The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-08-24
synopsis Of CassiISS W. Clny's
Speech at Ti1liu d.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.-I have new
or myself doubted that the country in
tended TO be free; the difficulty is, the
masses do not comprehend and under
stand the great questionable vital ques-
ton which Rgitutes our country. Passion
want Of confidence in the success of the
truth and prejudice, all operate to drive
men from The truth. One great difficult
~ h the Democratic party wont hear
f'iit'y are az We u~c, IN -tirrir UUnvirtiuns
I'VE love liberty and so do they, but pref
udiG keeps them from herring the truth.
e0mc here to-day, not to make display,
nor 20 participate in such pngcantry as
this by which | ON surrounded. l did
not come TO speak TO r publicans, but
came to talk TO Democrats.
You refuse TO hear us because your
leaders have told you that we ure sAboli-
tionists and that we are opposed TO the
Constitution and the laws. This is most
untrue. We, the extreme wing Of the
party, are low-abiding and stand upon the
Constitution. Then, cannot you go with
us there! But they tell you we are for
liberating the blacks-lor setting the ne
groes free. So we are. We believe, as
do you, that in l776 "all men were ere
ated free and equal; endowed with GER
tain inalienable rights, among which ure
life, liberty and the pursuit ofh0ppincss;'
and as this great principle ia as true to-
day as il was when enunciated by our
forefathers in l776, we cun but agree
here also.
Here again, youare told chat they did not
mean negroes. Ideny it. They meant
just what they said, and they repe atedly
spoke of negroes as men and as per-
sons. They sought to lay down the great
landmarks for our guidance. They did
not abolish slavery in the States because
they had not the power. They honored
the rights of the States, and for the same
reason We, Republicans, leave this mat
ter to the States themselves. Is not this
right! Ifyou deny these rights to the
States, you are despots.
Again, you are told we are in favor of
amolgomation. Now, speak for myself,
/ am in favor Of pure breed eyerywherei
in favor of the white man marrying a
white wife, and the black man, black
wife; but / an most decidedly opposed
TO the white man owning his wife and the
black mans too. Laughter and che ~. |
Look at Virginia. There is scarcely
Republican to be found in her border;
aud yet she has no less than 10000 mu-
luttoes. Laughter end cries of chats
it," "that's so;"
By enslaving the blackrace we enslove
our own. Liberty and Slavery are il
compatible, and can never exist together
in peace. There is a wrong inherent in
the relation and justice will visit us with
punishment for enslaying the blacks
We by crushing out their humanity, suf-
focate our own, God has so decreed, ard
so il will be.
Here the speaker spoke Of education
the condition of an uneducated people.
Said that the want of education in the
South was a curse ofslavery. Poor white
lpborers we're impoVerish that they might
not educate. Three times Kentucky had
passed a school law, and so often had
slavery diverted the money for It's pur-
pose. Slavery and education are incom-
patibie. Gov. Hammond was right when
he said slavery won't allow the people 70
be educated--the man that has capital
should own the man that has not Is not
this true, Democrats! Do you, hold such
doctrine as that!
He next mentioned the liberty Of the
press. The guarantees Of the Constitu.
ton upon thu subject are all lost so far
as they can be So Instances were Civ
on; among the rest his own pfessin Ken
lucky, also press in Missouri was oblg-
ed to be silent, because the names Of the
Republican nominees were placed at the
heed Of the paper
Again be said, It is the white race, not
the negro, which the South fear--it was
80 IN Kansas, and is so everywhere.
lie spoke OF the post office a. being
aubsidised % the use Of the slave power
and made some scathing renasks on this
subject
he spoke Of the privilege Of citizenship
--guaranteed IN the constitution, but the
slave power disregards Kit Is nall and
void. All guarantees Of liberty ore lost.