convention held in the city of Columbus on the 11th inst.