The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-09-20
True Democracy.
The Union Must and Shall be
Preserved,
Daniel S. Dickinson's Speech,
In Cortland County,
ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Cd.

ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Cd.
We come here, not as Demo I
Gratis, not as Republicans, not as
[ Abolitionists, not as Americans; !
but We como here ns the people,
Seeing that the enemy are at the
gates of the citadel, scoing that
armed rebellion is threatening us, |
|wo come together to stay up the II
hands Of the Constitution and cling
to its pillars, swearing in our faith
liz these institutions fall, as the peo-
Iplc we fall with them. lChcers. il
+, The question is not "Whois atthe
lhead ofthis Administrations and
\ shall not inquire whether his
name be Abraham Lincoln or An
! drew JacLson. lie is the peoples
representative of the Government,
and, for those who like him and
confdo in him, it is their duty 20
do all they can to sustain him; and
{ those who do not, it is their duty
), to do much more. [Checrs,l ]
4 ! shall not adopt your political
principles, ifyou are an opponent
of miuo-as many Of You are--aud
!, don't ask you to adopt mine; but
! ask you to 60 withmo in great
and common duty, which concerns
us all alike: to shield the Govern
ment first from rebellion and dc.
= struction; and then, if there is Il
: question who shall govern it after.
: ward, we will discuss that on an
\ other day. [Chccrsl ] Igo for the
. preservation Of this Government,
= and | go to cleave him down, rs
saul did a gag, who undertakes to
destroy it; and it is of little con
sequence to me whether the enemy
Of the Government is in arms, or
: whether he is aiding tho armed;
= whether he is a rebel or an MD to
1 rebellion; whether he points the
! the fatal weapon at the bosom OF
! his fellow man, or whether he aids
il or encourages another to do it;
whether he applies the torch to the
Q capital of our country, and at-
. tempts to burn it to ashes and de-
: stroy it's archives, or whether he is
4. an apologist, and Connives and en-
i courages it under the tongue Of
n hlpeace.
The very existence Of the insti'
under which we live are
es threatened, and there arc but two
nd sides to this question. One is il
t. favor and the other is against il
le There can be no doubt ofthe result
'' of this if properly prosecuted, anC
Al we are embarrassed more to-day
It, by attempts TO connive at the re
TO bellion within than we arc at the
al rebellion itself. For there i,
Us ,G strength enough, ana power g
,S nough ofmen, and money, and ma
d. tcrial, and determination to cr1sl
cf this rebellion to the very earth
where it deserves to be crushed
y There is another way to deal will
,i It. The Administration has un
n questioDably put forth its best Of
o forts. lam not the chosen defend
6 er of tho Administration. / an
e its political opponent when ! ac
>. politically; but in emergencies o
/ this kind intend to rise above po
ID litical considerations entirely
r Loud cheering.l
10 THE UNION BEFORE POLITICS.
d change no political opinions
~ ~ | say political opinions have moth
y. ing to do with the question, on,
u way or the other. It is not VIII,
,e shall govern and tenant tn
10 capital. 1t is not who shall gov
u erh this great State and Nation
d 1t is "Shall it be preserved for any
d party to govern2" [Cheers.]
nj Now none shall escape from that
n issue; there arc no slippery and
$ filthy step by which political
: office seekers crawl away from that,
[, either up or down. 1t is a quos
tiOR of eXistence--opr existence
o and he who is not for maintaining
}, that existence is for destroying it.
The Administration has come in
with a thousand embarrassments
y around them--corruption and trea.
son in every department to the very
lips; military officers betraying their
command-navy officers stealing
their ships-ofiicers in the mint
. and in the custom-houses, and in
Q every department, stealingi its prop.
! erty or turning it to the enemy;
and q new administration with a
new cabinet coming in as a party
/ Administration, having only the
5 confidence OF n part of tho people,
I had all kinds of embarrassments on
its hands. But so far ms they have
done what commend, commend
/ them for it. If they have not done
all ! myself would have done under
} like circumstances they have
been remiss, it is the province OF
the people to call them 10 account;
aud ask them to administer the
y Government so as to put down the
, rebellion at the earliest moment.-
4 Now, the sin that most easily be.
} sets the American people is politics.
Everything IS politics in. this conn
t TRY. Like the frogs and lice, and
: locusts Of Egypt, it comes hp in.
/ the bed and kneadino trough. Pol