The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-10-31

utViuc US nero IN the NORTH, 10 nave the
West divided from the East They con-
tinually talk about this. They say, we
like you Western mon, for you fight bet
ter than them cusscd Yankees; we know
we cant whip you, but we can whip the
Yankees two to onr.' This article is
headed The Great West and if Il hurts
any ofycu, don't blame me, for you voted
that should read IL.
There is however, evidently in the
West ard particularly in Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, strorg opposition to the
present war upon the South. The tone
of the prcss IN these States, the pNblir
meetings, the Democratic Conventions.
all prove this conclusivcly. This feel
irg does not disT lay itself as boldly OPP
posed to the war per So, but assumes the
form OF opposition to abolitionism. cocr.
cion aud subjugatiou. tL1ughter and
cheers. II would not b. salc 10 cxhih-
4 it il otherwise, for in that event the iudi.
Ividuo's giving expression to Il would soon
find themselves incarccrntcd within the
walls of some Yankee Bastilc, and lhcir
opposition thus speedily and effcctullly
crushed tu'. But by protesting devotion
to the Uuion, the Constitution aud the
Administration of Abraham Lincoln, they
eau organize thoroughly for work, and
thus secure way TO triumph in the ap.
preaching fall elections Renewcd
laughter and cheers
That article proceeds to the length Of
column In the same strain, nludinC--
for will mention the nemes-to Car is'c
OF Penn, Voorhees, Of Indiana, Richard
son of Illinois aud Vallundigham Of Ohio.
Senset!on.1 Their papers are full of il.
TAcy look upon you tender-looted souls
az Traitors to your country. Do you want
to hcl thess men murder your brothers
aud break up this Government! II so, in
the name OF Heaven, let us know il, and
the Shiloh prisoners will send you down
South where you belong we came
homo fully determined tn take oil men by
the hand who think and feel as we do,
that this rebellion shonld be crushcd.-
We came homo sworn enemies to every
man who sympathiz ,s with rebels or nd.
vocatcs compromise with the country's
enemies. Great enthusinsm.l 0h1 anat
you could be sent there TO see the spirt
of those men, aud hear them talk as th1y
feel!
Aaer describing how they were not
permitted to write the truth to their
friends, he thus described the execution
Of seven Ohio soldiers at Atlanta, for the
crime of trying to make their escape from
prison;
At Atlanta, confined in court hou5",
we perceived large crowd coming up
the strect--two or three wagons aud o
great concourse Of men, women and chill.
dren following. When they were oppo
site TO US we beheld some men rise In The
wagons and raise their cars to us. We
counted them. They were on their way
to the gnllows. They were United Stat, !
soldiers from the State of Ohio, ard
were taken out and hung witbin 200
yards Of our prison. The rope broke with
] two OF them. They We're compelled 20
stand ind behold the struggles OF ,hc
other five uttil they were dead. Then
they were strung up too, nnd paid the
penalty for doing-whatl For cndeuyor-
ing to get to our lines. They had stray
ed off, reached that place, got posscs-
sion of n railroad tram, tore up nothing,
destroyed nothing, stole nothing, but sim
ply took possession of the train. But they
neglected to cut the telegraph wire in
time; news was telegraphed down TO
Chattanooga; force was sent up,caught
them; tried and contm, nd tht m without
their knowing IL; uDd then they took them
out of prison and hang them. They died
as loyal men. They died u glorious and
| hnr,.i,. al aih Uhpp .lt,I r,r sk.i.
ernment.
They were asked to rccant before they
We're swung of, but they said, mo, we
nre ready; we volunteered to shed our
blood In defense of our county whose
privileges we hoye enjoyeu. We are "a,
your service to do ypur bidding. They
were hung. Sensation.] have their
rames. Do you want to compromise with
these men!
He then spoke of the other prisoners,
the soldiers, now on their way home;
Twelve hundred of your counirymen
are on their way home now. They are
perhaps tonight at Annapolis. A lady
of this city, Mrs. Clark. called upon me
to-doy to inquire about her husband, who
is one of their number. There are not
two hundred of those men who can hide
their nakedness. They have not been
,urnisneu WIN u single garment since
their w.y home barciooteJ bor.haaded o
half naked. some oC them Win niece ns
ca,nct round tbei, Linz tUh,f i" 80, -,
think of thot yon tender. eoo,eJ nsn
ICbeors 4 hone vou have 80 -
Thnv viii NOT ren,sin 90 ,.han .t,o-.
know this peonis wan, to nal. ,bis . nay
of ex,crminotinn .nd ,bay vii ;ain +, ~ y
ceart N mn, down ,ha reloII,nn '"a nn - .no
The srmr never hsi, hrt Lsen "rJ nn.h