The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-04-03

Ueth 10 itarh tne WuUl, " ever was tne
truth, that il was Slavery that rcbcllcd.
1t would be amusing, il so much sorow
were not connected with it, TO review the
course by which the North, and especial
/ ly the President, arrived al tht truth
And seeing the trNth, how slow To grasp
! Il, and pursue u course indicated by it,
/ But 1T last did the nation and its Frcsi-
dent wake up to the stern reality, that in
order tp national salvation, national re-
Ipcn;ancc was Necessary.
! II vns seen, When Che nation was
bleeding at every pore, that the only way
10 save the life current that was fast eb-
biug away, was 20 sever the hated OK.
crescenee from the body, and bury the
purid mass from the sight OF man. The
knife that was tI begin the incision was
graspcd by the President ON the 2sj Of
September, 1862. One hundred days
thereafter il entered The vile mass with
goodIy intent; but oh, sadness il len
some of its roots still to tester aud sickcu
the body. Still we thank God for the
blow thai did fall That Law Of the
/ President, though not so comprehensive
in its provisions, is still In consonance
with the Law OF God. Had that Proela
nation in It's words, been modelled after
the Law OF God, ii would have read:
I"Procliim liberty throughout all the land,
to all the inhabta thereof" Sill il
has validity aud vitality in it, IL fills
With stunning effect upon the uncxpcct.
ant rebels. Like bread cast upon waters,
il will prove prolific many days hence.
l"And W hosoevcr will not do the law OF
the President, let Judgment b. executed
speedily upon him, whether il be unto
death, or 10 banishmcut, or to coniisca.
tion Of goods, or to imprisonment" That
law bears an erroneous date. True,
President Lincoln appended January LIST,
1868, to the form OF words ho used. But
buck, back into the buried past, it we look
! shall we behold in letters OF fire, blazing
upon the uttcranccs of Heaven, "Ali
things whatsoever ye would that men
: should do unto you, do ye even 50 to
them"
would not dctract one iotl from the
. merits Of our Chief Magistrate, in that,
, the most glorious act OF his life; but the
principles of that proclamation were em-
: bluxoncd uron the folds of the banner ol
Heavens Hing long centuries before
Abraham Lincoln Urelthed Gods free
l air Still it is the law of the President.
: II must aud will be executed. Hundreds
. of thousands of brave hearts aud strong
! hands are enlisted as the active executors
tof this mandate Of freedom. They are
i fling tho curtain that has kept perpct
;, ull night in the minds of toiling millions
The broodng gloom that has hung like I
: pail over the dusky sons and daughter
: , OF southern soil sis being scattered. thougl
!, it has To be done by artillery's fash AN
9 saDer's glenn. Fathors and mothers ~.
: beginning to look upon their children
with fond hope, instead Of with dismal for
Q budng OF the drivers lash, or the traders
cotlls. Husbands and wives begin to
press each others hands With the hope
F, that death and not the masters caprice
or cruelty shall separate them. Babes
: are pressed 10 fond and alftctonate
, hearts, with the promise that no auction
eer's hammer shall sound death knell
to maternal hopes. Brothers und sisters
: may now cherish lraternal sympathies
/. without the certain prospect that money
considerations or brutal lust shall sever
the hcaven-5orn tie. Yes, this law Of the
, God of Heaven, aud the law of the Presi-
dent, comes iraught with a store-house
|, OF blessings too valuable to be estimated.
! Unborn millions shall rise up and bless
the men who throw themselves into the
breach that cruel slavery essays to make
in our great wall of freedom.
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