The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-08-16
Tatiu aFrrkIp Tribaur.
Patriotic RcmurIxs OF senator
Baker of Oregon

hukcr OF oregon
We publish below a synopsis of the
remarks Of Senator Baker in reply to
Brcekinridge, in some remarks which he
made against the confscation bill. They
are worthy Of perusal.
Mr.. Baker contended that the presi-
dent had the right to declare a district in
insurrecton, whether in State or two
States. When the civil power was over
thrown the President must call on the
military TO preserve the Government
The only thing the President can do is to
advance armies and put down rebellion.
But now, when an advancing army Of
traitors is within twenty miles Of the cap.
itul, and we can almost hear the sound Of
their guns, the Senator from Kentucky
gets up and contends that we ought TO
send out a flag Of truce aud sue for peace,
and justiies their action. What are his
eloquent wordsl Are they not intended
70 give aid and comfort % the enemy
Arc they not wordl Of brilliant and pol.
ished treason, even here in the very Cap
itol Of the ConGederacyl What, sir, wou d
have boon thought in another Capitol,
aud ina more martial age, if n Senator
as brave, dignifed, and eloquent as the
Senator from Kentucky had risen in his
place, surrounded by all the illustrations
Of Roman glory, and declared that the
advancing Hannibal was just and right.
and that Carthage out to dc dealt with on
terms of peacel What would have been
/ thought II, after the battle of Cannn' a
Senator had risen in his place and de-
nounced every fresh levy oftroops, every
cxpenditur of treasure, and every measure
full Of recollections Of the cid gloyl
Mr.. Sumner(in his seat, sotto yoce)-
He would h.ve been hurled from the
Tdrpeian Rock
Mr.. Baker--A Senator near me, be tier
acquainted than myseCwilh ancient lore,
tolls me tent he would have been hurled
from the Tarpelan Rock, and what COM
montary upon the indulgence Of our
| American institutions are the speeches
/ we hear here. ! ask the Senator TO
reflect, if his words are not irving aid
and comfort TO the enemy II his predi-
| lections Ire not 10 give them hope, evory
word thus uttered falls like note Of inspi-
ration upon every Confederate ear. Every
sound thus uttered is as word of fire
from his lips, kindling a triumph in the
foe which determines him TO advance
For me, have no such words to utter.
For me, amid temporary defeat, disaster
and disgrace, there is but one word for me,
that word is for bold-forward-
cd war, according to the laws Of war, by
armies, by military commanders clothed
with every power, and advancing with all
the past glorics of the Republic uroino
them on to conquest / do not stop 20
consider whether this is q war Of stibiu-
CATION or not. II is for compulsory
obedience, not TO the will of any one
State, bot for compulsory obedience 10
the Constitution of the whole country.
Mr.. Baker proceeded, oontendinr that
there was no desire to compel anything
but obedience to the Constitution. no
attempt to force the South yield to any
thing to which we do not yield ourselves.
IL is only to bring them back to all
the privileges and blessings they ever
have had under the Constitution. It ia
simply a war TO restore what was as n
was, and no other man of the North or
the n asst had any idea of subiupating the
South to anything else, and the Senator
irom Kentucky persistentY, not to say
/ Iwillully, misreprescnts the North when
ne attempts to teach any other doctrines
to the Confederates Of the South. And
this threat obout mon aud money amounts
to nothing. He knew something of the
I state oflllnois, and he knew she would
never ialter; aud California would be
true to the Union with her blood md
treasure. TAere may be a few men
there who would rather reion ia he'll
than serve in Heaven" but the idea that
her people would fail the Government
in its hour Of trial was false in sentiment
IN fact, and the Senator was entirely
mistakon But what would the Senator
have us dol Submit to the Rebels-give
way to treasonl No, Sir; thousand
times, no, Sir. We will rally the LOYAL
people of the whole country, and t6ey
will pour forth their neasufe, their
money, and their men without stint and
and without measure, and the most
peaceful man in the Senate may stamp
his foot on the floor and bring forth le-
gions of armed men. Shall one battle
determine the fate of the empire, or a
dozen, or the loss Of one hundred men or
one thonsaud. aud one hundred millions
of dollars! In ten years peaceful rrod-
ress we can restore il all again. There
viii be some graves wet with the tears
of affection. aud some priyation, some
want Of luxury, and that is all. But if
we have the country, the whole country
the Union, The Constitution, and free
Government, with peace, then, Will
return All the blessings Of civilization.
and of order, and the path Of the country
will be career Of greatness and glofy,
such as olden times our fdthers saw In
the dim vision of the years that were TO
come, and such as would have been ours
to-day had i not been for that treas n
forwhieh the Senator has too oftoh
Rpologized, 3aaa4f,H ~ b a-fl.l
The Colonel Prisoners. val
A A letter from Gauley Bridge, Va, Aug.
lst, 10 the Cincinnatti Commercial, gives
an account Of the vandalism Of Wise
and his fight from the Kanawha Valley,
md has the following notice of tie Fed
eral officers who SO carelossly rode into
the rebel camp. Iis.ralh .t
We have ascertalHed beyond boubt,
that Col. Woodruff and the rest of our
captured ctficers were sent 10 Richmond
two days aftertheir seizure. took aup4
per last evening at the Falls House, aud
| learned in conversation with the propri4
etoT, that the prisoners and escort stop
.