The Washington Union

DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION OF OHIO

The democratic State convention of Ohio met at Columbus on the 29th ult. Hon. T. J. S. Smith presided. Judge T. W. Bartley was renominated for supreme judge; Durbin Ward was nominated for attorney general; Samuel W. Gilson for comptroller of the treasury, and Richard H. Hendrickson for the board of public works. The meeting was entirely harmonious, and before adjourning adopted the following resolutions:

1. Resolved, That we re-affirm and endorse the principles set forth in the platform of the Democratic National Convention which assembled at Cincinnati in 1856.

2. Resolved, That we accept the adjustment of the late Kansas controversy by the passage at the recent session of Congress, of the "Conference Bill," for the conditional admission of Kansas into the Union; recognizing the right of the people of that Territory alone to decide finally and for themselves, without intervention from any quarter, the question of admission under any constitution.

3. Resolved, That we regard the Lecompton controversy, so called, as at an end, and as being a settled issue; therefore, we refuse to recognise it as a test, to be prescribed by either side of those who differed in opinion upon it, believing that all who uphold the cardinal principles of the party, and sustain its organization by voting the democratic ticket, as good enough democrats for all purposes.

4. Resolved, That in the future we are opposed to the admission of a new State into the Union, until the population thereof shall equal the ratio for a representative in Congress, and until, as in the case of Minnesota, its proposed constitution shall have been submitted to and approved by a vote of the people.

5. Resolved, That we have full and abiding confidence in the ability, patriotism, and elevated purity of character of James Buchanan, the present Chief Magistrate of the United States, and in his wisdom and experience, to administer our national affairs.

6. Resolved, That we congratulate the country upon the recent settlement, by the present democratic administration, of the pretended right of Great Britain to search or visit our merchant vessels on the high seas in time of peace; thus adjusting a controversy which had remained unsettled from the formation of our government, and which has already cost us one foreign war.

7. Resolved, That the legislative enactments of the last democratic general assembly of Ohio were eminently wise and judicious, and calculated to promote the best interests of the State and the prosperity of the people; and we are unalterably opposed to negro suffrage and negro equality, without reference to shade or proportion of African blood, and call upon the legislature to take such immediate measures as will enable the people of Ohio to effectually overcome the effort now being made, whether through the judiciary or otherwise, to establish such suffrage and equality as the policy of the State.

At night an enthusiastic ratification meeting was held in front of Kelsey's Hotel, at which Messrs. Ward, Payne, Stambaugh, Sweetzer, Cox, White, and Carter addressed the assembled multitude. The meeting was large and enthusiastic.

In speaking of the resolutions, the Ohio Statesman takes occasion to say that they will command the warmest support of the democracy of Ohio.