The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-02-25
For President In is6t,
THE DEMOCRATIC GOSPEL or
PEACE

j. IN The oldcn time, during the days O
!, Jackson, Cas,, Van Durcn, Benton
r Wright, Marcy and other illuslriou
< leaders Of the original genuine demo
cratic party, democratic convention
were want 10 pledge themselves 10 sus
tain the next war, which meant simply
that that party were always ready nnt
willing To drink to the toast, "our coun
try, may she always bo right" but ou
count y, eight or wrong. Undr the lcut
OF these truly great men, our nation pre-.
, scented an iron front on all sides, and pro.
claimed to the world, that American.
asked nothing but what was right, and
would submit TO nothing which was
wrong. Did England enforce the rght
of search and imprCssmcut! AZ the can.
mons mouth she w9s compelled to rclin.
q'ish her arrogant prctcntions. Did
/ France, in the pride Of her greatness aud
power, disrcgard our rights, ns II neutral
Nation, aud dcsrril our commerce! She
was promptly notified that rar would be-
the consequence Of continuation of kcr
unlawful nggrcssions, aud refusal Of
indemnity for past injuries. And Francc
respected our power, and paid the for.
lcit Ur her arrogance ly indcmniying
our merchants and ship owncrs, for loss.
IS aud damages sustained under the or
dcrs and dccrccs Of the French Govern.
mcnt Al the demand Of American
statcsmcn, that proud government even
revoked her obnoxious dccrcss, and re-
modelled her foreign policy.
Mexico marched h,r armies East of
the Rio Grondc, aud democratic admin.
istration forthwith sounded the toccin of
war, with ucighboring Republic.
a Spanish man.of war iirc5 shot
across the bow of an American merchant
man, aud immediately every democrat
brlstlcd all over with cannon, aud musk.
cts, rifles, swords aud rcvulvcrs. Their
voices were Unanimous for war. Brinh-
am Young, the duly appointed Governor
OF Utah, insists upon enjoying the quiet
OF his halcm, aud wurshppirg God in his
own way, when, lul Old Public Func-
tionary, with his democratic myriads, let
slip the dogs OF war upon 4 me ricaa cit-
iscRS in Utah.
Paraguay refuses To pay some of our
citizens a small debt. Democrats there
upon charter lot of old rotten steam
crs, aud at an expense Of ten million Of
dollars, forthwith undertake to coorcc
Paraguay.
Aud then there is the Grcytown war
which we had almost forgotten. A cili.
zen vt Grcytown hits our worthy Minis
ter over the head with a bottle, aud forth.
with the Cycnc fill1d with these demo-
cratic warriors, under orders from dem
ocrotic President, and democratic Sccrc.
tary of the Navy, lay Grcytown in ruins,
and turned the innocent women aud chill.
drcn out upon tho world, housclcss aud
homeless.
Upon all occasions pricr to '6I, demo-
Gratis have proclaimed, "lct others do aud
say as they will, cur voice is still for
war"
But a change has como over the spirits
Of their dreams. Tho trumpet OF war so
oltcn, aud 81 vigorously blown by the
old democratic party, has been laid usidc,
and modern democrats now sound the
shepherds pipe ofpcacc. Jackson, Cass,
Benton, aud Marcy have passed away,
and this party ofpcacc is now lead by
Cox, Vullaniigham, Fernando and Ben.
Wood, Odds and Pugh. There were gi.
ants in those days, aud there are pirmics
IN these.
These modern leaders of the peace
party, threaten the inauguration Of new .
church and DE-. Olds has undertaken the
job of its organization, Says Judge Van
Trump in lecture TO the Democratic
Literary Association (lhcsc modern
peace men havS really taken to litcra-
turc among other improvements 1T is
tmo for the people to irown down the !
mpdcrn improvements introduced into
their religion, and insist that their teach
ors shalt inculcatc the doctrines of peace,
and not blow the trumpet of war" lie
does not inform us what trumpet the re-
ligious teachers blew, when democrats
were wOriug with Eugland, overrunning
and plundering Mexico, bullying Para
quay, bombOrdiug and harrassug Grey
town, and dispensing the Mormon church
at the point OF tue bayonet, Ii they in
culcotcd the doctrines of peace, surely
democrats needed them not but dcnounc.
ed them as traitors. II they blew the
trumftt otwor, then that instrument at
their lips is not a"modcrn improvement. Z"
Democrats, according to olds and Van
Trump, have the singular misfortune to.
be always on the side opposed by the
religious teachers. Surely they need
new church, whose religious teachers
shall always inculcutc The doctrine of
peace, especially when war will hjure
the prospects OF the democratic party
who win blow tho trumpet of war,
when the citizens Of Paraguay refuse to
pay debt, when shot is fired across
the bow ota vessel suspected Of being u
shaver when mob insults our Minister,
who is mcdlmg with their local matters,
when Mexico sends three thousand men
to occupy disputed territory, aud Eng.
land claims the iSland of San Juun.
But who will teach tho doctrines oT