The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-06-26

will ensuc. Especially those who are
the immediate relatives of the victim
were expected to be ready to do anything
to rescue il from an uutimcly grave
Clerks, Recorder, Auditor, Secretary Of
State, Sheriff aud Deputies, Prosecuting
Attorney and ex. Prosecuting Attorney,
Constable and member of Congress, and
Councilman, aud last tho not least, an
able Physician Of Brcckinridge proclivi.
ties, had been called To counsel in the
case. The Court House bell wus rung,
and the untcrrifcd assembled, so that the
Court House was crowded with about
half us many us il would hold. The spc-
cial mourncrs and relatives, all took their
seats within the bar, aud the Policeman,
who it is said saw man with butter.
nut on, on the day that sunset Cox spoke
in our city, and told him il was right anl
he should not let any one take il off, wos
called to the chair, to preside over the rn-
tncrs. Senator Lang, appeared amid I
{ undcrs of applause, and promised wit.,
he had to say, by excuses of not being
ready to make u speech. He hnd spoken
for sometime, aud il was evident to the
relatives aud mourncrs, that they were not
ratiiying to an alarming cxtcnt--whcn
the Secretary of State, aided by cx.Pros-
ecuting Attorney proposed three cheers
for the nominee, Clement l.. Vallandig-
ham, aud the boys thought il time to
cheer, and they cheercd--it was like a
flash OF lightning from clear sky--so
uncxpcctcd--thc Senator thinking the
cheer the result of his speech, pulled
down his vest aud pitched into abolition
lists. After that no one could say three
words of sense or no sense, without the
rats ratiying. Had a phonograpber been
there, his report would have been about
as follows:
/ JudSc--alas Colonel, alias Senator
Lang, said: You may call me butternut;
(cheers) you may call me copporhcad;
(chcels) you may call me anything
(cheers) but don't call me an abolitionst
(Trcmendous applause); (call for three
cheers for VallOndighum, given with i'm.
mense enthusiasm,) II was evident tina,
the speaker had touch of " wool on the
BRAIN" fhe is devoid of natures covering
He went down to the convention TO vot,
against Val, but he could not stand it.
had to come in, leaders said so. In thei
ratification Of nomination, is was not ne
ecssaN to adopt all tn views of Val, on
ly those which were acceptable here.
The Secretary of State came on til,
stand next. Every body called him, h,
said, shrewd politician he did no
make speeches, but he was worker
what kind he did not say. Some one la,
said he would not support the tieket--h,
had carly made il rule of his lite L
abide by the decision OF the convention
How is il about the Charleston eonven
. tion He, too, was opposed to Val. il
| convention, but could not stand the pres
I sure, did noI have " the nerve"-it wa
7 not necessary to adopt all The views o
Val, he was representative of Ere
=. speech. Owing to the Secretary bein
0 otherwise engaged, there was not so ma
0 ny cheers, daring his remarks, as usual.
: Next, oamo the Bloom representative
4 they had managed to get word out to hil
To come in aud ratify, aud be satisfe
a Val was a pure patriot, aud the creates
statesman Of the Sge, lie was (or Va
6 n(cheers) dighsm, tremendous cheers
G aud closed by proposing three cheers f.
!. gallant Val
n The crowd grew beautifully less--a
I the relOtNes still waited on the victim
= There are few more doses to be admin
: islered aud the dead point Of dang,
i would be- past. Landon took the stan
d no, prepared to make a speek, but he W,
It going q prepare himself aud make SON
Is "Sockers." Val was pure potriot al
j. great statesman, Lincoln was a yran
Is aud. they had no freedom OF speeeh,-
!. Questions went the rounds whether th
: was the man hat had made the speech
few nights before to get volunteers--(
\. course he had made another som ersau
is and landed on the Val platform. l,ml
4. be wondered how oflen he had chang,
Y. positions Ia the last two years. Caas
le cd his "bsse Of operations" The idea
ie a man Offering to give tho last dollar
Is has to send soldiers in the field and ca