The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-08-08

out boldly and declare that this Govern-
mcnt belongs 10 the loyal men Of il,
North and South.
lie who is not for the Government
must bear the consequences. Not only
what he has, but all be is IN possession
of, must be taken. II was very pretty
thing 90 listen To the Senator from
Pennsylvania talk about tho spectacle Of
men gcing into southern and northern
homes and taking possession OF the prop
criy ofwomcn and children; but, sir. my
mind reverted to sadlcr spectacle in
my own Sttc, all over Which may be
found tho widows OF our slain, clad in the
habiliments Of mourning, bright hearth
stones made silent and dcsolOtr forever,
aud beautiful daughters and dear boys
turned upon the cold, cold charities uC
this Implying world. draw the curtain
over the sad, dark scenes which crowd
around the hcarthstoncs aud upon tho
stricken hearts, the slain patriots OF my
countrl have left behind tlcm.
Cir, the man who rebels against this
Government ought {, die. lie hrs no
righ, t, the protection Of particle of
property for an hour. Why, sir, I have
before M letter from Secretary orone
o, th' fines, railroads in Indiana, asking
my opinion in a cusc of this sort. A man
by the name of Mitchell owns large
quantity of stock in that railroad. lie
was raised ana educated by the Govern
mcnt Of the United States. see hv the
list that he was twenty-five years in the
the Novy. When this rebellion broke
out, lac went South. lie commanded the
! Louisiana, a rebel vessel, in the fight at
New Orleans, the other day. and when
he found that he would be whipped, he
blew her up. lie was taken prisoner,
aud is now in Fort Warren; aud yet he
is receiving every six months his divi-
dend$ on this railroad stock.
And this is but one of ten thousand
such examples; and in the face of such
facts, shall we oontinu', Ms we have
done, shall we carry on the war in this
beautiful way. passing over to rebels in
arms the profits of stocks and property in
the North, or loyal states. 20 feed them
and strengthen their bastard govern
ment! The Marshal Of my State owes
an existing debt Of $4,000 to gentle
man who is Il commissury in the rebel
army; aud every six m uths this man
gets his interest. Can you tolerate these
thingsl Irthcsr things are to go on, do
You ever expect TO restore order In this
countryl
/ Mr.. President, for the lust five or six
weeks | have sat In my seat aud hcurd
lgontlCmcn, hour after hour and day after
day, talk about what we could not DO. Ii
would have been gratifying to me If some
gentleman had told us what we might do.
] 1t would have been far more gratifying
! o me to hear that know that there Is
rebellion in the land; | kaow thut there
are traitors in the North as well as in the
South; and | know they are living upon
the fat of the land. Know that in this
city to-day, whore you are taking the
temples of God ns hospitals, there is
more properly belonging TO rebels than
would be necessary to furnish hospital
accommodations for every sick man in
our Army.
Sir, would march with this Senate in
a body tonight, and say to the prcsi-
dent, "beiorc to-morrow's sun shall rise
take every bit of it," 1t is not the mere
value oftho property | look to, but to the
txamplc you would show TO the country
that you mean to sustain this Govern.
mcnt; that you mean that he who rebels
against It shall lose his property alto
gcther: and you will never have peace
until you do il. always begin to sus-
ptct any mans loyalty when he talks to
me about the violation Of the writ of ha-
beas corpus, or this thing or that thing
done TO sustain the Government.
desire to say that the sentiments of
the extract am about to send to the
desk are the sentiments of the people Of
Indiana on this slavery question. lndi-
ana Is National State. She desires TO
live in peace and harmony with sist
States, and to preserve this Unon.-.-
| ask the Secretary to read this ex.
tract from remarks made by friend Of
mine.
The Secretary read as follows:
"Whether the war shall end in subiu-
CATION aud emancipation, is question
that concerns the rebels, and not u.s.
They can lay down their arms ard con-
slider themselves conquered or subiugut
ca, us lntf Alliih oNlihI W IUHtI uiu
delicate taste may prefer; and, though
the political power of slavery is forever
broken, the tenure Of property in slaves
may continue; but if they protract the
struggle until the endurance and resour-
ces OF the nation are expended, | pre-. /
diet that without any Congressional or
Executive Interference, and az the inev-
table result of invasion and the conflict
OF arms, the longevity Of slavery will be
coincidcnt with the duration of tho war.
We win prosecute the war TO re-estab-
lish the supremacy OF the F,dernl Con- !
stitutiou, under Mr.. Crttenden's re olu-
ton at the extra session Of Congress,
and if slavery must perish in the conflict,
let it perish.
We can all ugrcc n uvigorous prose-
cut.on of the war to crush treason aud |
save the Government, and il, in 80 doing, |
slavery dies, let II 90. We have nost,ck |
in il. We did not put it in peril by war I
What interest or responsibility have we
in slaveryl Why is slavery any more
sacred in the hands of rebels than any |
other species of property why viii po-
litlcal fossils persist IN linking the for
tunes Of the Democratic party with the
fortunes of slavery! Rebels have thrown
Off their Obligations TO the Constitution,
under which alone il has any guarantees;
they have put il in issue by causeless
and unprovoked war; they have staked il
on the result of military conflict, Shall |
It not abide the fortunes of revolution!" |
remarked that | believed those were
the sentiments Of the people Of my State.
1 shall detain the Senate but moment |
longer. Iknow they are anxious to come
to vote. If | have exhibited any
warmth in the remarks that | have made |