The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-03-01

/ hcuity we willgiyo You q oompromite;"
would YOU be willing o. live under GOV
ernmcnt under which life and property
had no more security than that which de-
Ipcnds upon caprice and the excitement
ef the moment No man can enter a
government without surrcuderinr some
Of his individual rights 70 tho public in-
tercst; and he is very vol paid let mo
toll you, if no has the laws properly and
| fully executed. Now, | say that there
/ is no question now before the country
which cannot be better settled 10y the
I Constitution, and the eoustituUonNly or
ganizcd courts, than by anything we can
I do iu this body.
l Now, sir, believe that great deal that
has been said here since / have been in
[ Congress has done more harm than good.
u bolieve that, Il you would leave this
question to-day TO the people, they would
settle il much quicker than we can do il
by attempting to leg,slatc upon the sub
iect.
But look, Mr.. Speaker, at the pc culiar
aud extraordinary position Of the country
on this important question. Hero is the
party known Os the Republic an party ~
! esk you whether that party has ever had
any power TO control this government
] ask you if they have ever been able 20
pnss u solitary law in the Congress oftho
/ United states | ask youif the Govern
ment has not bosn in tho hands Of the
self-constutod Democratic partly
conservative party Vt you please Now
what condition do we find the Govern
mcnt ia Prostate at the feet oftraitors;
and the first thing VIC find on our arrival
here is a demand for concessions from
/ that party which h0snovcrhnj power and
has nothing to conccd,; and az the mo-
mont these concessions are demanded,
tho traitors who make the demand, and
their accomplicoe, arc scizing the forts,
custom-houscs, und public property Of tho
couutry, 20 be converted TO their own hell
ish uses.
MIR Speaker, when talked TO my peo-
[ pie last fall, | pointed out 10 them the
danger of parties. | told thcm not 10 fx
thoir eyes upon party organization, bo-
cause all the parties of this country have
become corrupt; und always say Il with
shame. | do not believe that there has
been more corrupt Government on the
tuce Of the earth than this Government
has been under the administration Of the
last eight years. / do not believe that
there has been a Government on earth
that has had less regard to the general
/ good than this Government has had du-
/ ring the last eight years of It's udminis-
tration. No man who judges impartial
ly can doubt this for umomcnt. Look ut
the result, and see what is before you.-
When this Congress met, we found an
Executive here sworn t0 support the Con-
aitution, and especially TO see to the OK
ccution o. the laws. We found that Ex-
ecutiys making agreements with traitors
TO tho country, aud In defiance Of tho
/ Constitution ofthe United States. Well
sir, the Republican party are called upon
lt9nAfBl utR' breach, Have you ever
MY b,ood chills in my veins sbimiic; sbiii;l dIaiyys9
here, when / hear sensible and honest
men talk as they do upon this subject
/ Now, sir, il is on insult TO the party that
has been in power. That this lanatical
Republican party, without power, have
been able to coutrol the Government is
very singular.
But we are told very puthetically and
in very eloquent language, that the coun-
| try ia in danger, and that wo have no
right 10 inquire what has caused tho diff
/ Guilty, but we must cure il. Now, that is
very good logic, il It is logically applied;
but It will not do to apply il in all cases,
think. Ii is important to know what
diseases arc, before you begin 70 doctor
them, l believe that physicians always
| attempt 90 ascertain what the complaint
is, before they apply romedcsi they see
whether the body wants depletion or
stimulents. That is not tho rule here,
and do not wonder that we are asked
not TO look on the causes of our troubles,
III had b zen guilty Of breaking down the
Government while had control Of, II
| should not want my conduct to be look
ed into and investigated,
There is another party represented
here for which have high rcspect--thai
Ils the party representing the border
States. | want TO talk respectfully C
every one. would not be guilty Of in,
tensifying the feeling that exists, or o
moeking at any Of the winnings or weep
, ings that may grow out Of il. But ask
is II not most extraordinary state o
things that party which has not yet go
possession OF the Government should
be called upon TO settle the difficulties ol
the country ] ask my friends from the
border States whether that is not asking
too much Suppose Mr.. Bell had been
elcctcd--a man whom / esteem highly
. though / did not vote for him-and sup
pose my party had conspired to prevent
his Inauguration, do you think that
would 90 with them in such a movement
Not At all ! ask gentlemen from the
border States % change their course Oh
this subject, and address themselves tS
their own people with the eloquoncc anC
feeling that they have displayed here du.
ring this session. Toll them that thii
session is nothing short Of the blackest
treason, and that you are not 70 DO fore
ed into treason. That is the way l talk
to them, do not let sycophants and
demagogues and traitors drive me pnd my
people into their arms,
] ask you again il you hlye anything
10 complain Of, for which You cannot iinl
a remedy in the Constitution Com.
plants are mado about personal libory
bills, and not enforcing the fugitive slave
law. III there were no foolish or wicked
people in the world, we would never want
Z Constitutions, or laws, either. The man
who helps to make laws, and expects they
will never bo violated, must be very
green kind Of man. know how eosy i
is to create fuss and excitement in com
munties. The party that has had con-
troll Of the Government for years, has ne
other object in view now in seeding aud
D g. - a
troll Of the Government again, Bome ol
the leaders Of that movement are distin-
guished and gallant men. They have
+ repeated for years that whenever they
should lose the control ofth 0oyernmeni