The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-07-31


division. make the election Of Mr.. Lin.
coin certainty, aud then raise the cry
OF the "clco,ion of a sectional candidate.
They did not wish the election of such
men as Stephen A. Douglas &C James
Gnthriel they preferred that Abraham
lincoln should he the man--as then their
long cherished plan could be, with somc
show of plausibility, carried out, The
people of the North did not elect Mr..
Liucolu-thc South is entirely rcspousi-
blc for il.
There is less excuse fuT thiI rebellion
than tor any that has hcrn in any coun-
try since the world was created Under
Dur form VI government, the sourcS OF
all power is In the people. who delegate
IL To their rulers Tor certain time at the
expiration OF which it r,ycrts to the orig.
inal SOURCE, cIrurs are committed by
those In authority, the people can relieve
those who commit them, and rcctily their
errors. There was no occasion for ru,s,
ing tho hand Of rebellion. But they had
couly dctcrmined upon it, and as they
had produced a schism in the Democratic
party, Mr. Lincoln went into the ,ilirc.
What thcnl
In the Presidential chair sat Southcr.
ncr by birth, eian as conservative us
llcury CAY, and who was disposed to
guard Nrir rights, under ia, Constitution
with watchlulnCss. But suppose i, had
been otherwise, there was aworking ma
joriy ui men of their views in the Ilou5c
vi Repre- scntativcs aud in the Senate OF
the United States, with i've of the Su.
pr,mc Court, who were Southern men,
Ur under their influence. They had the
power to prevent the confirmation OF any
Oiiiccr whom the President might appoint
who was not disposed To rive them their
rights; they had the power TO refuse sup
plies 10 any force which might be- sent lur
the cnlOrcc.lcnt oftyranhicul laws, aud
they had the power 10 determine any law
they chose to be unconstitutional.
Thus, with NO right or privilege in dan
ger, they resolved to inuuguratc their me-
tLriOus designs, and accordingly smutc
the Government with the arm Of war,
bringing the drsolutiun and ruin which
they are now cxpcricn3ng. Ii this be
true statement u the history of the past
few ycurs-and | shull challenge any
man to deny 1t--what justification is
there ON the part Of the South for bring
ing the war about Ex-senator pugh
has said il conld huyc been prevented, by
the adoption of the Crittcndcn Gompro-
mise. Compromise ! Why did he rise
Up ia the Charleston Convention in OPP
position TO compromise, and 10 protcs,
against the acts of the Southern leaders
lie$aid, No Northern man uld stand
on such platforms or compromises mo-
mcnt," No, no If this compromise OF
the Peace Congress could have prevent
cd the war, why did not Congress adopt
1t, Instead Of the members spurning il aud
one by one, leaving their seats But il
may be said that the President would
have voted any such measure. Rcmcm-
b,r, my friend, they had power, aud why
did they not use II Ii they hnd been
honest, they would have put him to the
test, aud made him take the responsible
ity, If he dared, No, the war was deter
mined upon years before il came il was
deliberately dctcTmincd upon and cooly
ltwa' inapgnraled for 0 pur.
pose, and while tbousnDds of Union men
at the South were not permitted 10 think
for ihcmsclYca, dcsputic power of man
styled their President. Duund them hand
aud foot. They immediately made un-
il of the Confcdcracy-whilc we urc di-
yidcd among ourselves. and weakening
Of strcngthing the hunus of the
Docs II not seem strange that we
should be wrangling with cnch other -
a voicC--Bccuusc Of Democratic trail
tors. No, sir. it is not on account of any
teachings VI that party. but because we'll.
men ure he'd away by corrupt
leaders, who have lately risen up and
who expect to ride into power by this
means. The old Democratic party boast-
ed that il was in favor of the last wur,and
is in favor OF the next, but the party of
to-day is negative party in every sense
Of the term. Hostility TO the Govern
mcnt is now its chief doctrine, which, If
any man had predicted ten years ago, the
party would have spurnCd him us trui-
tor. The Convention which recently
met Mt Columbus, and which nominated
Mr., Vallundigham, have given us plat
form, in which there are twenty.three
resolutions, know something abont
platforms, having helped to erect many
myself, but never knoY Of enc in which
there was not some policy asserted. This
platform is q series OF pegatig1s from be-
ginning 10 chd, and the only exception is
that they are not against the rcbelliun.-
Only think of a Democratic Convention
meeting in Columbus, at time when the
country was in state Of civil war--sot-
ting twenty four hours and passing
twenty three rcso lutions-and not saying
Il word calculated to support that govern
ment, nor word of condcmnalion,lo for the
re belion. They huve made il mega
tive party, aud they now ask the people
10 support the candidates nominated up
Oh that platform. But il cannot be done.
The Democratic puriy has heretofore
plumed Itself uron being the war ppriy,
and in It's State COnyentions denounced
the opposition for the cold support given
to the Goyernmcnt in war times. In 1886
rs. we were in war with MexicC=-a war
that was waged upon Constitutional
grounds for the protection Of Ccnsiitu-
tiona rights--bIt the present war is
without pretexi or q cause. The purity
then took high ground in favor of lis
"A State Conyention viii, h
met on the 9th Of January, l84S, passed
a resolution, in which the Whigs,as they
were then called, were strongly denoun-
cd for their luke-warmness in giving the
Administration a support. That resou-
ton was voted Tor by ne, and ] would
vote for it again to-day.
The speaker berc introduced series
Of resolutions adopted at the 9th of jan,
Is 4S, Conyention, among them the eel
1ruted one in. relerence to slavery,where-
u it was resolved that the Dcmocrutic
party Would relax no cxeitious until the