tunities. He abandoned farm life in 1833 to take a clerkship in a store. Subsequently he studied law in Millersburg and was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-one. In 1846 he was appointed Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in Holmes County, serving five years. In 1848 he was the Whig nominee for Congress in his district but was defeated. In 1850 he was elected Common Pleas Judge, serving five years, but he failed of re-election. In 1857 he was elected Lieutenant Governor on the Republican ticket. At the breaking out of the war he was appointed Major on the staff of General Cox. He was afterward appointed Aide-de-camp to the Governor and assigned to the duties of Judge Advocate General of the State and acted as such until the expiration of Governor Dennison's term. In 1862 he was Assistant Adjutant General of Ohio and State Superintendent of the Draft of that year. The same year he was nominated for Congress, but was defeated by thirty-six votes. He was nominated and elected by the Republicans to Congress in the years 1864, 1866 and 1868. In December, 1873, President Grant appointed him Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, but he retired from the bench in 1889, and is now living at Wooster. Addison P. Russell, Secretary of State, was born at Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, in 1828. His ancestors came from Virginia and were of Revolutionary fame. He received a common school education, and learned the printer's trade. In 1855 he was elected as a Representative to the General Assembly. In 1857 and again in 1859 In 1857 and again in 1859 he was elected Secretary of State on the Republican ticket. Throughout the war he was the Financial Agent for Ohio, being successively appointed by Governors Tod, Brough and Cox, and stationed in New York City. After the war he devoted himself to literary pursuits and has written several charming volumes-"Library Studies," Thomas Corwin-A Sketch," etc., etc. Alfred P. Stone, Treasurer of State, was born in Worthington, Massachusetts, June 28, 1813. In 1832 he removed to Columbus and was employed first as a clerk and then was successful as a merchant. He took an active part in politics and was an influential member of the Democratic party. On October 8, 1844, he was elected to Congress as a Democrat, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Heman A. Moore, and was succeeded by Columbus Delano. On the formation of the Republican party he espoused its principles. In 1857, when the defalcation in the State Treasury was discovered, he was appointed to take charge of the office. At the election in October following he was chosen Treasurer and was re-elected in 1859. In 1861 he was appointed Internal Revenue Collector at Columbus, and was found dead at the graves of his two children on August 2, 1865, at Green Lawn Cemetery. Milton Sutliff, Supreme Judge, was the son of Samuel Sutliff, a respectable farmer and soldier in the American Revolution. He was born at Warren, Ohio, October 6, 1806, and died there April 24, 1878. After reaching his majority, he traveled throughout the South and became an Abolitionist. He returned to Warren in 1830 and was graduated from Western Reserve College in 1834. In that year the Anti-Slavery Society of the Western Reserve was founded, largely through his instrumentality. His name was soon enrolled with those of Garrison and Phillips as one of the ablest leaders in the cause of abolition. He was one of the founders, in 1833, of the National Anti-Slavery Society at Philadelphia. In 1834 he was admitted to the bar. In 1849, as a Freesoiler, he was elected to the State Legislature, his party holding the balance of power. It was partly through his efforts that Salmon P. Chase was chosen United States Senator over George E. Pugh, of Cincinnati, and he gave similar cordial support to Benjamin F. Wade in 1856. The next year, he was elected Judge of the Supreme Court on the Republican ticket but was not re-elected. He died in November, 1875. CHAPTER V. THE CAMPAIGN OF 1858. HE Democracy of Ohio did not celebrate "Jackson Day" in their usual manner in 1858, and their State Convention was postponed until after the Republicans had made their nominations, or until July 29th. The fact that there were serious differences between the leaders of the party was noticeable from the very beginning of the year. This pronounced division was more apparent when the Anti-Lecompton or Douglas wing called a State conference at Columbus on March 10th. It was a large meeting, and continued during the afternoon and evening. George W. Manypenny presided, while Stanley Matthews, of Cincinnati, and Frederick P. Stanton, who had been Secretary and Acting Governor of Kansas Territory, were the most prominent speakers. Letters were read from Robert J. Walker, who had been relieved of his office as Governor of Kansas, Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, and David C. Broderick, United States Senator from California. The Buchanan or Administration Democracy endeavored to counteract the influence of this demonstration by holding a public meeting at Columbus on March 12th, two days later. While a number were in attendance from other parts of the State, this assemblage partook more of the character of a local gathering. The principal orators were Samuel Medary and William A. Neil, both of Columbus. Samuel S. Cox wrote from Washington, where he was attending Congress, that those who tried to read out of the party the Western Democrats who were opposed to the Lecompton Constitution for Kansas" might as well try to read the hickories out of the Western woods." The two wings managed to patch up a semblance of peace, however, and nominated the following candidates for the State offices: Justice of Supreme Court, Thomas W. Bartley, of Richland; Attorney General, Durbin Ward, of Warren; Comptroller of the Treasury, Samuel W. Gilson, Mahoning; Member of Board of Public Works, Richard H. Hendrickson, of Butler. The inauguration of Governor Chase, on January 11th, for a second term, was attended by no unusual circumstances. His address was a brief but able presentation of his views upon the Ordinance of 1787, creating the Northwest Territory, and of the value of the free institutions thus secured to the people of succeeding generations. "Organized under these auspices, and in accordance with this ideal," he observed, in conclusion, "Ohio may justly be styled the model State of the American Union. It is an honorable, a gratifying distinction. Let it be our care, gentlemen, that its lustre be sullied by no act or omission of ours. Upon the soil thus consecrated to Liberty and Union-upon the foundations, thus wisely laid, of equality and justice, let us go on, in humble dependence upon Divine favor, to build, yet broader and higher, the noble edifice of a truly Republican State, never forgetting that Man is more than Institutions, and Right the sole vital principle of Law." 46 The call for the Republican Convention was issued on May 17th and provided for a representation of 320 delegates. It contained a scathing denunciation of the Dred Scott decision, the English bill, the Buchanan admistration, the beheading of Reeder, Geary, Walker and Stanton, of Kansas, at the imperious command of the slave power," and "the odious acts of the present Ohio Legislature"-and closed with this ringing paragraph: Republican principles, far from being dead, were not even slumbering. Many circumstances combined to limit the attendance at the Convention. The ticket to be nominated was short; part of it, indeed, was practically already known, being renominations; and it was mainly for candidates for the less important offices of the commonwealth. The weather was intensely sultry and the mode of travel between most of the counties was extremely slow and inconvenient. Some of the counties, foreseeing that there was a prospect of not being represented, had for the first time elected alternate delegates, who, of course, were permitted to act as regular delegates. The excellence of the ticket nominated, the liveliness of the Labor on the anniversary of the passage of the glorious campaign which followed, and the size of the In view of all these causes we ask the free men of Ohio, without regard for former political associations, to unite with us in administering such a rebuke to the arrogant slave power as the Empire State of the Great West can justly inflict. Let them select their wisest, ablest, purest men as delegates, and let the Grand Council of the Representatives of Free Ordinance of 1787, which dedicated the soil of Ohio and the Northwest to freedom and free institutions forever, be such a demonstration as the cause and the times demand. The State Convention, however, was majority received at the October election, William Dennison, Chairman of the State Committee. James M. Ashley, of Lucas, was elected Temporary Chairman and delivered a short but eloquent address of thanks and congratulation. In the course of his remarks he said: but poorly attended. A number of counties Columbus, at eleven o'clock, Tuesday mornwere without representation; others had giving, July 13th, and were called to order by en proxies to delegates from neighboring counties; some responded with half their allotted strength; a few were represented by all their delegates, and several counties authorized all who were present at the Convention to act as delegates. This was not because of lack of interest in things political, although the Columbus Statesman, then the Democratic organ of the State, in commenting upon the light attendance, exultingly claimed that this was the beginning of the end of the party. The Convention met in the height of the Kansas troubles, when the issue of the hour was the infamous Lecompton Constitution, which, with its proslavery provisions, was sought to be forced upon Kansas by the bayonet. Political discussion was never more vital, consequently The occasion which brings us together in the capital city of Ohio to-day is one of great importance to us as a State and a people. It is the anniversary of a day that should ever be held in remembrance by the Nation, but more especially by the people of Ohio-a day that secured the priceless boon of freedom to all her children and to all who should inherit any portion of the almost uninhabited Territory of what to-day is the great Northwestern Empire of free States. Let us then preserve the high stand we have taken as a party, cultivating harmony, inviting co-operation, compromising with none, but ever inscribing on our banner that true Republican motto, "Liberty and Union. Everything for Principle. Nothing for Men." George B. Hollister, of Hamilton, Moses M. Granger, of Muskingum, and George A. Benedict, of Cuyahoga, were named as Temporary Secretaries, and the following Committees were selected: Credentials-1. F. Meyer, Hamilton. 2. George W. Runyan, Hamilton. 3. Samuel Craighead, Montgomery. 4. Edward B. Taylor, Allen. 5. I. N. Alexander, Lucas. 6. J. Milton McGrew, Clermont. 7. Moses D. Gatch, Greene. 8. Cornelius. S. Hamilton, Union. 9. Stephen R. Harris, Seneca. 10. Davis Mackley, Jackson. 11. J. W. McBeth, Vinton. 12. Nelson Franklin, Pickaway. 13. Davis Miles, Morrow. 14. Eugene Pardee, Wayne. 15. Edward Hall, Holmes. 16. Milton Leaman, Morgan. 17. J. W. Warfield, Guernsey. 18. A. J. Streetor, Portage. C. Canfield, Geauga. 20. Garretson I. Young, Mahoning. 21. Jonathan K. Rukenbrod, Columbiana. 19. H. Rules and Permanent Organization—1. J. E. West, Hamilton. 2. Francis Jobson, Hamilton. 3. John M. Milliken, Butler. 4. Edward Kyle, Miami. 5. S. R. Reed, Lucas. 6. Milton Jamieson, Clermont. 7. John C. Dunlevy, Warren. 8. Abraham C. Deuel, Champaign. 9. John J. Williams, Marion. 10. John V. Robinson, Scioto. II. David Little, Perry. 12. Willard Warner, Licking. 13. Roeliff Brinkerhoff, Richland. 14. Harrison G. Blake, Medina. 15. Armstead T. Ready, Tuscarawas. 16. Edward Ball, Muskingum. 17. Edward Ellis, Monroe. 18. Wm. H. Upson, Summit. 19. Seneca O. Griswold, Cuyahoga. 20. John W. Hutchins, Trumbull. 21. Martin Andrews, Jefferson. Resolutions-1. Frederick Hassaurek, Hamilton. 2. George B. Hollister, Hamil3. Felix Marsh, Preble. 4. J. H. ton. Hart, Miami. 5. David Taylor, Defiance. 6. Reader W. Clarke, Clermont. 7. Aaron Harlan, Greene. 8. Rodney Mason, Clarke. 9. Isaac M. Keeler, Sandusky. 10. James Silvey, Ross. 11. Daniel Jones, Vinton. 12. John W. Baldwin, Franklin. 13. Zahmuma Phillips, Erie. 14. George G. Washburn, Lorain. 15. Robert C. Kirk, Knox. 16. Melvin Clarke, Washington. 17. Benjamin Rush Cowen, Belmont. 18. William K. Upham, Stark. 19. William L. Perkins, Lake. 20. Benjamin F. Wade, Ashtabula. 21. John A. Bingham, Harri son. I. State Central Committee.-At Large, Caleb B. Smith, Hamilton, Joshua R. Giddings, Ashtabula. 1. Timothy C. Day, Hamilton. 2. Francis Jobson, Hamilton. 3. William Beckett, Butler. 4. George D. Burgess, Miami. 5. S. A. Raymond, Lucas. 6. William O. Collins, Highland. 7. Jacob Egbert, Warren. 8. James R. Hubbell, Delaware. 9. H. L. McKee, Seneca. 10. James Silvey, Ross. 11. William S. Beatty, Fairfield. 12. Joseph C. Thompson, Pickaway. 13. J. F. Dewey, Huron. James W. Smith, Ashland. 15. William R. Sapp, Knox. 16. Daniel Applegate, Muskingum. 17. J. C. Douglass, Guernsey. 18. Nathaniel W. Goodhue, Summit. 19. John C. Grannis, Cuyahoga. 20. Charles R. Hunt, Trumbull. 21. Ephraim R. Eckley, Carroll. 14. Caleb B. Smith and John A. Bingham made ringing speeches at the close of the morning session. Joshua R. Giddings was also tumultuously greeted and proceeded to the stage, but did not speak on account of physical inability. "His health was shattered in the cause of freedom," says one of the reports of that day, and in denunciation of the slave oligarchy." |