The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-10-10
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This Is question which comes direct
ly homo to every citizen; but more O..
pecially TO all those who make any pre-
tensions 20 loyalty. Every man, how
humble socvor may be his station IN life,
has some influence, either for good or
evil. In n timc of great national trial, he
is impcrativey called upon 10 arouse aud
exert that influence in such manner
Us will be most beneficial 10 his country.
An important lection is close at hand,
on the results Of which our national Welt
being may Greatiy depend. The rebels
look TO il with profound soliciudc. lIcucc
il was that recently az Lexington. our
young men on being porollcd az prisoners
of war, were advised "to 90 home and
vote the Democratic ticket" That such
was tho oGmouitinn of rebel oficcrs, we
have heard many ufour young mon bear
witness. Was the advice given in the
hope that a Democratic triumph in the
free States would restore peace with tho
integrity of The Unionl Alas, no! No
rebel leader has ever yet treated such u
upp1stion with other than scorn and
contempt
In 1904, King William Of Orange, vc-
tocd an act passed by the English parli.
umcnt, known as tho "placc Bill." The
Commons OF England were greatly ogita.
ted. Tive days were spent in angry de-
bate. The country was at war aud in the
thr5cs ola great revolution. FJr the mo-
mcnt, many Wings ravcd ~ loudly
against the King as the Tory Jacobitcs,
/ The storm was finally mushcd by the
calm wisdom . { n great and good man.--
ado YOU wish,n SAID I.ittlctun, "to make
sport fcr your cncmicsl There il no
want Of thm. They b,sicgr our very
doors. We read, IA We cumo through
tho lobby, in the face and gestures of cv-
| cry nou-juror whom we pass, delight at
the mpmcnlary GOODNESS, which has aris-
en- between US and the King. That
should be enough for us. We may be
sure VIC are voting rightly, when we give
/ \ vote Which tends TO conlouud the hopes
/ Traitors"
la ihesc few words we have a volume
of instruction for our guidance Mt the
present time. Every member OF parlia-
ment had taken an oath to William and
Mary, vet it is notorious that there were
a great maay VHllandirhnms among thCm
lwho were in secret communication with
the cxiled james. Undcr tho guisc Of
devotion to the Euglsh Constitution, they
scruplud at no net ul intrigue, or faction
or ,rcachery, which tended to a rcstora-
ton of the old dynasty. Harley could
be as smooth, IA iusinuaing and MS 2lau.
sble as NallandighHm himself, aud no,
any more dishonest. IL was his solo oh.
= irct to restore James, even on the ruin,
= OF the liberties OF England. So from first
To last, and all the time, one (dnd only
onc) sentment has ever found place in
the breast of Vlllandigham--thc res.
: torntion Of supreme control over the Un.
: ion in the hands OF those rebol leaders
, who have made ueachcrous war upon il,
For this purpose he talks in and ont OF
; Congrcss-lobors day and night inccss.
: nntly.
: Like the English Harley, to accomplish
this RESTORATION, he would rejoice to see
every loyal State hnmblcd at the foot.
stool Of Jen. Dayi', aud tho stars ant
E stripes roilod IN the dust along tbs
A streets Of New York and Boston, ms They
have been in Charleston aud Richmond
\ lf any other sentmcnt--cven STRAY
! drop Of devotion to his country-hut
i found place in his bosom, it would hav,
Q snokcn ont ON some occasion. But =
+, has not. No man has ever heard him
Lreo,ho tho hone that treason MIGHT b,
D uttcrIv crnshe i bv The mower of The mn
: tion. I'm this RESPECT he is more consis,
= tent than his colleague, Mr.. Allen Of th,
, Miami District. On ono occasion. W.
, have heard, that the latter was SURPRISED
into an honest avownl that there was NJ
hope for peace, except through wager o
battle. This happened at public meet
D inr in Greenyille, in April, 1861, in
I speech, during which Mr.. Allen held ul
blank piece of paper and declared tina
if such was, furnished the rebel lead srs
!, with power o dictate their own terms o
: compromise, they would treat tho oii'o
4 with scorn and contempt.
!, It,,yover o,n;,hlc This mav bnvo hoo,
IN Mr. Alien Northumberland has nevo
: hnrn ,niltv or such n wcnkncss. H.
3 las hsd Int ono son0---rreiohted vii
y hpt one bnrAcn--" compromIse." Thi
:, ,olc hc chants urd,r every dis0uise i'm
lDgipablo. with ns hollow n heart and do
ceitfnl n nurn,sa. ms the sinoip0 of Ia
: r,bIcd svrrn. Hinder the spacious dis
d onise OF maintaininr the "Constitutiot
Q as il il, ard tho Union as twas" ho con
: stuntly proposes Compounded This al
! sounds very well; but is as marrowles
, as the dry bones which have bleached ol
u the commons for ten years.
G II is difIicu,t 10 pcrcoiyc how nny min,
5 can be 80 destitute OF comprehension a
NOT 10 perceiye that co,npronise,n il
h, very natnro. necessarily and evit.bl
> involves the change of some fundamon,
f! tnI law. and nway goes the Constitution