The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-09-01

- YOU rcrudisie the Union. Thsi is the
one thing The NorIhcrn people will not
surrender"
al know. You would deny to us what
you exact Tor y0ursclvcs--th right of'
,ellrovcrnment
No, sir" | rcmtrkel. eve would
deny yuu no natural right, But we think
Union essential ~ peace; aid, Mr.. Da
'is' eoad two people, with the samp lam
giag, se irrated by only an imaginary
llur' live ut peace with each uihcr!
Would not disputes constantly arise, ard
cause almost eJns.ah wal between
lhemg
"Uuduublodly--with this generation.
You have sown sucl biticrucss at the
SOUTH YOU have put such an ocean OF
blood bctw eu the two sections, that !
.desPlre OF seeing any harmony IN my
umc' Our children muy for:-, M. war
ne can not"
Il think The Bit rncs, you speak Of,
Sir." said the Colonel, doc. moi really
exist We meet and talk here as friends;
our soldiers meet and lritcrniIc with each
other; aud feel sure thot 1t the y ion
were restored n more friendly feeling
would arise between " thnn has ever *
istcd. The war has made W. know aud
respect each other bcttor than before.
The Is the view of very many S ,ulh.
.ern men; have had II from muuy OF
thcm--yuur lrading citix x'ns."
THY are mistakrn,"r piled Mr. Davis.
They DO not undcr.tiaj Southern sen
timent. How can We feel any thin.
but bitterness toward men who deny u.
our rights! lfyou rntrr my hous, aud
drive me out of Il, am not your natural
enemyw
You put tho case too sronrly. Dat
We eau rot fight forever; the war musl
eud at snma tine; We must fnnily agre,
upon some thing; eau We net agree nov
ald stop this frightiul carnagcl We M,
both Christian men, Mr.. Dlva. Gu
you, as Christian man, leave untrir,
any means that may lead to pracain
IN, eau not. | desire peace al
much asyou do, deplore boodshed u,
much as you do; but | lecl that not on,
drop of the blood shed in this war il OF
my hands--l can look up TO my God anc
say this. ! tried Dl in my power tc
avert this war. | saw il coming. and foi
twelve year. ] worked night aud DAY /,
prevent It, but | could not. Tae North
wus mad and blind; IL would not let u.
govern ourselves. aud 81 the war came
aud now II must 20 on till the last mat
lot THIS generation falls in his tracks, an,
his children seize his muskct aud firh
our battle, urleis you ocknnwiedle le GU
right to sclf.governmeni. We are no
iighting for slavery We arc d. tin,
for Independence, and that, or extermi
lnptiun, we will have"
And there ore, VI least, four and
hall millions of US lett; 50 you see yo,
have work before YOU" said NJ. q .n
jImin. with decided sneer.
'Wc huve no wish TO exterminnt,
lyuu,' answered the Colonel. al b,l'eyI
what have snid--thu there Is no bitter
ness between tho Northern anl
southern people. The North, [ know
loves the South. When peace comes
VIII pour money aud means into YOU
hands to repair the waste caused py III,
war; and II would now wclc,m, Va,
BACK. and forgive you all the loss an,
Oloodshed You have caused. But w
must crush your armies aud extnrninat
your Government. Aud is il not ths
already nearly donel You nrs who'll
without MONEY, aud at the end OF you
resources. Grant has shut you M /
Richmond. Sherman /, before Atlants
iiad you not. then, better accept honors
bic terms while you eau retain YOU
prestige, aud save the pride Of the Soutl
crn people!"
Mr.. Davis smiled. ai
81 respect your ,earne.tDe.,. Colo,c
but you do not seem TO understand IN
situation. We are not exlctIy shut u
in Richmond. II your papers tell m
truth, II Is your capital ihut Is in dsnge,
not oars. some weeks sgo, Grant eros,
ed the Rapidan 10 whip Lee, and tai,
Richmond. Lee drove him in the FIR
: battle, and then Grsnt executed VIII
your people call brilliant flInk NOV
meDl. and fought Lee again. Lee dro,
him q second time. and ihon Gran, lad
nnpiher 'hIuk movement;' aud 80 thc
kept on-.Lfe whipping and Grant flanl
Ing-untll Grant got where he is nov
: And what is the next result! Grant hD
lost seventy-fve or eighty thousand mo
more nan Lee had ot Hs outset--an
Is no nearer taking Richmond than ,
the hrst; and Lee, whose front has ncyr
been broken, holds him cimpleteH /
check, and huE men enough 10 snare [
invade Mary land and threaten Washing
ton! sherman, to be sure, il before A
ANA; but suppose he is, aud suppose h
, takcr III You know that the farther h
, goes from his base OF supplies, the " enl
er he grows, and the more disastrous d,
feat will be 10 him. And defeat mn
come. S)i IN military vicw, | shoul
certainly say our position was better thn
J yours.
"Asto money, We are richer than yo
are, You smilc; but, admit that our o.
per u worth nothing--it answers as
circulating medium, aud we hold il a
, ourselves. II every dollar of IL wer
: lost we should, as we have no foreig
debt, be none the poorer. But il
worth something; il has the solid has
Of a large cotton crop, whIo yours resi-
on nothing, and you owe all the worl,
: As TO resources. we do not lack for arm
or ammunition, and we have still wit
territory from which To gather supple
: SO, you see, we are not in ex,remilie
/, But, if we were- IL we were witho,
. money, without food. without weapons
liz our whole country was desolated, 90
I our armies crushed and disbanded-cou
e we, without giving up our manhood, giy
up our right to govern ourselvesl Woul
/ vou not rather die, and feel yourself
, man, than live subject to a foreign pow