The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-10-06
DiSuniOn AyOwed.
LET EVERY MAN RBADi

LET EVERY MAN READ
One Of The leading Supporters otG rn-
ersl Mcclellan in this city, The Sunday
Mercu1y, makes curious revelation in
regard to certain cOnsultations which
took place ot Niagara before the meeting
Of the Chicago Convention, between rob.
ell politicians In Canada aud certain OF
the opposition leaders. Vi we may be.
lieve the Mercutyi which il prct,v gvod
eulhority, the success OF the Oppositio ION
would bring Nbout a very singular state
OF things upon this contest; they are said
10 have agreed with the representatives
OF JEFF Davis upon a new "compfomise, !"
which would secure TO the rebels, IN u
sort of leh.hauded way, but just as Ger.
tainly as by direct action, all that they
have demanded, the destruction Of the
Union. The bargain thus made Is one
of those old-lashioned compromises, by
which the free and loyal States get the
two shells, and the rebel planters secure
TO themselves the oyster that lies be.
tween them. jeff. Davis cannot dcs.
troy the Union by war; but with the hel
Of the tricky corrupt politicians Of Chi
cago he hopes yet TO achieve his purpose
by diplomatic intrigucs.
The Mercury Introduces its story with
a paragraph OF reflections upon the sim
possibility Of restoring the old Union.
i"Only zany,' it says, "would ever
dream of ito being restored" These
Chicago politicians seem 20 forget that
under Grant and Sherman aud Farragut
there are several hundred thousand such
"zanics," who are offering up their lives
for just this "dream," aud that these
have left at home good many millions
oil relatives und friends who are dreaming
the same dream. Here is the Mercny's
article; We commend it to Uuiun men
who think there is no danger in support.
ing the Chicago platform:
"TuE OLD UNION is IMPOSSIBLE.
"Ta'k us we my of the old Union,
under which the nation attained such
degree OF prosperity, aud advanced ut
once to the front rank among the nation.
alities OF the world, ITS restoration il an
impossibility. Only sdny ioould eVer
dream Of its being restored. There will
Undoubtedly, be a reconstruction, but
never restoration OF the Union. The
questions that are TO be settled, the new
condition vi things consequent rpOn the
disruption Of the old, the charged rela-
tons OF cupitul and labor, the increase of
tile quality Of power surrendered To the
general government by the people, the
relations Of the Federal Union, tho inilu.
ence in. the conduct of national affairs,
which is sure to be accorded to the mill.
tRry clement-ull these Considerations
forbid the idea oi our living under Union
such as that under which we lived and
thrived from 1776 to 1861. This state.
rhent muy appal the thousands OF good
people who live in the past aud dream OF
days that are no more. These Gays not
only nrc. but can be no more. He is
wilully or stupidity blind who does not
see the chargcd condition of public affairs
in this country. We may burrnIi Tor the
Union, but il is not tbe-old Union for
which we hurrah. The nntipn nss on.
tered upon an entirely new phrase Of its
existence, whether we aro w'ii..ts nat
TO acRnowirdgv.it ""tt
".his grand fact was duly recognized
by those who formed this conclave at Nj
Ugara Falls. The problem they set 10
solve was to reconstruct the Union on a
plan satisfactory to ull- sections, and to
convince the democratic party OF the me-
cessitY Of adopting this plan ar Que OF
similar import. Aner long and earnest
delbcration, in which Messrs. Clay, Hol-
combe and Sanders participated, the fol-
lowing gencral conclusion was reached
and was tacitly agreed to by the National
Democratic Convention at Chicago:s ~
Dol, 1.-THE PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION,
at was, that what was once the Uni.
ted States be divided into five separate
confedsracies, each independent OF the
other in the management Of its local al
fairs, yet bound to each other in certain
respects, OF which | shall speak hereafter.
These conieueracies, as divided, were to
consist Of the following States.
~. The Cotton and the South Atlantic
States. .s.hfgfE1f1 oil r ul
~. The Trans Mississippi States 'J
-. The States OF the Great Northwest.
"4. The Middle States .." t'A4
p"5 The New England States. .
"In relation to the States comprised in
this last division, there was no little de-
bate as to the proprety or cxpedency OF
admitting to the general Union at ull.--
Whether justly or not, il cannot be dis
guised that they are no fayorites with the
majority of the people which composed
the old Union. The renson for the hos-
tllity of feeling which the rcbeilious
States bear to them is too uppurent TO
need specification. What arc known as
the loyal States have many reasous for
dislklpg their New England associates" !"
These "reasons" why the rebels and
the Chicago Convention dislike New
England, are recited. We omit them
he re, as they eau be seen in most of the
speeches Of Vallandigham, Cox. Fernando
Wood, and other supporters of the Chica.
20 nominee. The Mercury goes on: .
: 'sSuch, In brief are some OF lthe con,
siderutious that Influenced the ldeliberai
tons Of this conclave OF politicians at
Niagara Falls in leaving the question
open whether New England shopId be
admitted to the New Confederacy which
they were planning. The merits or de-
merits ofsuch a policy is not to- the
point. ] am only narrating what was
said and done, not what others my think
ought to have been said and done, p
bs"Another important feature of this
proposed confederation is o provision Tor
admitting TO il, in case circumstances
warrant it,, the provinces in British
Americe and what is now the empire oil
Mexico. But this is an event 80 far in
the future that it cannot claim more than
mere mention Of It's possibility. u
there fore pass on to the conditions frr
the construction Of this Union OF the