The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-05-07
Ancient and Modern Doughfaoes.

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beings that lived In ancient times, aud
the fossil remains Of similar race Of
people which we discover in the United
States, in this ago Of tho world. Every
one will agree with the Senator, however,
that Ike the Indian tribes. they are fast
disappearing from the face Of the earth.
Says Mr. Wade.
How have you done Il? You have
done It because you had general bond
OF interest uniting you, tying YOU togeth-
er as if animated by one soul. What
was the interest to me, was the interest
70 another. You are forced on the same
platform, all acting to one end. You
found the Democracy Of tho North divi.
ded IN various pursuits, aborinp in their
various avocations, with very little time
to study this problem Of politics; and
you have always been able TO seduce
enough Of us over to you, to carry your
government along ! know that gentle.
men smile at this; but am compelled
by truth to state facts here that wish
could hide from the world. Ii rot
tenness at the North that You do not
have. 1t is disreputabo to US, but am
compelled to admit il. Your allies, the
doughlaces Of the North, ia my judgment
are tho most despicable Of men.
The modern doughface is not a charac-
ter peculiar to the age in which we live,
but you find trades of him at every DO.
riod Of ihe worlds history. Ho is void
OF self-respect; he is aotuatod by a mean,
groveliug selGshness that would sell his
Maker for price. Why, sir, when old
Moses, under the immediate inspiration
Of God Almighty, enticed a whole nation
of slaves, and ran away, not TO Canada,
but to old Canaan, l suppose that Pharaoh
and all the chvAlry Of old Epvpt, de.
nouneed him as a most furious Abolition
lst haughter) / do not know but
that they blas2hemed their God, who had
assisted the fugitves from labor TO es-
cape. l have no doubt at all whom some
Southern gentlemen >of the gospel come
up to preach to the North, they will say
that the Almighty acted the financial part
in this business / am afraid that they
will say so; for He was aiding and abet-
ting in the escape. But amidst the glo-
ries Of that gren deliyerapce, even feed
ing upon the miracles Of the Almighty as
they went along, there were not wanting
those who loved Egypt better than they
loved liberty; whose souls longed for the
ilesh-pots Of Egypt. aud who could turn
from the visible glories Of the God AL
mighty, to worship an Egyptian calf
These were the doughfaces Of that day.
They were national mem daughter. }
They were not exactly Northern men
with Southern iples-but they we're
lsraelites with Egyptian prinoiples.-
! Laughter
Again, when the Saviour of the world
went forth on his great mission to pro-
claim glad tidings Of great JOY to all the
people Of the earth to break every yoke,
and preach deliverance to the captive, He
met with the same class of men in the
persons Of Judas Iscarot and the chic.
priests. In the days Of our own Revo-
hutton, when Washington and his noble
associates were carrying on that struggle
to establish justice, aud to secure the
blessings of liberty to themselves and
their posterity, they met with the same
class of men in the admirers Of George
III and Lord North.
They are all of the same cass-false
to the education Of their iathers-false to
the great principles which have been in
stilled into them by their mothers from
birJh-willing to do anything that will
minister to the cupiditJ Of their masters,
let the consequences be what they may
IL is this class Of men, aided by close
aristocracy at the South, that has enabled
the minority to rule with iron hanl the
majority since the organization of this
Government haYe endeavored TO da-
guerreotype these men for the benefit of
future ages; for / believe Chat, like the
Indian tribes, they are Disappointing
They have put them TO very hard service,
sir. They die faster than the northern
negroes in your rice swamps-politicall
[ mean. You put them to service that
they cannot stand. When you ask them
to vote for the fugitive bill. they NAV
do it at once, but political death stares
them in the face. When you ask them
20 90 with you Tor the repeal Of the Mis-
souri, restriction, you end the same state
of things. And now. worst Of all, when
you ask them 10 fssten upon their fellow
men, in a Territory Of the United States.
a constitution which the people abhor, /
tell you every Northern representative
who participates in this act. is not only
politically dead, but he may thank his
God if he escapes with that.
DoUaLAs' PRoDADLE suoeRssoR.-
Should the Republicans secure majority
10 the Illinois Legislature, to be chosen
next November, Il seems to be under
stood on all hands that they will select a
true and tried friend OF iheir cause TO
succeed Judge Douglas. only one per,
son is seriously named in this connection,
as yet, and a general agreement in bis
favor is probable, This is Hon. Abram
Lincoln, formerly Of the House of Rep
resentatiVes. He but Just missed Of an
election, instead Of Judge Trumbal, the
present Republican Senator from Illinois
Aa there are 10 be two Democratic State
tickets in the field At the next election.
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