The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-05-27
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Il is the general opinion, in free com
try, that eternal vigilance is the price Of
liberty, and Ne who would watch and dc.
fend this privilege, Is bu. disoharging thc
great debt be owes 10 common humanity.
The wisdom aud valor Of cur ancestors
bequcathcd to Us the blessings Of FREQ in
stitutions, which were intended 10 place
liberty under the guardianship Of public
virtue, and Il is these noble institutions
which daring official abuses ,emboldened by
imrunty, would now pcrvort 70 the des-
truction Of liberty, by undermining every
guarantee provided for its security. The
Administration stands forth to-day NJ the
great beacon light Of Democratic princi-
pics, and as Il directs must its followers
subscribc, else they arc traitors to the
Mogii. Democratic principles claim to
be the same today they were half con-
tury ogo, yet in the face Of this dcclura-
ton has not every sacred regard inculca-
ted by the founders Of tho Democratic
party been trumpled under foot, md the
patronage and whole influence Of the cx-
ecutiyc brought to bear upon Judicial pre-
rogptiyes and eloctions--from the hum
blcst representative trust 20 the Senator Of
the United St0tesl SO wavoring has the
Democratic party become, that II Is quos-
tionsble whether Il ia goycrnedby princi-
pic Rt'ell. II IL, Il is directly the re-
verse ofthose which were taught by the
author and and acknowledged oracle Of
the Democratic faith--which gave that
great man the confidence and support Of
the people--and which originally estob-
lished the escondancy OF the party In the
councils Of the nation. Il Is time that
the intelligent and patriotic people ofthis
country were waking up to a true sense
Of their condition. They have been dup
ed quite long enough by mere nOmei ev-
cry principle belonging to which, in Ia
proper Interpretation, and In its unclen,
and honorable traditions, being openly re-
nounced and disrcgSrded by those who
now assume Il.
II is assumed, with perhaps a degree oI
plausibility, that one Of the chief arts by
which the dominant party has managed
80 long to hold possession Of the govern.
ment, Is by the fabrication Of sectionalis
sues, and the fermentation Of sectional
iealousies to divide the country, thus pre-,
venting numerous masses Of virtuouh ant
honorable men in both sections, who cor
daily agree In detestation Of their pructi
ces, from uniting in any efficient co-ope
ration TO displaoe them from power.
Iprepondcrunce Of power, and the nation
alization Of slavery are the ends for which
the Democracy are seemingly laboring a
the present day. In the South they hay,
put themselves forward a. the special an,
exclusive friends Of the rights oftho slave
holding states, thereby gaining for them
selves a strong foothold. They concoc
political issues for the South, by whicl
means they SECURE majority other votes
programme is arranged for the North
and, while some equivocato about III,
meaning and import of words, the inhu.
onco Of Administration patronage, and the
cunning devices Of schomeing politicians
put freemen into false and untenable po.
sitions, and consequently defeat. In short
the Democratic party stands forth to-day
without prestigo Of right for that high
moral character which dsdains commu.
nion with fraud, uniuirnoas or indirectior
Of any sorti and that our readers may sc,
how far this representation is justified b,
facts, we have only TO refer them to In,
humiliating history and sequel Of the lie,
compton constitution and Of the English
bills ofthe recent trial for violating the
provisions Of tho fugitive slave acti ofth,
system Of packed juries" In order to in
sure elimination, &c. sc.