The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-09-20

party upon IL. "Nny don't your
rally mp to sustain the Govern
mcntf' ''Why, those Abolitious
lists kindled this fre.,' "Well.a
what difference does that makel'
Does it burn any moss than If dem.n
ocrats had kindled ito" The 6ues-
tioh is how can we arrest the flame;
not who kindled IL. Tho house IS
on fire and burning, and threaten
ing tho destruction Of The dwelling
beside it, 50 that m
"Thc blackocss Of ashes shall marx
where 10 stood,
And wild mother scream DER her
furnishing brood"
But tho Baptists soy tllat tic
Mcthodists set it, and Tie Method.
lists say that both Of ito others set
it, or mighthave prevented it, and
no one will endeavor to extinguishs
tho flames! What spectacle for
a Christian peoplel We hear the
cry Of "fire, and the engines rat
ltling, and the cry of alarm arises
from all, but the great majority
hang back and say. 81 didn't set It
ON firol / told them that building
would get on fire Il thoy didn't hook
out, and shah't help put IL outl''
/ But hold it is Of no consequence
how the fire camc-is is bnrning:
1t is not Mr.. LincclH's house, bat
it belongs to tho American people
not only to the present genera
tioh, but to gehefau6ns to come
throughout tile long track Of future
time i
But there is an attempt going on
now in order that scUrvy poIitf.
clans may ride into office upon n.
or have All organ zatioh that they
can manhge II is not the Demo-
cratic party. Ircpudiate itfof DEM
ocracy tip and down; and round
about, and diagonally, and in every
other sense; but it is a set Of self
constituted meddlers; the Mrs. Gun
ninghams of the Democratic party;
who are in labor with their bogn5
baby that they may claim tie Dem.
ocratic Inheritance. They expect
to ihaugHrate q party because the
President Of the United States Is
: not conducting this war according
to the Constitution. ! Iexpect those
administering the government to
the Constitution, but have my own
!. views of what is tile Constitut on,
and what the rebellion, and what
the duty Of the Administration IN
putting down the rebellion, and I
e have an idea what / would do III
2 putting it down, il l had charge Of
it. of ~pf.'
7, Tho Constitution is n great land.
mark and not a bill ofparticuiars.
. [Chcers.] Every power given by
y the Constitutions directing a thing
l. to be done always implies the pow
G er to do it. If the Constitution
erects government, it pre-suppoi
J. ses the maintenance of that Coy:
y ornment by all the usual and ofdi.
, nary means within the reach Of the
!, govo nment, and in times of war;
= and in times of rebellion, there is
B q power arising from the very nee.
lessity Of the case that controls the
whole question, and when you hear
the small.beer politician pFating OH
. the idea Of unconstitntionality, ask
I lhim, in the first place, whether lie
i thinks it exactly constitutional fof
J. men to go into the United States
p Senate, and in the House of Reps
resentatives, and in tho army and
navy, and one day swear, 81 do
swear, in the presence of Almighty
God, that will observe the Con-
lstitution Of the United States, and
= | will discharge the Office or duty
y, lof Senator according 10 the best Of
my ability" Ask him if, after
having taken that oath, and while
/, 1t is yet warm on his lips, if it is
unconstitutional for him to try to
, raise a rebellionl and when he has
! answered that, tell hin that ifthere
/ is perjury in hell, it is that kim 2
ofpeuury. Loud and continued
cheering say that the AdmiH-
istration--any Administration, I
don't care wlIother it is one OF my
: choice or one Of my OPPOSITION
has the right to do everything BY
implication, according to The laws
of war, for the maintenance Of our
Government, and If they do not do
IL, Iwillbo one for dealing with
them and calling them tIaitots
themselves. r r1iiriis
Now, it is supposed thatthere'is
no war power except that which
arises out Of and ia prescribed by g.
written constitution. There Is a
power upon which the Constitution
stands, that lies beneath tho Con-
stitution and rises above the Con-
stiution, and is on aud uniief the
Constitution--it is the great saw
Of selt-preservation, for eommnni-
ties, nations and states. as well as
individuals. Il ID older than tins
Government. Il is as old as civil
= rization. Ii had no rise ID che
Constitution. 1t arises ia the very
necessity Of the existence 0f evil
government. H o. .t-.ai
rHE wRrr oF HkhE1s e6Rfus
EAway with an your stuff a5ont Tie
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