The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-02-10
The Mother nnd Daughter.


I'D give them all for thee.
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The Mother and Daughter.
From the Louisyiie Journal.
There is one aspect Of tho novel and
imposing demonstration on behalf Of the
Union now taking place in the Valley Of
the Ohio too obvious 10 eludo attention
and too striking 70 escape remark. We
desire to touch upon il in no vain spirit Of
exultation and in no naughty tone of re-
proach, but purely in relation to the peace
and welfare and permonency Of the Re
public.
One day last week an ambassador ex-
truord;nary charged publicly with a mess
age Of Disunion from the State Of South
Carolina, arrived at the capital Of Virgin
ia and was received with the highest hon
ors by the authorities Of that ancient
Commonwealth. Tho following day this
ambassador Of the Disunonsts was es-
corte1 to the Capitol by the military and
addressed the Legislature Of the Old De-
minion on the subject of his reasonable
mission. According to the telegraph he
spoke for four hours TO an immense as
isemblage. He described in exciting
terms what he termed the steady inroOds
Of the North upon the rights Of the South,
and the rise and progress Of Abolition
ism, which he represented as having
swept substantially the entire North with
in its vortex. He drew a dreHry and dis
heartening and uggreyRting picture ofthe
present relations between the two Sec
tions of the Union, and sought to show
that the guarantees of the Constitution
are utterly powerless TO protect the South.
He declared that the South must make q
demand for new guarantees If the Union
is to be preserved, or else make conces.
sion after concession until ii loses all in
|, fluence and all rights in the ConfederO
cy. Finally, he urged Convention o
the Southern States TO consider the pro
b priety of instituting this formal step o
stride towards a dissolution Of the Union
and appealed, with all the force which
great abilities and impassioncd eloquencC
combined with unsullied personal char
acter could lend TO the sanction of a sov
ereign State, for the cooperation Of Vir
ginia, in the sedtious and incendiarl
scheme. He invoked Virginia, with ev
cry charm ofauthority, of intellect, Of as
sociation, and Of manner, TO adopt tn
= plan Of the Disunionists as her own, AM
Join them forthwith in executing II. HI
was listened to, the telegraph announces
with intense interest throughout his lon
and solemn vet deeply inalmmatory dis
a course Virginia harkened with sympa
thy and respect TO the traitorous counsel
of South Carolina flowing from his lips
!, 1t remains 10 be seen whether OF not sh
? has not hearkened to them with approyl
and consent
- Whilst in the pending junction, Vii
= ginia, the mother of Presidents and {
States, thus discharged her obligations I
the Union, we Heed not say how KeI
tucky, Virsinia's daughter, is fulfilling he
!, duty tO the common family. The u
= ION far and wide is now ringing with IN
glorious tidings. Instead of giving aud
I. ence, respectful or otherwise, to Mini
h; ter extraordinary Of the Disunionist
Kentucky summons the representatiy,
u Of the heart Of the Confederscy TO h,
% board, and amidst inspiring manifestatic
Of patriotic enthusiasm, pledges the Vi
ion anew with a fervor and energy Of d,
8 votion undiminished aud undiminishi
Y BILE. Kentucky, in this hour of DANCE
calls the tried friends of the Union to ht
side; no others. She asks, she permit
q no ambassador of Disunion TO Rpproac
y her with his infamous political nostrun
She does not, she will not, hearken to tn
counsels of treason, no matter whenc
they come OF what shape they take. Sh
I distrusts the policy as profoundedly q
} she seorns the principles Of the Disunior
lists. Kentucky consults in this grave e1
j. ligeney with patriots alone, and with thel
ct only to renew the assurance ofa commo
I'd sonseoration to the Union. Loving th
Union always, in time oferor and Of pc.
il she loves it better than ever, and
more firmly resolved TO cling TO il, for
l. is then she pereeiVes most clearly that
aF is the true, the only safeguard Of her lib
4. erty and her rights. As little willing o
=, inclined 10 submit patiently 10 the intol
cradle oppression Of reckless sectiona
majority as Virginia or South Carolina,o o
a. any other State is, Kentucky intends (
make all her resistance and do all he
fighting inside Of the Union and so far a
d possible, through It's matchless machine
!, ~. Her determination in this respect
fixed. Her mind Is made up. She is fo
the Unionj peaceably, il possible forcibl
y II necessary; but at any rate, for the Un
~ ion. Regarding Disunion as the sum {
= all evils, not excepting public shame an
'' dishonor, she rejects it as a remedy for I
ven the worst. In an emergency suff
p eiently extreme, Kentucky would readil
precipitate civil war in defense Of he
honor and her rights, but Disunion nel
70 er. She holds Disunion TO be for the A
merican people the lowest possible dee
Of political Wretehedness and infamy.-
II is in her estimation the most guilt
at and terrific form Of national suicide
A. Actuated by these sentiments, Kentui
Ky, so far from deserting the Union
the present strait, has, as we have sal
and as the whole nation knows, invite
the neighboring States to unite with h'
around the festive board in pledging III
Union afresh, not merely in full view
the evils that beset as, but as the tTu
and statesmanlike, as well as the Patrio
ic mode ofremOyinO them With VIII