Daily Ohio Statesman

For Governor.

The Circleville Democrat is out for Hon. Hugh J. Jewett for Governor. It says editorially:

It is known to the Democracy of the State, that at the last gubernatorial canvass, the Hon. H. J. Jewett was almost forced on the Democratic ticket, to lead the forlorn hope at a time when fanaticism, under the pretense of saving the Union, swept everything before it. Yet Jewett, in the darkest hour that ever brooded over the Democracy of the State or nation stood up like a young Hercules and vindicated the Democracy from the foul slanders of a thousand serpent tongues. Therefore, in our judgment, the man who would stand up and vindicate the Democracy with the capacity and power that Mr. Jewett did, in the hour of darkness, when there was no hope, ought to receive their approbation when there is hope, if not certainty of an election. It has been for years the usage of the Democratic party to nominate candidates for Governor the second time, if they would accept of it, and our time-honored customs would point to Jewett. We would not detract in the least from any candidate, but we must say that for purity of purpose, for capacity to execute, and for patriotic devotion to the principles of the Democratic party, and the country, he is the equal of any man in the State. The times demand a man of superior business capacities for the next Governor of Ohio. Without one of the highest order, the State will lose immensely, and the people will have to make it up in taxation. We want a man who will stop all plunders of the treasury, and who will vindicate and defend the rights of the citizens of the State, and see to it that the Constitution is not abrogated in Ohio, and the inalienable rights of her citizens trampled under foot by the usurpations of despotism. For those great purposes, we look to Jewett as a man whose promptness and energy would meet the times.