The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-11-16
"let the llcalhen Rage. IS

bCl NuV htdiuoM hokOs
The dis1nion med-caps and rahung
6re-eoters at TIE South arc jusi now 10
a state Of terrible conmotion and threaten
TO tesr end broak thihgs, because Re-
publican President has been elected in
the constitutional mode. So long ns they
can have control Of the Government
so long us they oan enjoy OIL the Offices
and have President like Buchanan,
who will bo as plant as wax in their
hands and who will sell himsclrto their
bchests, IL isalltighti but, whom they
sec the scePtrc about to depart from their
hands, they raise a howl Of bitter disap-
poiniment aud threaten t7 70 out Of the
Union ins'aater. "Rulc or ruin" has
ever been and is row their policy, Tbcy
ar unwilling 70 stay ia the Conicdoracy,
unlcsc they can control Il. South Car
olins, always disloy0l al heart, has cher
iEhed the banc Of disunion and the con-
tagion has spread until it has affected
the whole South Georgia has become
contaminated aud Alabama, the homo Of
fancy, is seriously mcditating secession.
Under the press and influence Of a set
Of political tcrmugants, the South has
been worked up to q revcrish excitement
and the people have bcon made believe
that something terrible is going TO hap.
pen them as soon a. Lincoln Is Ranpura-
ted. Poor misguido creOturcsl they
knew no bsttcrl Tho cursed "instiu-
ton" under which they live and which
they, IN their blind delusiou, hug to their
bosoms with msd nfatuaton, is contin.
ually subjecting them 20 alarms unJ
Imaginary horrors Yet, because they
cannot always Icontrol this government
and be PERMITTED to extend this "dlyinc
institution over nll our fair Territories
they threaten to dissolve the Union and
bring down upon their impious heads still
greater punishment. Verify, "whom
the gods wish TO dcflroy they first make
mad"
The South have everything to lose
and nothing to gain by secession, which
is only another name for treason and
disunion. In financial, commercial
and educational point Of view, they are
almost wholly dependent upon the North.
They do their uaanp through Northern
ports and buy heir goods Of Northern
merchants Their banks onylhayo credit
as Northern merchants and brokers bu,
and sell tbei bonds ana bills Of cx,
change They have no commerce o
Ihoir own and, separated from the North
they would bo shut out from all the res
Of the world. Already tho panic, tha
has bcon created at the South, by III,
insane cry Of diSpnion, has greatly Grip
pied her merchants and nearly RUNE,
her banks. Her state stocks aud bond
have been thrown out Of market and he
credit hos been greatly impaired Sh,
will lose millions ofdollnrr, on acooun
lof the foolish clustering Of few Graz,
fanatics at home. II the mere threat o
disunion produces such results, whu
would not the thing itself dol An
besides, there is the additional nsccuri
ty that would be occusioned TO slay
properly, ifthc Gulf states should sececd
They would thus be- surrounded by
1 - .--. % t..-s.s -.as-a-- - l--.---t q
as Il by a wall Of FIRE. Their huma
ehOttels, once beyond their border,
could never be reclaimed, for Canad
would in effect br brought to their yer
thresholds. The Fugitive Slave Lay
would be oCno use to them then, Scry
lie insurrcctions would be the order q
the day, and it would require more fore
than the South could possibly commau
TO keep four million ofslayes in subjcC
tion, She would thus become an cas-
proy to her own misrortuncs.
But, il il Idle to talk about disunion. =
No such an event is likely to occur. w
think there is too much sense yet remair
ing with the people OF the South to rel
der such an event possible, Tho "sobS
second thought will cause them to =,
pcnt their folly. Strong Union mccr
ings are being held at the South and III
, people will roll back the tide OF lanat
0 eism a nd, ere long, hurl from place an
power every man whose garments al
tainted with the crime Of diunion.
The Administration Of Abraham Lii
, coin will dissiPate all these foolish mi
apprehensions, at the South, and Civ
peace to the country. While true to III
interests of Freedom and Free Labor, h
: will guarantee TO the South every coust
o. tutionSl right and, in four years, we wi
not be frightened by the bug-bear of di
e untou