The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-09-20

chat in some cases, IL could not
have arrested the trcachcry, ]
would have suspended the individ.
ual with it, aud / have not
changed my opinion much since.
Whatan idea Il would bel Here
isp rebellion in Baltimore or in
Missouri, and a traitor in league
with the enemy, and by his con.
duct he is about to cause our arm.
les to be sacriiiced--our very Gov
emment in danger, its existence
isimporilled-the lives Of a large,
number Of pers ons sacrificed. He
is known to be a traitor--morally
known. He has been tracked out
and asccriaincd, and yet he must be
borught up before a judge and cx.
Amined, and II there is not legal
technical evidence against him,
homust be discharged; and ir Gov.
ernment don't like il, they must
appeal aud got II up before a court
at some future time, that may sit
and may not, and enter upon liti
cation as protratCed rs the chaucery
siet in Bleak Housed
LIBERTY or THE PREss.
The law Of war acts right up 10
tho necessities of tho OCCASION it
brings men right up TO time, aud
treats them practically and accord
ing to the emergencies of the occa
sion. But TO suspend the Liberty
Of the Press" OH how bad that
is--to have the Press suspended
Laughter The Liberty Of the
Prcssl You say anything to them
on the subject Of tho Government
Liberty Of the Press" Is the
fret thing you hear. The Press
has ibgTty enough, and here let us
shRke-tbo wrinkles ont Of this be-
logged and pettifogged question u
little,. Tho Liberty Of tho Press is
a great and sacred right and bless.
ing. But the liberty Of the press
is NO greater II right than indiyidu-
al liberty, and than q thousand 9th
Ger rights, The liberty Of the press
5s to be enjoyed So long as it does
aid in the destruction of the Gov.
eFnmuiit; 50 long ms il is an engine
for good and not for evil; so long as
dt is an element for preservation
aud not for destruction. Tho idea
is the most idle, foolish and mis-.
chievous that ever existed, to allow
an informal machine of treason to
exist and work It's errand Of mis-
,Chipf because il is q "Prcss." The
liberty Of fire is a great right. We
could not do without il. IL is nee
.cssary for warmth, for preparation
of tpod, for propclling machinery,
-and-fer a thousand purposes, and
every ono has n right to enjoy il
But one comes at the dark and fear
iul hour at midnight, and, with Il
torch, passes from dwelling, dwell.
ling and light the darkness of mid.
night with the flames Of our homes
die is arrested, and says, "You dc.
priyod mo of the liberty of tirc!--
What tyranous and abomniablC
Government. Firo is free, and
ram merely using this right guaran
-tccd to me by the Constitution
and now | am deprived of It'll
What tyranous Government &c
.dctrivo citizen OF the liberty o.
tirc!'
Tho right of implements of hus
bandry, too, is n great right. In
our wooden country tho right O
welding the AK, instead of for cut
ting wood or splitting rails, fol
splitting his neighbours head open
lie would be deprived of that libor
ty, and then ho would cry out what
ryrannyl Tho right Of tho ax il
sacred! Every man must have that
right. The right of individual
liberty is, one OF tho most sacred
rights under heaven; far above the
right of the press and every other
right. Yet when II man converts
hihIself from the enjoyment of true
Ipquhood to tho destruction of his
neighbor's property, put him in pri
son. And whcn you hear this idl,
carrot prate about the "libcrty o.
she prsss, tell him it is TO be en-
loyed SO long as it upholds right
and is not to be an engine of dc
struction, going about on its NOR
ciless errands. In my opinion Mr.
Lincoln onght to have laid his han,
upon a great many trcasonabl
jOnfhals which he has not done. -
(pttOrs.) A more abominable II
bHsc mover existed. II Satan ha,
been let loose after his coniincmen
Ola thousand years, he could no
laVe done moro mischief than thes
miserable, tFeasQnahle journals
did not learn my Dem8craey ia th
school Of management, or lobby, q
trickery. l loarued il at the bar Z
Andrew Jackson's court, whore
was patriotic, and whore il taugl
that true Democracy was not il
consistent with truo duty. Why
its first duty was to uphold the Cor
stitution, and ia the language 4,
the Son Of Man, "rcn ,cr to Casa
che things that arc C@sar's; aud
4icd the things that be God s. -
This is truo Democracy.
DUTY OF DEMOCRATS.
Any Democrat that undertak,
20 embarrass the Administratio,