ernment; but we protest against arrests and vexatious prosecutions, under writs of Federal Commissioners, of our judges, sheriffs, justices of the peace and private citizens, for acts required by State law, as oppressive, tyrannical and unwarrantable.

4 We insist that the lawful process by the State courts for the maintenance of right and the prosecution and punishment of crime committed within the limits of Ohio and against her sovereignty shall be executed without let or hindrance by Federal officers,

5. We deny the right of the Federal authorities, under the color of the Fugitive Slave Act, or any other act, to suspend the right of habeas corpus, or to defeat its due execution and operation in this State.

6. We condemn the doctrines of the majority of the Federal Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case, as anti-constitutional, anti-republican, anti-democratic, incompatible with State rights, and destructive of personal security.

7. We regard slavery as a great evil and wrong, ever aggressive, constantly mischievous, and prospectively fatal both to the Union and Liberty; and we therefore earnestly oppose its extension or encouragement by the Federal Government.

8. We concur with a vast majority of the people of the free States, and with a respectable portion of the people of the slave States, in reprobation of the action of the Federal Government, under the control of the slave power, in breaking down the barriers against slavery extension provided by the wisdom of our fathers, and in forcing slavery into free territory under the fraudulent pretences of the Nebraska-Kansas Bill in disregard of settled National policy and plain constitutional provisions.

9. We adhere cordially to the doctrine of popular sovereignty as taught in the Declaration of Independence; but condemn as a great perversion of that doctrine the modern pretension that one portion of a community may rightly enslave another.

10. We hold the old-fashioned notion of our fathers, "a fair day's wages for a fair day's work," and repudiate with scorn the sentiment that "slavery is the natural and normal condition of the laboring man," and will resist as anti-Republican and unjust every attempt, by whomsoever made, to degrade the free labor of free men here and elsewhere, and proclaim it as one of the leading objects of the Republican party to seek to prevent the further spread of slavery, and to secure to the free white labor of the country its just reward and its full social and political rights.

11. We condemn without qualification the embezzlement of the public moneys recently discovered, and we demand the prompt and rigorous enforcement

of the laws in the punishment of every person implicated in the same.

12. We are in favor of the free grant of the public lands by the General Government in limited quantities to actual settlers.

13. We approve of the acts of the last General Assembly providing for the better security of the State Treasury; rectifying abuses, reducing State taxation and expenditure, and limiting the amount of local taxation by county and municipal authorities; and we demand such further legislation as will most surely and effectually protect the money of the people from embezzlement and misapplication, and most perfectly secure economy and efficiency in every department of the State administration.

14. The administration of Salmon P. Chase as the Chief Executive of the State Government has been honest, able and dignified, commanding the admiration and confidence of our own people and the respect of the people of our sister States.

On motion of Samson Mason, of Clarke, Salmon P. Chase was unanimously renominated for Governor of Ohio, amid loud cheers and other demonstrations of approval. The Chair appointed Messrs. Mason, of Clarke, Green, of Washington, and Brown, of Portage, to wait upon Governor Chase and inform him of the action of the Convention. The committee escorted him him to the stage, and he accepted the nomination in a short but effective address.

The office of Lieutenant Governor was especially desirable this year, as Governor Chase was known to be an aspirant for United States Senator. There were numerous candidates, and no nomination was made until the fourth ballot. ballots were as follows:

The several

First-Moses H. Kirby, of Wyandot, 4; Lester Taylor, of Geauga, 38; Martin Welker, of Wayne, 52; William P. Cutler, of Washington, 42; Asher Cook, of Wood, 47; Samuel Stokely, of Jefferson, 20; Ichabod Corwin, of Champaign, 43; Nelson H. Van Vorhes, of Athens, 32; John F. Beaver, of

Trumbull, 22; Moses B. Walker, of Montgomery, 21; Chambers Baird, of Brown, 23; Ralph P. Buckland, of Sandusky, 25.

ROSTER OF DELEGATES.

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For Supreme Judge, Milton Sutliff, of Trumbull, was nominated on the third ballot over Cyrus Bowen, of Marion; Simeon Nash, of Gallia; Lucien Case, of Licking; W. K. Upham, of Columbiana; James Murray, of Wood; Alfred Dickey, of Highland; Peter Odlin, of Montgomery; and Samson Mason, of Clarke.

Alfred P. Stone, of Franklin, was nominated by acclamation for Treasurer of State.

Addison P. Russell, of Clinton, received the nomination for Secretary of State on the second ballot. His opponents were James H. Baker, of Ross; William H. Wilson, of Darke; and John A. Blair, of Muskingum.

For Member of the Board of Public Works, Jacob Blickensderfer, of Tuscarawas, was renominated by acclamation before the first ballot was ended, the following named gentlemen having previously received a few votes each: Benjamin Eggleston, of Hamilton; Harlan Chapin, of Washington; Jacob Egbert, of Warren; J. H. Whitman, of Clarke; F. J. Myers, of Stark; S. P. Scott, of Lucas; and Moses Swigert, of Guernsey.

The members of the State Central Committee at-large were announced as William Dennison, Jr., Chairman; William T. Bascom, Secretary; Lucien Buttles, R. N. Barr, Noah H. Swayne, George M. Parsons, and James H. Coulter, advisory members. All were residents of Columbus.

First and Second Congressional Districts-Hamilton County: Albert Lewis, Charles Kuhlencamp, Charles Backus, Caleb B. Smith, Isaac E. West, Francis Jobson, Richard M. Corwine, Benjamin C. True, A. M. Robinson, James Elliott, George B. Hollister, Frederick Meyer, Amos Moore, S. L. Snodgrass, Medard Fels, John K. Green, John W. Herron, E. H. Johnson, T. H. Yeatman.

Third District-Butler: W. E. Brown, John M. Milliken, David Heaton, John W. Sohn, Jacob Banker. Montgomery: Patrick Kelley, C. Hopkins, William Conover, John Howard, Luther Bruen, Lewis R. Pfoutz, Abner Harris, Moses B. Walker. Preble: Felix Marsh, J. M. Whinnery, Jesse Stubbs, H. W. Dooley.

Fourth District--Allen: J. S. Pillars, Charles Post, Shelby Taylor, Harvey Parmenter, R. Matheny, Matthias H. Nichols. Auglaize: John Walkup, P. V. Herzing, D. Simpson. Darke: J. C. Williamson, E. B. Taylor, W. P. Orr, L. S. Graves, J. R. Knox. Mercer: J. B. Findlay, William McMurray. Miami: G. D. Burgess, M. G. Mitchell, William Elliott, J. W. Gordon, A. G. Conover, J. M. McCampbell, H. L. Vansant, S. C. Riter, S. E. Brown, J. P. Williamson, C. H. Culbertson, B. S. Kyle, J. F. Gabriel, J. W. Defrees. Shelby: J. E. Cummins, M. C. Hale, S. H. Mathers, D. B. Rinehart.

Fifth District-Defiance: W. A. Brown, John Paul. Fulton: David Knowles, Ezekiel Masters. Hancock: C. W. O'Neil, Isaac Davis, Henry Porch. Henry: James Durban, Cyrus Howard. Lucas: Richard Mott, Isaac N. Hastings, William White. Paulding: A. S. Latty. Putnam: John Hardy. Wood: E. D. Peck, James Murray, James W. Ross, S. Spink, F. Hollenbeck, Julius Blinn. Williams: Daniel Knowles. Van Wert: A. W. Baker, J. C. Johnson.

Sixth District-Adams: William Ellison, John Ellison, I. H. de Bruin. Brown: George K. Linder, Benj. Dugan, John Porter, George McIntire. Highland: Jacob Hyer, Silas Irion, Wm. R. Smith, Jas. H. Rothrock. Clermont: Reader W. Clarke, Elbridge G. Ricker, Chas. Robb, Jonathan Morris.

Seventh District-Clinton: John Q. Smith, John R. Walker, James W. Haworth, Isaac Strickle. Fayette: Nelson Rush, Robert M. Briggs. Greene: John

F. Frazier, Moses Barlow, A. Galloway, Jos. G. Gest, S. H. Smith, J. W. Lowe. Madison: Richard A. Harrison, Henry W. Smith. Warren: Wm. H. P. Denny, Jacob Egbert, Robert G. Corwin, J. W. Roberts, Geo. W. Frost.

Eighth District-Champaign: Obed Horr, Anson Pearl Howard, Jos. C. Brand, Solomon C. Brecount. Clarke: Harvey Vinal, Samuel Shellabarger, Samson Mason, S. M. Sterrett, John Minnick. Delaware: B. C. Waters, J. H. Black, D. W. Rhodes, G. A. Gaylord, D. J. Day. Logan: Benj. Stanton, J. S. Gardner, J. J. Peterson, Wm. H. West, C. W. B. Allison. Union: C. S. Hamilton, P. B. Cole, William Sigle, William Gabriel, G. R. Galloway.

Ninth District-Crawford: Jacob Scroggs, D. W. Swigart, S. G. Brown, George P. Seal. Hardin: C. Kaufman, S. Turney, James S. Robinson. Marion: John J. Williams, William Fisher. Ottawa: H. C. Cowles. Sandusky: Ralph Buckland, George M. Tillotson, James S. Foulk. Seneca: Philip Spillman, James M. Stevens, Joseph Boyer, John C. Lee, H. A. Spayth. Wyandot: Moses H. Kirby, Edward A. Sigler, A. S. Wigton.

Tenth District-Jackson: H. S. Bundy, F. R. Smith. Lawrence: C. G. Hawley. Ross: Seldon S. Cooke, F. Trichler, A. P. Miller, John Waddle. Scioto: J. V. Robinson, Jr.

Eleventh District-Athens: J. M. Dana, J. L. Kessinger, D. B. Stewart, H. S. Brown, S. S. Knowles. Fairfield: Daniel Jennings, W. S. Beatty, Virgil E. Shaw. Hocking: C. V. Culver, D. A. Hoffman, Meigs: George McQuigg, S. H. Burknapp, G. L. Davis, C. Downing. Perry: James M. Taylor, Eli Spooner. Vinton: Thomas R. Stanley, Joseph K. Will.

Twelfth District-Franklin: Wm. Dennison, Jr., W. T. Bascom, John Miller, James R. Day, Arthur O'Harra, James Parks, David Taylor. Licking: Chas. H. Kibler, James J. Kelley, John A. Sinnett, Daniel Gardner, J. Thompson, Albert Hall, Daniel Humphrey. Pickaway: George Ballard, W. W. Bierce, George Radcliffe.

Thirteenth District-Erie: J. W. Sprague, W. H. Jones, B. L. Hill, Homer Goodwin, J. M. Root. Huron: B. T. Hunt, J. F. Dewey, N. M. Owens, A. H. Balsley, Wm. Bacon, G. F. Badger, T. C. Woodin. Morrow: J. G. Gurley, John Beatty, Thos. S. Bunker, W. G. Benedict, Wm. B. Dumble. Richland: John Sherman, William Patterson, Benj. Gass, N. Matson, Chas. Hedges, E. F. Kendall, Chas. Taylor, D. Anderson, William C. Catlin, James Corbin, L. Stevenson, John Devenny.

Fourteenth District-Ashland: J. Kenneger, J. W. Smith, A. L. Curtis, J. M. Goram. Lorain: J. M. Vincent, James Monroe, Jos. H. Dickson, L. Beebe,

J. M. Ritchie, J. B. Lang, M. D. Young. Medina: H. G. Blake, Herman Canfield, O. S. Codding, Chas. Castle, G. W. Hutchins. Wayne: R. B. Spink, Wm. Hutchinson, M. Welker, W. M. Orr, Champ Kinney, W. G. Myers.

Fifteenth District-Coshocton: E. Spooner, David Markley, John Muskimmon, Smiley Harbaugh. Holmes: B. C. Brown, John Huston. Knox: Wm. R. Sapp, Wm. McCreary, Wm. B. Cox, D. Bricker, L. W. Foot. Tuscarawas: S. Fertig, Paul Weatherby, Hiram Eckmann, Geo. H. Dent, Jonathan Mills, Wm. Thompson.

Sixteenth District-Morgan:

H. P. Dearborn,

C. A. Williams, C. A. McGaw, F. W. Wood. Muskingum: G. W. Adams, D. Applegate, G. W. Potwin, Henry Blandy, C. C. Russell, Benj. Crane. Washington: T. W. Ewart, David Green, Arthur Wiley, S. B. Robinson, Levi Barber, H. Chapin.

Seventeenth District-Belmont: Benj. R. Cowan, H. McNeeley, Milton Barnes, Thomas W. Fawcett. Guernsey: John McCurdy, S. B. Clark, W. M. Farrar, S. Potts, H. Skinner. Noble: William H. Frazier, R. Ross, James Horton. Monroe: William Steele.

Eighteenth District-Portage: O. P. Brown, E. Needham, D. Bryant, Ira Gardner, E. P. Brainerd, S. Higgins. Stark: G. Augustine, B. F. Leiter, W. Hatcher, J. H. Cook, P. Chance. Summit: Lucius V. Bierce, Frederick Wadsworth, W. H. Howe, J. H. Chamberlin, N. W. Goodhue, J. W. Tyler.

Nineteenth District-Cuyahoga: R. P. Spalding, Jacob Mueller, C. L. Rhodes, Peter Thatcher, Jr., C. W. Smith, D. R. Tilden, C. W. Clisbee, G. W. Whitney, James Sears, John Watson, Ezra Eddy, A. H. Comstock, A. M. Reynolds. Geauga: J. S. Wright, H. N. Spooner, H. H. Ford, L. Taylor. Lake: J. B. Morse, John Kellogg, L. Sterling, Uri Seeley, Reuben Hitchcock.

Twentieth District-Ashtabula: B. F. Wade, J. R. Giddings, Wm. C. Howells, H. Fassett, E. E. Parsons, D. C. Allen, B. Woodbury, T. Hawkins, R. S. Bushnell, R. C. Newell. Mahoning: R. W. Tayler, G. I. Young, Joseph Truesdale, Daniel Haynes, J. M. Hole. Trumbull: R. W. Ratliffe, C. A. Adams, George C. Reis, L. C. Jones, William A. Howe, John Hutchins, John Beaver, C. W. Smith.

Twenty-first District-Carroll: S. J. Pinkerton, H. S. Caysic, J. H. Whitcraft, E. R. Eckley. Columbiana: S. L. Wadsworth, R. Stock, Daniel Lupton, M. Mendenhall, J. A. Ambler. Harrison: John A. Bingham, Charles Warfel, Ephraim Clark, John Hammond, M. McClure, Joseph Dickerson, Allen C. Turner, R. Walton. Jefferson: M. Andrews, W. R. Lloyd, William McDonald, James Crew, William Plummer.

For Supreme Judge:

4-William P. Kincaid.. 5-James J. Winans.....

8-Patrick Murdock

1,239

9-Newton Schleich

6-William H. Safford.

7-George Corwine..

Hamilton. .Warren.

.. Montgomery.

.Clermont.

.Greene.
..Ross.
Pike.
..Lawrence.
.Fairfield.

. Pickaway. ..Clarke. ..Darke.

.. Hardin. Washington. Perry.

.. Delaware.
Morrow.
.Coshocton.
Monroe.
.Belmont.
..Stark.
.Jefferson.
.Mahoning.
.Ashtabula.
Cuyahoga.
.Summit.

*Seat contested and given to Thomas W. Chapman.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

William B. Woods, Speaker.

Samuel W. Gilson, Speaker pro tem.
John W. Kees, Clerk.

John H. Branch, Sergeant-at-Arms.

Adams-John W. McFerren.

Allen-Charles C. Marshall.

Ashland-Jacob T. Cowan.

Ashtabula-William S. Deming, D. C. Allen.

Athens--Nelson H. Van Vorhes.
Auglaize-George W. Andrews.

Belmont-Isaac Welch.

Brown-J. S. West, J. T. Richardson.

Butler-Christopher Hughes, Robert Christy.

Carroll-Jason B. Roach.

Champaign-Jonathan Cheney.

Clarke-Andrew D. Rogers.

Clermont-Thomas Hitch, Moses S. Pickelheimer.

Clinton-David Quinn.

Columbiana-Jacob A. Ambler.

Coshocton-Charles A. Sangster.
Crawford--John Pittman.

Cuyahoga-Richard C. Parsons, John Watson,

Andrew C. Gardner.

Darke John L. Winner.

Defiance, Paulding and Williams-William D.

Haymaker.

Delaware-James R. Hubbell.

Erie-Thomas C. Furnold.

Fairfield-Basil W. Carlisle, Thomas W. Bigony. Fayette Robert M. Briggs (resigned; Samuel F. Kerr, successor).

Franklin-William R. Rankin, Hugh L. Chaney.
Gallia-Thomas Waugh.

Geauga-Peter Hitchcock.
Greene-Moses D. Gatch.

Guernsey-Hugh Brown, Jr., Francis Rea.

Hamilton-Aaron C. Bagley, Hunter Brook, Isaac C. Collins, Joseph J. Dobmeyer, George C. Robinson Patrick Rodgers, James Saffin, Joseph T. Wright. Hancock John Westcott.

Hardin and Wyandot-Chester R. Mott.
Harrison-James Day.

Highland-John L. Hughes.

Hocking-George Johnson.

Holmes-Eli Glasgo.

Huron-Charles B. Simmons.

Jackson and Vinton-Robert B. Stevenson (resigned; William L. Edminston, successor.)

Jefferson-James G. Allen, W. W. Worthington.
Knox-William B. Cox, William McCreary.

Lake-John R. French.

Lawrence-Ralph Leete.

Licking-William Parr, William B. Woods.

Logan--William H. West.

Lorain-James Monroe.

Lucas-Fulton-Samuel A. Raymond.

Madison-Richard A. Harrison.

Mahoning-Samuel W. Gilson.

Marion-Richard Wilson.

Medina-James A. Bell.
Meigs-Tobias A. Plants.

Mercer and Van Wert-Charles P. Edson.
Miami--Matthias H. Jones.

Monroe-Jeremiah Williams, James M. Stout.
Montgomery-Robert McEwen, Henry Morse.
Morgan-Noble-Henry Dawes, James Moore.
Morrow David Rees.

Muskingum-John A. Blair, Lewis Frazee.
Perry-Thomas B. Cox.
Pickaway-Peter Rose.

Pike-Joseph J. Green.

Portage Cyrus Laughlin.

Preble-Martin F. Stephens.

Putnam and Henry--William J. Jackson.

Richland-Alexander Ralston, Abraham Jenner.

Ross-Joshua Seney.

Sandusky-Thomas P. Finefrock.

Scioto-James B. Ray.

Seneca -John W. Paine.

Shelby-Hugh Thompson.

Stark-James E. Chase, Lewis Slusser.

Summit-Ira P. Sperry.

Trumbull-George F. Townsend and George H.

Howe.

Tuscarawas Brisbin C. Blackburn, Albert Bates
Union-James W. Robinson.
Warren-J. Milton Williams.
Washington-Augustus S. Bailey, O. Lewis Clarke.
Wayne-Lorenzo D. Odell.

Wood and Ottawa-Erasmus D. Peck. 1791

Martin Welker, Lieutenant Governor, was born in Knox County, Ohio, April 25, 1819. His father was of German descent and an early settler in this State. Martin had very limited means of education, but seems to have made the most of his oppor