The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-02-08

ooutht ana tlNntF p0eAeU pN Anem or re- d
aCived the sanction and approval oCtheir .
States; anl the very policy under which
lincoln should be be insugmated was
The very policy Of the Democratic party
VI the South, and which thcy gave To thc
country, aud demanded aud received
their approval. The House knew that
when the Government was orduin,d,
when the Declaration Of Independence
was proclaimed, thut our Western houn-
dary was the Mississippi River, and dhc as
serted that from that very day, At tho in
stance Of the South, at the instance of
the area the Government
had becn enlarged aud expanded, Every
foot Of soil that had been acquired at the
instance Of the South, the North, with lie
numerical power and strength oyorshad-
owing the South, has willingly yielded.
Florida aud Louisiana had been thus pur-
chased at the instance Of the South
Florida had been purchased at a cost Of
$4,000, 600, aud at a cost Of $50 ,o0Oi0 900
moro 10 remove the savagcs, millions
moro TO build Notifications aud towns
along the deep TO guard Southern coin.
merce. Aud aflcr all this, little Florida,
with less than half tho population ho ro-
goes out Of the Union, with
the Qualifications, with the public lands,
with untold millions, andi worse than oil
carries with her the prestige Of the Unity
Of these States, Little Florida sceedcs,
which could not at this moment protect
herself from the allgotors without tho
aid Of tho Federal troops--[ laughtcrl -
this very Florida, purchased at the In.
stance Of the South, with Northern mon.
cy and Northern blood. He then motto
ed the annexation ofTcxas, also at the
instance Of the South, and paid a eulogy
10 Gov. Houston Of that State. In 1850
tho South demanded Fugitive Slave
law They had got that. They first de-
mandcd the Missouri Compromise. They
got IL. They then demanded its repeal.
They got that. They had demanded moth.
ing which they had not got. But now
they demand that Slavery should be pro-
tectcd in ctert inch Of the Ter
ritOrics Of the United Statos. But that
question was decided against them, in a
most unmlstak0ble manner, at the ballot
box; and cyoh the Southern States them
selves had pronounced against that dc.
mRnd Tho Government had been In
operation nearly eighty years, and up 70
this time no Member Of Congress had
even so much as introduced bill q pro-
teot slavery in the Territories, But now
they propose 20 dissolve the Union, be-.
oausO a vast majority Of tho people had
replied TO their demand for protection of
Slaves In the Territories that oil they
should ever have was non-intervention.
And that was all they ever would obtain.
One dsunionist said that he wanted pro.
lection for Slavery for the purpose Of ex-
pansion, that Slavery was Increasing,
and that in fity years, they would have
twenty millions Of negroes, and conse-
quently they must have room to expand.
But the truth was that they needed no
expansion, and if they did even, thoy
could not get II. But as he said before,
Congress should adjourn the quarrel to
the people and If they failed to do so, In
less than eighteen months itNill adjourn
itself. He, for one, was not afraid to
trust the people, and that appeal must
be made. In answer to Mr.. Vallandig-
ham, he said that, so persistent had been
the Misrepresentation and misspprohon.
sions Of men throughout the Union with
regard 10 Northern men aud the prinei-
pies Of the Republican party, that
the people Of the South were willing to
believe a lio and be damned. II was a
matter Of history that few woeks ago a
gentleman(Col. Mtmminger) proclaimed
from the steps OF the Capitol of Milledge-
vile TO gentlemen, lawyers, dootors, short
boys, aud everybody that stood around,
that Hannibal lIainlih, or, aB he 10 call.
ed there, "Cannibal' Hamlin, was a mu.
lattoi that the North had elected an Alb
olitionist 10 bo president and mulatto e
be Vice President.
Nj. LEAKE (Dem., va.) asked
whether Mr., Etheridgo was speaking on
tho side Of the North or on the side OF the
South,
Mr.. ET'HERIDdE-f am speaking
on that side which has few representa-.
tives on the hoor--I am speaking on tn,
side Of my country. (Appluuse,1 Al
ready In the South bold men, cdhcatet
men, chiYalrous men, were drilling ans
diseiplining the military forces. Msr
were excited with oil the pomp and cir
cumstandes Of war. Men believed thh
Lincoln and his cohorts were going I,
tho South 10 apply the torch TO towns
and hamlets, and dwellings, and thes,
things arose from Southern misupprehon
sions Of Northern men. To allay lhii
TO stop the tide Of revolution hs wouls
vote for the Crittenden propositions, liz
would vote for the proposition no had
submitted himsolf he would vote for the
report Of tho gentleman from Ohio, he
would yete for anything that was Of any
value, that had any prineiplej and that
would relieve the public mind from the
appTehentions that besct Il. He hoped
Congress would effect something TO stay
the tide Of revolution; but IL nothinQ
could be done, as no said befor', he
would 90 before the people, and throw
himself into the "dcAdly imminent
breach" and would resist the wave Of
disuuion to the last. And II the worst
came TO The worst; Il his State should be
dragged 10 the brink Of the fearful preci'
pice, and bs made an Unwilling victim
itwould be only at the last moment Of
his eountrys ruin. And now, in advance
he washed his hands clear Of the shamo
aud ofthe crime that will attach 70 those
who would overthrow public liberty, aud
raise a dcspotism on its ruins. Whore
ever the flag Of his country hoated, thcr-
would he 20, and he would cling 20 Il in
this the dark hour other peril, with an
the sacred trust and confidence Of all
enthusiast clingiug to his God. Zap
plsusel
Florida BOnds.