The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-05-16

stcalthily Green upon the pickcts of on
armies and murder them in cold bloodl--
Il Do our brethren insult the lifcloss bod
; les of our patriotic eoldicrsl DO the,
bury them with their face downwarJs, o
Ipilter their graves aud dishonor thci
boncs, and do other vile acts which W,
could expect only from vampires and can
nibalsl No, Mr.. President, these are no
our brethren. They Hrc our mortal foes
and we must deprive them Of all powe
for mischief.
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What has been the r, suit Of tho dccla
ration of our commanding generals, tina
the property even of the most vcnomou,
seccssionist shall be guarded, and that I,
touch twill be followed with the penal
" of de0thl Only renewed aud more es
founding cXtortions upon our troops ant
upon the Government. Those who's,
sex protect them frcm personal iniur,
may, in their insane fury, insult ou
wounded and dying as they nre carried t,
the hospitals, and yet, as things now are
the estates where they reside, aud whcl
have been abandoned by husbands nnt
sons, to join the confederate army, ar,
fruitful only for the enemies OF the Re-
public, and us unproductivo as the dcscr
Tor the soldiers OF the Union. We mus
change all this, and those who have bro
ken the public peace ought to bo made {,
subsist those who have come to rcstor,
order.
1t will have magnetic effect in tern.
mating this civil strife, when the south.
ern people know that they will be com
PEELED to subsist our armies so long a,
treason shall require their prcscpc,
among them. live pay cxorbitanlly fol
subsistence Of our troops, the desire thcf
will be that the war shall be protractct
rather than brought to u speedy tcrnina
ton. Such u measure as | have indicnt.
cd is next in Importance to the one fol
the ccnfiscStOn of rcGol property, aud
feel assured, in advance, that in casting
my vote for them both, shall have the
hearty applause OF the Stlle which | am
PROUD, in part, TO rcpscrt. | know the
feeling Of the people there. krow that
it is one of undying hostility to this ro'
belliun and Of funcompromslng fidelity L
the Government,
There is one instance which | viii
state; fifty years ago four brothers lcll
their fathers home IN the Green MLun.
tains of Vermont, and two of them set.
tied in Virginia; the remaining two in
my own State. One of the brothers IN
Virginia died, and the ether brother and
his nephew have be II among the promo.
tors oil the existing rebellion. ono o.
them went so lar as to contribute Sl5,.
600 to arm his poor relations against the
government. The brothers in Indiana
whose sons are in the armies of the Re
public, and who have contributed larpel,
OF their means to carry on this war, in
dignantly demand that the old homestee,
OF their revolutionary father, now owncc
by traitor sons, shall be contscatcd to the
use Of the Government
There comes up from these loyal mcr
no cringIng appeal for forbearance, hut
the contrary, the expression of hope
that exemplary punishment shall be in.
iiloted upon those who have disgracet
their heroic ancestry, and with purrcldal
hands la 5e struck ut the existence ofthc
Union which gave them prosperity and
protection. This is not a single case.
There are thousands like it; aud thcy
oil speak OF the noble and unwaverinp
courage OF the citizens of the loyal
States.
Mr.. President, ] have sat here restless
ly day alter day aud heard questions rais-
cd such as were discussed this morning,
touching the arrest OF certain persons
charged with treason. 1t may be doubt
cd whether We have really government
us yet or not. Violence, lawlessnoss
and resistance to established authority
are everywhere 10 be seen. The very
atmosphere is full of treason. ! cannot
listen patiently to gentlemen who ta k
about power bcinr assumed by Secreta-
ry OF State or by President. In this
dark hour of my corntry, know no limit
to the power OF the President to do all he
eau to suppress the insurrection. lie
must make everything bend before that
imperative duty. ! would not question
It any more than would think of pulling
out lackstone to inquire what my right
OF deience is when the assassin comes at
me with steel dagger. can say to my
respected friend from Kentucky, in a
free State, where the courts arc open
and there is no trouble, ] think arrests
without warrant are unjustifuble; Lut it
has been otherwise in the border slave
States. The President aud his Cabinet
are not, politically, my friends; but
look to them most confidently tor the dis
charge of the'r whole duty in these per-
ilous times.
So far as Kentucky was concerned,
some improper arrests may have been
made; but there were some that were
not made that ought to have been made.
There sat man (psinting to the seat
formerly occupied by Mr.. Breckenridc,)
who was nourishcd, tostored and honorcl
by the Government, who abused the high
confidence reposcd in him to lead of one
third OF the nation into armed rebellion
against the best Government on corth.
To him snould have been metcd out not
only Imprisonment, but the extreme PEN
atty of the law. Tell me not ofthe dan
ger of preserving this Government
by the power of President and Secre-
tsy.
Tell me not of the danger Of allowing
the President TO answer whether or not
he can say that certain information can
not be communicated without danger to
the public interest. 1t has been the
practice Of the Government heretofore
even when calling ON the President to
treaties with the greatest !
nations Of the earth, to ask him to do SO,
provided il is not incompatible with the
public interest; aud shall we now, when /
treason fills the very air around US, and
1e may well say that it is doubtful
whether we have a Government, (for we
IRE trying to bring order and government
1ut Of anarchy, iRsurrection and treason;)
ell us, can we not trust the Adninistra-
ion of the country to say what il COM