The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-01-30
suppose, nud suppose.

suppose thata Cavalier, In the time oJ
the great civil war in England, had said
in the Kings camp at Nottingham, or in
his court at Oxford, "Sirc, the Cdv9liers
and Roundhuads are both guilty. They
arc both responsible for the wur. The
limit OF the prcrogativo is not the cause,
but only the subject, of the war. Let us
lock to our own faults. Let US corrcct
ours Ives, your Majesty, aud let Us tell
the Parliament that all lis rights shall be
conceded"
Suppose that, amer talking to the King
in this vain for an hour or two, the Cav
alicr had added, M he was leaving the
royal presence, "Dut, of course, the pre-.
rogOtlvc must bo maintained, your Maj
rsiy; OF course, Of COURSE"
Do you think that Charles would have
counted much upon the sympathy or SER
vice of that gcnilemanl Would he have
called him 10 his prvy Council! Would
he have given him n responsible COM
mand upon the eve Of Edgchll or Mar
ston Moor!
Suppose that the same words, changing
King to Parliament, had been spoken by
member of the Commons. Would
llampden have trusted him, Would pym
have counsoled with himl Would CrOm.
well have tolerated hioi Would il not
have been perfectly clear that such II
Cavalier would have been willing 10 sec
the King defeated, aud such Roundhcad
to see the Parliament humblcd!
Or again, suppose that in the Conti-
mental Congress a man had said, "Gen-
tlcmen, we have certainly very much ag-
gravatcd the King. II Lord North has
been too slow, we have palpbly boen
too fast. We ought to have avcrtcd the
war. When our General, the worthy
Mr.. Washington, of Virginia, says To-
Governor Trumbull that persons who
are preying upon the vitals Of their coun
try ought not to bo suffered to stalk at
large he forgeIs himself; he ovcrlooks
the important truth that Il state Of war is
exactly tae same US state OF peace. In
fact, gentlemen, nwe are 10 coGntenHnce
such an cxtravagant document as the hot
headed gentleman from Virginia, Mr..
Jefferson, has prepared, where is this war
10 end ! How can we ever hope to mako
peace with Great Dritainl Let us never
be deludod into iorgetiulncss Of the fact
that when war is once established as this
is, the ouly hope of fighting to a success
fol issue lies, not in swords and cannon,
which aiways cXasperato people, but in
palm branches, and smooth talk, and bun-
comb, at which il the enemy sneer, they
only shcw their lLmanncrs. And why
should we be ill,mannored because they
arci Docs an impoliteness excuse an
impolitenessl"
And 50 on, and so on, for couple OF
hours. Don't you think that is the spirit
that wonld have given us the victoyl-
Don't YOU think that is the policy that
would have oyerlhrown North, and hu.
IN iliated King George, and have brought
every nation in the world to our side, iull
Of sy mpathy and respect! Ii you had
heard those words, would you not have
believed that you heard Washington, or
Adams, or jefferson, or Otis, or Patrick
Henry, or General Greene, or Christie
phor Gadsden, orOld Put! Would you
ever for AN instant have Imagined that il
was Conway, or Charles Lse, or Benedict
Arnold, who wps speakingl
There might be many similar suoposi.
tions made by an Ingenious mind, but
these will answer 10 day,---HayPsr's
Weekly.