The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-02-01
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As events mature and the cfisis rrows
ilumihont each successive oct on the
pafl qf the South tends 10 confirm the
Republicans ia ihet opposition 70 pre-
sent coupromlsc Even the Proportions
madc lrom liOuofcd Republican sources,
and whichbt 90 earlier DAY would hayo
met With general approval, fall TO the
ground in the face of the continued aV-
grcssions Of the South.
Al Washington on Tuesday, a Repub-
lican caucus was held, and eighty.two
members expressed their determined op-
position 90 all compromises under mon
acc, az tending to dcmoralizo the Gov
ornmcnt and establish the Mexican rnle.
IN tho United States, of rebellion aoaipst
the will Of the majority legally Expressed.
They pronounced, under present circum-
stances at least ngainst amendments 10
the COnstituiion, or the establishment of
more slave territory, or the unsolicited
admission Of Slave States. In this OK.
prossion tho oighty-two aro pnapimope
About dozen Republicans from vorious
States declined 10 state how far thoy
would 20.
AZ Albany, on the same day, tho Re.
publicans held legislative cuucus ~
which the Robinson resolutions wore
indefinitely postponed, by vote Of ayes
-, noes 4.
Let ms look this thing in the face.
stripped Of pnrtiz considerations, md
see whether this policy Of inaction il ins.
titable. Tno Republican party, insfnad
OF coming into power is destined 90 be q
minority IN tho next Congress. unless.
indeed, The oct Of secession should be
perfected in the Southern States Dur
ing the campaign, and since, they have
earnestly, aud with yrcat ununimitv, dis
claimed any intention to npUrcss upon
the rights Of the South. They do not
even demand action upon the territorial
question. They are willing to maintain
the status IN quo. But they arc 20 have
a President, soon, whose voto powcrcsn
prevent legislation against the rights Of
tho North And is this negative powcr
which the South designs 10 overthrow.
by anticipating Il, and forcing compro-
misos, now, from Republicans. which
the Democrats refused at Charleston and
Baltimore. Thus II Is intended 10 make
the popular triumph Of the Republicans
an opportunity for an uitor and psrma-
ncnt defeat Of all for which, successive
", the frcc-sol Whigs Of former wears,
the lrcc-soil Democrats Of lS4e, and the |
Douglas Democrats Of lS5S-'9-'GO, |
have struggled.
In order TO bring this about, the party
in favor Of notiunalizng slavery take uu-
usual steps. They say that before Lin
coin shall come in aud hold this ncra-
tive power TO preserve Tho status in guo,
to which wo have alluded, tho Union
shall be- dissolved They begin, continuo
aud end by trrusun; proclaim il in the
Senate Chnmbori ayow il in the Cabinet
and mako II manifest by the seizure of
forts, arscnals and navy-yards. And
then they, and seine more worthy gentle
men with them, come to Republicans
with the dread alternative of Concession
or Disuniou. Republicans are told that
Iit Is their duty TO save the Union, even
at the total sacrifice of their partisan
theories. And 50 il might be under diff
forcnt circumstances. but now the qucs-
ton comes before US. What is the Union
worth after il has been thus preserved }
| How long will concession last! What
sort of effect will the precedent of sue
cssiul treason have upon future aiIhrs !
win there bo even the shadow Of perma-
ncncy in our institutions hereafter!
What will popular election bo worth
when II can be thus oyCrthrownl And
tho answers 70 those queries are so pain
fully evident; il is 80 plain that our gov
oument is, in this light, the morost
farce and hugatcllc ever devised hy hu-
man stupidity, that tho Republicans are
forced 20 refuse that one stop forward,
by all the considerations of enlightened
patriotism and honest scll-rospcct.