The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-07-24
A TRUE REPUBLICAN.
Communicated
Gov. Chase.

GOV' Jhahe'
lis an unuiistakable evidence Of the
hopeless corruption Of any organization,
when instead Of candidly appealing to rea-
son and facts, to sustain ils position, It
addresses itself to the prejudicos Of the
people and by dofaming and belying She
personal character OF i,s opponents, and
applying to them abusive and yifulent
opilhot,, it attempts 30 inhame the baser
passions Of she mulitude, and thus draw
them into its support When il meets ar
gumont with nick-names, and facts with
abuse, II is proof positive, that tbs con-
scious that It's coro is loathsome mass
Of rottenness, which the unsparing hand
Of investigation would expose, in all It's
naked hideodsness. That the demo.
cratic party, in It's descent, has reached at
last this stage Of It's history, stands foIth
in glaring characters 10 every Demo
cratic" print, north Of Mason aud Dix
on's line. Attempt to reason with the
men who control It, and they instantly
cry out "niggerl" "abolitionp de-
Place plain and simple facts before the
people, aud it is the signal for general
onslaught upon che public aud private
characters, Of the most prominent Of tho
opposite party and the noblest and mostup-
right Of their opponents, are those at
whom they spit their venom with the
creates. malignisy. a lio, which they
utter, may be coutradictod. and proven
to be a falsehood, aud yet they will cling
70 il with She tenacily Of mon who know
that it is their only hope.
Considering those things, is is but fit
that Gov. Chase, should he bo our cAndi-
date for Governor, be compelled to stem a
torrent Of abuse, as malicious as the
Arch Demon will be able 70 supply. The
moral and mental grandeur of his char
acter. towering up oouspicuously before
the eyes Of the people, marks him out as
The man Of all others, upon whom the
greatest storm Of malignity must break
Gov. Chase stards forth, with his giant
intellect, his profound knowledge, and po-
litioal sagacity, his unoorruptod and in
corruptibe integrity, model Of states
manship aud manhood, aud we may tri-
umphantly challenge his most rancorous
enemy, to point out one Inconsistency in
his political career, one instance in which
he ever violated honor orprinciple. But
the purest. and the most inviolable vir-
tue, is not proof against the envenomed
shafts of cAlumny. Already the political
serpents, who live to eject their poison at
the noblost members Of society, are begin
ming to hiss and spit at him; indicative Of
the intense virulence Of the storm which
awaits him when the campaign opens.
What notice should the Republican
press throughout the state take Of the
slanders hosped upon him? How can il
most successfully meet the multitudinous
array Of falsehoods which will be leyeled
at him? To reason with his maligners,
is useless. TO expostuate absurd. The
Statesman. PlaiRdealer, and other promi-
nent journals in their ranks, will make
general assertions, which are utterly
without foundation, hut for which no one
in particular is responsible; and instantly
their whole crew Of satellites throughou
the state, will reiterate the falsehood, anC
solemnly aver it to be true. To dislodg,
them is almost impossible. In the art o
falsifying, they eyinoe a degree Of skill
which can be acquitted, only by loul
practice. II perchanoe ihoy are driver
to abandon one lie, they ouly fall back up
> on another, perhaps more utterly unCoun
ded than lhe first This was tho syster
Of tactics, to which they undoviatingl
adhered in last falls oampaigu. 1t wa
Q useless TO attempt to make them retraC
b their assertions, by proving cOnolusivel
+ that Mr.. Fremont was not a Catholic
u that ms dealings with the GoVernmer
y had always been characterized by uprigh
! ness and honesty, aud tina. bis priva'
+ character was without blemish, Lie
: served their purpose better than trutl
) and to them they olurg with the grasp
e drowning men.
In our opinion it were better genera
% ly not to devia.e from a straightforward
D. course, in order to oontradiot every petl
II aspirant, who has skill enough to coin
IN falsehoOd ofhis own, or repeat oneot son
re other persons invention, Better Appe
'r to the judgements. and conseienoes Of d
D. people by reason aud fact; and by inv
Or ting investigation, arouse a spirit Of i
l- quiry, which must result in conviction
$, truth, Upon adherenl' gained in Ii
A. way we can safely rely, The tauuts al
70 abuse Of our opponents cannot work
II, much injury. Gov Chase, the man, al
be the siotssmoa, standing upon the mob
NJ emipenca Of his pas. history, proud
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