The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-12-26
Negotiation with Rebels.

can safely come 10 the conclusion, that
this movement is directed against the
Government, and for no other purposC
than to drive Il into some dsgracelu
measures TO compromise with tho rcbc
cut-throats, who have been fighting lol
tho lust year nnj half for its ,lcstruc
ton. Tho leaders Of these Locofoco re,
bells at the North are ut the head Of thi,
wicked scheme. They have II ncfriou,
plot on foot, which, if successful, the 10y.
al people muy look for the speedy down.
fall Of our Government. Some time ago
the traitor Fernando Wood, OF Now York
said that he lad received information
from certain leading Southern gentlemen,
Tcbcls), in the South, that under " GER
thin circumstances" (mnrk the express
sion), the South ,oas ready 10 return =
What Orc these circumstances 7 These
circumstances are, we Hrc led to believe
from their movement, that President
LINCOLN must be turned ont Of the Prcs,-
dental Chair, and jeff. Davis, the noto.
rious william and black-hcOrtcd scoundrcl
should be installed in his place: the
" past to bo forgotten, the payment Of
the public debt to be provided for on both
sides, by Democratic Rule - Heaven
preserve us from the rue of such traitors
nud infamous Williams ! At tho close OF
Woods announcement of this tory
scheme OF rascality, il was followed by
terrific howls from the rable out of the
FWo Points which lasted several min.
u,cs. What does this mean Docs Il
not mean that there is positive rascality
concoctcd among the L9cofoco rebel
leaders in the North to ruin the Govern.
mcnt II certainly doos. No Impartial
thinking man can be ignorant of this
fact. They are showing their hydra.
head in this wHnton aud wicked scheme
moro plainly every day. There Is a cri-
sis drawing near, which should be close.
ly watched by every loyal aud true friend
cr the Government. 1t must be DONE
There is no other wuy TO preserve the
integrity and character Of our free insti.
tutons-than to watch these Locorocc
sympa: hisng rebels close Woods an.
nouncemcnt cf this scheme shows that
nc is in communication with the enemies
Of our Government, and should be con-
signed to Fort Lafayette immediately.
As regards the RIGHTS Of the South
thcy have never boon iniringcd upon by
tho people of the North. What the
Southern people claimed, for Tie potoc-
ton of their slave property, they always
succeeded in getting. They raised great
noise during the slavery excitement in
1882, and secured the passage of the
Fugitive Slave Law, which was to be a
final settlement of the negro question:
But look at Il now Did they not during
the administ alton of Buchanan grasplfor
more slave tcrritory-yiolated their hon
or and word--bcoome boistcrous-,urbu.
lent aud dissatisfied! Did they not re-
bel against the Government, and annul
this very Fugitive Slave Law which they
aidsd in making the supreme Law for the
capture of their runaway negroes OF
oours, they did. That infamous law
made every white citizen of the Unityd
States an officer to aid in capturing their
slave chat,lcs. In some sections of the
country il was violated by persons OF
their own political faith! They refused
10 aid in executing the law, And in
NEST every instance, those who refused
TO fulfill the letter of the law, were men
who had acted a conspicuous part in the
Loooloco ranks of the Woods party =
Now it appears that Woods and his dc
ludod followers, are willing to let The
Union go to destruction, sacrifice thous
ands OF lives, millions of moncy, aud it il
be necessary their soul and body, il they
can only obtain he control Of hs Gor-
srNmeni! Then the terrors of civil wa,
aud bloodshed arc to be held up to tn,
people, to deter them from voting as theh
conscience and reason requires them tc
do. They expect every free Northern
man 10 vote with them--to Ueknowledg,
that the presen, Government (Which i,
Ialse) is violating the Constitution in hei
struggle to maintain the integrity of oul
once happy country-and must comply
with heir demands for Locofoco ad
minis,ration, by putting yillianous trai.
tor in President LISooLSs place. w,
say, spot the trators--wateh them close
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