The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-09-20
THE WHITE FEATHER
PARTY.

The Louisville Courier and other Sc
cession papers rejoice over the action Of
the Vallandigham party in Ohio and
hail the result Of the 9Th Of August Con-
vention, az hopeful omen for the rebels.
Those who support that ticket, they say,
arc Peace men, opposed to the war and
in favor Of leHiHg he SOuih alone
They are exuavugant in their praises of
Vallandgham and his party in Ohio and
argue that the North is divided and that
powerful nnti-war party Is springing
up, that will eventually force the
North into an inglorious surrender.
This is the woy the bogus democracy
Of Ohio are giving "oid and comfort" to
the encmy-by keeping up party strife
and by throwing every impediment they
can in the way Of the war--by denounciag
everything the President does and pro-
claiming to the world that this is lin
coins icar" and that they will have
nothing to do with it. When a set Of
internal thieves and scoundrels are trying
to scuttle the noble ship of State and the
President puts forth an effort to save il.
these men cry unconstitutional"
Can the professions ofloyalty, which men
make, be believed, when all th cir acts 90
to show that their sympathies are with
the rebolsi The President may have CON
mitted some bluuders, but is this time TO
talk about little thingsl When house
Is on fire, should we waste time in con-
tending about how it caught When the
very. existence Of this Republic is threat
encb and everything depends upon
prompt action, shall we stop TO discuss
the technicalitics of the Constitution
Yet the VallondighOm party Of Ohio 1--WE
will not coll them DomoCrats) do all
these things and, when driven from one
pretcxt by sense Of shame and fear Of
public exocration, they adopt another
equally absurd and contemplate. The
miserable shifts and expcdients to which
these men resort to oppose this war are
not worthy Of school-boy debating club.
One time, they make the tax an excuse
and, at another the suspension Of the
Hubens Corpus; and, when driven from
all these, they say this is an abolition irdr
against the RIGHTS OF THE SOUTH!
In the graphic words Of 10. Holt, arc not
such pretended Union men boring holes
in the bottom Of the ship, while the loyal
crew are engaged in builing her out and
keeping her onoot.
The only moral effect Of running two
tickets in Ohio and Seneca county is to
directly aid the South, by giving them
encouragement and hope. 1t is better
for them than ten thousand soldiers and
a hundred "mosked batteries" Those
who refuse to drop party, for the time
being, and join the Union movement
show to the world that they care moro
for the spois of Office than they do fol
their country. Posterity will scorr
them,
There is no Issue now before tn,
American people except the one single
question of sustaining this Government
and, as Douglas says, there is no midi
ground--,ce are either for the Union D
against it-either PATRIOTS OF
TRAITORS. The VnllOndigham par
ty are trying to keep up division, whel
there can be no division among loya
men, If they were really for the Union
they would show it by their ucts-b!
joining in with Union men, and not fac
tiously oppose the war and cripple tn
Administration by every means in thei
power, To stick to party now is littl
better than treason. What is part!
worth, unless we have Government, ant
how shall we maintain Government
unless We are unitedl tits no wonde
secession papers derive comfort from tn
action of the Ohio PeaeemekerS.