The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-10-06
The Rally in Tifin---A Large
Crowd, Great Enthusiasm Good
SDeeches. No.

pie at home both In the CITY and cOuntry,
yet very large delegation of ladies' and
gentlemen, representing the Union party
OF Seneca, convened in the Court House
square on that day to listen TO the Hon.
HoRAcE MAYNARD, Of Tennessee, Gen.
GARFIELD. and their favofiie Orator, Col.
GIBSON. The usual display Of banners
and mottos and noisy sslutes Of ordina zee
were not wanting to lend TO the enthusi
usm and good feeling on the occasion.
Col. Franklin, late OF tho 34tb o. v.
l., as chairman Of the meeting, introduced
with few appropriate remarks, the
speaker Of the day, Mr.. Maynard, who
held the entire attention of the assembly
during his speech Of over two hours. Gen.
Garfield was then introduced, who made
short entertaining and effective speech,
apart OF which we cannot do better than
publish for tho benefit Of those Of our
readers who had not tue good fortune to
be present on that occasion.
After expressing regret, that tho dis.
tinguished speaker who had proceeded
him (Mr. Maynard) had not continued his
remarks to much greater lenglth He
said:
"MY Fellow CITIZENS III should be
called upon to define to-day in one sen.
tence the issue before us, I would utter
II like this: ave fight the rebellion aud
the Democracy fight us." (upplsu.e) Is
any thing IN orc to be saidl Does any
mun deny the truth Of that statement
And when any man wishes to fight rc.
bellion or not, he will know whether to
fight us or not. Why, they start out OH
this great Chicago Convention upon the
main plank Of their platform which is
that this war Is a failure-this sncred
wnr--sacred, I say, because the best
thoughts and the most fervent prayers Of
good men and women, all over the land,
are with the army in battles carnage
and upon the weary march, In the hospi.
cal and by the bed Of lungnishing. L, is
therefore, the great aud holy effort of the
Northern people TO put down the rebel
lion, and yet these men at Chicago
uvow II to be failure. There are two
classes of men whe make this sfiirmation.
The Democrats at Chicago say II is a
failure, and the rebels use their best Ell.
deavors to make il q failure-onc lines
the hymn while tho other sings. (Great
laughter.) The Democracy at the North
declare il is a failure tho brave Democ-
rocy at the South fight for the doctrine.
Between these two theoretical rebels
aud practical rebels the great American
people stand with tho flag, and tho nimy
and the Constitution, aud the Govern
ment, and declare that they will put dow u
tho practical rebels In front aud the thco-
retical rebels behind them. daughter,
aud nppluuse.) Speaking of tho De-
mocracy's frigid sympathy for tho soldier
he said; at the Baltimore Convention
II was declared that the thanks of the
great American people were due to the
soldiers and sailors of the army and navy.
Does the other Convention at Chicago
thank the soldieri No! no. No word
oI thanks or sympathy because the cause
In which ho braves death Is a failure us
ID declared by tho mouths of these dis.
unguished leaders. Their sympathy
amounts as your speaker said, to pity
that they have so foolishly involved ,hcn.-
selves in so foolish war. They pleas.
sntly Oflirm that in case they obtain
power, they will protect the soldier-pro.
tcct tho American soldier! Did you ever
hear Of toothless old hound protecting
. lion! (Grcat laughter.) Publish i,
at the head of tho armies, tell the mem.
bers of the old i9th Ohio that when they
come homo the Democratic party OF the
North will protect them. Tell Sherman
that when he comes home the Demo-
cratic party will protect him. Tell Phil.
Sheridan, whose chief crime is, that he
has lately made ten thousand arbitrary
arrests in the Shenandoah Valley, thu,
when he comes home the Democratic
party will protect him. But, fellow citi.
zons, that Is an Infamous insult to the
soldiers Of the army. a voice that's SO
aud we take il thus,) You do, l know ;
M nd thar, Ia q, a m a,,lJ,cr Ia, tha G.ll Ia, /.
spurns with contempt that infamous
statement of that party, that they will
protect him against whom! Not against
you; not against those at homo who have
followed him with their prayers and az
fections to the field; sgainst whom then,
| will tell you. They mean that they
will protect you against the other wing
OF the Democratic party on the other side
of the line, for your great crime has been
Soldiers-that you have been shooting
Democrats for the last threo years.
GOOD, good, aud laughter.)
"Harris, of Maryland, has stood up in
his place in Congress and said 'yoi
cannot conquer the South. They
are brave aud chivalric people, who are
fighting for their rights as our ReYolu-
tionary fathers fought for their rights.
Your armies can not conquer them, and
| hope 10 Gods name they never will"
Aud your representative for this district
Mr.. Noble,l was one who refused to
vote for the expelllng OF such man
from the House OF Representatives. Aud
such are all the men gathered there who
made that Chicago platform. Do you