The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-09-11
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.

4 meeting of the National League was
held at the Court House on Friday evening
last. 1t was a large and enthusiastic gather.
ing Of the loyal and psiriotic citizens Of the
city OF Tiflin, and was one OF tho most satis-
factory meetings Of the Campaign. The
Court House was crowded to eIcress, to hear
the younb and eloquent MAHLos CHANCE.
After the ordinary business Of the meeting
was transacted. Mr., CHAScE was introduced
TO the audience by the President Of the
League, Judge HonD, and proceeded to de-
liver a most able and eloquent speech, IN
In opening his remarks. he said that he
felt a. ii,tiv dvsyso vf diaids-SS i- -rr~--i-s
before people, who has listened often 70
the eloquence Of GIBsoS, LEE, aud HoRp.
and upon whose ears were lingering the
magic words Of Prof MccoY, but would
promise, that what was said, should not be
insincere.
The Speaker proceeded to cay, that he be-
lieved the mass of the people irrespective Of
party, were loyal; that men differed more
In olicy than in their motives; that the
material impulse were just and right; but
Demagogues sou ght to make use Of party
name, tradition and party attachment to drag
the Democratic masses in open opposition to
the Government He, then asked them "a
men and patriots, not rs Democrats and
partissns, to view the past. and learn wis.
dom; behold the present and learn its lessons,
and see what our duties were il this contest
In the beginning Of our government. at its
very commencement, there were two an.ago,
nistic ideas prevailing among the men efthe
Revolutionary period--one represented by
jefferson, which was embodied 10 the Decla.
ration, the Democratic idea, the other, that
aristoc ratio idea fol med in the Constitution
Of South Carolina. which require man to
own 10 slaves to make him eligible TO Ger.
tain Offices. These two conflicting ideas be.
came more and moro antagonistic until 1899,
when South Carolina tried secession. Then
in 1850 they intimidsted the North by III, eats
and gained by compromise nearly all they
asked, and then in 1860. when the Republi
can party triumphed, and they rebeled and
appealed to arms, and the very object they
had to strengthen Slavery has been defeated,
and more than the mission OF the Republican
party has been accomplished by themselves.
Freedom in Territories, and the fond hopes
ofthe Abolitionist has been accomplished. !.
Ii proves that the grand old Democratic prin.
ciple, the majority shall rule, is right, just,
and will prevail. Foiled. bAfiled, and re.
pulsed at'eyery point, they invoked the God
of battles, and TO show how deterni ned how.
long settled was their purpose, an old totter-
ing man fred the first gun at Sumter, and
the great mensgsrie of treason was let
opened
When that hour came, It found the nation
defenceless. Gloom and dependency over
spread the land-Treason had done lis
work well at the CapitJl-Floyd and Cobb,
and their minions had dsspoiled it--and
when Lincoln went in the night disguised to
fill the chair, once bonored by wAsHIseros,
he found the Capitol the abode Of traitors
then the people swore that the Nation should
live-and the people rushed to arms. III,
| Az this crisis. DousIAs sustained the Gov.
ernment, and went from State 70 State urg-
ing the people to sustain the President; and
when atlssthe was called 10 smother field,
and the people were mourning over him,
vallandigham. went in company with Greek
snridge to Baltimore. to make speeches
against the Government.
He then quoted Douglas remarks about
the "enormous conspiracy" and that par, Of
the traitors lived in the Norih--snd pro-
eeedsd to show. that this conspiracy existed
and then considered the objections bought
against the iAdminis.ratioa by them; md
discussed at lsogth in an able manner ear
oitrary Arrests" "Habeas Corpus and
"Enahsipasiou !" "Ffessom Of Speech" and
Freedom Of Press after which he con-
''dersd tho charges brought sgainst the Re-
publican party ~ the authors Of rebellion.
Mr.. Psgh says, this war Is . "political blum.
der'' and could have been avoided by
Honorable Compromise"
He also showed Why Douglas was rejected
By the South, from ths fact that his opposi
ton to the Leeompton Constitution saving
Kansas to freedom. making II afree State.
a4d being The key to the West, the political