The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-05-07
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place, il appeats that there Is a slight dit
ference Of opinion among ts supporters,
in respect to the provisions Of the bill,
which Il may take SOME limo 10 adjust
some asserting that it is TO be submitted
to the people, and others maintaining that
il is not. In .he second place, the citi.
zens Of Kansas will have q word to say
in tho premises when this usurpaton Of
thoir rights is brought before them; and
in tho third place the people Of The Uni
ted States, have a judgement 10 pass up
on the instrument, when IL comes their
limo to give practical form and effect to
,heir feelings upon the subject. Then It
will be that indignant aud insulted con-
stituencies will pronounce sentence upon
the meh who have 90 UNANIMOUSLY sod
them. The matter is therefore not yet
settled, and il may be that all the com.
motion which IL has caused is as nothing
to the storm which is gathering.
II is painful to witness p land OF free
dom aud intelligence governed by in
trigue and corruption. IL is humiliating
to see mon, elevated to places Of trust and
power, turn, and with shameless assur-
ince tread under their feet the very rights
through which thoy attained their emf
nenco. The history Of our Government
for few years past, IS tissue Of false.
hood perlidy aud wickeduess--oi pledges
broken---of public good sacrificed to per.
sonal ambition aud cupidily. The peo
pie have been deceived again and again
Each time, misled by vociferous protesta
tions Of regard, they have been iuyeigst
into tho support Of demagogism only tC
find themselves cheated worse than be
fore There is class Of things which
breed and fatten plentifully in every ma
( ton; which draw their vitality from Tn,
existing government; and whose especia
vocation IL is to pay court to Power, an'
delond aud sustain all its acts howeve
strocious. These consist, in our Re
r public, where in order to successful usur
patton, the people must be conciiated, o
hireling editors, orators and public Off
d GERS, who assume 10 themselves the no
men, politicians. They have thus brough
calling. honorable In ITSELF into disre
ito aud made the term politician, a syn
onym Of dishonesty, treachery and ever
thing moan aud wicked. These depend
ants are essential TO an onoroaohing Pow
er. They have made Buchanan's admin
istralion worse than all its predecessor
and enabled Il 10 carry successful
through--ior the present at least--a moas
ure, whose precedent is to be found only
in the dark annals Of Despotism. The
are admirably fitted for their calling. Tn
polluted atmosphere which they breath
would be poison TO men.
Yet these are The things which hav
for some time given shape to the dosti
MICS Of tho nation, and grown fat on pub
lic iniquity.
But, however painful it may be to wit
ness such men possess so great an innu
ence, our confidence in the integrity ant
Intelligence Of the people. forblds us l.
despair Of the FINAL success OF Truth an,
Justice. The public mind is continually
advancing. 1t has run forward at time
with terrible velocity aud as necessar'
oousoquenco has rolled back to restore IN
equilibrium Of tho onward current. Blu
No reaction has thrown it back TO tn
lpoint whence it started so violently
I Outward pressure caused the headlon
rush Of waters; and, although they rush
ed back when the pressure was gone, ye
they on'y retrograded to where in III
3 regular flow Of The stream, they woul
/, have been in the absence Of any exlraut
GUS force Tho public mind is now /
advance Of whore il hue ever been, an
4 we think that we can de,ect signs whio
4, indicate that il is even now prepared ro
, tho overthrow Of demagogism, and lhs
= the doom Of every traitor to Freedom an
the North is sealed by q peryadiug spir
as relentless as Fate.
Observatory, May 2, 80. TIT
Eg- Atemus Ward, the Snowman
dates his letter to the Plain Dealer, frol
Chicago, Concerning that city, he es
presses his opinion as follows;
Chicago is a graIo plaso. Awl I'll
sitzena think It CRATE plaso, They sa
Y its fulur is brilyunt. I've looked ioun
considerable and must say haint disko,
cred the brilyunt futur yet, but they pa
= rernzc my wax dggers liberaIly aud thl
he mane pint with me, l was told the
kept the brilyunt futur up to the DemeI
e cratic Press offs mostly, aud prehar
they doc. Thay say the dune Of Ne,
p YorlIls sooled, beoo5 it is two far off rrol
a. Chicago, The only ryuls thoy acknow
lidge is Lundun, Pekin and Tifin.-
\ There's hi breeze prevaiEn here awl Ii
4, time which makes the streets dusty
The Stalistiek edter Of tho DemercTati
Press told me that he chapes his feet
the aoer and wears a small griudslun i
his hat when he writes shtisticks, TO avoi
bein blowd away. Lake Mishigan is /,
katid in Chicago. liinoy is also
Chicago There aint much money hsr,
Corner lots is the priucipul ourrensy. =
Fur instance, a silEun wants a drinl