The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-11-02
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,cncrated mon who knew what public
opinion was In the American colonies;
who dedicated the articles of conlCdCrn- .
lion; who made the Federal Constitu- /
lion, and who inougurotcd the govern
mcntuudrr t.
4 confidently ROTOR every honest cnqui-
rcr 20 the Cincinnati platform Ufthc Dem /
ocratic portv, aud H. oddcnda adopted in
either branch of that party. az it divided
ut Baltimore Ia Juno last, and domond !
,yhethvi the lcrtmRtc result OF the tri-
umph Of that platform In 1860, win not
be, az the result OF its t'iumph In 1886
has been. the prostitution ot the influ-
encc, authority and money OF thn Fcd-
crll Goycrnmcnt to open disregard and
culpuble neglect Of Intelligent industry,
for tho secret encouragement of those
who strive o. extend aud perpctulte Az
rlcau bondo4cl
Thc essential power Of the Republican
party is in the iuct thut, in all is brief his
tory Il has been true 60 the interests which
demanded is organization. What wcrc
those iutcTcstsl Free lahor-Frce Soil
and Free Spccch, and the Vital priVi.
lcgcs In which they are preserved.
Until lSls the great parties Of our ho-
ton, the Wing and Democratic, were
without strife respecting the direct quos-
tions now ugtltinr the American pco-
Pile; but, iar.sooing Southern statesmen.
'hy prcsisting, " atchIul opposition TO the
prutUctivc tariG' policy ct the Whigs-tu
the distribution lfthe public lands 10 ac-
tual sottlcrs-torivcr and harbar improve
ments Opposition embodied in Demo-
cratic platforms, aud accepted by North
ern politicians for peace in the party aud
for place 10 the goycrnmcuO prepared
the way for the Compromises OF lSa0, for
the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1851. Tor
the Drcd Scott decision aud for tina
throHts OF disunion openly Expressed IN
1856, aud repeated now dcfantly.
Valiant and chuyalric thrcutsl Equal
I and exact justice will prevent their cx-
ocution. The child which has learned
I that bugaboo IN the, closet is myth for
the preservation OF swcetmcats, liughs
/ the monster d scorn. It certainly will
/ be hard for Sluthcru politicians TO SUR
render the pleasant places, az home and
abroad, which they have almost monopo-
lizod, but even on the principle that turn
about is fair play, it is not less right
than hard,
Attempting TO hurmouizc elements In
Iirrcprcssble conflict the Whig party
died hopclessly. The Democratic party
with d2Xterous management in promises
on the one side, aud profitable encourage.
mcnt in the distribution of Offices on
the other, which made II servicahlc Il
Southern statesmen, kept its identity I'm.
Ill the Convention at Charleston exposed
the long resisted fact, that without un.
qualified cndo 'ment ofSouthcrn' iphts
involving TIE acknowledgement of do
mcstic slavery, not only as a constiur
tionol privilege, but right and cxpclicn
I in itself, that party could no longer hol,
the votes for which il had GacrihcCd pow
or in the North. II was openly ayuweC
indeed tcmpcsuously dcclaimtd, both IL
the Convention at Charleston and IN ID
+ successor nt Baltimore, that without ad
: herence TO Southcru Rights, as South
: oru mon understood Southern Right.
: the Democratic candidates could not de
{ pend upon a single Southern State; an
: that two tickets came ont of the conhl
; sion at Baltimore, is the best illustration
% yet exhibited in the history OF polit.cu
, parties, that though politicians ma
, munagc, and candidates may PROMISE
% the people elect--the people who b.
? sad experience know that candidates up
? on "Nationa" Democratic platforms, D
: Juggling with dcccitlul Phrases, may b
expected to give ingenious Illustration
= of fable the Aruhs hlvc respectn
. the ostrich, which they call the cume
r. bird.
E. And they said to the camel-bird, Ca
4 ry,' and il answered, Il cannot am
Z bird ..-.
= And they said 70 the cnnol-bird, Fly
D and it answered, | cannot ] am a can
0 ell
I The secodcrs at Charleston ropresei
= ted distinctly the claims which hay
i made Southern States Democratic STATE
l. (which have made Representatives
e Congress, and Senators from SouthcT
St0tcs, Democratic Senators and Rcpr
seniatiyos. Their declarations of pu
10 pose were in exact harmony with decl
rNtions Of purpose in Corglssi with d
" mands pcrsistcnty urged in the halls
Is nutonal leglslotion--domRnds contet
}. plating the naturalization of hunt
bondage-of African slavery.
ell Congress being the direct exponent
q the nations legislative will, endorscme
l. of or adoption by Congress of any mel
10 ure or policy commits the nation. Soui
I'd orn men with shrewd precognition Oft
70 legitimate effects ofuntrauneled ind
IT try, have striYen for Congressional &
j. dorsement of their property tight in d
man labor under State statutes, bccau
r; without that endorsement, Slavery
n necessarily local, sectional, subject
II disturbing CAUSES; with that cndors
1t ment Freedom is locul-Frecdon is Sc
n tional, That is why the Missoari Coz
promise was repealed--why squattcr su
m ereignty has had signiicanee-why co
I'd troll of other Territories Is struggled
a. with denunciutions, with sophistri Is a
Z. with thrcats-why Cuba is coveted.
O. If tho balance Of political power is
IS, be maintained for Slavery, rcpresentat
N for Congress, and for tic Electoral Q,
p- lege on that which is claimed TO be pro
crty (makiBg five slaves who have
N votes us good as three citizens Of q III
81 ttatc,) must be extended beyond /
fCtcen States ia which Il now crush
ie out social and political independence
ne That is why The Dted Scott decisi,
to was clung 70 dt Charleston, aud why
w was not disrcgurdcd Rt baltimore.
as Slavery once established In q Tcrrit
co ry, aud the state which grows out of
e. is doomed, bocause political power W
nd be vested only in Shareholders. Ff
e; discussion will be put down by mobs.
n Intsrgst in the "doinestic concerns oft
o. State" by actual ownership IN sluvI
he will be the test Of fitness for every pla
10 Of influence or emolument.
NJ What then "a ,he pivotal issue Of t