The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-01-20
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y useless, because not meeting the points
Al ISSUE. In the meantime, however, most
violent threats of disunion are made
equally violent abuse Of the Northern poo-
plc-and sentiments uttered which ron
dercd harmony impossible ifpersistcd In /
by any large portion Of tho American peo. /
/ pie. Il becomes vcry important quss-
ton, then, 20 know whether any political
party sustnins such conduct and scnti-
mcnts, and who are its leaders and sc-
tors; that they may be held responsible
for their conduct. We have looked care
fully at the proceedings in Congress, and
We have not seen a single sentence of dis
union sentiments uttered, by any Repub-
lican, nor by any Southern American. -
IAe disuajOHisfs are oil Ia the Democrat
&c party. No Republican either threat
ems or desires disunion, either now or
hereafter. They ropudiatc every idea oil
the sort aud have done 50, under all cir
cumstanccs. Nor do we know (and we
have full opportunity for knowingly sin
/ gle Republican Of any sort, who thinks Of
/ disunion, or desires disuuion. or will per
nit disunion, Il he can help H. What
then, has got un such an idoal Who is Il,
that is creating this disturbance, aud cry
/ inc disunionl Who IA il, that BY all man
nee of lying and misrepresentation, has
deludcd and cnraycd the Southern mindl
| The disunionists and their abeltors and
comlortcrs are all IN ne Democratic par
~. live mistake this let US bo correct.
ed. Where is the Republican or the
Southern American, who threatens dis
union, or mulighs aud mis7eprcscnts the
great body Of people in this country on
gagged in restoring the original principles
OF this government by constitutional
meansi Where Is there oncl Tho South
ern Americans do not agree with the Re-
politicians, by any means. They have
views Of their own But are they threat
eLing disunion, and abusing both the men
and motives Of the Republicans So far
from Il, that the Democrats, both disun-
ion aud doughlace, receive their hurdest
blows from thut quarter; aud Il may be,
that this country will yet owe 90 that
body of men tho inpstimable benefit Of
preserving ito peace and harmony We
call the country TO notice the fact, that
the abuse of the North, the disunion sem
timonts, the disorganization Of Congress,
and the political Disturbances Of the day,
come from hs Democratic party. Il is a
desperate struggle 20 preserve the power
Of party, by violence on one hand, and
cfinging on the other,
There nre two classes of men engaged
: in this business, and It will be well to
mark them. The first IRE those who ure
TO 90 ont the Union, II a Republican Pres.
ident is elected and who threaten and
D abuse the Northern people. Ofthis class
: are lycBon, Davis, Crawford, Bonham
Il Hulee and Gwin.
= But there is another class playing quite
? as important part in tho play, who throat
en- no disunion, but quietly aid and abet
: and applaud the others, These are suct
Democrats as we have in Congress from
Ohio who, with about dozen moro ,stanC
by, applhuding the Disunionists In abus.
ing their Northern brethren. The repre-
sentatiYes of the Democratic party from
Ohio are Vallandigham, Sam Cox, George
Pendloton, Howard, Allen, and Martin
(and they should be condemned 10 all the
famo they have Hchievod,) who not only
vote for the candidate Of the Disunionista
, but utter no word of rebuke when the
Union Is threatened; aud the whole poo
= pie Of Ohio are misrepresentod. So laT
from IL, that Vallandighum made II speech
which we are told he is ashumed 10 print
, and Cox made one, which Ia redeemed
only by It's bufouncry. Do those men
think there il District In Ohio that will
send them back uguinl II 30, they counl
!, without their host Party may do a greN
\ \ deal But Il cannot redeem such conduc
from contempt and condemnation. Th'
six men who represent tho Democratic
y party Of Ohio, are voting with Dan Sick
i les, John Cochrane, NiblNek &Co., I,
: sustain Keitt, Crawford, Bonhum, an'
: men Of that kidney who threaten the I'm
ion, aud throw contumey on the North
= ern people They are not ouly. contsn
= to be despisedi but are louling the nest il
y which they were nurtmed.
= Let any honest man take the historica
. record of the first three weeks Of this Con
i gresg, and Sk himself what no thinks o
2 a party organization which sustains sucl
y conduct We say pariyi for there is NJ
I evidence that tho Southern people, as
u u whole, approve of such conduct Ken
y tucky, Tennessee aud North Caroline
y and Maryland, are represented in Con
h, gress, equally, by two parties--the Demo
. cratic and the Opposition. But we hav
2 heard no disunion threats, or soen an,
: factious conduct, from the Opposition
:. members, aud we undertake TO say, thos
y States will not sustain the Sectionalsn
" Of the South, 10 any Imaginable event un
! less il should be (what can never happen
4 the positive violation Of their Constitution
= al Rights. ....... f.....r
Z The disturbances we have, and the dis
= turbances we are likely to have, originate
= ! in the Democratic party, and will eeas
= only when that party ceases TO givo thei
a authors the support and countenanee Q
= their organization.-CtH. Gas.
. A sectional President on Seces
N sion.
a Jefferson, Il Is wen known, was electe
Q President, on both occasions, by an al
u most exclusively Southern vote. tn
y Louisville Journal thus refers 70 his point
2 ed rebuke, in advance, Of what Democra
e ey now propose, IN case Of a similar ri
IT umph Of the North:
When Democrats talk Of secession 1
II the event Of the election Of Rcpublica
d President, they do injustice to the patrl
u otie iniunctions which Thomas Je1erso
% gave 10 the county in his Inauguru
4 speech, on March 4th, 1901, He sPok
y OF the contest Of opinion through whicl
s. the Union had then just passed is ami
nation Of discussion and Of exertions
which had sometimes worn an aspec
n, which might impose on stran ors uuuse
z, to think freely, and to write what the
e, think and said; "But this being now dc
cided by the voice ofth Union, announC
q, ed according to tho rules Of the Constitu
q ton, al viii ofcourse arrange themselvo
und9r the will Of the law, and unite i
el common efforts for the public good
IN Again, as to divided opinions as b meai
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