The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-07-12


mly be aHirm a withoot e--..-ayasauce
that the free institutions which We enjoy have
developed the powers and improved the con.
ditl N Of our whole people beyond any exam
ple 10 the Nurld. or uiis We nov base
Griking aud imprrssire illustration. So largi
an army as the Government has nov On foot
was never before known, viihout solYiier IA
{, whohas not iahen his PiHvv there Of hpovp
e. . choice.
B,it more than thlt, there ara maSt ihtio
regiments whose menhors one and another
posses fun practical knew ledge Of all ise
arts and sciences, professions, and Whasvtr
elsr, vho'her usciul or elegant, l. suoVn W
the sholo world, and there Il scarcely Nue
from which there could not be selected = Prca.
ident, a Cabinet. 4 Cohgrest. atd peFhhps
Court, abuudantly competent - administer
tho Government. Nor DO ] say this Il MT
true also ~ The army ~ our late hiends, new
adyorsarits. 10 this contest. but Ills 20 mnth
the moro the better reason Why lie Cover.
nont, which has conferred such benefits On
both them and us, should not be brohcp up -
Whoever In nnJ section proposes % ahaudon
such Government, would do well 10 oonaidsr
In Difference 10 what principle IL Il that no
does H., Whether ne substitute will gifa or
be intended 10 give 20 much good 10 the ptO-
pie. There Is s0me forshadoWing on this
subject.
our adverssrics have ndoptpd some aeolar-
ations of independence, In uhlch, Whll2s Ne
GOOD old one pcnned by Jefferson, uhcy onli.
the words, "are created EQUAL" Wa have
they adopted temporary National u0nstitu-
ton, In the preamble Of shqh, unlike cur
good old one signed by Nashingt6n, ,they omit
I'VE, the people, % aud substitute "wo, tho
deputies Of the sovereign aud Independent
Statos" W " this de'iberais prtaaing oat Z
view the rlghtp OF men aud tho authority cf
tho pcoplg7 Thia IL essentially q peoples
contest on the sioe Of the Union. II is
struggle for maintaining In the world that
form and substance Of government Vhosa
leading 0bleot IA % elevate the oondltion %
man, - liit art Heial weights nom all aioul-
dora, 20 clear the paths Of laudtbo pursuit.,
and to afford ali an unfcttered start aud fair
chance W the race Of life, welding u partial
| and temporary departure fTum necessity.
Il This is the leading object Of the government
| FOR whose cxi tencc We cIntend. lam most
happy 70 believe that the plain people under.
latand and appreciate this II is worthy Of
note that while In this, ;he gov5. a.nenta hour
of trial, large numb, rs u those 10 ins afm5
and navy who have been favored With The
Offices. have reaigned and proved false 70 the
hand that panpertd them, not one common
soldier or common sailor Is known to have
deserted HE Aag.
Great honor Is due 10 those officers who
remained true despite the example Of
their uesoherous associates. But the
greatest honor and most emphatic fact
is the unanimous htmncss oe sssie common
soldier and common sailor to TIE last man
so far have successfully resisted the trail
torous efforts Of those whose commands
within an hour before they obeyed a. ab-
aolute law.
I This Is a patriotic instinct and shows
+ they understand without an argument
that tho destroying Of the Government
which was made by Washington, means
no good for them. Our popular Govern
mont has often been called an expert
mentj two points Ia il our people have
settled-the successful establishing and
tho successful administering Of il. One
4 still remains--its sucoesaful nlRintenanes
$ aud the formidable internal attempt TO
overthrow Il.
0 II is now for them to demonstrate to
the world that those who can fairly carry
an election can also suppress a rebolhonI ]
that ballots are the rightful and peaceful
successors Of bullets, and that when ball
lots are fairly and constitutionally deci-
ded, there eau be no successful appeal
3 back to bullets themselves; that there
can bo no successful appeal except back
to ballots themselves at succeeding e.
lection. Such will be a great lesson {
peace, teaching men that what they can
not take b. an laSt IN nl'th can they
Z take by war--tea, hing all th. folly Of be-
ing the beginners Of war,
0 Lest there be some uneasiness in the
. minds Of candid men as % what is 70 bs
! the course Of the Government towards
the Southern States after the rehellicn
shall have been suppressed, the Exeeu-
tive deems II proper 10 say Il shall be hil
. purpose then as ever to be guided by the
Constitution and the laws and that hO
probably will have no different under
q standing Of the powers and duty Of III ,
5 Federal Government, relatively to the
u rights Of the States and the people under
: the Constitution, than those Expressed
I in the Inaugural address.
lie desires TO preserve tho Government
e that II may be administered for all az Il
was administered by the men who made
il. Loyal citizens everywhere havo the
' right TO claim this OF theiF O Gove-:sments.
The q G5vernment has no right 70 withS
hold or neglect il, and il is nos perceived
e in giving II that there 10 any coercion, A.,
II any conquest, or any subjugation, in any
{ Just sense OF these terms.
The Constitution provided and Oh tho
4 States accepted is provisions, that the
I United States shal guarantee to every
{ State in the Union a Republican form of
1 government, but il a State may lawfullr
9 60 out Of the Union, having done 30, IL
may also discard the Republican form Of
Government, 30 that 70 prevent iis going
, out is an indispensable means 20 obtain-
I ing the guarantee mentioned, and when
! an end is lawful and obligatory, the NJ
e disponsiblo means to Il are also lawful
{ and obligatory, r..
It was with the deepest regret that the
Executive assumed the duty ofemploying
I the war power In defence Of the Govern.
ment. Forced upon him ho could but
perform this duty or sufrendeF the e1i6t.
! ence Of the Government r SOD
No compromise by public servants
could In this be cure. Not that come
lpromises are not often proper, but that
! no popular Government can long survive
I marked precedent, that those who cat
lTy an election can only save the govern
ment from immediate destruction, hy
giving np the main point upon which the
people gave the election. TIE Poopio
Themselves and not their servants con
safely reserve their own deliberate deeIs-
, ion. ii4it
As private citzcn the Exssrtieo
could not have consented that thCs9 N
stitutions shall perlshi much less gyuld
he in betrayal Of 50 vast and 81 sacred a
trust as these nee people had essaded q