The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-09-15
THE VICTORY AT ATLANTA.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELEC.
TION.
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION
THE SLAVERY QUESTION

THE SLAVERY QUES IIOr
My DEAR FRIKSps--It is so that lik
to see you come marching to The time Q
national airs, under the folds Of the oil
national flag. would thank you to
this hospitable and patriotic welcome. |
proves that though you deal rigorousl!
with your public servants, exacting rea
sons for their policy, energy in their con
duct of affairs, and explanations for fail
ures and disappUintmcnts in their admin
istration, yet you are nevertheless just
because you willingly allow them TO re
joice with you, when you have success
victories and triumphs TO celebrate. The
news that brings US together is authentic
IA voice, "Do you think il isreliablel"
Yea; here is telegram which rece'vet
this morning from the Secretary OF War
"van Duzer reports that Sherman'G
advance entered Atlanta about noon to-
day. Particulars not received.
, EDWIN NJ. STANTON"
GThree cheers were given for Atlanta.
Now, this news comes in good shape,
Ii il pleasant to have great result al
first, and il proracts the int rest o. the
thing to have particulars coming In after
wards. ["Yes, yes, we eau wait for the
particulars"
Thu victory comes in the right conncc-
ton. 1t falls in with the echo of the
capture OF FJr,s Gaines and Morgan,
which understand tp be the particulars
of Farragul's glorious naval battle In .ke
Bay of Mobile, battle eqnoled by no
other In American History, but the
achievements OF the same veteran Admi-
raj ut New Orleans and Port Hudson
and all these have no parallel in naval
warfare, but the battles Of the Nile aud
Trafalgar. A voice, 81 wish we were all
Farraguts Well my friend know the
Admiral well, aud confess we can't all
be Farraguts. Indeed very few of MS
can. Dui we may take this comfort our
selves that az whole people, we can
appreciate the veterans. We can also
appreciate Sherman, who has per ormed
the most successful aud splendid march
through mountainous aud host lie cOun.
try recorded in modern history, aud ~
doing this we show ourselves inieriun in
virtue to no other nation. BY the way,
every body admired arrdeu's heruism IN
climbing 10 the topmasi to direct the
battle. But there was auoih "partiCular'
of that contest that no less iDrcib Y
illustrates his heroic char.ct'r.
"Admirul," said one uf his oflic RS The
night before the battle, "wunl you c4n-
sent to give Jack u glass of grng in III"
morning-nOt enough to max hun drunk
but Just enough to make him fight che r.
fully" "Wei!," replied the Admiral, Il
have been to sea consid rablc, aud h W
seen battle or two, but II v'r found
that wanted rHm to enablc me to 10 nv
duty. will order two cups o. good
coffee to each man. at two O'Clock, ard
eight O'Clock. IwiIl pipe al hands t.
breakfast ia Mobile Bay" IIurrai o.,
Farragul.l Aud he did give Jsck the
coffee, and then went up to tue masthead
and did IL.
The victory of Atlanta comes at tha
right place. The rebel Gus district is in
the shape Of an egg. 1t presents equal
resistance on lis whole surface. But il
you could only break the shell at either
of the two ends, Richmond or All rta,
the whole must crumble to pieces. Wbile
Sherman under Grant, has been striking
the big end, Meade under Grant, has been
striking just as hard blows upon the
lesser end. The whole shell viii now
be easily crushed, for il has grown brit
tie with exhaustion ofvitality within.
This glorious victory comes in good
time for ano her asor, Just now we are
calling upon you for three hundred ,hou'-
and more volunteers, you wili-draited
men, If we must, to end the war, Yu
were getting little tired Of long deloys
and disappointed expectations. In In-
diana, portion Ur Tie people, insiigntcd
by rebel piotters, at the Clihon House,
in Canada, were importing British
rovolvers in boxes, which passed the
Custom house as stationary, under pre-
tense of arming to defend themselves,
but renfy To r,sist the DRAFT and bring
the Government down to ruin, through
n subordinate and auxiliary civil war. /
True, no arms have been imp pJrted here. |
Yet delegates went out from among you
and sat down IN council a, Chicago with
those Indiana c0nspirutors and agreed
with them not only that that Importation
should be defended in the election can.
vass, but also 10 demand the cessation of
the war, upon the ground that success in
the Union is una,tainable. All .
ready, under the cheering news from
Atldntl, all this discomfort aud d, spln-
dency have disappeared. We shp have
no draft, because the army is being
reinforced at the rate of five or ten thous-
and men per day by volunteers, [Cheers
for the volunteers. May not add that
this victory at Atlanta comes in good
lime, as the victory in Mobile Bay does
10 vindicate the wisdom and energy of
he war administration. Faragu,'s nret
lid not make itself, nor did he make 1t.
Il was prepared by the Secrttory Of thu
Navy, and he that shall record the history
,f this war, truthfully impnrtially, viii
write that since the day Of Carnot, no
nan has orgsnized with ability equal to
hat OF Stanton. Cheers for Stanton,
cheers Tor the Secretary o the Nayy.]
But auspicius us the occasion is, II has
nevertheless, fliled to bring out some
whom we might have expected here.
Why are they DOT here to rejoice in the
that will thrill the heorts Of tn
lovers of freedom throughout the wurldl
Alas that II must oe confessed, II is party /
spirit that holds them aloof. All Of
hem are purtisans. Sume tre r. ubi-
cans, who cannot ri ice in the national
Victories because this war for TIL relief
81 the nation, 10 not IN all respects con
iucted according to their own peculiar
'adical ideas end theories. They want
for swift, aud universal eman.
= aaf inn or thew du nnf an ,,t tha ,,.s,,.,
laved. Others stay away because they
want 10 be ssured that in coming out Of
he revolutionary storm, the ship OF
tate will be found exactly in the same
as when the tempest assaiied II,
" they do not want to see the ship syved
1 all; as ii any body could give such
in the name of the reople Of
hIty millions. Others are Democrats.
They received from their fathers the !
xiom that only Democrats could save