The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-01-04
Treason fn High Places aud
flle Rontodv.

Our country, Al this moment, presents
the singular spectacle OF having m ~
highest Official places men who are IN
completely with avowed and open con.
spirators lur the overthrow of the Govern.
mcht Tho facts are no longer In doubt.
slow AZ the people have been to give
way 70 suspi cions that such monstrous
criminnlity exists, full conviction on this
subject has At length been forced upon
The public mind. Scarcely until now,
have We come 70 Look this strange reality
iairly in thc face. Tho disaRreeablc
truth can no lougor be disguised or
blinkcd. In his last annual message,
Mr. buchanan made a faint show Of
preserving sumo degree Of fidelity 10 his
constitutional obligations. lie denied
the right Of Secession he maintained
that the course OF the South Carolina
leaders was rcbcllious; h, even nppear-
cd 70 wish he had the power 10 suppress
the rebellion; yet, with weakness unpar-
allcled, he subsidized into an attitude Of
utter imbccility and helplessncss. Much
rs this was 10 be deplorcd At such a
iunoluro, disastrous 10 the country ns il
could not fail 10 be, thors were some
who charitnbly attributed his conduct to
less rcprchcnriblc motives than down
right treachgry.
II did ccrtlihly appear that Mr.. Blu
chunan's message, which was actually
cut down not less than three columns
from what Il was Al frst put In typo,and
20 modified as 20 be grossly inconsistent
with itsulf, was tho result Of a cOmpr0-
misc between himself and Secession
traitors NJ his OieH c0uHcft.board II was
hard 10 see any way for him TO escape
the responsibility Of sharing in the treO-
son Of his subordinatcs. Latter devel-
opmcnts show that at least thrco Of his
heads Of department. NJ that time, have
ing boen active Disunionists, bent upon
destroying tho Government. One of
these traitors, Hpwcll Cobb, has since
voluntarily retired. Mr.. Floyd still re-
mains in the important post Of ofSccretary
Of War. A third, Mr.. Thompson, has
leave of absence, still drawing his sala-
~ os Secretary Of tho Interior, while on
Southern mission for tho express
purpose OF more completely organizing
and moro earnestly inoiting rebellion.
|. These facts, md the conduct of the
President In regard TO Fort Mcultric,
leave no shadow Of doubt that no Is gull !
~ Of completely in this most ncfarious
rebellion, ever concocted by reckless
consprntors.
VIII CongrOas remain silont and mac
tive, while this process Of undermining
tho Government goes on at tho opposite
end OF the Avenuel Is such conduct 10 |
he overlooked Il there no remedy for |
this outrageous betrayal Of the trusts re-
posed by tho people in such laithless
handsl Must this muleyolent work 60
on, uninyestigotcd aud unchecked, until
all executive authority is destroyed, and
the country involved in far worse than
Mexican anarchy
In our Judgment, there is a remedy
We believe Il should be at once applied. !
We will plainly Spoak out the word
which, for days past, has boon hesitatng
on so many tongues, JAMES BUCHANAN
MUST nE IMpEACIIED.
This work begun, there are others
which demand immediate attontion,-I
John u. Floyd and Jacob Thompson
should be put on trial a. AIDERs ANDd
AnErroRs or TREASON. Congress shoul
promptly order an adequate garrison TO
bo sent 10 Fort Moultric. AZ least ilrO
Of he regiments Of fhe regular army (or
an equivalent OF voluhteers) should be
stationed IN Wdshiagtoa 10 preserve he
peace, aud to proUeRi tie Uiolenee Rop
OrENLY rHREATENED. Every ono Of these
vt cps II urgently dumunded. Every one
Of these precautions must bc energeti-
cally tukon, or consequences tho most
dcplorablo may follow the neglect. We
speak advisedIy. We call upon Con-
gross 20 AoT.--CiR. Gar.