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Show The Ohio Republicans. j Cincinnati, 12. The convention I opened at 11.10 a.m. with benediction by Rev. D. H Moore. Judge Welch iof Athene was elected temporary chairman. Alter a short speech by Judge Welch, the presenting of a resolution by Wm. Ampt which waa referred and the appointment of com mittee. the convention adjourned until 2 o'clock. Following is the sobstauco of tho rosnhilionoQored by Wm. Ampt; F.rst Ouio republicans are not opposed op-posed to an investigation of the frauds in the presidential contest of 1870. but demand that all investiga tions be impartial and include all I states where fraud is alleged to have been committed. tiecoud, the title of President Hayes is beyond dispute or congressional interference; in-terference; that the American people are opposed to all payment of rehid claims. Third, that we tender prostrate republicans re-publicans in the south, many of whom being ex-Union Boldiers, are ostracised as carpet baggers and scalawags, nur earnest sympathy in their Blrugh" for political liberty, and we will always nonor the name of General Grant tor uis patriotic enoris m oenau 01 soiitu-t-rn republican. The convention reassembled at 2 j o'c'f 'k. Hon. U m. Lawrence was j ch e permanent chairman. Judge W:.i. iV bite was nominated lor judge ot tne supreme court, Milton Barnes for secretary of state, both by acclamation. accla-mation. George Paul was nominated fnr member of the board of public works. The following platform was adopted to-day. Reaffirming the principles of the republican party; paying a warm j tribute to the Union so.diere, and Renouncing, as infamous, the insro-ducing insro-ducing in the Btate legislature by a 1 bounty jumper and convict, an act to ! drive soldiers' orphans from the home i for children of disabled or deceased solJiers; opposing further agitation ol 'the finance question which has been ; settled at present. The disposition is exhibited by conservative men in the ifcouth to oppose the revolutionary ' mctiiod cn tho part of northern demo-' demo-' crats, as shown first, in their refusal to oppose the consummation of the elect-! elect-! oial count and more lately ic the ex-! ex-! pression of sentiment in disapprobation ,of tne proposed attack upon the pres !idems title, was received as a promising promis-ing omen, and the republicans ot , Utno cordially greet such Citizens oi , the south as adhere iu good faith to ! the terms on which the issues of the j war were settled, including tne cou-'etitutional cou-'etitutional amendments guaranteeing 'rq'ial civil and political rights, Iree sie eh, free pres, iritrummeled billot bil-lot t- all citizens. L'pou these cun-iii'.ioU3 cun-iii'.ioU3 alone can sectional strife be a:; tyud ami Ecctional lines, which J new separate in a prat meaMiie, I the south horn ti e n..rlh, be ntdier-ated. ntdier-ated. The tariff or revenue should be maintained anil so adjusted I as to secure incidental pro tec lion tn hom inHiutrv Turn economy requires that government shculd make sufficient appropriations to (arry forward the wortt on all pub lie buildings without delay, and this phruld especially be the aim wheu (he tiupp'y of labor ie in excess of the dt-mand. The revolutionrry movement move-ment inaugurated under cover of an investigation, but really as an attack upon the president's title, calculated as it is to Mexicaniz-; the afl'aiia of Una country, to cause general dis-tui4t, dis-tui4t, to prostrate our industries and -igL'ravate aud prolong the distress of t'ic laboring and industrial classes, we unqualifiedly condemn. President Presi-dent Hayee, having beeu duly elected and his title, fubsequeully settled ipuler the constitution by the I Mejiest tribunal and by act ot ,bi::i political parties, it cannot ' tv quesiiontd, and we r(cepnize in In? n I-iiinistraiiun the hi'e a', in eg i rily a. id patriotism, tlm in h" - 1 -re j t fl.-rt to promote political pu. i'v iu ' ha: niony and secure gener. . t-uoinecp ! prosper ity throughout the whole country. The present legislsture is a warning to the people ot ttie stale and a proof uf the dangercuB character of the democratic parly. Tne m ij-ri:y nt 'hat body, in an unusuidy Ion; 111, passed no la'' for tne i- ut of the penp:d or the s:a:e. Tiir constitution having never contemplated more than one congressional congres-sional districting of the stale 'during the term of ten years between the taking ot the census, wc condemn the receut outrageous and unjust redisricting of the state by the legislature, at the dictation of Speaker Randall, by which, on the , ba-is of the vole of the last pietider -tial election, when a majority of the , votes cast was republicans, the demo-jcrais demo-jcrais would be enabled to carry tour-teen tour-teen out of twenty congressmen. |