The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-06-28

hcrc that their discipline and bearing ure
most admirable, and, ! presume, IL tmoy
be safely affirmed that 50 larg amount of
social position, culture, fortune, and clio
yNion Of character has never been found
IN so largo On army IN any are or eoun-
Try. lf thcy 20 o. Tho South il will be
as friends and protectors, o. rvlicvc the
Union scntimcmrof The sececded Stutcs
trom the crucl domination by which il is
upprcssol aud silcnc,d 10 unrurl the
stars aud stripes IN rho midst Of those
who long 20 hook unoh them, and to tc.
stao The Gag that bears them 70 The forte
and arsenbls from whirh dislcyal hands
hayotorn q. Thor mission viii 10 one
90 pcaol, uhltss wicked und bloolthrsty
mon shalt uhshebth the sword across
thcir pathway.
.... fiNcoLN ANp CICERO.
While a tar more ,oariut responsibility
has fallen upon President Lincoln than
/ uponany of his predecessors, Il must be
odpitted that he has met ,tWith pT0mp-
titudu and fearlessncss, Cicero. In one
of his orations against Catahne, speak .
ins OF the credit Due himsclc for having
suppressed the conspiracy Of that arch
Traitor, said, 'if the glory Of him who
founded Rome was great, how much
| greater should be IA of him who had
saved IL lrom ov rthr1w after Il had grown
TO be the mistress Of tho world So II
may be said of the glory Of that stltrs-
man orch cltiun who shall sne el thslre-
public from tho vortex of revolution, now
/ thatit has expanded from ocean 10 ocean,
has become the admiration Of tho world,
and has rendered the fountlins OF the
lives OF thirty millions Of people foun-
toins Of bappiulss.
The vigorous measures adopted for the
safety OF Washington and tho Govern.
mcnt itself may seem opon O. criticism
in some of their details, TO those tha,
have yet 10 lcgrD that not only has war
/ ike peace, It's luws, but that il has alec
lts privileges and is dutiCs. Whatcyci
OF severity, or cveh Of irrcrularity, may
have Rrisoa, vii end iis Justification in
the pressure of thr tluible ncocssliy nm
der which the Administration has been
called TO act. When man feels the
poiguarl Of the destroyer at his bosom
he Is not likely to consult the law books
as 90 Tho mode CT M psure Of bis rights
of self dclonco. What is true Of indi-
yiduals In this respect Is equally truo OF
/ governments. The man who thinks lac
has become dislnyal bscanse &C what the
/ Naturalization hos done, will prohnbly
! discover, after closo sclf-cxnminaton,
that hn was disloyal before. Bot iur
What has been done, Washington might
ere this have been smouldering hear
of ruins.
Mrs Holt shows that tho elpotlon Of
Mr. Lincoln is not the ground Of the re-
bclliou, but that the cause dates back
more than quarter Of century in "or
uuholy lust for power" lie quotes Gen
Jackson who, when he put down nullid.
cation, said 'ft would revive ngiin under
the forms Of slavery agitation" aud
shows this is not work Of "intcmperatC
words Of q few Abolitionists," but "thc
echo Of the wordp, repeated with cxog.
gcrntiohs for the thou71nith time by
Southern politicians" finally, the cloud
fully charged, brol,o up the Democratic
Convention at Charleston.
| Mr.. Holt shows the course Of pluudor-
/ ing pursued by the rcbos, and that it was
'Promptcd and directed by mon occupy
ing seats in the Cupitol, aud comments
with scathing force upon the issuing Of
letters Of m1rquo and the employment of
Indians with scaping knife and tona-
hawk us Rllies. Ia #... ... IDOL.
Mr.. Holt shows how the scccsslonists
refused any aud all compromistsi shows
the cry Of "subjugation" to be false, and
the cry to be "lot alone" ridiculous -
shows how Kentucky would bc ruined BY
joining the Southern Conredcracy
4 proves TINT the protection Of tho South
has been complete under the Constltu-
ton shows that more uguyes have Beer
returned the last ten years than ever bo.
fore shows that the South, with mi
naFiy Of population, has had tho grca
majority of official power; shove thai
the Suproine Codrthas decided always h
favor Of tic soph that BY thp'R 'pu5.
liean Congress and Administration the
rights Of the South hdvo been nroteeted;
and wildly rortfpys Kentucky's hositiop
if she Joins thc South and makes, 6es
soil ike YiTglnia's, the battle gFopDd.-
lie sayB: 900 o.. b.talTzl OF 90 90.
CIVIL WAR AND A MUzzLgD rRsss. aaII
Civil war, under all eircimstances, a
a terrible culhmty, aud yet, fr)m the sci.
fish ambition aud wiekedness OF men The
best governments have not been al 10 "a
escape H. y WhsnI lbok upon THIS briFht
! land a few months sihce 30 prosperous,
20 tranquil, and 30 free, and now behold
II desoluted by war, und th9 firesilcs OF
It's thirty millions Of people darkehed,
and their boSonlt wrung with nnemsh,
apd know, as 1 do, that all this Is the
workof score or two Of men, who, over
pll this national ruin and despair, ara pre-
piriie % carve With the sword thair way
i5sedts OF permanent power, / cannot
but feel thut they arc accumulating upon
their souls an Rrnount Of guilt hardly
e4ualcd Ia ali tho airocities offtreason
hndof homicide thai have degraded the
ahnllsof our race romthc foundations
Of tic world. Kentucky may rest we'll
assured that this conflict, which Is one
Of selfdefenee, viii be pursued on the
part OF tie Government in tho paternal
spirit 10 which father seeks % reclaim
his errihg offspring.
No conquest, no ehnsion Of blood, is
sought, In sorrow, not 10 anger, the
prayer OF AL il that the end may be
reached without loss Of lie or waste Of
property. Among the most powerful in
strumentalities, reliedoh fof re-establish-
ing the authority of the GovernmAnt, iis
TINT of the Union geutimebt OF the SOutf