time. His principal education was obtained at the Springfield high school. He studied law after graduation, earning his living by teaching school at intervals. In 1846 he was admitted to the bar and the next year was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Clarke County, and thrice reelected. In 1856 he was chosen Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, receiving almost the unanimous vote of all parties in his home county, and in 1861 was reelected. Upon the resignation of Hocking H. Hunter in February, 1864, he was appointed to the Supreme Bench by Governor Brough and nominated and elected for the unexpired term by the Republicans. He was reelected in 1868, 1873 and in 1878, serving in all nineteen years. He died in Springfield, March 12, 1883, and was at the time preparing to enter upon the bench of the United States District Court, to which he had a few days before been appointed, as the successor of Judge Philip B. Swing, of Clermont County. He was one of the ablest jurists Ohio has produced.

Horace Wilder, Supreme Judge, "one of the several sons of a farmer of limited means," was born in West Hartland, Connecticut, August 20, 1802. In 1823 he graduated from Yale College with honor, after a four-years' course. He studied law and while so engaged went to Virginia, where he taught school. In January, 1826, he was licensed to practice" in the courts of that State. He then returned to his native town, remained there for a year, and emigrated to Ohio in 1827. He located in Ashtabula and in 1828, was again "admitted to the bar," by the Supreme Court of Ohio. In 1833 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Ashtabula County, and the next year a Representative in the General

Assembly. In 1855 he was elected Common Pleas Judge and held the office for seven years. In 1863 he was appointed by Governor Tod Judge of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Gholson. The following year he was elected for the balance of Judge Gholson's term, but was not a candidate for renomination. He resumed the practice of law at Ashtabula, but in 1867 removed to Red Wing, Minnesota, where he died December 26, 1889.

William P. Richardson, Attorney General, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, May 25, 1824. He entered Washington College in 1841, and was graduated from it in 1844. He then engaged in teaching, and followed this profession after his removal to Ohio. In 1852 he was elected. Prosecuting Attorney of Monroe County, and held the office until 1861. He enlisted in the service of the Union as a Lieutenant Colonel, and at Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863, was so badly wounded in the right shoulder as to deprive him of the use of his right arm. In 1864 he was elected Attorney General, but resigned after only part of a year's service, Chauncey N. Olds, of Franklin County, being appointed his successor by Governor Brough. The same year Colonel Richardson was made Commander of the military prison at Camp Chase, and was subsequently Collector of Internal Revenue for the Fifteenth (Ohio) district for several years. His death occurred at Woodsfield in 1874.

Moses Randolph Brailey, Comptroller of the Treasury, was a native of Canandaigua, New York, where he was born November 2, 1816. He received a common-school education and engaged in shipping on Lake Erie. In 1837 he removed to Norwalk,

Ohio. He was elected Justice of the Peace, studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Huron County three times. In 1857 he removed to Fulton County and in 1858 was elected Prosecutor there. During the war he was appointed military paymaster for the State by Governor Brough and was also brevetted Brigadier General of United States Volunteers. He was elected Comptroller of the State Treasury in 1865 and reelected in 1868. He died at Wauseon, this State, in 1889.

James Moore, Member of the Board of Public Works, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, July 8, 1815. His educational fa

cilities were limited, such learning as he had having been obtained through personal application unaided by preceptors. moved with his parents to St. Johns, New Brunswick, in 1830, and in 1833 to Harrison County, Ohio, and afterward to Coshocton County. ton County. He was appointed by Governor Brough a Member of the Board of Public Works in 1864, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Gamble, was elected for the unexpired term in October, and reelected in 1865 and again in 1868, serving in all about eight years, or until January 1, 1872. He subsequently removed to Kansas, where he died in 1878.

encouraging sentiment of unity with reference to the plans and purposes of the ensuing political campaign, and a firm conviction that the people of Ohio at the ballot box, would prove true to their convictions of loyal fidelity to the Union-the only course that would nerve the soldiers to fresh endeavors and encourage the Union men of other States. Robert C. Schenck, John A. Bingham, Governor Brough, Samuel Galloway, Reader W. Clarke and Joseph H. Geiger made brief addresses and all were vigorously applauded. The call for the State Convention was issued April 10th. It provided for 447 delegates on the basis of one delegate for each 500 votes cast for President Lincoln in 1864. The several counties were directed to select delegates on June 10th, and in reference to the soldiers the call made the following provisions:

The delegates from the army are recommended to be chosen by ballot at as early a day as practicable, and it is very desirable that, wherever possible, a delegate should be sent directly from the regiment or other organization entitled to such representation, but, when this can not be done, let a proxy, fully authenticated, be sent to some reliable citizen at home, entitling him to a seat in the Convention, so that every portion of the Army may be fully represented.

The Union voters of the State are also earnestly requested to make early nominations for the General Assembly and for County officers," continued the call, "in order that full time may be allowed for sending tickets to the Army and securing a full vote of the soldiers. The Committee hereby invites the good and earnest men of all parties to unite in putting into official positions such a class of men as, at the present time when so much depends upon correct and salutary action, will devote themselves wholly to the best interests of the country. Let us lay aside all former prejudices, all old predilections and come together with a determination to preserve our country and her glorious institutions from every peril which threatens them, at home or abroad. This Committee can not close its address to our fellow citizens of Ohio, whose sons have so nobly sustained her reputation, both in the Army and in the Cabinet during the present struggle, without calling upon all good men to unite with its members in returning the most sincere and heartfelt thanks

to the Author of all good, for the success, both in the civil and military departments of the Administration, with which He has crowned our cause; and at the same time congratulating them upon the glorious prospect now opening for our common country. The war is rapidly being brought to a successful termination, and the rebellion, which at one time threatened to overturn the Government, must soon be numbered with the things that were. The system of negro slavery, at once a foul disgrace to the fair fame of the Nation, and a continual source of angry and perilous discord, is abolished by Constitutional enactment; and we trust the day is very far distant when any sensible or loyal man will be found so far lost to all sense of honor or justice as to advocate its re-establishment. But let us not suppose that the time of danger is past, or that the objects that caused the formation of the Union party are so thoroughly obtained as to render its success no longer imperatively necessary to the well-being of the country. On the contrary, at no time since the commencement of the great struggle have the counsels of the good and wise been more imperiously demanded. Great questions growing out of the important events to which we have alluded, are now pressing themselves with urgency on our attention. Let us have in all parts of the State and National Governments, men who will stand firmly by the principles which have guided us during the past four years. Let it be fully understood that no man who has in an official capacity, whether civil or military, been connected with this unholy rebellion, and thus imbued his hands in the blood of his countrymen, can ever, with our consent, stand in the Councils of the Nation or assist in making laws for loyal men. Let no single root of the evils which have produced the unhappy struggle through which we are passing be allowed any chance of surviving or rising again to renewed vigor. Let every vestige of the odious system of slavery-the source of all our troubles-be now wiped out. Let the issue be fairly made between those who would fasten upon us the disgrace and horrors of the past and those who are striving to inaugurate a noble and glorious future. Let us all stand upon the broad platform of human freedom and the regeneration and elevation of every man born in the image of God, and we shall find the good, the honest, the loyal, true-hearted men of the State everywhere rallying to our support. Very truly, your friends, in the cause of the Union."

G. VOLNEY DORSEY, Chairman.
JAMES WILLIAMS, Secretary.
WILLIAM DENNISON.

THEODORE Comstock.

HENRY MILLER.

ALBERT B. BUTTLES.

BROWN GILMORE.

State Executive Committee.

The call was also signed by the members of the Central Committee by districts in numerical order.

The Convention met Wednesday morning, June 21st, at eleven o'clock, in the Atheneum, at Columbus. The Army delegation, representing 143 votes, were on the stage, and the colored band which the soldiers from Chattanooga brought with them, furnished music from one of the galleries. It was a large and enthusiastic Convention composed of men of influence, prudence, earnest patriotism and of fearless determination. Chairman Dorsey called the body to order.

"Two years ago," said he, "we met in this hall, but under somewhat different circumstances. Then a wide-spread, terrible and dangerous rebellion was in full (and its friends hoped) successful progress. It had large armies in the field, able commanders, daring leaders, who would leave nothing unattempted to attain their ends. Unexpected difficulties in the suppression of the Rebellion had discouraged many good and true men at home, and those whose sympathies were with treason were ever ready to sow division and discord among us. Those to whom the people had confided authority were boldly and openly denounced, and on every hand attempts, overt and secret, were made to overthrow our Government. Now all around us is peace and quiet, the armies of the rebels overthrown, their forces melted away, their capital taken, their leaders lately so defiant-fugitives from their homes, or awaiting in prison the punishment due for their crimes. Our armies, no longer needed in the field, are rapidly returning to the peaceful avocations and exchanging the duties and the garb of war for those of peace. And how different are the present

war.

conditions of the North and the South! The latter presents one broad panorama of devastation, suffering and ruin; the former is covered with prosperity and all the elements of an extending and progressive civilization. But these are only the physical triumphs of the No less marked and important are the social and political triumphs achieved. Slavery is dead. The real cause of the war has perished in the strife. The Constitutional Amendment, which devotes every acre of this broad land of ours to free men and free labor, is enacted by Congress, and State following State is adding its sanction until soon there shall be

the requisite number to give it legal efficiency and banish forever every vestige of human bondage from off the North American continent. To-day, for the very first time in the history of this grand State, a Convention assembles to nominate officers for the government of a free State in a Union entirely of free States. And we shall to-day in this Convention, and in the canvass following it, give expression to sentiments worthy of those who stand on a platform opposed to everything which looks toward any form of enslavement over any man created in the image of God."

After a prayer by Rev. George W. Felton, described by a reporter as "short, expressive and appropriate," Dr. Dorsey introduced General William B. Woods, of Licking County, as Temporary Chairman. He proved an orator of no little ability and in the course of his remarks described the existing situation as follows:

Four years ago found us preparing in fear and sorrow for the war for the Union,-our navies and our forts in insurgent hands and the drilled, defiant and equipped armies of the rebellion confronting us on every hand; to-day we are able to brand as false the statement that the four years of war for the Union was 'a failure. Four years ago the sturdy sons of the Republic were hastening to the field of battle to sustain the flag of the country which had been disowned and dishonored in eleven States; to-day sees that flag floating unchallenged over every foot of American soil. The most momentous and atrocious rebellion ever known has disappeared like a dissolving view; its armies are scattered, its leaders fugitives or prisoners, and the arch traitor-the life and soul of the attempt to break down the Government founded by our fathers -the haughty and imperious tyrant of the so-called Confederacy, is captured flying ingloriously disguised in the habiliments of a woman. Peace, blessed peace, reigns once more! It is settled that the men of the North will fight; it is settled that one Southern man is not a match for five men of the North; it is settled, now forever, that the foot of no slave shall press the soil of this Republic, and that, hereafter and for all time, no State has a right to secede and withdraw from the Union of her own will. To-day with exultant hearts we can inscribe on our National colors 'Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.' We owe a debt of gratitude somewhere for these great results. First of all let us render our humble, hearty