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

to look carefully at the civil md military
penalties you are incurring. Thcpct ~
Congress. approved July 3lst 1856. ITO
define and punish osrfain Cdspircies,"
is as follows:
"Be IL enacted by the fenah and
House Of Representatives ofAe United
States Of America, in Con9eS sssem.
bed. That II two or more ptsOns with /
in any State or Territory OF he United
States shall conspire togeihr TO over.
throw, or to put down, or to estr0y by
force, the Government Of te United
States, or to levy war against he United
states, or 20 oppose by force The authority
If the Government Of the United states;
or by force 10 prevent, hinder, delay
the execution Of any law of the jni,ed
States; or by force to seize. take, r pos
scss any property Of the UnitcdStates
against the will or contrary TO ie gu.
thority Of the United Ststes; or force,
or intimidation, or threat to prevnt any
person from accepting or holdig any
Office, Of trust, or place OF, condence,
under the United Suites, each an every
person 30 offending shall be guy OF a
high crime, and upon convictionihereof
In any district or circuit conrtOf the
United States having jurisdictionhercof.
or district or Supreme Court Of ny Ter
ritory Of the United States bayig juris-
dictioh thereof. shall be punided by a
| fine not less than FIVE huudrd dollars
and not more than Ave thousu b dollars;
or by imprisonment, with or " hont hard
labor, an the court shall detemine, for
period not less than six maths nor
greater than six years, or by 9th such
fine and imprisonment"
This is merely the puDishmef for con-
spirscy, yet its penalties are ct light.
aud should not be thoughtlessly yncurrcd.
This follows, too, q mere combnation or
agreement OF men to do unlawful act,
aud IL complete without resortto 9rns.
Resistance to the law by bodies of Imed
men constitute the ovEBT ACT OF rREisoN,
The punishment of which Is dedh.-
These are the civil penalties; the mlitu.
nv result are to be found In the power Of
the Government by armed force, TO deal
with every sp cics Of insurrcc ion Ugiinst
the cniotccmvut of its legal rnlOtmInts.
II is unnecessary to argue the dulJ of
every citizen to yield obedience to lws
constitutionslly enacted, so long Us they
remain IN force. men may take up
arms ru resist laws IN the poll y or cffct
OF which they DO not concur then all
guvcrnm M ls at an ehd, aud we are 10
solved into anarchy. This state OF things
is not to be tolerated. A GDvernm"Ht
may us well perish in bold and vigorous
effort TO MAINTAIN its integrity, Gs To
suffer an insurrcctiOn 10 neutral Le its
Iuws aud deiy its power.
Most earnestly do | appeal to the peo-
pie of the State not 10 engage IN this
iorcjble resistance 10 the laws, 10
which evil counseliors and bad men are
leading them. IL carloi, aud will not,
succeed. lts triumph ifit achieve any,
must be mere Temporary charnctef.--
The Government Is not weak. II is
strong aud powerful. II cannot, aud 1t
will not, permit an armed insurrection to
impeach It's strength, or impair It's power,
while contending with the Southtrn re-
beIlion. | do not say this to you IN any
spirit of intimidation, or IN any threaten
ing tone. | speak it To you as II warning
and with an impluring voice to heur and
heed il. | know what the determination
Of your Government is, and l l"lly com
prehen nd the power at hand to enforce II.
Whut can you, who cunte mplate armed
resistance, reasonably expect 10 gain by
such movement! You can not eiiectu'
ally ur permanently prevent the eniorce-
ment Of the laws. You can not ~ any
wise improve your own condition IN the
present, und must seriously injure 1t ~ the
pSrf WIZ Took RqqSSsg' qS s2S s.
ment for protection and safety to their
persons aud property, will not symps-
lhise or operate wnh you. You may
commit crime; you may shed blood; yon
may destroy property; you may spread
ruin and devastation over som 10 lucHlitiea
OF the State, YOU may give aid and COM
fort for u season TO the rebels already in
arms ogainst the country; you may irons.
fer, for brief time, the horrors Of war
from fields of the South TO those of the
State of Ohio; you may paralyZe, and
create CONSERVATION aud alarn, among
our people. This is a bare possibility
but Il IL all you can hope to accomplish;
Or you have looked upon the progress of
our present. struggle to little purpose, il
ou have not learned the great recupera. |
live power, and the deep earneslness of
he country in this contest. The final
result will not be doubt ul; the disaster to .
you will be complete, end the penalty
will equal the enormity Of the crime.
From the commencement ot this re-
bellion the State of Ohio has ma,u,ained
u firm aud inhexible position, which can
not now be abandoned, In this internal
danger that now threatens US, | call ll.upoa
all good cit TO assert aud MAINTAIN
the supremacy of the Constitution and |
laws OF the land. These constitute the
great clemens of our strength as a ma
lion, aud they are the bulwarks OF our
people. Hold in subjection by persua-
lion aud peacesble means, " you can, all .
attempts al civil insurrectiun, ar armed
resistance 10 the laws. Fs,hng this,
there is another duty as ciizcns from
which we may not shrink, ana 10 which |
| earnestly hope we may not be enforced. |
To those who threaten us with this evil,
! say, we &pnot use any thress in reiura
there Is 10 desire 10 provoke passion,
or create further irritation. Such men
are earnestly aud solemnly invoked To
Nbandnn their evil purposes: bot at the
: me time they are warned that this in
vocation IL not prompted by any appro-
hension OF the weakness of the Govern
mcnt, or the success of the attempts To
destroy il. would avert, by all proper
means, the occurrence of civil war in the
State; but if il must come, the conse-
quences be upon those who precipitate II
upon us John BROIIGH