The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-07-29

-. Y - A''NEN
by way Of illustratbg the gradual sban-
donment ofprincipie by the Democratic
party, we reproduce, from the Cleveland
Plain Dealer Of 1850, the article append
cd below. Who could believe, except by
actual demonstration, that the same man
who penncd the article entitled "Out
Damned Spot" had boen the volunteer
alder and Hbeitor in the dirty work Of
prosece ing the so-called "Oberlin Res
cuers'' at Cleveland, and was wonderful
ly exercised over their liberation. But We
live in an age Of changes. Party drill
seems 20 produce miraculous conversions
in Democratic editors as well as Demo
cratic candidates for Governor. But 90
the higher law, slayery-hatinr, govern
mont-deging, article ofthe PlGin Dealer.
Let every modern Democrat read IT,
Here II Is:
from ,he Plain Dcaisfof oetolsr2s, 1880
'Ourl DAmNED Srurl'--This quotation
from Macbeth willapply with as much ap-
propriateness 10 the late fugitive law, as
! Il did in its original utterance 10 that bloody
spot of guilt which the wicked murderer
in the play could not wash out. As con-
struded by the people generally, and as
sisted by Attorney Generol Crittenden, Il
Is looked upon as lao Of barbariiy, cruel
and uniHstt 10 he blacks and degrading 10
he ,ohiies. Viewed from different points
il presents entirely different aspects. The
| South, accustomed TO consider "slavery
no evil, and firmly believing the negro
an inferior race, and designed by God TO
be slaves and subject TO higher order Of
men, look upon this law as the Legitimate
means 10 carry out that clause In the con-
stitution which, every body has acknowl-
/ edged, entities them 10 the reclamation
Of their fugitive slavos. There 10 another
class, who believe the law constitutional
| but unjust, and whose reverence for "law
and order" will make them tenacious for
! its rigid execution until repealed. These
two classes compose a large majority Of
the country. They are supported by
leading men Of both the great political
parties, and backed up by the potoers thai
| Be, which makes a combination ofstrength
formidable, II not irresistible, for tho time
being. But nOtsing Is clearer than hGi
ne North, ,oih hardly a dissenting Uoioe
demands he immediate repeal of his odi-
ots lao, and in our opinion, shouldthe latt
remain as HO0, in less than another t0eiUe
months, the South, too, iDiH demand is re-
PEAL Whether constitutional or not, Il
Is so manifostly in conflict with the spirit
Of the age that il cannot stand. Thouni.
yersal aspirations for liberty, which al
1 this time characterize the down trodden
of all nations, and the revolutions which
are going on in consequence, tell toe
plainly that this progress TO general free.
dom cannot be Orrested by any such law
and certainly not in such a country az
this. II the unarmed peasantry Of Aus.
triH and Italy, who never tasted the sweets
of liberty, but tired Of the degradation un
der pontifcial and monarchical tyranny
rise in the face Of standing armies ant
overthrow the diadems of royalty, what
may we not expect from this same spiri
in country whore, upon a people once
free, law of oppression is attempted tc
be enforced. What cared the French.
man in blouse for constitutions" claw
and ORDER" or any other instrument oI
oppression, or what feared he of fines unC
imprisonment, pains and penalties, when
ho set Louis Philippe ndrilt in his yawI
bout across the Straits of Doverl
II is paying the fathers Of the revolu-
ton miserable compliment, and their
descendants iSorSe one, to say similar
spirit of revolution does not and has not
ever existed in this country. Whoever
doubts il, need only look at the operations
wear n,,J ,,,Hor'a law for a single
yeor' ana nc will see fire kjndlcd which
cannot queneh.' IA" iRBRiotaluLltBs lqRt
idea that In the nineteenth century, and
in this boasted land of liberty, a law
should bo attempted to be executed which
compels freemen to turn bloodhounds up
on their fellow men. We have beer
writing and fighting so long for liberty q
h,,t iiaal- r----r--yI r. N mus ull come 70
this, The public sentiment is against
this order Of things, The public feeling a.
gaiRSt Il, he immuiable ldtos of right and
Justice are against Il. But, sdy our south
ern friends ,the constitution Is for IL. AHoI
IL, and phat fOlloiDS? The PEoPLE ARE
moHTIER THAN THE CONSTITUTION. TRet
thaUe proved themselves so in other coun.
ries, and II provoked TO such an issue ,,Vil
prove themselves so in this. Mark he
prediction! No man Nth he spirit Of q
freeman, Is eUer going to make himSstf q
dog, to crafty southern capacity,
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