banks, and to call in and pay off all the United States bonds with
irredeemable money.

"The Democratic party of Ohio, both in its platform and by its
candidates, supports more or less all of these dogmas; but it does
so not as a matter of principle, but for political power. Its main
object is, by any sort of alliance on any real or pretended popular
issue, to gain strength enough to unite with the solid south, so
that it may restore to power, in all departments of the national
government, the very same doctrines that led to the Civil War, and
the very men who waged it against the Union. To obtain political
power, the democracy seek, by party discipline, to compel their
members to abandon the old and cherished principles of their party
of having a sound currency redeemable in coin. For this, they
overthrew Governor Bishop; for this, they propose to reopen all
the wild and visionary schemes of inflation which have been twice
rejected by the people of Ohio. Our contest with them is not only
on financial questions, but upon the old and broad question of the
power and duty of the national government to enforce the constitution
and laws of the United States in every state and territory, whether
in favor of or against any citizen of the United States.

"Let us first take up these financial questions, and in charity
and kindness, and with due deference to opposing opinions, endeavor
to get at the right, if we can.

"The great body of all parties are interested in and desirous of
promoting the public good. If they could only hear both sides
fairly stated, there would be less heat and bitterness in political
contests, and more independent voting."

I then proceeded with a full discussion of the financial questions,
referring especially to the speeches made by General Ewing, with
whose opinions I was conversant. I closed with a brief discussion
of the southern question, and especially the nullification of the
election laws in the southern states. This speech was the best of
many made by me in different parts of the state. I was engaged in
the canvass in Ohio for two weeks afterward, during which I visited
my home at Mansfield.

In traversing the state I was surprised at the remarkable change
in the condition of business and the feelings of the people, and
at the evidences of prosperity not only in the workshops but on
the farms. It was jokingly said that the revival of industries
and peace and happiness was a sh