The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-03-12
Faith without works.

There are certain quid-nuncs hereabout, /,
~ we'll as In Washington. who. although
professedly anti-Leoomp,on, are terribly
alarmed At the turn things are taking At
the North and who are In constant trepi-
dation, lest the people may become too
mach excited to take care Of their own
interests They regard the rupture Of The
Democratic party, as a calamity more to
be dreaded than the sacrifice Of principle
and the fearful rotribution that must FOL.
low IN the train Of villainy. corruption
and fraud. To such persons principle is
pothiug--party everything. They would
zee popular sovereignty, the only true ha.
Gle Of all government, ruthlessly torn
away and prostituted TO the base purposes
Of Slavery. and yet assert that il is very
little thing and that they will be perfect
ly satisfied whichever way the question is
decided These paoifoAtors are trying
20 persuade their party to keep cool; that
there is no just cause Of alarm aud that
She thing will turn up all right by and by.
False prophets that they are. There IS
cause Of alarm. A vital principle is At
stake and 1t is high time that freemen
were aroused to a sense Of the impending
danger. The question is one Of life or
death to the Democratic party in the
North and the sooner 1t is met the better.
II should be Agitated aud discussed In ov.
cry town. village and hamlet IN Ohio aud
throughout the great Northwest The
people should meet in their sovereign ca
pAoity, as they have right to do, pass
resolutions and proclaim to the world
thoir unalterable hostility to the Leoomp-
son Swindle, lot what will come. Ifpar-
ty obligations must be broken, il were
better they were broken now than that
she country, party and all, should go
down to ruin. II behooves the Demo.
cratic party in the north to stand by
DouI las. in his mtnful advocacy Of the
doctrine Of popular sovereignty, and see
that the many and Oft repeated pledges,
which he owes his eIecc.Hibpn, s6SYi 'hSot %
broken with impunity. II is no time now
70 counsel moderation, when the ship is
on Gre and that which is dearer than life
principle is jeopordizod. lropposition to
the Leoompton iniquity is right where is
the wrong in agitating it2 your house
we're ou Gre. would you make no effort to
sxtinguish II? II the assassin had his
knife a. your throat, would you not cry,
Aurdsri hsipi II is by agitation and in
no other way that Lscompton can be do
feated and we are glad to see the storm Of
indignation rising in the north. Itisin
dicative Of a healthy public sentiment
and angurS good, The people are arous.
sd--Lhey are in motion aud these politio.
al time.servers. who are trying to arrest
che stampede, will 6nd themselves trod,
den under foot and kicked aside by the
multitude II is utter folly TO try to keel
she rickety remains Of the Democrat,
party together, now that 1t is split int,
ten thousand pieces aud there is not a
fragment large enough to save one passen
gar. We are told that nine tenths Of tn
Democracy Of Seneca county are oppose,
TO LeOompton. Why not show their faitl
by their works? Why not give public OK
preston to their sentiment, so that IN
world may know where they stAndf 'Th
voice Of the people is the voice Of God
and wrong'dOing in high plaoes capno
be 80 effsotually checked, as by the fre
spontaneous action Of the people express
cd in a public way. II the friends o
Douglas are sincere, let them come ou
and show their faith by their works.'