The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-08-31

nature n engaged IN this universal con-
spiracy. How can you resist Where
are your friends in the norihi Your ever
ready supporters are scattered to the
windo as by enohsntment, never to unite
again. Hear them trying to save their
own fortunes, swear with treacherous
oagerness that thoy have nothing in COM
mon with you. And your opponentsl-
Your boasts have lost their charm, your
threats have lost their terrors upon them.
The attempt il idle 20 cloak the sores Of
Lazarus with tho lion skin of Hercules.
We know you. Every one Of your boasts
is understood as a disguised moan Of
weakness-every shout Of defiance AZ a
disguised cry for mercy. That game e
played out. DO not deceive yourselves,
This means not only the destruction ofa
Iparty-this means the defeat Of cause.
Be shrewder than the shrewdest, hraver
than the bravest--it Is all In vain; your
cause is doomed.
And in the face Of oil this you insist
upon hugging, with dogged stubbornness
your fatal inlatuationl Why not, with
manly boldness, swing round into the
grand march Of progressive humanity
You say il cannot be done to-day. Can
IL be done tomorrow Will II be easi-
er twenty, fifty years hence, when the
fearful increase OF the negro population
will have aggravated the evils of slavery
an hundred fold, and with Il the different
ties ofits extinction Did you ever think
Of thsl The final crisis will come, with
the inexoroble certainty Of fate, the more
terrible the longer il is delayed. VIII
you content yourselves with the criminal
words, cater me the deluge" Is that
the Inheritance you mean 10 leave to
coming gcnerationsi An inheritance Of
disgrace, crime, blood, dcstruotionl Hear
me, shareholders of America! IL you
have no sense for the natural rights Of
the black man, no appreciation of your
own interests, entreOt, implore you
have at least pity with your children.
/ hear the silly objection, that your
sense of honor forbids you to desert your
cause. Sense of honorl Imagine a iu-
ture generation standing around the
tombstone of the bravcst ofyou, and read
the inscriptions: "Here lies gallant man
who lived and died tue TO the cause of
human slavery" What will the verdict
bel His very progeny, unable to realize
the peculiar chain Of ideas which bound
him, aud exclaim; "Ho must have been
either a knave OF fooll" How many of
you who hold the opinion Of humane
age in due regard, IL they could rise from
the dead a century hence, would refuse
20 exchange their epitaph.
Sense Of hOnorl Since when has Il
become dishonorable TO give up the er-
rors Of yesterday for tho truths Of to-dayl
TO prevent future disaster by timely re-
forms! Since when has il ceased to be
/ highest glory to sacrifice ones prciudi-
ces and momentary advantages upon the
altar of the common weRli But those
who seek their glory stubboruly resisting
1 whut is glorious, must find their end in
inglorious misery. turn to you Repub-
licans of Missouri: Your countrymen owe
you debt OF admiration and graf tude to
which my poor voice can give but fee
lhin av~~aesior, Na... A-,s- -s,----1 4 = si.~-.
the North that the slaveholding States
themselves contain the elements Of ro-
generations; and of demonstrating to the
South how that regeneration can be eff
fected. You have inspired the waverng
masses with confidence in the practical
bility of our ideas. To the North you
have given encouragement; to the South
you have set an example. Let me en-
treat you not to undorrate your noble vo-
cation. Struggle on, until the banner Of
emancipation planted upon tho capitol
of your State, and one Of the proudest
chapters Of our history will read; MissOu-
ri led the van, and the nation iollowedI
/ Tremendous cheering.l