The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-11-26
A nlnnoa al the Future.

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sion Of events in the political history Of
the United Sites, chat has pointed sleadi
" aud with unerring certainly to a more
than ordinary political crisis in the future
Of tho county. At the beginning Of our
government, the great principle Of mans
capacity 80 s.is Ev'~iiine"t, wee boldly
aud correctly asserted. aud coming events
we're relied upon to test tho ppclicability
Of tie principle. Under Washington's
administration the chaotic elements Of
a)vernm1nt, which had been developed
anl left inharmouioas by the war, were
to be shaped aud placed upon free and
liberal ba,is. Most successfully was it
accomplished over immineit difficulties,
aud the world was advised Of tho success
jf Che experiment Of self-goverumeut.-
The parties, which then arose in tho ooun.
,ry, wore fodn led upon the natural differ
,ucos that must exist wherever humlu
nature Is. anl which eau do bo harm, but
rather good, Improperly curbod aud direct
cd. The questions. which then gave life
g parties. wero thnsa touching the best
manner of conducting the affairs of gov
orameut, as best calculated to promote tic
interests AMI Liberties Of the whole people.
An election but g,vJ color to particular
kind Of civil policy, by which the affairs
OF tho goyernmon. were to bo admins
tered.
Elections nova. days, however. have q
far greater significance. and instead Of
merely indicating tho kind Of policy 10 be
followed, they show distinctly a con'in.
uoas movement among the minls Of the
masses--lhe positions Of parties, which
like chemical agoats and alliuiues among
p riclcs Of matter will create new rorus
aud new compounds. Tho political forms
which will soon bo brought about, will
repel each Other as persistenlly as do the
positive and negative poles OF the galvan.
ic battery. According to Senator Seward
on tho one side aud Senator Hammond on
the other II is quite evident that there
will be but two Of these forms, and the
events for n few years past 70 strongly
TO prove the truth Of this assertion TSr.
IDS and all other subjects will occupy but
minor considerations by the side Of the
"great battle" occasoned by the persist
ent eLoroaohments Of the slave powerand
slavery propagaudisls. This must bs set.
lied, or certain boundaries prescribed to
encompass il, before another will be able
TO supplant II.
The lreemon Of the North have recent.
ly spoken, and this foreshadows the yer.
dict they will render upon this great is.
sue; - the march Of public sentiment
continues In steady pave. Unul recently
the mass of our people were not fully
aroused 10 the evils of submission to the
slave power. As long as the "Institution"
advanced quietly aud made silent con-
quests. but little alarm was excited. This
was its best method Of spreading and be-
coming nationalized But II was not con.
tent. II must come out boldly and de-
mand a stronger footing than even free.
dom ever laid claim TO. This was the
first thing 10 awaken the people to a true
sense Of the position into which they were
about being plunged. Those who had
nurlured the system and found il person-
ally convenient aud profitable, and such
politicians as could secure office by be-
friendng 4, now took up arms ia iis do.
lunse The late elections, however have
proven that every stroke which these de-
ienders made but increased public scnti
ment against i.
Up TO the present time tho slave pow
or has been successful in almost every
couaict. IL has even demanded aud Sc
cured the favor Of tho highest civil and
ia lioial departments Of the nation. 1t has
obtained a pre-emplon right to all the
territorial domain OF the country. 1t has
gone even further--iL has secured rights
an protec i)n in the free states. But in
dlins so, It has done il at acost--a cost
which viii in the end prove great sacri
foe. forced upon Il by tho indignation Of
an aroused people.
IL is admitted on all sides that but two
parties win occupy tho great political bat
field in l800-one btsed upon tle epriu.
olllV VI uutNeleM slavery auu pphuhgot
and the other on the elevation Of the free
hborer aud Limitation to the boundaries
of slavery The Democratic party is
committed to the iormor. aud the Ropub-
lican party to the latter. The Republi.
can was organized IN 1854, byastrong ne
oessity for the protection and defense Of
the rights aud liberties Of our people,
which, By the passage Of the pro.slayery
Nebraska Act was SO shameMly leopard
zed. The party grew aud strengthened
upon the broad principles OF right and
ip.tioe The Democratic party, conu0ll-
et by southern influence, adopted the
slavery extension plank in it's creed aud
it now spreads It's banner in open approx
a. Of mixing slavery national and freedom
sectional. Democratic papers, influenced
by administration patronage, speak of in
ifingingoL the rights of tAe south and cry
treason if we ask Cor freedom and equal
tooling with slavery,
We have said that Appearances indicate
the existence Of but Two parties in the
great battle to be fought in 1850 These
wi be entirely antagoniS,ical to each 9th.
or. The struggle will be for the limiIa.